Tonight's TV & Radio

[AreliusIII]

Sky Sports 1: World Cup 2006 (7pm)
"Buying a beer in the US can be harder than actually getting into the country", wails Gabriel Cohen, prefacing the latest of your tales of bureaucratic hell...

Live FA Cup: Manchester City v Aston Villa (7.30pm)
... and casting serious doubt on the wisdom of getting into the country in the first place.

You're on Sky Sports (10pm)
"Last May, me and a couple of buddies flew to Boston to watch the greatest rock band in the world," continues Gabriel, whose story doesn't quite stack up because Judas Priest weren't even in America last May. Still, let's see where this yarn's headed.

Revista De La Liga (11pm)
"Just before U2 were due on stage, I ran off to get a last round of 1%-strength Bud Light with my passport in hand, anticipating that, despite being 29, I would be asked for ID.

Sky Sports 2: Big Cup Live - Internazionale v Ajax (7.30pm)
"Upon reaching the queue, I duly ordered three pints of beer-flavoured water and handed over my passport as requested.

Five: Football Argentina Highlights (3.40am)
"That's when the bartender sternly informed me that only US passports were accepted!

Portuguese Football: Sporting v Gil Vicente (4.30am)
"I asked how a British citizen could get a US passport and why my form of ID was acceptable to Fatherland Security but not quite good enough to get me a beer in his crummy bar.

Setanta: The Hub (7pm)
"But the predictable response was a blank look followed by the time-honoured 'I'm only following orders' line.

Talksport: Kick-Off (7pm)
"I was saved by a pair of 60-something American rock chicks who intervened on my behalf and used their IDs to supply me and my mates with fuel for the show.

Radio Five Live: Sport On Five (7pm)
"I won't tell you what they wanted in return."

Newstalk 106FM: Off The Ball With Ger Gilroy (7pm)
Achtung baby! Did they find what they were looking for? Etc and so on. Now, have any other readers been stripped of their pride in the name of officialdom? Reveal all to deuce [at] realsaltlake.org in an email marked: Under a Blood Red Tape.

[Deuce]

Originally Posted by AreliusIII

Newstalk 106FM: Off The Ball With Ger Gilroy (7pm)
Achtung baby! Did they find what they were looking for? Etc and so on. Now, have any other readers been stripped of their pride in the name of officialdom? Reveal all to duece [at] realsaltlake.org in an email marked: Under a Blood Red Tape.

?????? what is up with that?
They spelled deuce wrong... idiots!