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According to Wikipedia: Humbug is a person or thing that tricks or deceives or talks or behaves in a way that is deceptive, dishonest, false, or insincere, often a hoax or in jest.[1][2] The term was first described in 1751 as student slang. It is now also often used as an exclamation to mean 'nonsense' or 'gibberish'. When referring to a person, a humbug means a fraud or impostor, implying an element of unjustified publicity and spectacle. In Britain, the term is also used for certain types of candy. I have yet to see a more apt definition of activities on the Island of Dr Moreau. 'Humbuggary' sums them up nicely

Oh Neil sweetie, I didn't know you cared :blush:

Gone are the days of their team being flown up to fixtures on the day by chartered aircraft

Yes, all of this should make a handy dent in the ONE MILLION POUNDS that the bestest & most passionate have allegedly raised: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/business/local-business/syndicate-takes-pompey-fans-pledges-past-1m-1-4615125 Particularly since a million is a drop in the ocean compared with their current burn rate - as Dr Evil needed to have pointed out to him [video=youtube_share;-DJtHL3NV1o]http://youtu.be/-DJtHL3NV1o

Hartlepool fixture postponed: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/hartlepool-v-pompey-called-off-1-4615159 Their chance of winning the rescheduled game should be minimal provided the mercenaries fly the coop in January

Its only the end of the world for them. Business as usual for everyone else

Perhaps its more that they've been sad & delusional for quite some time: Rallyboy's quip about 4-1 referring to four fake owners and one billionaire is of course right on the money. I think its become a habit that most of them now find it difficult if not impossible to break

@nagoyapompey Oh thats easy, we care because your frantic efforts to escape the self-inflicted predicament in which you find yourselves are comedy gold and we can hardly wait for the next installment

'glitterati' - snork

I think there must be some kind of basic misunderstanding here. Surely no-one is seriously claiming that the most passionate bestest fans in the whole wide world may have been outdone by followers of a 3rd tier Scottish club? That would be unfair and demeaning to those few, those plucky few

Bearsy's (still soiled) Baseball bat. What a Christmas present

I got this far before becoming unable to continue due to laughing too much: "a fleeting moment which would serve as a microcosm of Pompey’s week" - According to Wikipedia, 'Microcosm, how a large world/society can be illustrated in the form of a small world (as opposed to a macrocosm)' - a moment in time cannot be any kind of society "The optimism was immense" - According to the OED, 'optimism' is a noun indicating a particular doctrine, view or belief. To my knowledge, one cannnot have an 'immense' doctrine, view or belief Legend.

Its implied here that they only shifted 100 out of the 2000 or so they'd ordered - surely the most passionate & bestest fans in all the land should have bought more than 5% of the stock? Can't see them being needed next year Less is more 1:08 PM on 17/12/2012 WHY WASNT THERE MORE DRESSED UP IN THEM ? SAD LOSERS JUST SHOWS THEY HAVE NO SPIRIT P.S I'm a season ticket holder and paid for 1 ! So 1896 suits that's 1796 left for next year.

After all this teasing, I do hope that when whatever it is emerges we won't be disappointed

To be fair, The News' Sports section is pretty non-league already & has been for some months: for example, online today they have two downbeat Pompey articles and three about non-league-but-still-mighty Gosport Borough, Hawks and AFC Portchester

It seldom ends well when people take themselves too seriously

Please God.

Irony: it's like goldy and bronzy only it's made out of iron

Surely that would be too much to hope for. Wouldn't it?

Beer over keyboard. Nurse!

Phil is doing a great job in piquing my curiosity. Without wishing to go all 50 shades, I can hardly wait to hear what they've got in store for them next

Yes, although that appears to require a significant shift in mindset from almost wholly deluded to at least partially objective

I fixed it for you

joking apart & without wishing to go O/T, its been hypothesised that the Newtown gunman had AS: my eldest son is AS & I may be undiagnosed AS. I don't find AS hugely funny

I thought golf required better hand/eye coordination than any other other ball game