Normally when I tell my tales of the olden days Monkey rolls his eyes and yawns the words "Robledos, Robledos " loudly but there is one story he doesn't mind hearing again and again. It is also R.Tiv's favourite as well, so much so that he has spent all week drawing some illustrations which I will share with you. Me : Once upon a time it was the 4th of April 1983.... Monkey : Is that B.C. or A.D. ? R.Tiv : Shut up Slebbity Dad, it was a very very very long time ago so it doesn't matter which. Me : It was a sunny Easter Monday and......... R.Tiv : You got in a Flintstone's car with your dad and brother and drove to the match. Monkey : Why was your brother going ? Me : I have no idea. I think it was the first time he'd been back to the Pig Sty since the Boxing Day massacre of 1979. R.Tiv : That is the scarf that you have STILL got isn't it ? R.Tiv : And this is who you saw on the way. A little baby has just hatched..... R.Tiv : Then there is that mad woman and the NUM man...... R.Tiv : And then you saw an advert for olden days food...... R.Tiv : There was a giraffosaurus being chased by a caveman ! Me : Then we got inside the ground and there was a huge atmosphere among the Reds fans. Full of anticipation and desperate for revenge. The pigs had knocked Barnsley out of the Milk Cup a few months earlier when about three perfectly good Reds goals had been disallowed. And there'd been a tense encounter at the Well on Boxing Day that had turned out 0 - 0. Monkey : This is the bit you can't really remember much about isn't it, the bit before...... R.Tiv : Yes....As a last throw of the dice, Hunter puts Ronnie Glavin on as substitute and he gets the ball and he runs and runs and dribbles round each pig one at a time then he gets to the goal mouth and everyone in red is going mad and he pulls his foot back and whams the ball into the back of the net........GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLL ! Monkey : Hooray ! R.Tiv : Oh I wish Ronnie Glavin would come back to life and............... He hears a cough. It is a cough in a Scottish accent. The monkeys turn round to find................. R.Tiv : OMG .......... Oh My Glavin ! It's him Slebbitty Daddy, IT'S RONNIE come back to life !! Ronnie Glavin : Actually, I was never actually dead. Monkey : Wow, look at those biceps R.Tiv : Woooooooooooooooo. Are you going to help us beat the pigs again Ronnie ? Ronnie Glavin : Well, I'm afraid am a wee bit old for that laddie. All you need to remember is to GET BEHIND the team and NEVER GIVE UP for one day a saviour will come to Earth and he will bring great JOY to all those who believe.....just be prepared that it might not happen this season but ONE day ....................
Top, top quality, again A good day just got better. Let's keep this feel good feeling going until at least 10pm tomorrow night
Hahah you crazy monkey, that was fantastic. I kept laughing all the way through your post and for a good while after that as well. I got to admit that you're the most entertaining monkey that has ever posted on this BBS. And you may not be the only one either.
i'm confident that E Tivvy will see us win at the pig sty and thereby banish any heartache forever or until saturday which ever comes first
Hehe nope, I guess we're a bit more used to the snow over here... Apart from making things look more pretty, it doesn't really change anything - all buses and trains run normally, and you can't use the snow as an excuse for not going to work either. I remember flying back from England a few years ago when there was a huge snowstorm in Finland... I still can't believe how the plane managed to land safely! The only downside is that all this snow makes us a bit crap at football, as the weather conditions are suitable for playing football for only a couple of months a year.
The buses and trains don't run 'normally' here when it's not snowing. I bet half the Barnsley team have never seen snow before.
The funniest thing I've every read on here... ever. My main recollection of the day was Ronnie warming up for what seemed like an eternity. He was pacing up and down the touchline the way a Tiger does in its cage, looking and waiting for the opportunity to strike. Eventually Norman brought him on (They'd had a fall out in the week) and with seconds the ball was nestling in the Piggies goal and Ronnie was running towards us with arms outstretched with the biggest smile on his face. Mark my words "They'll never be another" "People say that Footballs Boring" Ronnie Glavin's always scoring Can you hear the Ponty roaring Ronnie is our king. "
Very funny..first time for everything (hidebehindsofa) Honestly..first time I've found it any more than slightly amusing
