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Dom Joly: Girls, listen up, I can teach you to throw

Monday, 22 March 2010

My real problem is netball. Actually, it's girls' sports in general. They're just so dull

Dom Joly: Hooked on piano ditties and pathetic phalluses

Sunday, 21 March 2010

So, as usual, I come late to an internet trend. Somebody told me about this thing called Chatroulette and, desperate to waste time and avoid having to write anything, I gave it a go. I was hooked immediately. It's a very simple premise. You simply log on and turn on your webcam.

Dom Joly: How alcohol caused an Almaty upset

Monday, 15 March 2010

Weird World Of Sport: After a curious series of events, it seems I am now the Kazakh darts champion

Dom Joly: I've seen the Sugababes and the world's first fireplace

Sunday, 14 March 2010

Two days back home and then it was off to Central Asia again. This time my destination was Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

Dom Joly: Know your Kokpar from your Kyz-Kuu

Monday, 8 March 2010

Weird World of Sport: It's an exciting game to watch as the riders jostle to throw the goat across the goal-line

Dom Joly: I toasted my telly and braced myself for an earthquake

Sunday, 7 March 2010

Iread with great sadness about the Desarmes family who, after the terrible quake there, left Haiti to go and stay with their eldest son in... Chile. Having now survived two huge quakes, they are living in the garden in understandable fear of another.

Dom Joly: Skis or board? Let the Wu-Tang decide

Monday, 1 March 2010

Four skiers line up in a small cabin while members of their Olympic team shout at them

Dom Joly: I'll go anywhere, as long as it ends in '-stan'

Sunday, 28 February 2010

I'm off to Kazakhstan on Tuesday. I've always wanted to start a column by saying that. Now I have.

Dom Joly: Polite Canadians tip Balding over edge

Monday, 22 February 2010

Weird World of Sport: I like Clare a lot but she has this habit of saying something mean right out of the blue

Dom Joly: Parliamentary immunity is handy on trains

Sunday, 21 February 2010

Listening to Sir Nicholas Winterton on Five Live, as he described his fear of the sort of people that sat in "standard class", was a peculiarly enjoyable experience.

Dom Joly: Five amazing secrets of the Frisbee

Monday, 15 February 2010

Weird World of Sport: Iraqi bakers started the practice of throwing the boiling hot bread from person to person

Dom Joly: If you think I'm odd, you should meet my cat

Sunday, 14 February 2010

My cat, Dr Pepper is becoming a problem. When he first arrived in our family, it was against the wishes of my wife. She is not a big cat-lover and would contend that the only proper cats are the ones that live outside and chase mice and do other cat-like activities.

Dom Joly: Make England captains live like monks

Monday, 8 February 2010

I used to like the way Beckham called the manager "sir". It was a rare display of humility and respect

Dom Joly: I know all the leaders, and Sarah Brown gets my vote

Sunday, 7 February 2010

I'm getting quite excited by the prospect of the general election. As a political anorak/ junkie I can't wait for all the accompanying coverage and gossip. Excitingly, this time we're even going to have three "presidential" debates. One thing is for sure, I'm going to be ready to cast my vote. I'm even going to be a little more informed than usual, thanks to my unusual interaction with all three party leaders in the past couple of years.

Dom Joly: Free bet that proved costly for Andy

Monday, 1 February 2010

I was elated and gripped with Andy-fever – he was going to make me rich

Dom Joly: Steve Jobs nicked my idea, so I nicked it back

Sunday, 31 January 2010

So, Apple launches another sexy must-have product: the iPad. I don't bother finding out what Apple things do any more – they're shiny and exciting and I have to have them. The new shiny, exciting thing, the iPad, was launched in San Francisco by the distinctly unshiny and unexciting Apple supremo, Steve Jobs. As it appeared on a screen behind him there were whoops from the audience of assembled geeks, and even a wolf-whistle.

Dom Joly: Skating and sledging is going to dogs

Monday, 25 January 2010

Weird World of Sport: The sledge split and a shard of plastic cut through my jeans and pierced one of my buttocks

Dom Joly: Pop on a kilt, and you will always blend in

Sunday, 24 January 2010

Last stop on my Tintin tour of the country. We landed on the beach in Barra in a twin-prop plane. It's an exhilarating ride and apparently the only scheduled flight in the world that uses such a landing strip.

Dom Joly: The shocking truth about golf on Barra

Monday, 18 January 2010

Weird World of Sport: It's this kind of activity that keeps them ready to fight off another Viking invasion

Dom Joly: Dressing as Tintin and airport security don't mix

Sunday, 17 January 2010

It's not easy this Tintin lark. I'm filming a documentary for Channel 4 on the Belgian boy adventurer and I've been up in Scotland, trying to find the Black Island that features in the Tintin book of that name.

Dom Joly: Come to Belgium, home of the Cannibal

Monday, 11 January 2010

I have decided to help you out by giving you a brief run-down of the five most famous Belgian sportspeople

Dom Joly: Blistering barnacles! My life as a Belgian cartoon

Sunday, 10 January 2010

I've been in Belgium filming a documentary about Tintin. I'm a huge fan of the cartoon reporter who has adventures all around the globe without ever seeming to have to file any stories – some people have all the luck.

Dom Joly: It's pants, but I'm glued to Andre's hair

Monday, 4 January 2010

American wrestling is all bells and whistles, in huge stadiums full of scary-looking rednecks

Dom Joly: I'm running as Minister for the Cotswolds

Sunday, 3 January 2010

Hooray. Happy New Year. We've made it to the Teens. Sadly, as any parent will know, the teen years are probably the trickiest that anyone goes through, what with raging hormones, dodgy relationships and a dangerous excess of bacchanalian activity.