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15.8.07
Happy India Day!

It's nice to see the Big Brother housemates (unknowingly) getting into the Indian theme of today's anniversary by dressing as swamis. (I did warn you that the India coverage here today might be tenuous, and so it is, but here's a picture from the BBC.)

Which brings us to the Big Question of today: has Gerry blown it? Will he be out on Friday? I think he's undone all of his good works of the last eleven weeks by turning into a moody moaner and admitting to the housemates, because of the lie detector, that he has lied about his age. (We knew from the start that he was 31 but only admitting to 29.) But will it be Jonty and Kara-Louise who get the most eviction votes and then face the gurus to decide who goes? Somehow, I think not. The public won't actively vote to evict the less interesting latecomers. I think they'll go for Gerry.

78 days gone and only 16 days left for them to find the washing machine. The manufacturers who donated it must be furious at the lack of exposure.

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14.8.07
Happy 60th Birthday, Pakistan!

As we have one person of Pakistani descent in our office and one of Indian descent, with the two countries' big anniversaries coming up today and tomorrow, Chig playfully suggested last week that it might be a good idea if said colleagues each brought in some food as a celebration. This was a blatant attempt to have some good, authentically ethnic nosh for free in the office, but it was hailed as a good idea all round.

A shame then that my colleague of Pakistani descent forgot all about it and only realised this morning that it was Pakistan's 60th birthday. Also a shame that my colleague of Indian descent has taken tomorrow (the official 60th anniversary of India's independence and partition) as holiday.

Still, I did have a curry tonight. Does that count as marking the occasion? It was in the unlikely location of a corporate box at the ground of our third best local football team, shortly before watching them (West Bromwich Albion) beat Bournemouth AFC 1-0 in the third round of the Carling Cup. It was a dull game, in which neither team really seemed to be trying until the last ten minutes, but the goal was one of the best placed, nearly-impossible efforts I've ever seen.

So, why was I in a corporate box for free, being fed, watching two teams I care little about, on a Tuesday evening? All will be revealed at the weekend, when I'll be back there...

In the meantime, we'll be back with something irrelevant to India's big day tomorrow, and on Thursday we'll be asking where you were exactly 30 years ago, when Elvis Presley died. Like it or not, Chig will reveal where he was. It's not that interesting and won't take very long, but these morbid anniversaries are there to be 'celebrated' and Elvis does have two singles out this week. And a lovely box.

Pakistan photo from BBC News website.

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