Chess and drafts

Peregrine has some thoughts on Putin:

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Peregrine: He has invaded Georgia, yes, but he’s a calculating man, he won’t get bogged down.

Quentin: He won’t be caught?

Peregrine: He’s a chess player, he thinks three moves ahead. You have to predict what this move will bring him three moves ahead.

Quentin: And George? Does George play chess too?

Peregrine: George plays drafts.

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Sunday Bloody Sunday

Used to be Sunday bloody Sunday was an expression of boredom. Totally fed up with that quietest of days. Nothing open, nothing to do. Imagine! A small town in the antipodean backblocks in the 1950s.
Truly Sundays were Sunday bloody Sunday.

Yeah, then there was this early 70s movie with Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson sharing Murray Head.

And then there was the song by U2

And now we have George Bush singing it. Winking and blinking and nodding. Cheered on by Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, even John Kerry and Hilary Clinton. Oh a hoot. Suddenly Sunday isn’t boring or bloody anymore.

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