Heart-shaped facial birthmarks, murderous Chinese border guards, putting the Wolfe Tones on repeat and telling Jamie O’Hara to shove it. We’ve got the lot on the working week’s third last ‘End of the Day’.
Pic of the Day How does he do that? There has to be a piece of string involved.
Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain throws a club to his caddie during the Pro-Am round prior to the BMW PGA Championship on the West Course at Wentworth on May 19, 2010 in Virginia Water, England. Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images.
Tonight’s Telly
Pick of the night: Heartless, Sky Box Office
The life of Jamie Morgan (Jim Sturgess) has been pretty rubbish – basically because he has a big, gross, heart-shaped birthmark on his face. Crime is endemic in his city so he regularly catches beatings for his appearance by the local hoods. He goes to desperate lengths in a bid to improve his crappy life and eventually resorts to making a deal with a demon. Which is widely considered to be a poorly advised course of action.
More TV: Tibet: Murder in the Snow, 12.15pm, RTÉ 1
In 2006 a team of international climbers spotted a group of Tibetan pilgrims making their way over a remote mountain pass. The scene quickly turned into something from a horror movie when a band of over-eager Chinese border guards set off after them – firing as they went. If you’ve demolished your sleeping patterns by caffeine over-consumption then stay up until just after midnight which features actual footage of the event, witness accounts and a reconstruction.
Sporting highlight: Sevilla v Atletico Madrid, 8.30pm, Sky Sports 3, 8.30pm
It’s the Copa Del Rey Final tonight and this year, the two teams going all out to bring the trophy home are Sevilla and Atletico Madrid. There have been some sublime goals so far in the competition this time round so it could be well worth butchers.
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Mood Swingometer
Today we’re feeling… nationalistic.
US, Australian, Nigerian, Chinese, Slovakian, Slovenian, Croatian and Latvian officials attended this year’s famine commemoration – but the Brits snubbed us. Now Jamie O’Hara seems to think that nationality is a pick ‘n mix – and we’re not impressed. In fact, this ridiculous carry on has triggered a bout of rampant nationalism around the office.
We’ve put the Wolfe Tones on repeat, raised the tricolour over our office and started shouting insults out the window at non-Irish passersby. Jamie O’Hara wants to play for Ireland now that the English don’t want him? Stick it up your a*se!
