Setanta Ranter part 3

Once again Steve B joins the Spurt to well and truly put the boot in on the troubled Irish rights holder provide depth and insight into the Setanta situation.

There have been new developments regarding Setanta – leading me to believe that we may hear more of those delicious “We hate Setanta” chants in Croatia tonight. I’m an avid Five Live devotee, and this morning, Victoria Derbyshire hosted a discussion on the England-Croatia game. All of a sudden it mutated into – guess what – a vehement discussion about how impossible it is to extricate yourself from a Setanta subscription.

Sound like a familiar subject? It took Victoria by surprise. Which just goes to show that she needs to start reading World of Spurt. Indeed, I emailed her, detailing my Setanta woes, and adding a helpful click-through to Setanta ranter. Alas, no response. But here’s a telling comment on her blog:

Seems I'm not alone in feeling the pain...

Euro 2008: Krauts tonked Word of the Day part Eins

Schadenfreude:– A German word meaning ‘unfeigned glee or sheer delight in the misfortunes of others’. Those clever Germans they have a word for everything don’t they?

Perhaps it shows up the failings of our own poor sorry excuse for a language, the one with which Shakespeare, Milton and Tennyson just had to make do and muck on through, but surely it’s a bit of an omission when we don’t have a handy single word to sum up and encapsulate our overwhelming feelings on this sunny Friday morning.

So ladies and gentlemen we give you the World of Spurt’s new Euro 2008 word of the Day, the splendid ‘Schadenfreude’.

Why should that be particularly relevant?

No particular reason, just saying.