5 THINGS
LEARNED THIS WEEK
Singer/songwriter Ralph Mctell reveals his parrot helped him to finally quit smoking. If the same bird could curtail my daily visits to Subway, there would be a big bowl of bird seed waiting.
Robbie Keane returns to the Premier League and bags a brace to finish off Mick Mccarthy's Wolves; similar goals in Poland this summer would be warmly received.
The world loses Etta James. Remember the Diet Coke ad - it's 11.30am, and all the hard work of feminists being undone in thirty seconds? Etta sang I Just Wanna Make Love To You, as the builder took off his top. Great voice.
Gardaí foil a brawl between teenagers after they spotted plans for the intended fracas on Facebook. Only fools pick a fight in public they say - they are probably right.
A new science study claims that scratching your ankle feels as good as sex. Imagine the amount of scratching if this were actually true.
