Burton's Window

**Quack** · 11/04/2004, 11:25 PM

Does anyone else find that Burton's Window, the Sunday Tribune's "humourous" football bit, evokes no laughs whatsoever? Not even a wry smile. It really is a textbook example of how "trying to be funny" means you end up not being funny at all.

Take today's one - "Who'd Win in a Fight Between Jose Mourinho and Jose Maria Olazabal".... "If Alan Shearer was a cartoon character, he'd be The Good Guy' (?), an unfunny "Emily Dickinson" poem about Arsenal's Champions league exit.... all are bits that might have been funny on websites, but on the printed page don't work at all.

At least they got rid of the really really stupid "six degrees" thing that the Evening Herald briefly adopted (or do they still have it? Probably do, it's bad enough!)

**Schumi** · 12/04/2004, 8:22 PM

What's the six degrees thing?

**John83** · 13/04/2004, 9:29 AM

Originally Posted by Schumi

What's the six degrees thing?

Six steps from David Connolly to Celestine Babyaroo.
Connelly plays for West Ham, initally partnering Jermany Defoe who has since moved to Tottenham, where he plays with Gustavo Poyet who used to play for Chelsea who Babyaroo gets payed by.

Etc. Ad nausium. Burton's window used to attempt to make some of the links funny, (eg. Richard Dunne, who turns about as fast as a pint of milk on a cold day...) to somewhat limited effect.

**wws** · 13/04/2004, 9:47 AM

please someone, stitch up my sides quickly, I cant afford to lose any more internal organs

its tripe

**tiktok** · 13/04/2004, 10:24 AM

can't stand it, stopped reading the 'who'd win a fight between...' ages ago. neither clever nor funny. although the 'back of the net' column in the same paper can be very good.

btw 'six degrees of Kevin bacon' is still great fun when you're drunk.