Blog O' The North

Monday, August 30, 2004

Droo-rovision 2004 - THE FINAL RESULT

Well that was a landslide wasn't it!!

The result of the final is:

THE BEATLES 2-0 CROWDED HOUSE

All the results from the whole tournament are still available on Drooster-World

The End!!

Friday, August 27, 2004

Droo-rovision 2004 - THE GRAND FINAL

So after what feels like months, due to holidays and just plain forgetting!!, we have reached the grand final of Droo-rovision 2004:

THE BEATLES v CROWDED HOUSE

I will give you a couple of days to vote.....the result will be posted on Sunday


Droo-rovision 2004 - 3rd Place Playoff Result

The Rolling Stones have secured third place with a resounding 4-1 victory over the Barenaked Ladies.

I'll post the final shortly

Thursday, August 26, 2004

Droo-rovision - Semi Final Results & Third Place Playoff

The results of the semi finals were:

THE ROLLING STONES 2-2 THE BEATLES
The Beatles win 2-1 on penalties
CROWDED HOUSE 4-0 BARENAKED LADIES

Woh, a bit harsh on "the ladies"!!

OK so today we have the third place playoff

THE ROLLING STONES v BARENAKED LADIES

Jinkees!! I think "the ladies" may get tonked in this one too!!

Votes please!!

Wednesday, August 25, 2004

I hate Slugs

I hate slugs, they are the horridest creatures in the wholest widest world.... well not quite but you get the general picture.... I hate them. They are slimy worthless pieces of jellyfied pointless pap. they look ugly and are absolutely everywhere. I have just poured a whole packet of salt on my garden to liquidify the little bar stewards... ha.. that'll teach em... Until I slip on the remaining slime tomorrow of course........ grr.

Damn them all to hell.

Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Droo-rovision 2004 - The Semi Finals

The matches in the semi finals are:

THE ROLLING STONES v THE BEATLES

CROWDED HOUSE v BARENAKED LADIES

Please post your votes for both matches and I'll get the results on tomorrow.

Droo-rovision 2004 - Quarter Final Results

What a close bunch of matches they were!!! Only The Beatles had an outright win in normal time. All the other matches were decided on penalties, using the Droo-ro 2004 rule of the first three votes being counted again. The results were:

BON JOVI 3-3 ROLLING STONES
(ROLLING STONES WIN 2-1 ON PENALTIES)

AEROSMITH 3-3 CROWDED HOUSE
(CROWDED HOUSE WIN 2-1 ON PENALTIES)

THE BEATLES 4-2 QUEEN

STEREOPHONICS 3-3 BARENAKED LADIES
(BARENAKED LADIES WIN 2-1 ON PENALTIES)

Tuesday, August 17, 2004

The Web is the sum of all human knowledge. Plus porn.

Seven out of the current top twenty most popular photos on Yahoo! News are of female Olympian asses (kottke.org)

(You've no idea how many I checked to make sure this would appear here, not on certain of my other blogs, where it would be a little embarrassing...)

Monday, August 16, 2004

Droo-rovision 2004 - The Quarter Finals

Sorry for the very long hiatus......our PC got poorly but has now thankfully been made better by Dr Scott (Brad, Janet, Rocky!!......just a little "Rocky Horror Show" reference there!!)

OK....we need to catch up a bit....again!!

As I'm off to Edinburgh for a few days again tommorrow I am going to post all the quarter finals today and you have until Thursday afternoon to leave a comment with your winners for all four matches.....don't worry about giving reasons....I certainly won't be....I'm in a rush!!

The Quarter Final line up is:

BON JOVI v THE ROLLING STONES
AEROSMITH v CROWDED HOUSE
THE BEATLES v QUEEN
STEREOPHONICS v BARENAKED LADIES

Results and the semi finals on Thursday!!

Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Droo-rovision 2004 - Day 12

The result for yesterday were:

Group B:

Rolling Stones 4-0 Aerosmith
U2 3-1 REM

The Stones go through top of the group, joined by Aerosmith

Group C:

The Beatles 3-1 Barenaked Ladies
Oasis 3-1 Coldplay

The Beatles top this group, joined in the quarter finals by Barenaked Ladies.

Todays fixtures are:

Stereophonics v Beautiful South
Queen v Pink Floyd

The phonics are already through but need to win to secure top spot and it is still possible that any of the other three could go through...your vote really counts!!

I'll post the results and the first quarter final tomorrow afternoon

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

Just imagine, if you will, what Thunderbirds would have been like if it had been made by the makers of South Park........Well imagine no longer!!!

Team America : World Police

Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Droo-rovision - Catch Up Day

Sorry there was no result or new match yesterday....Edinburgh left me absolutley cream crackered!!!

OK to catch up.....

The results for Group A:

Crowded House 2-3 Bon Jovi
Travis 3-2 Guns N Roses

So the final table for Group A means that Bon Jovi go through as group winner, joined by Crowded House as runner up.

To get us back on schedule I will put two groups of matches on to be voted on today to conclude groups B and C. The two teams to go through in each group have already been decided...your votes will effect who finishes top of the group.

Group B:

Rolling Stones v Aerosmith
U2 v REM

Group C:

The Beatles v Barenaked Ladies
Oasis v Coldplay

I will post the results for all of these matches and the next fixtures tommorrow at around midday.

Normal service has been resumed!!

Sunday, August 08, 2004

Droo-rovision 2004 - Day Nine

The weekends resulst are
Group C:
Beatles 5-0 Coldplay
Barenaked Ladies 3-2 Oasis

Group D:
Stereophonics 3-1 Pink Floyd
Beautiful South 2-2 Queen

Today's match (although I've kind of lost track of the days) is:
Group A:
Crowded House v Bon Jovi
Travis v Guns n Roses

Andrew or I will post tomorrows poll at about 7 tomorrow.

Saturday, August 07, 2004

Droo-rovision - This Weekend

As Ann and I are away in Edinburgh this weekend, here are all the fixtures for you to vote on:

Group C:

Beatles v Coldplay
Barenaked Ladies v Oasis

Group D:
Stereophonics v Pink Floyd
Beautiful South v Queen

Ann will post all the results and next fixtures on her return on Sunday.


Thursday, August 05, 2004

Coolio

Radiohead's Creep, in Flash

Droo-rovision 2004 - Day Six

Yesterdays results were:

Group A:
CROWDED HOUSE 3 -2 GUNS N ROSES
BON JOVI 5-0 TRAVIS

Wow is that the first time we have had a unanimous vote!?


Todays fixtures:

Group B:
ROLLING STONES v REM
AEROSMITH v U2

Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Droo-rovision 2004 - Day Five

Yesterdays results were:
Group D:
STEREOPHONICS 3-2 QUEEN
BEAUTIFUL SOUTH 2-3 PINK FLOYD

And back to Group A for todays fixtures:
CROWDED HOUSE v GUNS N ROSES
BON JOVI v TRAVIS

Two easy ones for me then.

Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Droo-rovision 2004 - Day Four

Yesterdays results were:
Group C:
THE BEATLES 4-1 OASIS
BARENAKED LADIES 3-2 COLDPLAY

Todays fixtures are:
Group D:

STEREOPHONICS v QUEEN
BEAUTIFUL SOUTH v PINK FLOYD

Please use your vote responsibly.

Call me lazy but that is all I am typing. Maybe I will put my vote on!?

Take back your computer

Switch 2 Firefox.

Monday, August 02, 2004

Droo-rovision 2004 - Day Three

Yesterdays results were:

Group B:
ROLLING STONES 3-2 U2
AEROSMITH 4-1 REM


Todays fixtures are:
Group C:
THE BEATLES v OASIS
BARENAKED LADIES v COLDPLAY


I'm guessing Andrew will let you know when he is putting the next one on, I'm guessing by 9 in the morning but he is finished quite early tomorrow so maybe tomorrow night... or I may be given delegated responsibility.... who can say.

Sorry for the delay

I'm sorry for the delay!! I will have the next Druro-vision 2004 match with you shortly. Unfortunatley I am still at work.... I have been here since 8... I should be paid more!

Anyway it will give those of you who voted for U2 to reconsider your votes before Andrew, Joll and I come and knock some sense into you!!

I'll hopefully update it by 7. Just got to read through an email, send it and then I can go home.


Sunday, August 01, 2004

Droo-rovision 2004 - Day Two

Well only one day in and already some people are finding it hard to handle the strain of picking between all-time favourites.......good!! That was the idea!!

Yesterdays results were:

Group A:

CROWDED HOUSE 3-1 TRAVIS
BON JOVI 2-2 GUNS N ROSES

Todays fixtures are:

Group B:

ROLLING STONES v U2
AEROSMITH v REM

I think I know how Joll will vote in the second of those fixtures, but he may suprise us all yet!!

Results and next fixtures tomorrow at about 9am.

UPDATE - Ann is going to put the results and fixtures on tomorrow, to allow more people time to vote, so you have until about 5pm-ish to vote on the matches above.