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WALKERBALLS -hilarious quotes from ITV's Formula 1 motor racing  commentator Murray "Motormouth" Walker.

KEEGANBALLS - weird and wacky quotes from the ex-England football coach.

ATKINSONBALLS - the sayings of ex-Manchester United boss turned TV soccer pundit, "Mr Bojangles" himself - "Big" Ron Atkinson.

Music

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music365.com - Quotes of the Year 2000

 

Television
FAMILY FORTUNES - we asked a hundred people..our survey said...
Films
Royalty

QM@100 - the Queen Mother's celebrated her 100th birthday on 4 August 2000. The wit and wisdom of the Queen Mother.

Politics

BAFFLING BUSHISMS - President George "Dubya" Bush has already left an indelible mark on the English language.

PRESCOTTBALLS - British Deputy PM John "2 Jags" Prescott carries on where Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, left off. 

Crime and Punishment
Love and Marriage
Other
TENANTBALLS - extracts from actual letters sent to various county councils and housing associations throughout the UK from disgruntled tenants.
News in Numbers
THE NEWS IN NUMBERS - the numbers which have been making the headlines.

"QUOTE UNQUOTE"

Who has been making the news in 2001

Pithy quotes from the world of entertainment, sport and the man in the street

 

Politics - 2001

"Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. "

Martin Fraquhar Tupper

 

US President George "Dubya" Bush has already left an indelible mark on the English language.

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A new book - George W. Bush, The Slate Book of The Accidental Wit And Wisdom of Our 43rd President, edited by Jacob Weisberg, has just been published in Britain and celebrates the wandering nouns, bizarre verbs and convoluted tenses....for more...Click here

 

"Grass doesn't grow on a busy street."

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The follically-challenged former British Conservative Party leader, William Hague's thoughts on baldness.

May 2001

"I knew you were expecting me...on my way here I passed a cinema with the the sign, 'The Mummy Returns'."

British ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher, addressing a political rally of the Conservative Party faithful.

May 2001

"I have already thanked the people of Liverpool for the honour of being a citizen of this famous city."

Nelson Mandela receiving the freedom of the City... of Leeds!

May 2001


"It's a wonderful thing Mother Love - even a skunk smells sweet to its mother."

Scathing attack by the Tory Sir Norman Tebbit on how, according to Keith "Mr Vaseline" Vaz, all the British Press attention regarding the scandal surrounding  the New Labour MP was making his mother ill.

March 2001

"What was that about?"

US President George W. Bush to an aide as British Prime Minister Tony Blair left their first summit meeting. 

March 2001


"Don't be a plank - vote for Frank."

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New catchphrase of ex-boxer and pantomime star Frank "Know What I Mean, 'Arry" Bruno (pictured) as he revealed he is to stand as an Independent Conservative candidate at the next General Election.

January 2001

 

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