Halo Stickman

Yeah, but was he better than Ali Dia?

I’m addressing this question in alphabetical order – could anyone give me some help with ‘Ali’?

I’m delighted to read that. Perhaps based on nothing more than wishful thinking on my part, I’m hoping that this season will be remembered for, amongst other things, the time when KL fell in love with football, fell in love with Saints, and became comfortable in her role as owner of our club. In this turns out to be the case, then, surely, she will do whatever it takes to keep MP on board, and everything else we desperately hope for – players staying, couple of quality signings etc. – will follow in quick order.

I see that 19 year-old Lewis McManus, wicket-keeper / batsman, has made a century for Hampshire in both innings against Cardiff MCCU.

Now, that would be an entertaining night

Go on Bear, tell us the story about the badge being designed after your dad’s green afro again – it makes me chuckle.

How about starting an ‘ignore the people who don’t ignore the trolls’ thread?

I seem to recall that the club threw open the new badge design to members of the public, and that the winner appeared on South Today to explain all the different features – pretty sure he said the tree represented the New Forest, but I may be mistaken. As my dad was a welder in a Southampton shipyard, I’d be happy to change the tree for a shipyard worker or docker!

We could always go back to my namesake: He seems like a nice badge

The badge has got something for everyone and everything: Halo – club Ball – team Scarf – supporters Tree – New Forest Blue wavy lines – Solent and rivers Rose – Hampshire If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, IMO

Cheesecakes, high level football, Istanbul, surgery – where else could you get all this lot, and more, for just a fiver?

I’ve just received news that my brother has shacked up with a local tart in Basingstoke. Sent from my sister-in-law using extremely bad language.

Interesting article in this week’s New Scientist magazine called Losing Our Religion by Graham Lawson. I can’t post a link because it’s behind a subscription firewall. Below is an excerpt quoting Stephen Bullivant, a theologian at St Mary’s University and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Atheism: “The strongest predictor of whether a person grows up to be religious is whether their parents are. A child whose parents are actively religious has about a 50 per cent chance of following them. A child whose parents are not (actively religious) has only about a 3 per cent chance of becoming religious.”

It’s hard to get served ever since you punched the bloody barmaid.

Hey D_P, tiger poo (aka Mrs D_P) is very good at warding off foxes. Shame this didn’t happen a few months ago, you’d have made a killing with Saints’ fans. Could always try flogging some to Forest fans, I suppose.

Oh well, perhaps when Mrs Stickman packs her bags me and you should get together! BTW, Tim, were your wife’s final words to you: fucyootim?

Oh sorry Tim, that went over my head – a bit like Premiership and Premier League. It’s a good job I’ve got you to sort me out. Cheers mate x PS I’ve spent most of my life living in utter utter shame, so I’m quite used to it by now.

Hey Tim, it's Halo! Spellin was never my strong suite - hic, I mean sic

Agree. I’ve never understood why people respond to posters they think are wums, trolls, pompey supporters in disguise, stupid or just plain irritating.

In the beginning, in a strange faraway land, full of strange faraway people… Play with Wolfswinkel up front? No, I’d prefer somewhere more discreet.

I wouldn't know where to start, bletch x

but Wood Green? I've missed you, bletch

I know someone who worked with Clarkson – apparently, behind his media persona he’s a complete cu next tuesday.

And my 'problem' is that a young woman has died – still nobody seems to know for certain how – but you have already seen fit to bandy around phrases such as ‘scum’ and ‘good riddance’. You won’t be the only one to do so; whilst this might not make you a hypocrite, IMO, it certainly will others. Look, I appreciate that your business is running nurseries or similar childcare establishments, so I can well understand why you put kids first in these situations, and you are right to do so. I also know, like you do, that some kids have very irresponsible and uncaring parents… and worse. But you don’t know whether or not that was the case with PG. I’ve got no problem with moral crusades to safeguard kids from irresponsible parenting, but first you need to establish the levels of irresponsibility beyond which you’re going to protect, and even you seem a bit woolly as to where to draw the line – somewhere between a couple of drinks and being sloshed, is it? Personally, I think there’s a good argument for saying that those responsible for looking after young children should not drink at all. Yes, PG was highly irresponsible; she let down herself, her family and, most importantly, her kids. Probably, no one will ever be certain what drove her to act in that way, but I bet you’ll never find her kids or the rest of her family using phrases such as ‘scum’ and ‘good riddance’ to describe her. I would imagine they might try to comprehend what has happened with a little more compassion, empathy and understanding.