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Anyone have any ideas for some novelty fun day games which are a step away from the norm?

Ive heard of wife carrying and mobile phone throwing and things like that but do any posters have any other ideas?

Im just about to undertake my first proper CV. I have no idea where to start with it because I have heard many different things about their makeup.

Should a CV be short and to the point or should it be a long detailed account of my employment and academic history?

Is there certain should and should not's with CV's nowadays?

If anyone has a modern template for one could they send it my way? Any help would be much appreciated.

After having ate half a jar of these things, I have to say they are probably one of the nicest foodstuffs you could ever come across. Anyone agree?

With the millions and millions of pounds being pumped in to cancer research, are we actually any closer to finding a cure?

Is it within an employers right to insist on an employee to shave his beard off?

He wins another competition. Check out this week's Gaelic Life caption comp.

["I know of him from his GAA performances and he certainly has the fitness and prowess required to take a trial with Donegal Celtic.]

From BBC website

DC give trial to GAA star McCann 

Tomas McCann impressed for Antrim in this year's Championship
Antrim GAA star Tomas McCann could feature for Irish League club Donegal Celtic in the pre-season game against Atletico Madrid on 4 August.

McCann, who played a key role in Antrim's surge to the Ulster Senior Football Final, is currently on trial with the west Belfast outfit.

He was expected to play for Donegal Celtic in a pre-season game against Comber Rec on Wednesday.

"Tomas McCann has been recommended to us," said DC manager Pat McAllister.

"We have offered him the opportunity to try out.

"I know of him from his GAA performances and he certainly has the fitness and prowess required to take a trial with Donegal Celtic.

"I am happy with my squad ahead of the new season but who knows, maybe Tomas can force me to make another addition."

McCann, who plays as a forward or left winger, is also expected to feature for the west Belfast side in a friendly against Moyle FC at Celtic Park on Sunday.

The Antrim GAA star has already been linked with a move to the Australian Football League.

Last season Antrim hurler Liam Watson joined Donegal Celtic and made a successful transition to the Irish League.

On Sunday 9 August, the Glentoran Legends side will face a Donegal Celtic XI in a tribute game for former hoops manager Paddy kelly who stepped down earlier this summer after more than a decade in charge.

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That quote made me laugh. You would think by the sound of this DC manager that Tomas was making a giant leap in sporting terms by getting a trial with his team.

A very arrogant comment I think. It seems to me that this manager must think that playing infront of a few hundred people on a rainy Saturday in Ballina-f**king -mallard is on par if not greater than playing for Antrim in an Ulster Final.

8.5 million hits on YouTube since the 19th of July. Heard about it on the radio today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0&feature=fvw

Anyone heading to Newcastle for this Prodigy concert on Friday night?

As I resident of the area I personally believe that the town is going to be wrecked. Our local police cant even handle a row between a couple of drunken 15 year olds on Friday night nevermind control a crowd of 15,000.

Anybody know of any ideas in regards to retianing possession from sideline balls. I know this should be an easy skill to execute but the team Im taking at the moment constantly gives the ball to the opposition when we hit a sideline.

Any specific drills I could use?

...it exists

Just wondering do any team statisticians have a template for stats collection, ie - breaking balls, turnovers, kickouts won etc...

Any posters got any experience with this type of package?

["Otherwise you get into that Irish thing of having a pint of Guinness and you can play, like they did. "They did have a decent team when they did that but I think it is taking it too far.]

Richard Gough believes Englishman George Boyd should not be given the chance to play for Scotland - despite himself having been born in Sweden.

Boyd, 23, from Chatham in Kent, is eligible through his Motherwell-born grandad.

However, the Peterborough winger had not set foot in Scotland until Tuesday when he turned up to meet his Scotland B team-mates ahead of Wednesday night's game with Northern Ireland at Broadwood.

Gough, born in Stockholm with a Scottish father and Swedish mother, was brought up in South Africa.

But after moving to Scotland as a teenager, he began a career in football which saw him play for, among others, Dundee United, Tottenham, Rangers and Everton and he captained Scotland eight times in his 61 appearances in dark blue.

However, the Ibrox legend believes the recruitment of Boyd is a step too far.

He said: "I'm a good one to ask about that seeing that I was born in Sweden.

"But my father would have shot me if I had played for Sweden.

"I came to Scotland at 15 or 16, I grew up as a Rangers fan and the Scottish thing was ingrained in me.

"I think your grandfather is taking a bit far.

"I think it should go back one generation.

"Otherwise you get into that Irish thing of having a pint of Guinness and you can play, like they did.

"They did have a decent team when they did that but I think it is taking it too far.

"It's not, 'I'm only playing for Scotland because England hasn't picked me' sort of thing - I don't think that's right."

The following questions and answers were collected from last year's GCSE exam results in Maldon, Essex. They are apparently genuine responses (from 16 year olds)!

Geography

Q: Name the four seasons.
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutant like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.

Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.

Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?
A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon. All water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and Nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight.

Sociology

Q: What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on?
A: If you are buying a house, they will insist you are well endowed.

Q: In a democratic society, how important are elections?
A: Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election.

Q: What are steroids?
A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.

Biology

Q: What happens to your body as you age?
A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.

Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A: He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery.

Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
A: Premature death.

Q: What is artificial insemination?
A: When the farmer does it to the cow instead of the bull.

Q: How can you delay milk turning sour?
A: Keep it in the cow. [He got an A]

Q: How are the main parts of the body categorised? (e.g. abdomen)
A: The body is consisted into three parts - the brainium, the borax the abdominal cavity. The branium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels, A, E, I, O and U.

Q: What is the Fibula?
A: A small lie.

Q: What does "varicose" mean?
A: Nearby.

Q: What is the most common form of birth control?
A: Most people prevent contraception by wearing a condominium.

Q: Give the meaning of the term "Caesarean Section."
A: The caesarean section is a district in Rome .

Q: What is a seizure?
A: A Roman emperor.

Q: What is a terminal illness?
A: When you are sick at the airport

Q: Give an example of a fungus. What is a characteristic feature?
A: Mushrooms. They always grow in damp places and they look like umbrellas.

English

Q: Use the word "judicious" in a sentence to show you understand its meaning.
A: Hands that judicious can be soft as your face.

Q: What does the word "benign" mean?
A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight.

Technology

Q: What is a turbine?
A: Something an Arab or Sheik wears on his head

...is on Channel 4 now. Unreal film with a fantastic soundtrack

Got thinking there tonight about a few examples of talented young players from smaller clubs being sounded out and eventually transferred to a bigger club.

Is this becoming a more common occurence in the GAA today and are our transfer regulations too lax?

In my opinion they are and our rules governing transfers need serious re-evaluation.

Could any posters recommend a good local DVD production company? Our club are looking to produce a 75th Anniversary DVD this year and Im also wondering do any posters have any ideas for the best way to go about these type of things?

Anybody have any links to a website that could translate surnames to Irish from English?

Any clubs got anything unique in the pipeline to celebrate the day?