Last update until I return from what I’m excited to call the “Drink, Eat And Dance For All The Time” session (or DEAD FATT for short) so get ready for a bit of a sing-along…

On the 1st day of Christmas, Ian Crocker said to me, I’ve got 956 points and a 36 point lead….
On the 2nd day of Christmas, Mark and Anna said, watch out Ian, whilst we storm ahead….
On the 3rd day of Christmas, Nic said to Jock, we’re climbing so fast, I think my socks blew off…
On the 4th day of Christmas, Alex said to all, my weekly points rock, so now hear me roar…
On the 5th day of Christmas, Marshall said to Jon, give me a subway, you’re falling like a rock my son…
On the 6th day of Christmas, Lewis sung a tune, up 15 places, now I’m over the moon…
On the 7th day of Christmas, Luan said to Oz, you might be ahead, but remember I’m still the boss…
On the 8th day of Christmas, Lloydy felt insane, as he was down near the bottom, but had a cool team name…
On the 9th day of Christmas, Jack climbed 18 spots, chasing his Dad, all the way to the top…
On the 10th day of Christmas, Millo fell 15, now he wishes, Anna had picked his team…
On the 11th day of Christmas, Kirsty said to Dean, I used to be ahead, this is the most insulting thing I’ve seen…
On the 12th day of Christmas, Sam and Quirk schemed, if we’re going to beat Lyons, we’d better play mean…

Hope everybody has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Beer Tree

Most points: Ian Crocker (309 points) takes the prize having fought his way into top spot with a phenomenal months performance. Special mentions to Iwan (305) and Scal (295) who came a close 2nd and 3rd.

Most positions: James Mills (63 places) takes the dollar having dug himself impressively out of the relegation zone. Special mention to Stefan (57) and Andrew (50).

This months moose award goes to Alan C who fell a dizzying 52 places.

The first fun competition was won by Marshall who guessed 31,360 points would be scored by us all in the month – with the final tally coming in very close at 31,439. This months win was particularly sweet for him as he also ended Jon Ed’s 10 month sandwich win streak against him. The tables have turned.

The second fun competition was again a very close affair but in the end the prize has gone to Jo Clarke for her christmas cracker entry: Why was Santa’s little helper feeling depressed? He had low elf-esteem. This just pipped Steve and What did the beaver say to the Christmas Tree? Nice gnawing you! and Dave and Did you watch the sheepdog trials over christmas? the dogs were found not guilty. Good skills everyone.

To wrap it all off, this month lucky so-and-so’s are Dean Wheeler (Group 1), Gareth Richards (Group 2) and Joanne Mills (Group 3). Congratulations on being jammy.

So, a new month starts, a bunch of transfers have gone in and here are the next 2 fun competitions to get your teeth into…

Fun Comp 1:

How much will I weigh in pounds on the 1st of January after 2 weeks of turkey and beer?
(I’m not entering this competition obviously and I can assure you I will not be doing any dieting, running or low fat options. Lard all the way)

Fun Comp 2:

Ok all you’ve got to do is solve these three riddles:

A) What is the next line of numbers in the pattern?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
…

B) If your sock cupboard has 6 green socks, 4 red socks, 8 purple socks, and 2 orange socks, how many socks would you have to pull out in the dark to be sure you had a matching pair?

C) A mother and father have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

(All the people who get these three right will be entered into a lucky dip – likewise with the weight question)

Stay classy.

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(Since I am off work until Monday 5th Jan – this is when December will run to – and this is when new transfers will be brought in)

27 days to Christmas!!! Don’t panic!!! Breath deeply and remember that Christmas is fun – it’s about eating so much turkey your sides hurt or watching The Princess Bride for the 100th time on Boxing Day or simply about kicking back, putting on some Dean Martin carols and chilling before it all starts again in 2009…

With that in mind, there are a few teams out there who could use the Festive period to take stock…

Sunderland fell to their 3rd consecutive loss against West Ham, whilst Blackburn saw Spurs make it no win in 8 games, Arsenal continue to see their title challenge turn to dust as Man City gave them a 3 nil whooping, whilst Man U, Chelsea and Liverpool were all held to nil all draws with whilst West Brom have now taken just 1 point from the last 21 after a loss to Stoke.

In our League, “It’ll All End In Tears, Again” has stolen the top spot, whilst Stacey and Anna continue the ladies assault on the top 10 – both up 2 places. The “One Lungs Chicken Legged Klaimers” continue their fall, whilst Rhodri, Keivan and Emily all see good rises in the top 20 but with “O’Sheas Sharpshooters” clocking the biggest rise up 25 places.

If case you were wondering – and why wouldn’t you – about the origin of the word Christmas – it originated as a compound meaning “Christ’s mass”. More interestingly, in early Greek versions of the New Testament, the letter Χ (chi), is the first letter of Christ – so since the mid-16th century Χ has been used as an abbreviation for Christ. Hence, Xmas is often used as an abbreviation for Christmas.

Today’s lesson was brought to you by the number 27 and the letter X…

Have a great weekend people.

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p.s. today is the last day to get your guess to for the first fun question – so get online – and leave your guess as to how many points we’ll all get this month. link here

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In the football you got a real sense the league table was beginning to shake itself out, with Hull continuing their losing streak and Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal all breaking clear at the top. It was a weekend for doubles with Sanli, Anelka, Bent, Nasri, Saha and Keane all bagging 2 goals each. This means that in our table, Scally and Ian C climb into 2nd and 3rd, closely followed by Lyons and with Stacey breaking into 9th place. Iwan and Kokbun are also putting pressure on the top 10.

More games mid week so let’s just leave it at that shall we?

Indeed.

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