The sun is shining, the strawberries are ripe and the pims flow, just as the great good and sorrow of the tennis world descends on SW19. You can almost hear Ir Cliff warm his vocal cords in case the rain breaks regenerate. Yes, Wimbledon is here. The All-England lawn tennis club looks pristine, the courts have just been cut out and the lines are painted sharply. Murray Mound (or Draper's inflation?) is littered with tanned audiences, pots of M&S Umas, carrot sticks, cocktail sausages and canned G&T. Everything should be. Or…?
Recent research shows tennis players may be using toilet breaks more than just a comfortable stop. You can't be serious! Bathroom trips during these matches have long been suspected to be strategic, and now there is data to prove it. Researchers found that 71% of toilet breaks were filmed after losing the set. It provided an excellent opportunity to break the momentum of the enemy, mentally reorganize it, and exude frustration by muttering some whimsical words about the judgement.
Who can blame them for not relying on timed toilet breaks in troublesome moments? It's the ultimate escape card. It's a classic movement, and something I unfold often. Because it is universally acknowledged at some point that someone will start a tillard about evil corrupt media at a dinner or under a pub.
How the press is a liar and a manipulator – whipping public rage while conveniently burying the truth. The way the media blames everything that is rotten in our society. I've heard it from all sides.
The left wing is holding a hard right-wing plot type with a red-faced hard right-wing influence and the mainstream media cobalt. Ultimately, the conversation challenges that go-to social lubricant: “So, what do you do?”
After nearly a decade in this industry, I'm well prepared for such a scenario and know the hand-ren bullet I'm trying to throw. Like a character from a Michael Bay movie, he wears an astronaut, smokes a cigar, and casually flips the pin.
“Me? I'm an editor and columnist for the Daily Express.” Boom. No one expects tabloid news editors. And so, I'll take my vacation. “I'm just going to jump into Lou.
