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Down but not out !

Right, so my injury has rendered me useless as regards actully dancing but I made a perfect spectator. Gavin Glitter dragged me up the front, my having decided that, in order to stay in the game, I still needed to attend training. "When are you allowed dance again?" asked Gavin. "Monday" said I. With a wee glint in his gamey eye Gavin Glitter asked... " Sex?".... "Loads" said I...are ye asking ?"Poor Gavin Glitter nearly choked as he uttered "F*** No !" I giggled to myself and relaxed against the wall to watch the group dance practice. Bangin' Barry winked at me and off the boys went like a heard of wilderbeasts dancing to Elton John. Poor Bangin' could not remember one section but improvised with a couple of pirouettes ( not in the programme) and big arm movements....and got away with it. Utterly Butterly concerntrated hard, so hard that he looked as if he was constipated but, following some gentle encourgement from the s

Gooched

Last week as I travelled home from work I overheard an interview with a man who lived in the same village as Colm "Gooch" Cooper. The Gooch had sustained an Anterior Cruciate Injury and the man on the radio was asked how this news had affected those in the area.He then uttered the words " It was like a death in the family" I was shocked. As a woman who has, in my other career, taken care of county football players and All Ireland Winners, even I thought this was a crazy statement.At the end of the day....it's sport....not life or death. The radio coverage of The Gooch's injury, surgery and recovery has continued with an air of reverence and admiration....a bit too much fuss....or so I thought. Last night, at the Monday edition of SCD ( Strictly Come Dancing) a truly shocking and terrible thing happened...and I don't mean watching the bum wiggling of some of the male dancers. I was throwing myself wholeheartedly into the Salsa, trying hard to match the e