It's a bummer being English!

With the England football team about to play an infamous dead rubber at the World Cup, going out at this stage is so embarrassing - it's like being Scotland.  Or what Scotland used to be like when they were good enough to actually qualify for anything...

And with England's cricketers chasing an impossible 350+ with only 5 wickets remaining against bloody Sri Lanka, it is a tough time to follow any of our nation's main sports.

At this point most sports fans look to the efforts of England's egg-chasers for comfort.  No joy there either after they have just been whitewashed by the All Blacks.

There's never an Olympics around when you need one, is there?