I'm not really into boxing but I do like a good underdog story, and Rocky really was a great movie. The first one, that is, the sequels were totally forgettable. Or so I thought.
One of the later films had Sly up against Dolph Lundgren at his physically gigantic-est. It was a movie, and so, as unrealistic as it seemed, the thespianically-challenged hero won, of course. I guess it helped that he wrote the script too.
Any thoughts of said film had drifted into the long-term memory banks, and were probably headed for the synaptic trashcan until I stumbled upon a photo of the weigh-in for last weekend's fight between Nikolai Valuev and John Ruiz, which is without doubt a theatrical gem...
Competition is heated at auditions for the role of "Genie" in next season's "Aladdin."
Happy Birthday to my bro Samnambulist !! ;-) x
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I'm beginning to worry about hair migration as well ......
I'm told it happens to everyone. Mine just seems to be going a different colour...
Has anyone noticed the startling resemblance between Don "Crazy Old One-Eye" King and the late great Ronnie Barker?
Wow, yeh! (I hadn't spotted him there, I thought it was just a weird growth on the little guy's neck)
That little fella is surely a mascot for someone that didn't show up?
(Says Mr Tall. I don't care,I am far enough away to consider namecalling that heavyweight quite safe ;))
It does have that kind of "my big mate will be along in a minute, so what are you looking at.." pantomime feel.
Behiiind youu !
Let's face it, if Nikolai Valuev was behiiind you, well, you'd be veeeeeery worried. Especially if he had some Euro/Dollar business in his immense fist. He doesn't work in our Moscow office does he? ;)
P.s. Trading via blackberry at this hour. Does that permit me to take 45 weeks holiday between now and October?
UDH - I don't think you are showing enough commitment to the cause. Please come to work for the next three weekends. Oh, and you're being transferred to Moscow.
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