http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk The online resource for the sport averse! Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:26:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now that our Alistair has written out British Historys biggest IOU and left the nations great-grandchildren in hock to who knows who, for how knows long; It was nice last night to settle down and take solace in the latest episode of The Apprentice. The two teams had just two days ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/04/snap-crackle-and-flop/ Lock the doors, take the 'phone off the hook, give the cat some prawns, banish the kids to their bedrooms, get granny an extra sherry. Yes The Apprentice is back! March 25th. (Wednesday) sees the welcome return of this classic suited n' booted, tycoon finding, knockout TV extravaganza. Hosted as usual by ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/03/the-apprentice-youre-inspired/ I really enjoyed watching 'University Challenge' this year. This comes as something of a shock to me because in the past I've loathed the programme with a vengeance. I only needed to hear the theme music and like Pavlov's dogs I would react; knuckles going white, snarl coming from lips, vein ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/03/university-challenging/ So Todd 'Tucker Jenkins' Carty is out of 'Dancing on Ice.' It was obviously going to happen sooner rather than later or they would have had to rename the show 'Sack of Potatoes on Ice.' To say he was of a lower standard than the other competitors would be an understatement. ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/02/todd-carty-slips-out/ There seems to be something strange going on at the various news channels throughout the country. A number of the regular presenters are getting pregnant. Already we've seen the demise of Cathy Newman from Channel 4 news as well as Kylie Morris from More 4. You'll no doubt know about Sian Williams ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/02/reading-the-news-causes-pregnancy/ American sports fans had a good reason not to wander off for more popcorn and stay glued instead to the TV during a commercial break for the recent Super Bowl. (As we non-sports fans know commercials are the most cherished moments of a sporting event.  Ah! The bliss of getting back ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/02/porn-bowl/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The Wrong Kind of Snow"][/caption] Well you'll probably have heard by now that the UK (i.e. London and the South East) has had the worse snowfalls for eighteen years. What's a modern First World industrialised, techno-savvy society to do? Well the answer is simple, stay home. Yep, that's the answer. ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/02/snow-snow-quick-quick-snow/ I don't know if anyone's been watching the re-run of Poldark on UKTV History channel but if they haven't then they are missing a rare treat. [caption id="attachment_46" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Poldark Titles"][/caption] It was originally aired in 1975 and had a huge following. (I'll forget the fact that there was only three ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/01/poldark-you-cant-miss-it/