Some of the world in union.

Let me preface this post by saying that while ranting and current events are not my normal style (there are loads of other places on the Internet to listen to people self-righteously claim that they know what is best for the world) this is an exception as it allows me to crap all over football.

My fellow Britons, or anyone else who has an interest in British sport (no, I'm serious), imagine this... It's the day after the final of the football world cup, lets say Brazil vs. France, not England but still, two countries who like their football. It is also the day after Sale Sharks have won a match, not a championship match or a final, just a match. You buy the morning paper and there's a nice big picture of the Sale Sharks on the front page of the sports section. Having trouble envisioning this particular scenario? Me too.

So why, the day after the final of the rugby world cup, was the outcome of the Manchester derby top news everywhere from the papers to Facebook? Now just to clear up something, I am not a bitter Manchester United fan, I actually come from a family of City season ticket holders. But my mother is Welsh, hence the rugby brainwashing from a young age.

 I'll admit, football is more widely followed than rugby in England, it sells papers, it makes huge amounts of money, and the final score was more interesting than the rugby final. But to channel my whiny inner voice, rugby is just better.

Rugby players don't get paid such ridiculous amounts of money or feel that they are entitled to whatever they want. Rugby fans don't need to be segregated in the stands. There is respect for other teams and other fans. For example, there is no shame in losing to New Zealand, and if you meet another rugby fan in this country, chances are you'll become friends rather than enemies, no matter which team they support. The fans are incredibly loyal and yet accept that it is just a game. Anyone who has ever seen the Welsh supporters will know that an evening match is a night out and an excuse to dress up. It's fun, it's a celebration. And, as the song suggests, in rugby there is far more of a sense of the world celebrating as one.

So, congratulations New Zealand, you deserved it.

Dun Dun Duuuuuun.

There are moments in life that redefine the way we view the world. whether it's witnessing historic events, people entering and leaving our lives, or a new album. For me these events include leaving school, watching E.T for the first time, the worst day of my life, getting over a long-term illness, any time I see photos from outer space, leaving home, and learning that twinkle twinkle little star and the alphabet song had the same tune.

But last night I came across a new discovery that would shatter the very foundations of all that I knew to be true about the world... Agatha Christie surfed.

QI, rocking my world since 2003.