The Funderball numbers are confirmed as

Awful wasn't it?

The BBC's explanation for this pitiful broadcasting was that it represented the "diversity" of Britain, as if this was something we should be proud of.

Indeed, alun.

They said they are committed are committed to reflect the diversity of modern Britain and that over the last year they've  introduced a range of different voices and accents to ensure they represent the whole UK, and provide license fee payers with a real sense of the diversity of people living in the UK today.

Not heard a Yorkshire accent yet!

More alarmingly still Kenny, what they are confirming is that they are NOT employing on MERIT.  They would prefer to employ someone who fits a certain 'Diverse' profile, rather than someone who pronounces the words properly.

Transfer that nonsensical strategy in our daily lives, and see it for the ludicrousness that it really is. If I want a person to fit a new cooker and washing machine, should I employ a qualified plumber with a good reputation and a previous track record of success. Or should I roam the streets until I find someone of a different 'heritage' to myself, qualifications/capabilities unknown, and offer them the job because of their diversity?

Neither actually, alun. Most firms should deliver and connect the cooker or washing machine. I know Argos will. I get your point though.

I suppose language shouldn't concern me too much.After all there are about 150 different lingos here in Bradford.

I think I may have exaggerated.


Census data from 2011 has revealed 23,965 people in Bradford speak little or no English, with the district also having some of the largest households in West Yorkshire.

The figures, released by the Office of National Statistics yesterday, show that 85.3 per cent of the 497,608 people in the city said English was their first language – compared with 92.3 per cent nationally.

Of those questioned in the survey, 9.5 per cent of people in the district said they speak a South Asian language as their main language – with 3.3 per cent citing Urdu and four per cent Punjabi – while 2.4 per cent said they speak another European language, including Polish, Slovak and Latvian.

If doing lottery, you might as well pick 1,2,3,4,5,6. As much chance as anything of coming out!

Big fan of Esperanto myself!

If doing lottery, you might as well pick 1,2,3,4,5,6. As much chance as anything of coming out!

I've not played the lottery for 20 years, and when I did it was a work's syndicate.


btw 1 2 3  4 5 6 are amongst the worst numbers you can pick

That's silly Kenny. All numbers are the same. They might have hot balls and cold balls but the probability of any coming out is the same. That's why they call it lottery, same as bingo. Bingo halls have a very large profit margin, only paying out a fraction of the actual money in the kitty

Yes, I know all that mate. But the payout will be an all time low if those numbers come out, as thousands pick them.

That seems surprising to me. Nobody has the first 6 numbers as there favourites, surely? Usually birthdays, anniversaries get picked. Drawing numbers from a machine is totally random. No skill involved whatsoever, pot luck. At least some of the profits go to charitable good causes