Things I learned today (Part 2)

Eric Carmen died 14 months ago.

Been listening to his stuff a lot lately, had no idea he was dead. Genuinely saddened.

Running, crossfit and hyrox in that order

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All by himself, apparently.

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The women have to refer to each other as ā€œa warriorā€ and/or ā€œfierceā€*

  • not in the ā€œyer wan is a fierce pain in the holeā€ way
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Jude Bellingham has a brother called Jobe who plays for Sunderland.

I cried Tears Of Unfathomable Sadness when I heard that news

He’ll be playing for Dortmund next season

Danny Welbeck’s brother is a bomb disposal expert.

His name is Stan apparently.

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Danny Welbeck broke double figures in the league this season for the first time ever

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The lad from Southpark?

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I’ve just had a peek at his stats there. In all his years at ManUtd he only made 92 appearances. His spell at Brighton has seen his best figures.

Looks a decent player based on the 20 minutes I saw of him.

No.

Tunnocks tea cakes are the RAF cake of choice. Cc @Rocko you absolute quisling

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He never kept himself well to be honest.

Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman is based on a real life slimeball lawyer in Albuquerque called Ron Bell.

According to ā€œBreaking Badā€ production designer Robb Wilson King, as quoted by GQ, the initial persona of Saul Goodman was inspired by a real-life personal injury attorney named Ron Bell, whose advertisements could, at the time, be found plastered across the arid Albuquerque landscape and airing on its local television channels. Like the fictional Goodman, Bell’s ads were flashy and a bit cartoonish, with one featuring the attorney knocking gloves in a boxing ring and another in which he describes the signs of elder abuse in a nursing home. Similar to Goodman, Bell had his own catchphrase: ā€œRing the Bell!ā€

In designing Goodman’s office, King actually set up a meeting with Bell, and described the encounter as a surreal experience. ā€œOn a billboard, Ron Bell looks like the biggest movie star in the world,ā€ King said. ā€œWell, the door opens to his huge office, and I’m looking at this big desk that looked like an aircraft carrier in his office, but he’s not there. And as I get closer and closer to the desk, I finally see him: he’s the littlest guy I’ve ever seen in my life, sitting behind this desk. That’s Ron Bell!ā€

King’s experience with Bell guided him in designing Goodman’s ostentatious offices, most notably his inner sanctum, characterized by its faux marble pillars and enormous desk. The imagery was perfect as Goodman does everything possible to project an illusion of grandiosity for prospective clients. The irony, of course, is that Jimmy McGill is riddled with insecurities hiding behind the character he’s constructed, but looking at him, you’d never know it.

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He only looked at the first two letters.

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Thelma Mansfield married the twin brother of Mouse Morris the horse trainer.

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Mouse Morris is the son of Lord Killanin, the former president of the International Olympic Committee.

Not sure why I didn’t know that before. I remember when Killanin was head of IOC and I remember watching Morris ride at Cheltrnham way back when.