Carry on up the Nile

Apologies to our readers for the lack of postings recently, a drought that will likely continue until this day week. P O’Neill has retreated from his US domicile to seek better Euro 2004 football viewing opportunities at an undisclosed location somewhere in Egypt. So for instance, last night’s England vs Croatia match was watched with Arabic commentary, on a broadcast featuring a half-time analyst who seemed more concerned about the nature of the tackling than the goals. And then we would flick over to German commentary on the France vs Switzerland match. The Germans were helpfully providing extensive highlights from the England match, and of course German is really not that difficult to understand, especially when during one of those highlight clips they referred to Wayne Rooney as das europa meister .

Meanwhile, the locals tell us of their amusement at Americans denying that they are American when they obviously are. Apparently, changing the name of region in Dubya’s speeches from Greater Middle East to Broader Middle East was not a swing issue for the locals. Further thoughts when we return to the clutches of Euro 2004 pay per view next week.