Which has never been better demonstrated by the sad tale of the Portuguese lovers Cristina Simoes (20) and Luis Ribeiro (23). They managed to win fifteen million euros on the EuroMillions in 2007. Now they are no longer lovers. It seems that Cristina claims that she phoned Luis up and asked him to buy an extra ticket, which she duly paid him for, and that was the ticket that won.They opened a joint bank account but the account was partly controlled by Cristina's parents. When the parents stopped Luis withdrawing some money, the couple split up. Now it's all in court. If the couple had joined the Instanta lottery syndicate they would certainly have had none of these problems. I just went to the Post Office to check our monthly winnings and the return on our £96 was precisely ZERO. That's two months on the run now that we haven't won a penny.
I've been with BT Broadband for years now but Marion keeps telling me it is too expensive and we should shop around. To be honest I've been very happy with their service and was reluctant to change but I was disappointed with home hub coverage which didn't work in the garden.I phoned BT and asked what they could do. A very helpful lady offered us a good reduction on the £22 per month that we were paying. As the coverage of their new home hub is heavily promoted on TV I asked for one of those as well and it has just arrived. I know that BT get a lot of criticism but let's give praise where praise is due. Thanks BT. Great service.
We did a 100 mile round trip last night to watch "Let The Right One In" and I have to say that it was well worth the journey. A dark Swedish film that is totally atmospheric, it's a touching story of pubescent love between two adolescent misfits with a splash of Gothic horror thrown in. I was sorry to read that it is being remade in America for an English speaking audience.I'm pretty sure that most people are capable of reading subtitles. They will never recapture the original.
Quote of the week comes from Ayatollah Mohseni's follower Mohamad Haidari. There was a very brave protest (against the new Shia law) by women in Afghanistan yesterday. In defending the part of the law that says that women can only leave home with good reason Mohamad said "If she is a housewife where is she going to go, why does she need to go out". To go and buy a knife to cut her husband's balls off would be an appropriate response.
I was saddened to hear of the death of Sir Clement Freud today at the age of 84. His dry humour and deadpan delivery never failed to amuse and it was great that he continued his glorious stints on Radio 4's "Just A Minute" until very recently. If there's one thing that we can never have too much of, it's humour. I'll leave you with a joke that perfectly demonstrates his comic genius.
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