Hello, good evening and welcome to the Stitching Bastards review of the year for 2009. It has certainly been a year of surprises, Brawn GP winning the F1 world championship, Michael Jackson passing away, Hobbits closing it’s doors for the final time and Freightliner ordering the ugliest locomotive fleet ever in the Class 70s.
Let us talk about the high points perhaps, yes us people in the UK had our second F1 champ in two years as Jensen Button followed The Ham to the top spot in a car that made everyone in F1 do a double take and then add a double diffuser to the arse end of their vehicles. I put my foot so far down my neck it was almost impossible to remove when I panned Jensen as “not one of the greats” in the build up to Australia. Talk about eating my words. But very fair play to the guy and also to Mr Hamilton who drove a car that was shit to a couple of wins and a few podiums (having qualified about 16th in the first race), he also scored most points in the second half of the year, more even than Jensen.!
Rage Against the Machine beating Ugly Kid Joe Mcdonalds Worker to number one also made my year.!
And talking of music, my hit of the year, always a great moment in music history, such as Dare (Gorrilaz) and Umbrella (Rihanna)… and this year I am so happy to award it to the best comedy moment I have heard in a long time with a fantastically graphic video and a dead catchy melody… yes, Lonely Island and their “Jizz in my Pants” have whipped themselves into a frenzy and are firmly filling my slot for song of the year. Marvellous.!
There have been a few low points but why should we bother with those as we enter 2010.!?!
and so I will leave you with a defining moment of 2009, Colin Turkington driving his BMW in the BTCC to his first ever championship. Well done Colin.!
and a happy new year to you all.!!!
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