Uncle Skello's 'What's Hot and What's Not'

WHATS HOT

1) Being only 5 foot 5 inches tall - a real advantage when playing sticky glue* in the school playground...
2) The Irish rugby team - showed Australia how to play a man's game properly.
3) Caramel shortbread - like a band of angels dancing on your tongue.
4) Sloe Gin - Pick some sloes now (if you haven't already) 1/3 sloes, 1/3 sugar, 1/3 booze. Shake it everyday and it will be ready by Christmas
5) Stack heel Boots - a great "morale" booster for the shorter man...unless you're playing sticky glue....(see above)

*(sticky glue...was a playground variation of the game 'It' from the 1970's and 80's. When touched the player stood with their arms and legs open and waited for a player to go through their legs to be released.

WHATS NOT
1) Tweed - Worn by posh people for warmth when shooting. Soaked in urine to make it softer, the ammonia in the sheep or human pee loosened the waxy lanolin in the new cloth, so that it could be removed by the milling process.
2) Popout Surfboards - Soulless, mass produced, tat.
3) The Australian rugby pack - 8 of Australia's toughest males failed to man up....again.
4) Sailor Tattoos - So last year, captain.
5) Italians - Too much time concerned with buying dark denims, black jackets and fancy loafers, not enough time worrying about their national debt...