Idio-whataty-what?

For Heather who tagged me for "Name 5 personal idiosyncrasies"

I had a hard time thinking of any. The best I came up with were:

1. Read the last word in a book before starting it....It gives me something to aim for.

2. I hate being late for anything. I will always arrive extra early just to make sure I am there.

3. I don't 'do' horror films. It enables me to go into darkened cellars without thinking the worst.

4. I sneeze and cannot control myself from saying 'Jeeezus' straight afterwards. A form of Torretts sneezing.

5. I have a lucky cent I found on the floor when I proposed to my Sooz. I hold onto it when her plane is landing to keep her safe. I also try to get on top of the car park at Gatwick to watch the plane land.

Not sure if they all count as idiosyncrasies but it's all I could come up with.

It's the football(soccer) season again tomorrow. YAY! It's the last time I am going to give the s-word as a definition to football. It's a game played with feet and a ball, hence football, get over it America. :) Nobody..yes that is NObody, calls it soccer over here. There is a Sky TV progamme called 'Soccer AM' but that is just the title. They never, ever call it soccer.

Soccer, the word, derives from 'Association Football' as opposed to 'Rugby Football'. They both got the abbreviation 'soccer' and 'rugger', respectively.
Since Rugby Football became just Rugby then Football took the name for itself. After all, it had the name first. Rugby was started when some public school oik picked up the football and ran with it. He invented a whole game from cheating.

I will continue to call it Football, without the (soccer) definiton, in this blog. If I am referring to 'egg throwing' then I will call it American Football.

Anyway..football is back tomorrow but my beloved West Ham Utd will not be playing until next weekend because....... We are in the Premier League again!!! BIG YAY!! Premier League starts next week.
America, you don't get promotion and relegation in your leagues. Imagine though if the 49'ers or Cowboys were de-moted to a college division and had to fight to get back into the NFL. That is the joy I have. West Ham are back in the big time.

The only problem is that we will struggle this season and could be heading straight back to the wilderness we came from... But for now we are all equal and we are not even bottom in alphabetical order. Lowly Wigan came up with us, lets hope they continue to stay below us where they belong.