GOOD day last Saturday, Warriors stuffing the Quins, got that one in first this week, get it out of the system, sort of thing - done with now, City at home tonight, your support is needed.

Going through my parish magazine this week - well it isn't mine, it is for the villages in the area - and noted the rehearsals are under way for the parish pantomime.

Now there is a very British thing, the pantomime.

As far as I know, they are not performed anywhere else in the world and are unique to this country.

Have you ever tried to explain our pantomime to a foreigner. I tried once... never again.

Well, the Principal Boy is a girl, the Dame is a bloke, we have a baddie who could be the best actor in the company, internationally famous, but still gets booed at the end.

And it's all about princes with silver slippers trying them on anyone's foot, little people who have magic powers, an ancient bowman and the like.

No wonder the Frenchman I was trying to explain it to thought I was mad.

While talking of theatre, Billy Bob Thornton (who?), the American actor, has slammed Shakespeare by branding the Bard's work as "bulls**t".

He has reportedly compared the legendary English playwright's work to corny soap operas.

School

Now I am not a great fan of Old Bill I must say, he can be a bit dry, could be because we didn't do stuff like Shakespeare in our school, or any other playwright as I recall.

But what has this to do with Billy Bob, who, it has to be said, is not one of our greatest board-treaders is he?

If Sir John, or Sir Lawrence had come out with such a statement, we could think about it... but not Billy Bob.

Although I do have to say I slept through the Two Gentlemen of Verona on one occasion.

Went to the movies this week, haven't been for a while, and saw a film called Layer Cake.

It's not bad, but if you don't like bad language, violence and the like, don't go and see it.