Someone on ST's sports desk must be an Elvis Presley fan. This headline today (30 April, page B8) is for the Manchester United-Manchester City "derby of derbies" Premier League football match (kickoff at 3am, Tuesday 1 May, Singapore time. UPDATE: City won 1-0.):
And here's the YouTube clip of the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkMVscR5YOo
Did you wonder what is a "derby" (pronounced "darby"), as used in soccer parlance? Here's one explanation:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/235375.html
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Keepy-Uppy
Over at TODAY, one of its sports pages (page 30) had this headline, above. So what is "keepy-uppy"? It is "the skill of ball-juggling -- to keep a ball in the air for as long as possible". Here's the fuller explanation:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/keepy-uppy.html
The website above also says there are keepy-uppy contests and the record "at the time of writing... stands at 19 hours 30 minutes"!
The Children's BBC (CBBC) even has a game of Keepy Uppy, played using a computer mouse or a webcam ("bounce the ball with your body", it says):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/keepy-uppy-game
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A hairy ball with missing hairs?
Last item. I found this poster in an optometrist's shop both puzzling and intriguing...
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