So, who's getting a Euro2004 sticker book then? (Now with added World Cup 2006)

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Go on, you know you want one really.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 08:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I only do World Cups, Daaahling

― Dave B (daveb), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 09:04 (twenty-two years ago)

... and only ones where Scotland are taking part... I suppose that's my sticker book days well and truly over then

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 09:06 (twenty-two years ago)

You are both big girls. I bet you buy My Little Pony sticker books instead.

I've just entered into a four-way sticker book competition with my friends - I am going to laugh when I open up my first packet and get Jonathan Woodgate, Darius Vassell and probably a few other players who won't be getting anywhere near the tournament.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 09:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, I was planning to use this thread to ~~cheat~~ swap stickers with other posters.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 09:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I have a completed Premier League 94 one at home.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 09:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I traded a classmate 50 stickers for Willie Forrester.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 09:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I have Argentina '78. And it is complete. Bow before me.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 09:23 (twenty-two years ago)

That sticker album is older than at least two people posting on this thread.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 09:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I feel sorry for those who weren't around to witness the genius of Mario Kempes.

The sticker album also didn't mention the supression of atrocities by the Argentine junta. I guess that wasn't Pannini's forte.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 09:50 (twenty-two years ago)

got got got got NEED NEED NEED!!!! I'll swop you 2 foils for that. got got got got got NEED got got got

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 09:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I am going to laugh when I open up my first packet and get Jonathan Woodgate, Darius Vassell and probably a few other players who won't be getting anywhere near the tournament.

... and Cristiano Ronaldo?!!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 10:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Ronan, the 94/95 season? The one where Blackburn won the title? I got pretty close with that one. My best set was Pro Set cards from 90/91, which I think I completed. I know I had a ridiculous number of John Barnes and Alan Hansen.

― Nick H (Nick H), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 11:31 (twenty-two years ago)

It was a blue and yellow cover, I guess 94/95.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I KNEW this would be a Matt DC thread.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 11:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I bought an album and six packs of stickers at lunchtime.

Good (ie famous) players what I have got: Dyer, Pauleta, Baros, Fiore, Zenden, half an England team group shot and England and Portugal shinies. Rah! Also Desailly, Mexes and Zanetti but they came with the album and everyone will have them.

Sideshow - ugliest sticker so far - Christian Worns.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

My France 98 album has a terrible picture of Christian Ziege and his mashed up face. Looks like he's been headbutted by that Hellraiser bloke.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 12:33 (twenty-two years ago)

the sports-bodyhorror genre mashup is long overdue!!

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 12:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Can we do sticker swapping at FAPs? It'd encourage me to come along.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

i misread the thread title as "eno2004 stickerbook"

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

FAP sticker swapping is totally urgent and key.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

i got a euro 2004 sticker book too!!

also how come the last time i bought a sticker album (what, 15 years ago?) i'm *sure* it was more than 99p and 35p for a pack of stickers (the 2004 prices)???

i have only one swapsie so far though, and i think he's bulgarian...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:29 (twenty-two years ago)

is it a Pannini? I only do Pannini

I have a complete 78/79 season one somewhere, for some reason though I ended up with 12 Peter Eastoes, I remember him from the book very well, but playing? not at all :o( (maybe Jonesy can enlighten me?)

― chris (chris), Friday, 14 May 2004 08:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I am falling hugely behind in my competition, as my friends are SAD TWATS who buy 20+ packs a day.

Panini >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Merlin.

If any of you get Ruud Van Nistelrooy, treasure him. He's like gold dust, no one has managed to get him yet. Except there's one Bulgarian who appears in every other pack I buy. He'll be the best known Eastern European in the tournament when it actually kicks off.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 14 May 2004 08:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm going shopping at lunchtime then. for a Pannini obv.

they haven't got that ridiculous deal with not official kits have they?

― chris (chris), Friday, 14 May 2004 08:21 (twenty-two years ago)

all pannini, all the time.

photos seem to have various strips, lots of tracksuits so far...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 14 May 2004 08:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Nope, all official kits. Except half the Danish players aren't in it for some bizarre reason. I remember in the 98 World Cup where all the England players heads were really badly Photoshopped onto the same body. Ian Wright looked ridiculous.

Oliver Kahn isn't in there as well. I reckon Jens Lehmann has been putting the frighteners on Panini.

It contains the campest picture of Marcel Desailly ever taken.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 14 May 2004 08:24 (twenty-two years ago)

there was an album a few world cups ago and the england players all looked painted and the kit was a sky blue colour, due to image rights with Merlin. It put me off a fair bit

x-post, that's the feller

― chris (chris), Friday, 14 May 2004 08:27 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, those danish players who are two to a sticker don't seem to have numbers for the stickers (i haven't got any yet).

most teams have two goalies (we have James and Robinson), so don't know why disco goalie was missed out...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 14 May 2004 08:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Christian Worns is still leading the way in the ugly stakes, you'll all be pleased to know.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 14 May 2004 08:34 (twenty-two years ago)

nobody else, except us three, is ever posting on thie thread again are they?

(also please re-write the previous sentence so that it is grammatically correct, thnx)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 14 May 2004 08:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I've got mine. I have a Danish flag swapsie. It's stuck to my beanie Bagpuss.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 14 May 2004 08:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I will bring my swapsies the next time I'm in a pub

― chris (chris), Friday, 14 May 2004 08:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Would it be tragically sad to bring our swapsies along to the pub on Thursday? I have about eight Latvians going homeless.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 14 May 2004 08:41 (twenty-two years ago)

(no)

(well, yes, but lets do it anyway)

(note to self: buy more stickers)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 14 May 2004 09:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm sorely temped, but suzy would kill me. I haven't had a sticker book since Italia 90.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 14 May 2004 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

CAST OFF THE SHACKLES OF OPPRESSION AND EMBRACE YOUR SPANISH SHINY!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 14 May 2004 12:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I've probably got a whole sheaf of gary linneakers somewhere.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 14 May 2004 12:57 (twenty-two years ago)

ooh I forgot to pick one up, good thing I finish at three today

― chris (chris), Friday, 14 May 2004 12:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Rah! Zidane - The Holy Grail. Except I'm sure they've photoshopped his head to give him more hair than he really has.

What's going on with those ultra-blue eyes on some of those German players? That's kinda terrifying.

I have no Danish stickers whatsoever. But about six Olof Mellberg's and even more of some random Bulgarian.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I have three Olof's from a 20 pack initial start-off purchase, the swine, he really is the new Peter Eastoe

― chris (chris), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 13:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, I have almost all of Sweden, including both halves of the team photo, put together so badly that the dude in the middle looks like Sloth from the Goonies. Sadly, it is not Freddie Ljungberg.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I really want to do this but not if I can't share the indignity in person.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 13:48 (twenty-two years ago)

i have, as usual, been really bad at actually buying stickers, best of intentions and all that...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 13:49 (twenty-two years ago)

The lady in the shop said "so this is for you yes?" I had to make up a story that I had every one going back to 1978 to hide my embarrasment.. oh...wait....

― chris (chris), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 13:50 (twenty-two years ago)

desktops by stevem

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I bought 20 packets last night. Most seemed to contain Karel Poborsky. I asked for Panini stickers in the shop and the Asian woman behind looked at me in horror. She must have thought I said punani.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't got Pob the Lob yet! Come to the pub tonight G and I'll swap you him for my Latvia shiny or one of my 18 superfluous Croatians.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:23 (twenty-two years ago)

The Latvians have erm, out of date haircuts as my lady woman pointed out last night. She much preferred the Italians.

A wider question, when younger did you stick swapsies to your pets? My cat, Fluffy, spent most of the 80's trying to bite Enzo Shifo off her back.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:28 (twenty-two years ago)

is this the cause/root of your obsession with sticky things G?

i will try and get some stickers at lunchtime, although it's payday tomorrow, so i might wait 'til then (8 packets = a pint!!)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:36 (twenty-two years ago)

unwrapping a packet to find TWO silver foily club badges once = no greater thrill in my life shall i find

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Cor, the mammoth SwapMeet in Green Park this summer was the biggest centre of commerce in Central London outside the Stock Exchange. My album is looking considerably healthier as a result. Does anyone have Steven Gerrard or Ruud Van Nistelrooy as yet? They appear to be the rarest stickers by far.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 20 May 2004 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I have the horsey one.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 20 May 2004 12:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Matt, which pub are you going to tonight? My lover woman informs me she's booked the tv for a double dose of ER. I have watched football for the past three nights and have to let her watch it or she'll leave me.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 20 May 2004 12:57 (twenty-two years ago)

G, the Lamb, on Lamb's Conduit Street... there will be several people you know there, plus the new Mrs Brown and some Americans.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 20 May 2004 12:59 (twenty-two years ago)

and other people with swapsies.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:04 (twenty-two years ago)

This is just like the corner of the school playground isn't it?

― jellybean (jellybean), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)

We had a book group there in the upstairs room. Rock 'n' roll. Is Chris coming too? He seems to be 'offsite' today. Unfortunately, swapsies are on the coffee table. What hour of the clock, young Matt?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Chris is being given free bouze and posh food by corporate types in some hotel somewhere, so no.

The clock strikes 6.30. The wind sweeps through the Bloomsbury streets. I light another cigarette. Somewhere in the distance, a dog barks.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:13 (twenty-two years ago)

That will be it's domestication, continuing unabaited. I don't have any football stickers to swapsy sadly. However I would love to trade something with people. Perhaps teeth?

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll swap Raul for a sample of your semen.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, make that urine. I've got a work drugs test coming up.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll show you my dang for Marian Pahars.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Who else is coming?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll roll up my ring for Sol Campbell.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:23 (twenty-two years ago)

G - full story here: FAP for 'Merkins May Extravaganza

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:24 (twenty-two years ago)

This is the best thread evah. Officially. I will be laughing and pointing at you swapping stickers in the pub.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:28 (twenty-two years ago)

My Olofs are quivering in anticipation.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:33 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm trying to work out if there is a smiths between here and the pub, i'm not going into the newsie at the end of the street to ask if they have them, the bloke in there thinks he's funny enough as it is...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Steve, apparently there's one on kingsway - 7-11, but not sure where that is exactly...

― Vicky (Vicky), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I am officially deeply regretful that I cannot be there tonight.

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 20 May 2004 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

So what about those coins that you get if you spend >£15 in Sainsburys? Do they require a separate thread?

I think we have 5 already, with no swapsies.

― Mooro (Mooro), Thursday, 20 May 2004 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm really tempted to buy an album now. The anticipation!!

― Crackity (Crackity Jones), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Ok, so I got an album today; my parents gave it to me (=they read the Sun and there was a free one today which I have taken) and will buy shitloads of stickers on Monday in order to do swapsies at Lixi's FAP. Yay!

― Dave B (daveb), Saturday, 22 May 2004 10:15 (twenty-two years ago)

i have just walked down to the smiths at the bottom of kingsway and purchased lots of lovely stickers. unfortunately i don't have my album with me so am not sure what are my swapsies, apart from the duplicate portugal shiny i got today.

also HOW SHIT IS THE ENGLAND TEAM PHOTO????!??!?!?! bad photoshopping AHOY...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 24 May 2004 11:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I am about 40 stickers off completion now but HAVE LEFT MY ALBUM SOMEWHERE IN EAST LONDON! This is a disaster.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 May 2004 11:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I have just bought a stack too, will have swapsies with me tonight

― chris (chris), Monday, 24 May 2004 11:52 (twenty-two years ago)

some of my higher profile swapsies = fab five freddie ljungberg, the amazing robert Pires and Glenn Johnson, also Milan Baros, and , unfortunately I have almost a full team of Didi Hamann and Olof Mellberg.

― chris (chris), Monday, 24 May 2004 14:13 (twenty-two years ago)

i just got freddie, but i ripped a corner...

i've no idea who i have, which might make swapsies a little complicated...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 24 May 2004 14:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Michael Owen is surprisingly easy to come by, I have found.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 May 2004 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)

You filthy bastard

― Dave B (daveb), Monday, 24 May 2004 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Half the fun of swapsies is swapping someone you actually don't have for someone you do - I saw Paul Heaton bemoan swapping Giacinto Facchetti in 1970 thinking he had him and having a complete 1970 bar missing Facchetti. He was in pain still.

― Dave B (daveb), Monday, 24 May 2004 14:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I've done that as well (DAMN YOU HELGUERRA! HOW YOU MOCK ME!)

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 May 2004 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Two thirds full. Rui Costa looks like Iggy Pop!

What is the story with the small Danish ones? Are there stickers? Where can you buy them, tiny newsagents?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 09:16 (twenty-two years ago)

i haven't got any of the tiny danish ones yet either, my pile of swapsies is coming along though, i seem to get random greeks and bulgarians quite a lot, but no olaf melberg yet...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 09:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I've got a few of him, but only two Russians! Are numbers one and two also scarce?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 09:44 (twenty-two years ago)

two might be, but i've got a swapsie, what's it worth ;)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 09:53 (twenty-two years ago)

A massage. With extras.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 09:54 (twenty-two years ago)

This thread is useful.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 09:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't think there ARE any tiny Danish stickers, Steve.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 10:04 (twenty-two years ago)

You can send off for the final 40. It says so in the back. Bit of a cheat, though.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 10:07 (twenty-two years ago)

in what sense useful JtN?

also can you send off for the tiny danes?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 10:08 (twenty-two years ago)

The Stig Tofting sticker is actually wider than it is high.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 10:09 (twenty-two years ago)

My album is two thirds full. I bought 12 packets last night. That's 60 stickers. And every sticker was a swapsie.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 27 May 2004 08:41 (twenty-two years ago)

ouchie dude

― chris (chris), Thursday, 27 May 2004 08:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Search: I fully approve of having to join up the team photos. You need a very steady hand, as the advert for Buckaroo used to say.

Destroy: Evil football bodies who sign their teams up to non-panini inferior merchants leading to appalling photoshop fuck-ups.

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 27 May 2004 08:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Hurrah! My sticker book has been tracked down and I'm getting it back!

Is it worth mentioning now that I have hardly any swapsies as I have cheated and bought loads of my friend's doubles at face value?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 27 May 2004 08:50 (twenty-two years ago)

you scumbag

― chris (chris), Thursday, 27 May 2004 09:08 (twenty-two years ago)

DC, you are now expelled from this thread for that flagrant breach of etiquette.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 27 May 2004 10:16 (twenty-two years ago)

so i'm in the smiths on kingsway and seemingly all the 20-something blokes in there are buying "10 packs of euro 2004 stickers please mate". i hope they've got more on order as i think they were down to their last box...

i have a feeling that 90% of panini's audience is now not kids, i mean if you had the choice of:

mainly england stickers AND free chutty

5 bulgarians

as a 9 year old, which would you go for?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:28 (twenty-two years ago)

oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy

http://www.football365shop.com/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=1212

― chris (chris), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:37 (twenty-two years ago)

AND IT WAS PAYDAY YESTERDAY!

God, how can one link bring so much happiness?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Ordered. Luvverly jubbly.

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:50 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.football365shop.com/store/thumbNail.asp?size=200&image=/store/catalog/Shankly_detail.gif

― chris (chris), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)

gorgeous

― chris (chris), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)

On the other hand, WTF is up with this monstrosity?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:56 (twenty-two years ago)

very ugly, as is this:
http://www.football365shop.com/store/thumbNail.asp?size=200&image=/store/catalog/IHateFrance.gif

but I really want the Shankly one

― chris (chris), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:59 (twenty-two years ago)

You boys are funny.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:01 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.football365shop.com/store/thumbNail.asp?size=200&image=/store/catalog/Boorish.gif

― chris (chris), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:02 (twenty-two years ago)

oh i got shedloads more swapsies today btw.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I think I am getting my baby back at some point this weekend. Let battle commence once again.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:05 (twenty-two years ago)

so cruel, but kinda funny:
http://www.football365shop.com/store/thumbNail.asp?size=200&image=/store/catalog/Heskey_detail.gif

― chris (chris), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Ugh

http://www.football365shop.com/store/catalog/LieBack_detail.gif_200.gif

Whereas I like:

http://www.football365shop.com/store/catalog/eng86_use.gif_200.gif

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:13 (twenty-two years ago)

two weeks pass...

THE BIG LIST OF STICKERS WHAT I STILL NEED

PORTGUAL – Both sides of the team photo, Figo, Boa Morte
GREECE – Angelos Charisteas (46), (48)
RUSSIA – Team photo left side, shiny badge, Sergei Ignashevitch (54), Dmitri Bulykin (66)
SPAIN – Shiny, Fernando Torres, Jose Antonio Reyes, Albert Luque
FRANCE – Claude Makelele, Thierry Henry,
SWITZERLAND – Mario Cantaluppi (150)
BULGARIA – Vladimir Manchev (215)
ITALY – Team photo RH side, Shiny, Buffon, Legrottaglie, Inzaghi, Cassano
DENMARK – Rommedahl, Ebbe Sand
LATVIA – Igors Stepanovs (260), Mihail Zemlinskis (258), Imants Bleidelis (263)
CZECH REPUBLIC – Petr Cech, Tomas Rosicky, Marek Jankulovski
GERMANY – Shiny
HOLLAND – RH Team photo, shiny, Frank De Boer, Marc Overmars, Pierre Van Hooijdonk, Arjen Robben, Van Nistelrooy.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 17 June 2004 11:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Number 48 is Themistoklis Niklaidis, who I also need, Greek fans!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 17 June 2004 11:06 (twenty-one years ago)

i have several of those, certainly the russian and italian shinys, stePAnovs, i've got almost a complete set of bulgar swaps, so i guess i have the one you need, Cech, overmars, hooijdonk.

i hope you have some i need, i have about as many empty spaces as you, but haven't got it with me at the mo...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 17 June 2004 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)

ALSO!!!

the sticker of Wicky is *so* not him, i think it may be Hakin Yakim. i only noticed it last night when i saw the badly-highlighted Wicky...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 18 June 2004 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

Such happy times. I just wistfully re-read this entire thread.

Does anyone know when the official Panini WORLD CUP 2006 sticker book comes out?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 11:48 (twenty years ago)

YES! (well kind of) america in a fortnight or so according to Juan Ponce, so here SOON!!

are you not reading The Other Place where it is being discussed?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 11:55 (twenty years ago)

I have now.

Juan Ponce. What a hero.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 11:57 (twenty years ago)

Incidentally, a tenner says I get Alan Smith in my first packet.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 11:57 (twenty years ago)

The Brummie Alan Smith!

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 11:59 (twenty years ago)

did any of us actually finish our 2004 books, i know i didn't...

you are correct about the aceness of this thread though

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 12:06 (twenty years ago)

I should design my own book and stickers. I could make a killin'

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 12:10 (twenty years ago)

image rights cost a fortune though dude, innit.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 12:16 (twenty years ago)

The official Panini site has a thing where you can get stickers made with your own face on. You can do one for all of us if you like.

(NB - please don't actually do this)

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 12:21 (twenty years ago)

image rights cost a fortune though dude, innit.

i was just going to get jel to draw them.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 12:28 (twenty years ago)

I had less than twenty stickers to go for EUR 2004! Bloody elusive Russians!

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 13:05 (twenty years ago)

i had a big pile of swapsies left too, but they got binned when we moved house i think.

i may have been down to the last 30 i think...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 13:07 (twenty years ago)

Definition of gutted: getting my completed World Cup 1974 book back, part of a big pile of books relocated from my folks' house to mine, and finding that AN IRANIAN HAS FALLEN OUT. Ugh. Lost forever, I imagine.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 13:14 (twenty years ago)

OMG 1974!

I have a complete Argentina '78 album.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 13:21 (twenty years ago)

Nick D has Top Trumps Nuclear Weapons.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 13:22 (twenty years ago)

So I understand.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 14:33 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, but does he have these?
http://www.ananova.com/images/web/520130.jpg

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 15:02 (twenty years ago)

Oops, sorry, that's slightly NSFW (only slightly). THINK BEFORE IMG SRCING, MADCHEN!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 15:03 (twenty years ago)

Can you shuffle them, please?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 15:19 (twenty years ago)

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDES!!!!!

i just got a text from tim to say he's got his sticker alBUM from hmv this morning! guess where i'm going at lunch time?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 6 April 2006 08:18 (twenty years ago)

I'm so excited. I bought 5x sticker packs but haven't opened them yet.

Shock news: Ledley King is IN. Jermain Defoe is IN. SWP is IN.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 6 April 2006 09:06 (twenty years ago)

OMG!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 6 April 2006 09:40 (twenty years ago)

Who is the randomly included England player not going anywhere near the finals? Alan Smith? Glen Johnson? James Beattie? I must know.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 6 April 2006 09:43 (twenty years ago)

Or maybe Michael Owen?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 6 April 2006 09:43 (twenty years ago)

Are there copyright issues again this time, meaning that England players are represented by a head very badly photoshopped onto a generic white shirt?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 6 April 2006 09:45 (twenty years ago)

dude, tim already said, ledley king's in there...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 6 April 2006 09:51 (twenty years ago)

Closest to random inclusion = King / SWP, I think. Obviously I'm shocked and distressed by the ongoing omission of Big Steve Flack.

I haven't opened my stickers yet, I'll let you know about photoshop status at lunchtime, maybe.

I am really sorry that I find the word "Mannschaft" amusing.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 6 April 2006 09:53 (twenty years ago)

Oh! There are six stickers bound into the book to start me off! No obvious photoshopping among these.

I am delighted to say that I have the Paraguayan mannschaft.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 6 April 2006 09:54 (twenty years ago)

LEDLEY IS GOING TO THE WORLD CUP DON'T TRY IT.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 6 April 2006 09:55 (twenty years ago)

Hooray! I haven't been this happy since Shakira Day on MTV.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 6 April 2006 10:09 (twenty years ago)

I have passed the squad news on to my workmates. They didn't "get it" though, so now I look a spanner.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 6 April 2006 10:11 (twenty years ago)

dude, wait for euro 2008 when matches will held in our favourite stadium in switzerland!!

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 6 April 2006 10:12 (twenty years ago)

Early impressions:

- no obv photoshopping yet
- 30 stickers so far and no swapsies: I will pay for this luck later
-Kaiserslautern = building site
- Robert Huth = about to start blubbing
- Torsten Frings = refugee from Withnail & I
- Carlos Hernandez (Costa Rica, FOOLS) = stole his haircut from a 6 year old
- Angola / Ghana = 2 players per sticker NO FAIR
- Joao Ricardo / Jacinto (Angola, FOOLS) = old old men, Jacinto in particular appears to be Bill Cosby's dad
- Damarcus Beasley vs Vlad Smicer = bigbosseyedFITE
- no Englischers YET
- haha Mannschaft
- yes I know none of the above is funny now but when you see the stickers you'll larf and larf

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:11 (twenty years ago)

OH NOES!!!!!

i haf failed :(

cov garden hmv had the cards, the bloke behind the counter was sure he'd seen the stickers, but wasn't sure where they were, no signs of any alBUMs

aldwych wh smiths had merlin england stickers (spit!), merlin prem stickers and alBUM and panini cards and folder thing, but NADGE ALL proper stuff :(((

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:22 (twenty years ago)

That is the pits, Steve. Try Waterstones at the LSE.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:24 (twenty years ago)

I want to get a sticker album just to participate in this thread. I haven't done one since 1982.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:26 (twenty years ago)

Ha ha Man Utd and Chelsea fans. Park Ji Sung and Tiago come among the rubbish freebies.

I have one. I am happy happy happy. The Netherlands page looks lovely. This is much better than the Euro 2004 album.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:27 (twenty years ago)

(if I get one, I can see swapsies being a problem, what with me being hundreds of miles away from you lot. Madchen, you doing this?)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:28 (twenty years ago)

MATT, where did you get yours? i'm going to clerkenwell later you see...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:37 (twenty years ago)

I have never seen Oliver Kahn smile before. It's really unusual.

(I got them from the newsagents on Amwell Street, behind Rosebery Avenue).

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:40 (twenty years ago)

Also you only get team photos one one sticker this time. Ripoff.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:41 (twenty years ago)

Oh yes clearly what I needed this lunchtime was another 10 packs of stickers.

Nuno Valente = pie enthusiast, I'm saying.

(Matt I got no PArk Ji Sung or Tiago so I assume the freebies are random, or random-ish)

Should we do stickachat here or in Another Place?

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:44 (twenty years ago)

Here, I think. And maybe the Other Place as well.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:48 (twenty years ago)

Here, I know not of this Another Place.

How much is the sticker book.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:49 (twenty years ago)

First swapsy: Harold Wallace (Costa Rica OBV). He is not at all happy about it.

Sticker book = £1.25. Stickers 35p for 5, or 7p each.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:50 (twenty years ago)

(thanks mate, might pop down later)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:51 (twenty years ago)

must...resist...mentalism....

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:51 (twenty years ago)

HAHA CLAUDE MAKELELE YOU ELUDED ME LAST TIME BUT NOW HOW I LOVE YOUR TINY FACE!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:52 (twenty years ago)

OK one more:
- Cafu is being played by Bill Murray in this tournament

Must save some packs to open later or will have to buy more.

In HMV:

ME: these things are like CRACK!
HMV bloke: ...

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 6 April 2006 11:58 (twenty years ago)

For whatever reason, I love this thread despite not *really* knowing what it is all about.

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:02 (twenty years ago)

roxy please upload an audio clip of you saying "swapsies" kthnx

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:12 (twenty years ago)

I might go and ask in Covent Garden HMV, just to freak HMV bloke out.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:13 (twenty years ago)

Hey, just thinking about the dstribution of stickers. I guess probability says that in any single environment, there will be a bell curve of "commonness" of stickers, which is why some are rated as rare and others as super-abundant. Or do Panini *actually* print thousands upon thousands of Bryn Gunns (NB I may be out of date a little) and only 3 copies of the Port Vale team picture?

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:19 (twenty years ago)

Mannschaft bell curve!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:20 (twenty years ago)

Got mine and ten packets. From WH Smith.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:26 (twenty years ago)

England piccies appear to have plain white shirts only*, you want real strips you better go to Merlin, bah.

Evidence: blurry Rio & Becks.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:32 (twenty years ago)

roxy please upload an audio clip of you saying "swapsies" kthnx

I will do it asap.

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:32 (twenty years ago)

thank you god bless you

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:41 (twenty years ago)

Please answer these urgent questions:

1. Who is the heaviest?
2. Who is the ugliest? (clue: usually a goalie)
3. Who is the oldest?
4. Who has the same birthday as you?

― A Gurl (Madchen), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:47 (twenty years ago)

I've got a long greasy-haired Mexican who's a complete minger. Can't remember his name mind.

Oldest is almost certainly a veteran Italian defender.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:49 (twenty years ago)

Finally, something to spend my HMV vouchers on instead of some CD I'll never listen to...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:50 (twenty years ago)

Michael Jones, you are a GENIUS! I have £15 of HMV vouchers sitting waiting to be used.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:52 (twenty years ago)

I'll race you there!

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:52 (twenty years ago)

Heaviest so far = Nuno Valente by a fat head.

Haha oops 1x lengthy conference call = all my packs opened. Still only three swapsies! From more than 100 stickers! Once again, I will suffer greatly for this early luck.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:59 (twenty years ago)

Ailsa, shall we lower the tone in that posho restaurant on Saturday night by doing swopsies?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:01 (twenty years ago)

Totally! Bet we could get Onimo in on this as well (he has small children so has a legit reason for doing this). I'm going to HMV at lunchtime tomorrow to buy £15 worth of stuff, and finally confirm to Neil that I have indeed lost the plot.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:03 (twenty years ago)

Best thing about collecting stickers? It legitimises hanging around school playgrounds.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:04 (twenty years ago)

Are there any pretty shiny ones?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:04 (twenty years ago)

THERE BETTER BE!!

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:06 (twenty years ago)

Yes there are! How do I know? Sverige!

Also Nuno Gomes's unnaturally shiny face.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:08 (twenty years ago)

I wonder if Milian Baros is smiling in his photo? Or just looking incensed as usual.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:10 (twenty years ago)

It would be great if the Peter Crouch sticker was just a photo of his neck.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:10 (twenty years ago)

I hope that was a video conference call.

(IDEA!)

I could take my Morrissey DVD back and swap it for stickers.

HMV Bloke: Anything wrong with it?

ME: No, I want stickers.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:10 (twenty years ago)

Is there anything wrong with the DVD?
Yes, Morrissey's on it.
How many stickers is it worth?
One Angolan.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:16 (twenty years ago)

One Angolan sticker = two Angolan players, of course.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:22 (twenty years ago)

I can hardly talk, I just bought the new All About Eve compilation. Two CD's and a DVD! You could get a Mexican midfielder for that in HMV.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:27 (twenty years ago)

I'm in business. I'll see your Mannschaft and raise you a Wankdorf.

I've got three shiny ones (though the German Fussball-Bund is all scratched an' that) & the Tunisian and Dutch squads from my first three packs. Tobias Linderoth (Kajsa at work has been schooling me in how to say his name)! No duplicates.

I bought the Neko Case album at the same time so the staff didn't snicker.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:32 (twenty years ago)

ON NO! Peeling the HMV price sticker off has removed some of the laminate on the cover! It's the Lush: Spooky double-10" all over again!

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:36 (twenty years ago)

jonesy, you work in the centre of london's trendy london, where'd you get yours? the big hmv on oxford st?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:37 (twenty years ago)

Yes - they're on the ground floor near the tills on the left. Now, do I keep each sticker backing for insane away-from-album cataloguing purposes?

I will only buy five packs a week. I will only buy five packs a week...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:45 (twenty years ago)

oh man, i've totally got 0 to do today AND no boss. what time could i realistically skive off i wonder...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:55 (twenty years ago)

Look over there Steve! A defenceless small child holding Ruud Van Nistelrooy!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:56 (twenty years ago)

Lush? I thought I was plumbing the depths with All About Eve. At least the latter provide a soundtrack for undead hippies.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:56 (twenty years ago)

At least I bought that Lush record in 1992!

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:58 (twenty years ago)

d'oh!

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:05 (twenty years ago)

pwned.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:08 (twenty years ago)

We Hate It When Our Friends Get No Swapsies.

English Badge, Iranian Centre-Half.

You Have Filled Me.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:14 (twenty years ago)

You're the one for me, Valente

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:24 (twenty years ago)

Swedehead

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:29 (twenty years ago)

Being adult and collecting stickers is great. You don't have to consider the opportunity cost of sky divers or sherbert bonbons. Just go into a shop and buy armfuls of packets. Even better, do it in front of a kid and make him cry.

Everyday is like Sun Jihai

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:32 (twenty years ago)

Why Don't You Fill It For Yourself?

Now My Book Is Full.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:34 (twenty years ago)

Are there any good name combinations? I don't think I've ever found a pairing to top 1998's Eggen Chippo.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:39 (twenty years ago)

Louder van Bommel.

Madchen, nothing in the world ever will be better than Egen Chippo. If you're looking for names better than Eggen Chippo you are setting yourself up for a life of bitter disappointment.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:50 (twenty years ago)

There was a Dutch and Bulgarian combination, Durtebeech Tugusov.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:51 (twenty years ago)

You Are Setting Yourself Up For A Life Of Bitter Disappointment.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:53 (twenty years ago)

(Phil) Masinga (Rigobert) Song

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:56 (twenty years ago)

I had a look at this album, it struck me as being very poor quality paper, and that it would be more sensible just to get a book, such as The Dickie Davis Guide to the World Cup 2006. Also the satrter stickers were really boring people I'd never heard of.

I hope Matt DC and Konal Doddz aren't going to be doing swapsies all the way up to Old Trafford when I chaperone them to The Big Match.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 7 April 2006 06:41 (twenty years ago)

Also I have realised that there is a lot of stuff on that Morrissey DVD that I haven't seen yet.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 7 April 2006 06:41 (twenty years ago)

Ronaldinho!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 7 April 2006 06:59 (twenty years ago)

Oh no! my ten packets turned out to be Pannini trading cards! I had to bin them. All I have are my free six 'starter pack' stickers which includes two Paraguayans.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 7 April 2006 07:05 (twenty years ago)

i went to big hmv on my way to the pub and bought 2 (two) albums and 20 packs of stickers. i felt like THE KING OF THE WORLD.

(the other album is for meg)

also i got precisely 0 swapsies in my ten packs w00+!

peter, i think everyone on the bus will have swapsies despite the APPALLING way the FA have let down the youth ov today with their pernicious deal with merlin. mention panini to most fo today's yout and they'll think yr talking about a toasted sandwich...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 7 April 2006 07:38 (twenty years ago)

I am thinking, it would be nice to get to know the faces of the Ukrainian and Tunisian squads more before I go watch them play in Berlin. I am hoping this is a good enough reason for me to succumb to the mentalism and buy one of these books (+ 20 packs of stickers).

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 7 April 2006 07:59 (twenty years ago)

The Ukrainians will be the pasty faced ones. Tunisia is in Africa, so those guys will be darker.

No need to thank me.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 7 April 2006 08:06 (twenty years ago)

Who is going to be the first person to buy 50 packets of stickers?

In one go, I mean.

Trading cards?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 7 April 2006 08:06 (twenty years ago)

mention panini to most fo today's yout and they'll think yr talking about a toasted sandwich...

Multiple toasted sandwiches, thanks [/pedantic wop]

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 7 April 2006 08:22 (twenty years ago)

but today's youth don't know it's inherently plural.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 7 April 2006 08:24 (twenty years ago)

EXACTLY my point steve ;)

PJ i think tim may already have succumbed, he's got almost the entire dutch team already...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 7 April 2006 08:29 (twenty years ago)

I need to work in the West End :(

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 7 April 2006 08:32 (twenty years ago)

You are all mad.

― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Friday, 7 April 2006 08:35 (twenty years ago)

Totally! Bet we could get Onimo in on this as well (he has small children so has a legit reason for doing this).

haha I was just thinking of that very excuse as I read through this brilliant thread.

I haven't completed a Panini sticker album since they had Hamish McAlpine in them!

(curse you beautiful vinyl Spurs badge, I waited so long for your wonderfulness then you stuck yourself on squinty)

'got got got got got not-got got got got got got got'

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 7 April 2006 08:36 (twenty years ago)

Carsmile you bludger I have only bought a total of 25 packs so far.

The long-forgotten thrill of the needneedneedneedneed pack is a joyous rediscovery, though obviously will get rarer as we go on.

I'm working in a different part of town today, and have no idea which, if any, shops will be selling the stickers round here. GAH!

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 7 April 2006 08:46 (twenty years ago)

You should only by Panini stickers from a newsagent. The HMV hegemony is wrong.

I might buy some packs to flog to people in the pub tonight.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 7 April 2006 08:48 (twenty years ago)

Pete's right - time to reacquaint myself with the nice Indian lady I used to buy my bus passes off in Crystal Palace.

I've got two adjacent Poles (ho ho) so one tiny corner of my book looks kinda complete.

I may up my intake to 10 packs a week. There's a Panini phone number/email address in the back if you're missing any. I hope none of us resorts to that. It would be like calling Childline. Or something.

PJM: the paper is flimsy but I think it's deliberate to allow bulking up with yr stickers.

Barry OpDAM (Ned) is the smiliest smiler I have so far.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 7 April 2006 08:53 (twenty years ago)

Reminds me of when I was eight, collecting worldcup panini's, the joy of having those unopenend packs in my hand, the sun always shining, threatening other skoolkids with violence to hand over the stickers... aww the good old days.
I'm not collecting myself now (this memory should stay where it belongs, in my childhood), but god I love this thread so much.

― Gerard (Gerard), Friday, 7 April 2006 09:24 (twenty years ago)

I hope some children random google it.

I thought about staring an album "for Edith" but then realised how annoyed I'll be when she starts collecting My Little Pony stickers, so I have desisted.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 7 April 2006 09:26 (twenty years ago)

Do they still make My Little Pony? Have they innovated to keep up with the Bratz kids and now they're all PUNX0R HORSES?

I now have two Makelele's. Claude, how you mock me.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 7 April 2006 09:31 (twenty years ago)

Also from Mooro two days ago:

So what about those coins that you get if you spend >£15 in Sainsburys? Do they require a separate thread?

I just got GIVEN a full set of this. Mmm, pointless marketing tat hanging around the office. Nicky Butt looks very ugly on a coin.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 7 April 2006 09:32 (twenty years ago)

why have they included Butt?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 7 April 2006 09:34 (twenty years ago)

My colleague has the complete 1970 Esso England World Cup Coin Collection. Is it worth money?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 7 April 2006 09:34 (twenty years ago)

...but is cute in real life?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 7 April 2006 09:34 (twenty years ago)

It's from 2002, Steve. But yes, why did they include him then?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 7 April 2006 09:35 (twenty years ago)

blimey all that faffing around yesterday and my PROPER LOCAL NEWSIE has stickers and alBUMs anyway.

i also have another 10 packs, and, unless i am mistaken, *still* no swapsies...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 7 April 2006 11:02 (twenty years ago)

Hahahahahaha Joe Cole hahahahahahahaha.

Album and ten packs from HMV at lunchtime :)

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 7 April 2006 11:48 (twenty years ago)

I wonder if anywhere around Moorgate sells them...

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 7 April 2006 11:51 (twenty years ago)

Russell Latapy of Trinidad & Tobago = AN KLINGON!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 7 April 2006 11:53 (twenty years ago)

Is he still playing?!?? He must be 40

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 7 April 2006 11:54 (twenty years ago)

You need to ask a small child, Konal.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 7 April 2006 11:59 (twenty years ago)

Hooray! Found ten packets of the correct stickers.

Man in Shop: Shall I put these in a, ahem, bag for you?
Big Mikey G: Nah, don't worry, I'll slip 'em in this fanny mag.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 7 April 2006 12:32 (twenty years ago)

ahhh i am so down 4 this

― rtcotm (mwah), Friday, 7 April 2006 13:25 (twenty years ago)

i have succumbed

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 7 April 2006 13:28 (twenty years ago)

Why do I find this so tempting?

― Greig (treefell), Friday, 7 April 2006 13:29 (twenty years ago)

Wee Russell is indeed still playing, at 37, for The Bairns! He scored a good goal against Rangers t'other week.

xxxxxpost

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 7 April 2006 13:30 (twenty years ago)

Gerry, would I be right in saying that you consider any goal against Rangers a good goal?

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 7 April 2006 13:35 (twenty years ago)

GAH! Where is the stickershop between here and PUB? It's been almost 20 hours since I opened my last pack!

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 7 April 2006 15:14 (twenty years ago)

No luck in the local newsagents...

Must...find...next...fix...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 7 April 2006 15:16 (twenty years ago)

Have ANY of you actually met up for swapping yet? There's no point in doing it otherwise.

p.s. make sure you post the most outrageous deals made on this thread plz.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 7 April 2006 15:18 (twenty years ago)

no-one actually has swapsies yet. lookin fwd to it tho.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 7 April 2006 15:20 (twenty years ago)

The first person to have dupes should post:

AROOOOGA AROOOOOGA SWAPSIES ALERT

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 7 April 2006 15:21 (twenty years ago)

Er, Arooga!

I have swapsies (like, 5) but I left them at home.

This much I know: I have one sticker three times already (i.e. two swapsies, just to be clear). And I have a David Beckham swapsie, arooga.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 7 April 2006 15:22 (twenty years ago)

Tim, remember not to let anyone know you have two of this guy - that immediately devalues him!

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 7 April 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

Me and Madchen have a swapsie meet organised for tomorrow night. I'd better get some stickers first!

(will we have to resort to postal swapsies if no-one else is doing this up here? I think I'd prefer that to hanging round school playgrounds)

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 7 April 2006 16:23 (twenty years ago)

Oh joy! My local Co-op stocks them! Which means that I can buy stickers and revel in the knowledge that my dividend will be going to ECFC! Everyone's a winner!

Er, oh yes, except me. I'm a loser.

Nevertheless, I have yet to experience the horror and misery of the gotgotgotgotgot pack. But it can't be too long.

― Tim (Tim), Saturday, 8 April 2006 08:44 (twenty years ago)

I have swapsies of Makelele, Vieri and Van Der Vaert amongst others.

Swap meet next week is urgent and key. Maybe Tuesday somewhere?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 8 April 2006 09:53 (twenty years ago)

I have at least half the Yanks, a good proportion of the England team and the WORLD CUP SHINY!

Joe Cole and Sol Campbell are currently battling it out for the worst Photoshop ever. Although it can't be doing Sol's fragile confidence any good to know he's been DROPPED from the England team photo.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 8 April 2006 09:54 (twenty years ago)

FASM on Tuesday sounds like 1x winner.

The poses struck by the various squads on their team photos (MANNSCHAFT PHOTOS! GET IT RIGHT) is an ongoing source of fascination to me. There appear to be three basic types:

1) back row stand up, front row lean forwards, snuggling their rears into their team-mates
2) back row stand up, front row squat down on their haunches, this style is perhaps more traditional
3) front row stand up, back row appear to be levitating (I've only seen this style once so far - I can't remember which mannschaft - but it's my favourite)

Dear The FA,

your persistent corporate alliance with Merlin (or whoever) is perplexing and rubbish, and the England shiny, with two flags of St George, is KK-rub. This doesn't make me want to buy Merlin, it makes me think you are DUMM.

I know, I know, The FA in DUMM shocker, but even so.

Yours,

Tim

― Tim (Tim), Saturday, 8 April 2006 10:02 (twenty years ago)

Gerry, would I be right in saying that you consider any goal against Rangers a good goal?

Yes, but this was actually a well taken good good goal :-) Russell Latapy has plied his trade for four teams in nine years without costing any of them a transfer fee. Not bad considering he was the 33rd best player in the world during that time.

I looked at the album this morning but didn't buy it. I'm worried that if I start collecting I'll destroy the nostalgia I'm felling on this thread and replace it with an obsessive compulsion.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 8 April 2006 10:10 (twenty years ago)

Surely obsessive compulsion > nostalgia?

Or at least, today's obsessive compulsion is tomorrow's nostalgia. You have to think of the future!

― Tim (Tim), Saturday, 8 April 2006 10:15 (twenty years ago)

Felling? I'll fell the nostalgia!

I'm sure my wife would appreciate me finding another thing to collect. There's a little corner of the house not filled with junk yet.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 8 April 2006 10:17 (twenty years ago)

it annoys me that Goaleo of whatever his name is not wearing the correct shirts (or indeed shorts) for each country.

i don't have any England players yet, but about seven from the US squad, as well as their shiny badge.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Saturday, 8 April 2006 11:20 (twenty years ago)

somehow the knowing that i can just go and buy 100 packets of stickers if i wanted to does not match the thrill of pestering my dad to just buy me some instead of a Diary Milk at the newsagents and him relenting, when i was just 247 years old.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Saturday, 8 April 2006 11:22 (twenty years ago)

Steve, I know what you mean. Also, I was thinking last night: "I don't remember these huge piles of packaging and sticker backs"... yes, that's because small me didn't have the cash to buy great wads of stickers at any one time.

Perhaps that's why I'm finding this process so pleasing: I can spend three quid and feel like I've lavished enough to fulfil an extravagant dream.

― Tim (Tim), Saturday, 8 April 2006 12:23 (twenty years ago)

"Diary Milk"

i adore this typo...

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Saturday, 8 April 2006 12:33 (twenty years ago)

Whoo - the nice Indian lady sold me some this morning. She had to rip off the cellophane from the box! I clearly have no rivals in SE19.

What's proving expensive (I don't like to think of the total expense of buying 597 stickers...) is the fact that I feel I have to buy something with the stickers each time. Today it was just The Guardian, but it was £1.30's worth of Saturday Guardian, 80% of which I'll never read.

So, what's the deal with the England players - Panini not allowed to use official pix cos of the FA deal? Is that why Frank Lampard looks like he's wearing a plain white T-shirt?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Saturday, 8 April 2006 14:29 (twenty years ago)

Yes, I think the Official England FA sticker book is with a rival stickerbook firm, how rubbish! Wait until you get the -frankly, pitiful - England "flag" shiny. The space for the England shiny has "flag" not "badge" written on it. GAH!

If only we knew someone who wroked at the FA so we could HAVE A WORD.

Oooh Jonesy I got an Everton player last night and he looks like he's in a right strop.

― Tim (Tim), Saturday, 8 April 2006 14:55 (twenty years ago)

also annoying re England team. Rio Ferdinand's birthplace is listed as Peckham, Joe Cole's as Islington, but John Terry's as LONDON.

didn't realise that Trinidad & Tobago have a player called Jason SCOTLAND who funnily enough plays for St Johnstone. I can hear Motty and co. making the highlarious remarks now ala "Well who said Scotland wouldn't make it to the World Cup...here he is now" and "ball won by Scotland, first time for everything" etc.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Saturday, 8 April 2006 15:08 (twenty years ago)

Is it the gorgeous Tim Cahill? You've already got Nuno Valente, yes?

I seem to be getting a few ex-Toffees - McBride, Linderoth...someone else I can't remember.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Saturday, 8 April 2006 15:11 (twenty years ago)

It is indeed Grumpy Tim C.

I do already have Nuno Valente, though how they manage to fit him on the one sticker is beyond me.

― Tim (Tim), Saturday, 8 April 2006 15:34 (twenty years ago)

The dispersion of these stickers makes NO SENSE AT ALL. I already have eleven England players, including Rooney, Beckham, Lampard and Gerrard, but hardly anyone from Poland.

Also, I opened a pack today to find Van Der Sar, Ronaldo and Deco in there. I almost came in my pants - thankfully Kolo Toure was in there as well which put me off.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 8 April 2006 15:45 (twenty years ago)

I am struggling to get many Poles, too. Dutchmen, on the other hand, are springing up all over like tulips in the springtime. I only have one of our Dutch friends to go, and since he's the fellow with the name of a medieval nobleman I'm not sure he even counts. The Dutch pics remind me of school photographs, they're all sitting at the same angle.

Outrageous haircut count so far: very low. There's the Eastern European fellow who looks like a member of Bad Company from 1974, he's pretty great. And the Angolan (I think he's Angolan) who's got that cornrows-turning-into-little-hangy-downy-plaits, but AT THE FRONT! I like him.

One of the Saudis has a beard which sits quite a long way into the Big Beard Continuum. Like, somewhere between Ewing and Daddino. Really.

― Tim (Tim), Sunday, 9 April 2006 10:16 (twenty years ago)

The Czechs all seem to have the same lank hair - perhaps Heinz would like to share his discovery of conditioner with the rest of the squad?

Carlos Alberto Tevez (ARG) is an early front-runner for the Alan Stubbs Do I Have To Look At This Page Again? award. Mind you, I don't know how Our Wayne has scrubbed up in his pic yet.

Vieri = Lovejoy with a dash of Jean-Michel Jarre. Antique analogue synths!

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 9 April 2006 11:40 (twenty years ago)

I think the Czechs have that hair because they are all scared to get in the communal showers with Karel Poborsky's petrifying DEATH RAY GLARE. Sadly this means their lengthy mittel European classic rock tresses go unconditioned.

Karel Poborsky was forced to get his previously flowing locks cut by the International Hair Crimes tribunal, based just outside The Hague. Maybe that's why he looks so cross.

― Tim (Tim), Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:01 (twenty years ago)

I have yet to encounter this bearded Saudi wonder. It's nice to have things to look forward to.

Rooney scrubs up quite well this year, but then again I fear the pernicious hand of Photoshop might play some part in this.

Am I right in believing Kasey Keller is shinier than all the actual proper shinies?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:19 (twenty years ago)

I haven't seen Casey Kasem yet. GAH. But Nono Gomes is pretty shiny. Nuno Valente might be too, but it's hard to tell since he BLOCKS OUT THE SUN.

― Tim (Tim), Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:20 (twenty years ago)

No, no Nono, Nuno.

― Tim (Tim), Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:20 (twenty years ago)

Stop hyping up Nuno Valente so much, I still haven't got him. Or Peter Crouch, so I have yet to see how they fit either of them onto one sticker.

The fact that Momo Sissoko (Momo, Momo Momo) will not represent his country on the World's Greatest Stage is a constant disappointment to me.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:26 (twenty years ago)

Peter Crouch's adam's apple is larger than Steven Gerrard's whole head.

Sorry, I'll shut up about Nuno Balloono now.

― Tim (Tim), Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:31 (twenty years ago)

Oh yes, I note that of the England players (at least those included) all but one hail from the London area or that Manchester / Liverpool / Lancs / Cheshire neck o'the woods. This strikes me as peculiar.

Also the detail involved in listing birthplace is inconsistent. Some say "London" (Ashley Cole) while others give more detail like "Islington, just off that road round the back of Angel on the way to the Island Queen but before you get to the canal because that would be more Hoxton" (Joe Cole).

― Tim (Tim), Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:36 (twenty years ago)

i have mentioned the panini/merlin debacle on several occassions to my [ahem] contact at the FA. "write me a bloody letter" they suggested...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:41 (twenty years ago)

Feel free to print out my letter above and pass it on to the (ir)relevant authorities.

― Tim (Tim), Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:48 (twenty years ago)

it's funny seeing you on the interweb of a weekend...

my local to home newsie doesn't have any stickers, so i haven't got any more yet...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:51 (twenty years ago)

It's not funny being in the office.

Are we going to have Tuesday night swap meet? What time does MAFFS start?

― Tim (Tim), Sunday, 9 April 2006 13:02 (twenty years ago)

THERE IS 0 MAFFS THIS WEEK!!!!!! i am so incredibly happy about this that i'm even looking forward to going to greys...

on TUESDAY meg and i are going to wacky german bar by old street for to watch the german cup semi-final cos [pulls face] st pauli are in it, innit.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Sunday, 9 April 2006 13:04 (twenty years ago)

Before that, then?

I am not sure that I can face greys, plus I might be planing to work late tomorrow in order that I can be home today before 8.

― Tim (Tim), Sunday, 9 April 2006 13:08 (twenty years ago)

If you go to a bar on TUESDAY you will see Eintracht Frankfurt vs Arminia Bielefeld. You must instead go on WEDNESDAY.

― Dave B (daveb), Sunday, 9 April 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

I think people buying these stickers should say, "for the laddo" to whoever is selling them.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 10 April 2006 06:48 (twenty years ago)

I bought thirty packets on Saturday. The man in the newsagents looked at me funny, so I said they were for my mum.

Hackney gets a mention as Shaka Hislop's birthplace.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 10 April 2006 07:50 (twenty years ago)

Right, that's it. BRING ME NO MORE DUTCH.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 10 April 2006 08:15 (twenty years ago)

I like how you can write a bloody letter to every FA in the World Cup, because they've thoughtfully included the address above the team badge. I might write to the Iranian FA, outlining my opinion on their choice of manager JUST BECAUSE I CAN!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 10 April 2006 08:18 (twenty years ago)

dude, you should write a letter to each of the 32 asking them to send you stuff (might work better if you pretend to be 10 admittedly) and see WHO IS BEST.

BLAGGING WORLD CUP!!!

dave, thank you yes, meg pointed out my schoolboy error. this does make tuesday my only QNI this week, also i baint got no swaps yet innit.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 10 April 2006 08:29 (twenty years ago)

Has anyone stuck a sticker on anything other than their album, such as their kagoule, yet?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 10 April 2006 08:43 (twenty years ago)

I have stuck Stern John on my fridge.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 10 April 2006 09:04 (twenty years ago)

Togo midfielder on my girlfriend's face.

Tuesday night on BBC 3 (or maybe BBC 4), there are programmes on football and its use by communist and fascist regimes.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 10 April 2006 09:22 (twenty years ago)

look fwd to that.

one of the Togo defenders is puffing his cheeks up Drogba-style. It's almost as if he didn't realise there was a camera on him.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 09:24 (twenty years ago)

or he's doing an impression of nuno valente...

shall i buy some more stickers at lunchtime?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 10 April 2006 09:33 (twenty years ago)

yes. buy me some too.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 09:38 (twenty years ago)

How does everyone put their stickers in? I open a packet at a time, only looking at the backs, sort them into numerical order and start from the back (eg no. 500 on top), turning each over in turn.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 10 April 2006 09:48 (twenty years ago)

I agree that a Wednesday-night swopmeet would be preferable because I don't land at Heathrow until 8.55 pee emm on Tuesday. That's right, folks, I'm coming to get ya!

(Not because of the lure of Southern Panini, which may contain different characters possibly, but because I'll be looking after the grandfolks while ma and pa are in Jo'burg or Durban or gaping at elephants or whatever.)

*GURL BIT*

My colleague fancies MORIENTES puke puke puke.

Mikey G: I do the same, then stick them in wonky. I swear they're all cut a bit squint.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 10 April 2006 09:51 (twenty years ago)

no, they are totally wonky, cheap panini rub.

i take them all out, put them in a big pile then sort them numerically with low number sat the top then go through and put htem in...

WEDNESDAY then? that gives me better chance for getting swapsies.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 10 April 2006 10:05 (twenty years ago)

OK, Wednesday.

I open one pack at a time, go through doing gotneedneedgotneed, order them numerically then stick them in from the front or the back according to which is nearer to the page I have open at the time.

I leave my swapsies in a pile until the end, then I srt them all into numerical order.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 10 April 2006 10:09 (twenty years ago)

I could come on Wednesday, if it isn't anywhere stupid. It needs to be near a proven sticker hotspot, I suppose. I won't have stickers though. Well, maybe one packet. I'm not sure I can stand all this peer pressure. I wonder if I should tell my dad I'm resisting. He'd be ever so pleased that all his years of nagging are finally paying off. So far.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 10 April 2006 10:20 (twenty years ago)

It's also Portsmouth vs Arsenal on Wednesday.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 10 April 2006 10:23 (twenty years ago)

are they showing it?

as previously mentioned i shall be in the old street area for german football. does anyone else fancy german football?

or there's always the wenlock...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 10 April 2006 10:31 (twenty years ago)

Can I come to your swap meet armed with stickers then SELL them to you? Sounds like a devious plan!

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 10 April 2006 10:34 (twenty years ago)

it has to be sticker for sticker trade only.

meaning i won't get much out of this as i am unlikely to have any swapsies by wednesday night.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 10:36 (twenty years ago)

I think thos eplacers probably qualify as stupid, Carsmile. Or am I just stupid for not knowing where they are?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 10 April 2006 10:39 (twenty years ago)

Oh God. I've just realise I will be cheering on Pompey. Argh.

Which Premiership team is best represented in the sticker book? I think every member of the Chelsea first choice XI is in there. (I am conveniently dropping Damien Duff).

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 10 April 2006 10:40 (twenty years ago)

old street's not stupid. it's only 15 minutes on the bus from holborn...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 10 April 2006 11:07 (twenty years ago)

You're thinking of Old Compton Street.

Or is it the other way, near Basildon or something?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 10 April 2006 11:11 (twenty years ago)

old compton street isn't even a 15 minute WALK ;)

basically what you are saying is "can we go to the princess louise please?" isn't it?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 10 April 2006 11:17 (twenty years ago)

NO, it has a gin palace interior.

I will investigate this Old Street.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 10 April 2006 11:33 (twenty years ago)

We could perfectly sensibly split the difference and go somewhere like the Mitre or the Betsey. That these places happen to be on my bus route home is of no relevance obv.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 10 April 2006 11:34 (twenty years ago)

there's always Foundry lol...

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 11:36 (twenty years ago)

Old Bell Fleet Street please.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 10 April 2006 11:37 (twenty years ago)

Oh Matt you are a treasure.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 10 April 2006 11:42 (twenty years ago)

Ronaldinho swapsie! Hooray!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 10 April 2006 11:49 (twenty years ago)

Stick it on a condom machine in a pub toilet. A warning.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 10 April 2006 11:54 (twenty years ago)

you may have a point though, old bell would be relatively handy for me. even moany miller could walk there ;)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 10 April 2006 11:55 (twenty years ago)

Ah, the pleasures of idle imagigoogling.
http://wm-blogger.de/media/goleokahn.jpg

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 10 April 2006 12:02 (twenty years ago)

That is going too far. NSFLife.

Are we decided on the Old Bell then? 6ish? I might even pop out from work and then pop back again.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 10 April 2006 12:14 (twenty years ago)

bah, i shal KIDNAP YOU and not let you go back to smelly work.

i take it you're not coming to greys tonight then?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 10 April 2006 12:16 (twenty years ago)

Not a chance. If I get out of here before half time I will be pleased. Sorry.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 10 April 2006 12:22 (twenty years ago)

Old Bell, Fleet Street, Wed 6pm? Even if I have nothing to swap, I could do with a pint.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 10 April 2006 12:29 (twenty years ago)

see no messing about here, suggest a pub, go to pub, do swapsies :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 10 April 2006 12:30 (twenty years ago)

no TV at Old Bell tho. ah well.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 12:34 (twenty years ago)

Everyone better get buying stickers between now and then, I shall be very grumpy if I pop out from work and my big pile of swapsies are unswappable due to you lot backsliding on the swapsie front.

I have to admit, though, I'm still having good luck. I seem to have more or less half-filled the book and the most gots I've had in a pack so far is two. My last two packs last night were both needneedneedneedneed. Lovely.

Jermain Defoe looks like he's just broken a window and is nonchalantly looking the other way.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 10 April 2006 12:35 (twenty years ago)

Old Bell Fleet Street 6pm Wednesday.

I take it there is an old bell outside.

Two nights running? This is more unlikely than two Ronaldinhos in one packet, but I will try.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:01 (twenty years ago)

Is The Pinefox collecting stickers? I would be like to know how he approaches sticking them in his album.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:20 (twenty years ago)

The last time I saw the Pinefox we set and watched a Brian Moore-narrated Espana '82 video in its entirety. I think he might be tickled by this thread but also alarmed that we're spending money on...stickers.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:37 (twenty years ago)

I mentioned the sticker-collecting to the pinefox and the nipper yesterday but I don't think they were particualrly impressed.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:44 (twenty years ago)

I take it there is an old bell outside.

Are you always disappointed whenever you pass a Red Lion pub?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:44 (twenty years ago)

I would be like to know how he approaches sticking them in his album.

Leave aside the word 'be', and this sentence is (still) somehow a comedy classic.

I would not have known about this discussion had PJM just pointed me to it! It's all happening here!

It is nice to see that Steady Mike has paid off the new mortgage already and is able to splash out on ... stickers.

Really - I like stickers; in the 1980s I bought many. Too many, no doubt, as they were doubles etc; though I also sent off for many specific ones in the post. One reason why I know quite a lot, but perhaps not as much as in a way I should, about footballers of that time (eg: birthdays, ages) is due to the stickerbook craze.

Kenny Sansom was born in Camberwell - maybe 28.9.1959? Glenn Hoddle was born in - Hayes, I think, 28.10.1957? I might be a few days out. The Platini-Tigana-Bossis-Bellone axis I have evoked often enough before. But what about Albert Rust, born in the early 1950s; Antonio Cabrini in early June (was it?) 1956, Zico 3.3.1953? - and so on...

You can see that my facts have become a little (Albert) Rusty.

So, this meet-up.

― the pinefox, Monday, 10 April 2006 13:44 (twenty years ago)

(NB: eternally impressive fact: Moore didn't just NARRATE the video - he WROTE it too.)

― the bellefox, Monday, 10 April 2006 13:45 (twenty years ago)

Hoddle was born in Hillingdon hospital, as was I, but I believe that yes this would qualify as Hayes. Ergh, how awful for us!

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:47 (twenty years ago)

It would be good if the sticker book listed the actual hospital the players were born in. Or if they were not born in a hospital, the alternate location (swimming pool? motorway layby? pub pool table?).

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:49 (twenty years ago)

PS / Sansom was 1958, surely, I mistyped that.

― the bellefox, Monday, 10 April 2006 13:52 (twenty years ago)

I must admit, my enthusiasm for the sticker enterprise is on the wane. "I'm not 15," I keep thinking. "I didn't even do this when I was 15." I'm hoping Wednesday will recharge my spirits in this regard.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:52 (twenty years ago)

give it time. 4 weeks from now, with the season over and a sticker book at least 4/5 full you'll be champing at the bit for that elusive Angola shiny.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:53 (twenty years ago)

'shiny' = national badge?

That has renewed my own memory of the joy of it!

― the bellefox, Monday, 10 April 2006 13:57 (twenty years ago)

But - this meet-up: is it happening? Weds? Really?

― the bellefox, Monday, 10 April 2006 13:57 (twenty years ago)

The Ivory Coast shiny is a thing of true beauty.

My enjoyment of the major tournament is definitley enhanced by recognising more of the players, especially when I can go "ooh! it's that one who looks like the one off "Big Wolf On Campus"".

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:59 (twenty years ago)

I see Steve's Glenn Hoddle-Hillingdon-hospital-relatedness and raise with my Steven Gerrard-Whiston-Hospital-relatedness. Also born in Whizzy Ozzy: Mel C.

I gave up stickers for ever in 1980 in a sudden youthful dawning of Sisyphean futility.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:00 (twenty years ago)

you big Sisy

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:01 (twenty years ago)

Best team badge = Costa Rica with that swirly thing.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:02 (twenty years ago)

(It just seems to me that many premises on Fleet Street have things hanging outside to iilustrate their purpose, past or present.)

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:03 (twenty years ago)

Oh! I meant Costa Rica and I said Ivory Coast! What have I done?

The Ivory Coast one's good too, like that 50p piece with the grippy hands. It was celebrating the EEC, or something.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:06 (twenty years ago)

There's a bell hanging up inside the Old Bell.

Just round the corner from the Old Bell is Hanging Sword Alley. Happily the locals there don't share PJM's literalist views on street furniture.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:07 (twenty years ago)

My local Red Lion (as recommended to Tim) does have a red lion outside it.

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:11 (twenty years ago)

And a sign on the door saying "No Lions Allowed Except Guide Lions"

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:12 (twenty years ago)

walking past Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, the smell is excruciating.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:14 (twenty years ago)

But is it true, is there a FAP thing?

― the bellefox, Monday, 10 April 2006 14:21 (twenty years ago)

FASM (Fancy A Swap Meet). Yes. How long it will go on is, I think, unclear so far.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:22 (twenty years ago)

But it's definitely happening? Can we just confirm that?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:24 (twenty years ago)

I gave up stickers for ever in 1980 in a sudden youthful dawning of Sisyphean futility.

I had a dose of the Sisypheans last night whilst scanning old photographs. "Who in the name of Brian Cant is going to want to look at these?" And that wasn't even costing me 35p a packet.

I just wanted to join in, y'know.

(Tim: I've written to yr work email address with a footie proposal...)

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:29 (twenty years ago)

I get the impression that Konal or whatever he calls himself is mocking me. I don't know why. I would just like to know if there is a meet-up, and if so where and when. If I am banned from it, or not invited, because I don't have any stickers, or for some other reason, then just say so, I suppose.

― the bellefox, Monday, 10 April 2006 14:34 (twenty years ago)

PF, there is a meet-up. it is on wednesday at 6 o'clock at the old bell on fleet street (here: http://www.fancyapint.com/main_site/thepubs/pub160.html) BUT we might not be there that long.

tim has to go back to work, and i have to go and meet meg, i cannot speak for the others.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:41 (twenty years ago)

(xpost)PF: please come. 6ish (but not sure for how long), Wednesday; The Old Bell, Fleet Street. I might be running off back to work after onloy a brief stay but it'd be lovely to see you. Pay no attention to that mean ol' Steve M.

You might enjoy looking at the stickers, or at least some of them.

MJ: I have read your proposal and accepted it with a certain degree of work-related trepidation. But all this talk of Sisyphean pointlessness had put me in mind of my everyday life anyway.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:43 (twenty years ago)

Thank you.

'or at least some of them' is a great Hopkinsian jesuitism.

I think I might like the stickers, too. It is nice to think of going out to see someone's stickers.

― the bellefox, Monday, 10 April 2006 14:49 (twenty years ago)

Yes I was mocking you bellefox (or whatever you call yourself), but it's all in good fun - for me at least. Look forward to seeing you on Wednesday night - I might not have any stickers to swap so you may not be alone in this respect.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 15:37 (twenty years ago)

I am looking forward to this. I think we might manage to prevent Tim returning to work. Someone could nick his stickers and hide them behind the lavatory cistern, like the gun in The Godfather.

I shall visit Hanging Sword Lane.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 10 April 2006 18:29 (twenty years ago)

NEWSFLASH: ONE DISPOSABLE NAPPY = THREE STICKERS

Not that this information is directed at anyone in particular, you understand.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 10 April 2006 18:36 (twenty years ago)

Deano, this here Old Bell is not all that far from the Central Line.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 06:54 (twenty years ago)

It's even closer to the District Line.

Stealing my stickers and stashing them in the loo: are you sure you weren't at my school?

East of the Strand + football related meet-up = Deano retreats grumbling to the Hairy Cave, I fear. Say it ain't so, Deano.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 07:18 (twenty years ago)

Quick question on FASM etiquette, by the way: are we all intending to bring our sticker books or is remembering who is got and who is need part of the exercise?

I wouldn't want to be considered gauche.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 07:38 (twenty years ago)

> Deano, this here Old Bell is not all that far from the Central Line.

i don't think deano is even reading this thread. maybe if this was Argentina 1978 rather than Germany 2006 he would be but...

oh, wait...

― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 07:45 (twenty years ago)

i think bringing albums is acceptable. i now have 6 swapsies includng an SHINY and an makalele.

i still have not got any saudis though...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 08:01 (twenty years ago)

Steve I expect you to put on your best Northern accent and regale us with a recitation of "With me little Makelele in me hand".

I have about half an inch of swapsies. WHO WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND?

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 08:03 (twenty years ago)

Sorry, Deano, I meant Andrew.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 08:04 (twenty years ago)

Only two US players for the whole team! Brian McBride and someone who plays for, I think, the Walmart Kickstars.

Zero Ghanians and stadiums.

Many swapsies.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 08:24 (twenty years ago)

I have swapped most of my swapsies elsewhere though. I too am closing in on getting the whole of the irritatingly common US team.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 08:26 (twenty years ago)

Brian McBride, you say? I think we may be able to come to a mutually beneficial arrangement here.

Is dealing in swapsies futures frowned upon?

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 08:27 (twenty years ago)

My ~~uzi~~ completed Netherlands page weighs a ton.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 08:28 (twenty years ago)

I think I have 8 or 9 swapsies. Dutch mannschaft was the first (oh, so much orange). I'm keeping them in a little ziploc bag with a hand-written grid indicating NEED and GOT and DUPE, saving the need for Precious Album transportation. Am I a mental?

These childcare/mortgage/adolescent frippery comparisons really are spurring me on.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:04 (twenty years ago)

I put all my swapsies in numberical order last night, then scattered them off the table with an errant elbow. I subsequently missed the opening to Dalziel and Pascoe.

Is life passing me by?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:28 (twenty years ago)

I have about 15 swapsies. I don't know if I can come out and swap them though :( I have a Ukranian I'm particularly keen to get rid of, his dead saltmine eyes bore through the swap pile even though he's at the bottom.

The first sticker I saw was the Ivory Coast shiny with a Nelephant!

The best shiny is the Saudi One - very elegant.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:40 (twenty years ago)

I have two stadia now and the official WC2006 badge. Even Pam was impressed.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:44 (twenty years ago)

Pamini.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:45 (twenty years ago)

btw. I would like to see your old scanned photos.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:45 (twenty years ago)

The world cup badge is very lovely. Much lovelier than the "England flag".

I am interested in people's approaches to multiple packets. One at a time, then stick? Or several at a time, pile then stick?

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:46 (twenty years ago)

Always a packet at a time. Always. FIFA Directive.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:53 (twenty years ago)

(Alba, you are able, I presume, to see the ones I've uploaded in the last few days? There's another 12 albums to wade through, not to mention a [fancy pink Miu Miu] shoebox of APS pics and several thousand Polaroids and Polaroid-derivatives. I don't know whether I'm being too choosy or not choosy enough. It's a long-term project.]

I stick immediately after opening a packet. I don't bother to sort/pile at all.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:55 (twenty years ago)

Screwed up my parentheses there. Your pix are ace, Alba.

Back to the matter in hand...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:55 (twenty years ago)

Who will be first to bulk buy a whole box?

I once nicked some, you know. You tell the newsagent you've got three packets, but really you've got four, and the old duffer doesn't notice. Result.

Try it.

Michael, you could use your swapsies as wallpaper!

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:56 (twenty years ago)

It's absolutely clear to me that any deviation from sticking one packet at a time is wrong, and most likely a sign of calamitous personality dysfunction.

This whole activity is a (relatively) benign exercise in obsessive / compulsive behaviour, right?

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:00 (twenty years ago)

um, i always sort mine into a pile then stick them altogether into the alBUM, i'm sorry.

please do not shun me.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:01 (twenty years ago)

Ugh.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:02 (twenty years ago)

I do mine 3 packs at a time if I've bought multiples.

Or in 3-3-4 formation with a big blowout at the end if I've gone for the "£3.50 option".

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:02 (twenty years ago)

I feel strongly that those who favour sort-pile-stick, y'know, those who choose it as a lifestyle option, shouldn't really be allowed to come to the pub on Weds. I mean, they presumably have their own pubs an' that. Where they can...do that sort of thing.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:09 (twenty years ago)

I think the NOTW did a recent expose of these 'cocks of society' with pictures of their houses in relation to the nearest primary school.

The Panini website has the front covers (plus a few stickers) from the earlier albums. Starting with Mexico '70!

http://www.paninigroup.com/2006fifaworldcup/pwc.asp?Edizione=70

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:10 (twenty years ago)

I have no objection to sort-pile-stickists but, really, it's not normal and there's no need to ram it down our throats, is there?

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:14 (twenty years ago)

Michael wrote:

I feel strongly that those who favour sort-pile-stick, y'know, those who choose it as a lifestyle option, shouldn't really be allowed to come to the pub on Weds. I mean, they presumably have their own pubs an' that. Where they can...do that sort of thing.

Fancy-A-Pint wrote about The Old Bell:

And the atmosphere is excellent owing to the fact the people you're in there with also chose deliberately not to go to a wine bar.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:16 (twenty years ago)

Some of you may be unsurprised to learn that I disagree with Tim and G re 'one packet at a time'. If I have multiple packets to open I would open them all and sort the stickets before then sticking them. As few page turns as possible for my boney girl arms is paramount.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:16 (twenty years ago)

But I don't consider this to be a lifestyle option. Though, I would perhaps enjoy a smug sense of superiority among 'one packet at a time' Luddites in the pub, I might tentatively add.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:18 (twenty years ago)

As few page turns as possible for my boney girl arms is paramount.

Oh, for goodness' sake, there's no need to go into detail! I mean, some of my best friends* are sort-pile-stickists, but I don't ask them about their...practices and I don't bang on about mine.

(* - well, I knew a couple at college.)

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:22 (twenty years ago)

Did you... experiment with sort-pile-sticking at college, Mike? We all did things back then, it's no shame.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:27 (twenty years ago)

While waiting for my late date at the cinema last night, I opened ten packets at once and sorted them in full view of the general public - children too! I prefer to do my sticking at home, however.

My best swopsy so far is Figo.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:30 (twenty years ago)

WE'RE HERE. WE'RE QUEER. WE SORT, PILE THEN STICK.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:30 (twenty years ago)

Oh! Last night I got the Pannini memorial sticker, which I thought was just an ad for something else because it had no number, and I thought I'd been sold a packet with four proper stickers and this ropey dud of a thing, but then I found a space for it on the inside front cover and was happy because that made the packet a needneedneedneedneed. Very strange.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:34 (twenty years ago)

My experiments were strictly confined to the physics lab, Markelby.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:35 (twenty years ago)

The guy who moved in next door to us is a pile 'em up type. He seems friendly enough, but, well, we're thinking of selling soon and I don't know what effect it will have on the house prices in the area.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:36 (twenty years ago)

Tim - are you aware that as well as the 'commemorative sticker' you will need to create the 'personalised' sticker (first page, on the left) to have a truly full alBUM.

http://www.mypanini.com/uk/index.asp?lang=uk

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:42 (twenty years ago)

I'm not happy about that. Maybe I'l create a Big Steve Flack sticker though, he should be in there somewhere.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:55 (twenty years ago)

If we're going to do the personalised sticker thing (and I'm not sure its omission should impact complete status), maybe we could club together to get one design and share out the 50 copies amongst ourselves. Good luck swapping any spares, though.

I like the idea of a Big Steve Flack sticker. Hyphens, anyone?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 11:11 (twenty years ago)

As noted elsewhere: tomorrow night I get to give someone (possibly Tom) a Brazilian! In the PUB! First time for everything ect ect.

Oh my sides, it's a joke that keeps on giving innit.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 11:26 (twenty years ago)

The only possible solution is a group personalised sticker.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 11:27 (twenty years ago)

It's a shame there's no way to make a team photo in the style of England's.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 11:28 (twenty years ago)

Re: Brazilian.

Is that better than giving someone an Angolan Badge? (Like a Glasgow Kiss except much more violent).

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 11:29 (twenty years ago)

ILE MANNSCHAFT!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 11:30 (twenty years ago)

20 packets bought. the shopkeeper had to count them twice.

i can't open them until i get home though. the suspense!

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 11:35 (twenty years ago)

I'm buying all of mine from my local co-op. I suspect I'm the only person buying them because each time I go in there the box doesn't seem any emptier than last time, and there seems to be stuff stacked on the top of it. It's proving lucky for me so far though (more than half way, still getting the odd needneedneedneedneed, still haven't had fewer than three needs in any given packet. And it's the co-op and you've gotta love the co-op.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 11:40 (twenty years ago)

Oh no! They started a new box and my luck has begun to fade noticeably (still haven't suffered a gotgotgotgotgot, mind). This is good news for those of you who wish to exploit my engorged swapsie pile, I suppose.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 07:18 (twenty years ago)

I am not coming to this stickerfest tonight.

I don't want to intrude on what will no doubt be some very intimate transactions.

And I'm too knackered.

And The Apprentice is on, so I need to laugh at the Amstrad emailer and say "I doubt that very much" when Sir Alan says, "I am the most belligerent person you could ever hope to meet". It's tradion, you see, and I missed last week's.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 07:33 (twenty years ago)

I have loads of swaps now, though no-one to swap them with.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 07:35 (twenty years ago)

Mike you should come along this evening. Alternatively, give me a shout next time you're going to be at the Wharf and we'll go for coffee and swapsies.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 07:51 (twenty years ago)

Not tonight thanks, but I will give you a shout before I reach the stage where I think, "hmm, I have so many swapsies I might as well start a second album."

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:04 (twenty years ago)

tradition, no tradion.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:07 (twenty years ago)

I have a grand total of four swapsies inc. two Dutchies, which I hope to pass to people on the le - um, sorry...

Still no England players, but I did get the pathetic shiny. What a stupid law. The only other team I have no players for is Saudi Arabia.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:09 (twenty years ago)

My favourite is the Ukrainian guy who looks like a tranvestite heroin addict.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:12 (twenty years ago)

I am fond of the Serbian Carter USM lookalike. I have a swap of him too but I might keep it for my own purposes.

Big pile of swapsies to bring tonight after some bad luck on the HMV Victoria front.

I made the mistake of sticking on the train this morning and have ended up with a very wonky Pole.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:17 (twenty years ago)

Radchenko reminds me a little of Tombot, or maybe Ethan from Lost.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:17 (twenty years ago)

The Argentine Tevez looks as if he has killed and will kill again.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:20 (twenty years ago)

The Mexican FA appears to have sent their nation's top prison team along.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:24 (twenty years ago)

having stuck my latest selection in on returning from the football on monday night, i have wonky allsorts.

also, regarding yesterday's conversation about pile em, stick em vs stick em, i realised that, in fact, when i was in public last week, i was sitcking them a packet at a time, i am TOTALLY CLOSETED!!!

also conversation in kingsway smiths this morning:

me: do you have the panini world cup stickers?
woman: i think so, are they over there (points to display stand)?
me: no, there's just the cards over there.
woman: maybe they're under here (looks under counter). ooh what's this (brings out box of cards)
me: no, they're the cards
woman: they're the stickers
me: no, they're the cards
woman: (walks over to display stand) what about these?
me: no, they're the cards (point to word CARDS on box)
woman: these are stickers
me: yes, but they're the merlin ones...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:28 (twenty years ago)

I got the commemorative sticker yesterday. Joy!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:29 (twenty years ago)

Share Your Most Banal Conversations With The World! - Volume 2 (2 new answers)
So, who's getting a Euro2004 sticker book then? (Now with added World Cup 2006) (294 new answers)

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:33 (twenty years ago)

The Pole Arthur Boruc is being played, in this tournament, by Euan Macgregor.

Last night I found I'd stuck a sticker in the wrong place (some days ago): this came to light when I got the correct sticker. What to do? Well I stuck the correct one over the wrong one. I am therefore very much in need of #159 Kim Kallstrom. If he turns out to be the last one I need I'll feel a right charlie.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:36 (twenty years ago)

That page will bulge. Small children will notice. They will realise you're an adult. Your cover's blown.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:44 (twenty years ago)

That's even more shameful than my crooked Harry Kewell.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 09:00 (twenty years ago)

When did Harry Kewell turn into such an ugly monster, by the way? He used to be quite pretty.

PJM: you're right, it's all over for me.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 09:01 (twenty years ago)

it's the sumo hair, maybe.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 09:14 (twenty years ago)

I think he went out with someone from Emmerdale Farm.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 09:31 (twenty years ago)

has anyone ever met someone called Emma Dale?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 09:38 (twenty years ago)

How do you keep your swaps together? Bulldog clip or elastic band?

I think this question illustrates the goingnowhereness of my life.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 09:58 (twenty years ago)

I'm trying to fool myself that tucking them inside the front cover of the sticker album is still viable. Since they're now about twice as thick as said sticker album it's a losing battle.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 10:04 (twenty years ago)

Mine are slipped into the pouch of my Oystercard holder. Jose Antonio Reyes's face is at the top of the pile so I make sure I slap it down extra hard.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 10:06 (twenty years ago)

Ziploc bag, people, ziploc bag.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 10:08 (twenty years ago)

A nelastick band does the job perfectly well, though one must be careful, when applying it to the swapsies pile, not to crease or otherwise damage the precious stickers.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 10:13 (twenty years ago)

I don't have an album yet, but when the situation arises I anticipate stealing my son's Marvel Top Trumps box for swapsie protection.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 10:18 (twenty years ago)

Look everyone, he hasn't got an album!

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 10:31 (twenty years ago)

Shit!

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 10:35 (twenty years ago)

Last night my girlfriend suggested the stickers were a waste of money. So I said, "right, show me what's in that shopping bag you just brought in."

And whadaya know? It contained luxury items like tampax and milk.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 10:40 (twenty years ago)

alix also suggested the stickers were a waste of money. so i threw her in the brig.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 10:57 (twenty years ago)

I didn't know you had a brig.

Here's a link that I stole from Starry's LJ, about swapsie meets. Maybe Mikey's right to stay away: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1800752.html?menu=

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 10:58 (twenty years ago)

Who wants to swap with Sepp Blatter then? I bet he's missing Archie Gemmill. Aren't we all?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 11:25 (twenty years ago)

Sepp's just trying to curry favour.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 11:30 (twenty years ago)

I have just read all of this thread.

Sadly I think that makes me sadder than all of you sticker stickers.

― Mooro (Mooro), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 11:51 (twenty years ago)

Wow. That Saudi beard is really quite something isn't it? Slightly better-trimmed than I'd imagined though.

What time will people be swapping tonight? I think I'll be there about 6.30? I have a swapsie of Rooney now as well. Hooray.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 11:55 (twenty years ago)

I'll be there from 6ish I guess but it's looking increasingly like I won't be able to stay long.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 12:00 (twenty years ago)

Oh my god Matt when you told me about this I thought you were JOKING!

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 12:07 (twenty years ago)

actual stickers with pictures of footballers on them?!?! what do you do with them?

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 12:08 (twenty years ago)

i will, somewhat inevitably, be quite early. but i haf to shoot off about 7. but then i only haf 5 swapsies as my local newsie has sold out too. i shall be trying the various shops of fleet street on my way to the boozer i think.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 12:12 (twenty years ago)

Hi, Mooro - I enjoyed your message. I will try and write more, later.

― the bellefox, Wednesday, 12 April 2006 12:27 (twenty years ago)

Saddest of all, I have just been to the Old Bell, just to check it out, as I will be missing this evening's fixture. Just along the road is a WHSmith's, so that might be a good bet if it is open. Even more excitingly, it appears to be next to a cghurch what I went inside once (my famous three churches in one afternoon afternoon - St Clement's Danes, Temple, and this one). Wedding cakes are based on its spire, famous (deaf, dumb and) blind kid Milton lived there, or overlooking it anyway, only without any looking, obv) and if you go downstairs into the basement or "crypt" you can see a load of old stuff what the Romans left behind and that. The verger or whatever spoke to me. They minister to the homeless, so I'm sure they will welcome the sticker-afflicted, should you get kicked out of the pub.

I have a good strong mental image of Tim H dressed up as Tery Scott dressed up as a schoolboy, only with a sticker album instead of a Curly-Wurly.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 12:38 (twenty years ago)

what do you do with them?

i mark each footballer out of ten re how hott they look.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 12:47 (twenty years ago)

My uncle used to be the verger of St Dunstans in The West. I used to watch the Lord Mayor's processions from a vantage point on the wall, from which I also observed Winston Churchill's funeral procession.

I do not know if this is the same church as PJM's - if not, it must be quite near.

― Mooro (Mooro), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 12:48 (twenty years ago)

Alex I have a double of Andrei Shevchenko if you want him.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 12:49 (twenty years ago)

ME ME I WANNIT

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 12:56 (twenty years ago)

together, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Philip Cocu resemble an electrohouse production duo par excellence. total, sexy dancefloor, wouldn't you say Lawro?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 12:58 (twenty years ago)

Talk of St Dunstans reminds me of this anecdote:

The story is told of Noel Coward taking his little niece for a walk in Kensington Gardens one morning. Her attention was taken by two dogs enjoying coitus a few yards away. "Uncle Noel, what are those two dogs doing", asked the little girl. It is said that Noel Cowards reply was, "Well my dear, the dog at the front is blind, and the dog behind is pushing it to St Dunstans".

In the course of looking up the precise details of that story, I discovered that BLIND DOG AT ST DUNSTANS is also the title of an lp by CARAVAN, which is surely in Mooro's big bag of prog.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:02 (twenty years ago)

i think PJ's church is St Brides though.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:10 (twenty years ago)

It is not St Dunstans Checks In, that is on the other side of the road. Had I known it had Morro connections (and I think Mooro has in fact told me this story before) I would have paid more attention. My church is something-By-Fleet. I could of course be completely wrong. You can definitley see St Paul's from outside though.

One unusual thing about this pub - it is clearly visible froma major thoroughfare!

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:15 (twenty years ago)

CARAVAN - bah, Johnny come latelies of the Canterbury scene.

It was all over after Soft Machine: Third

Presumably Dear Noël was talking of a hospital or foundation for the blind, like http://www.st-dunstans.org.uk/

btw, is this what our Struan had in the back of his mind when he christened an early band 'Lisa Helps The Blind'?

― Mooro (Mooro), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:20 (twenty years ago)

get your brane out of the gutter man! ;)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:27 (twenty years ago)

Yes PJM, your church is St Brides. Hence the wedding cake thing. Apparently.

St Martin Within Ludgate is my favourite church in the immediate area, I really like the Grinling Gibbons limewood carvings, although they are distressingly heavily lacquered.

I think Smiths might be yr best bet on Fleet Street, though the newsagents a little way up from there, next door to the Tipperary, seem to sell everything in the world so there's a chance they'll have them.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:32 (twenty years ago)

I love the crypt at St Brides. I sometimes think my goth days are behind me but the crypt of a church always takes me back. The smell, oh god, so sweet.

I have one stadium. Kaiserlauten. Surrounded by cranes.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:39 (twenty years ago)

This thread gets better and better.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:57 (twenty years ago)

Alex I have a double of Andrei Shevchenko if you want him.

who is that? is he fit?

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:58 (twenty years ago)

Mooro, your wit has not deserted you.

'The story is told'!

PS: Cranes = goth days!

― the bellefox, Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:59 (twenty years ago)

I only require Stuttgart before being able to say "all your stadia are belong to us".

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 14:01 (twenty years ago)

Cranes was implied, but good goth spot.

I was disappointed with the Bauhaus show at the Tate. It was some design nonsense.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 14:03 (twenty years ago)

I have Stuttgart. In fact I have TWO spare Stuttgarts.

But let us save such vulgar talk for the pub.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 14:06 (twenty years ago)

bah pf beat me to cranes/goth mention.

i saw them supporting the cure once, you know...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 14:31 (twenty years ago)

I saw them support Christian Death!*

*Defined in my 'Discopraphy of New Wave' book as 'Occult Punk/Death Rock'.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 14:36 (twenty years ago)

cranes ...
i saw them supporting the cure once, you know

Poor Robert. He has blimped out a bit recently, hasn't he?

― Mooro (Mooro), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 14:38 (twenty years ago)

I used to drink at the Blind Dog at St Dunstans! It was a pub in Canterbury. They be loving their Caravan down there.

Lex, you once told me you fancied Andrei Shevchenko. After you were forced to watch bits of the Champions League final.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 14:44 (twenty years ago)

I'm off to the Old Bell, now!

― the bellefox, Wednesday, 12 April 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

I'm back from the Old Bell, now! I did rather well, I think, well over twenty additions to my collection, including finishing my stadia page, well done me.

A great spirit of cameraderie was felt by all, with little or no competitive edge on show, for now at least. We are all winners! Er, hold on...

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 17:39 (twenty years ago)

Kim Kallstrom continues to evade me. This may end badly, for him.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 13 April 2006 07:31 (twenty years ago)

Yes, a good haul, and a good evening.

"Someone should do a pop one", said Steve M. Someone did, I replied, there was a Smash Hits album in the 80s. It had a Mark E Smith sticker!

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 13 April 2006 08:35 (twenty years ago)

Bah, I somehow managed to come home with more swapsies than I started with. This is because I opened five new packets in the pub and mistook a few stickers for ones I didn't already have (inc. the Ghana mannschaft).

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 13 April 2006 08:47 (twenty years ago)

I was thinking about you all.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 13 April 2006 08:49 (twenty years ago)

I also came home with more due to Tim's generosity/double-swapsies rule.

"We don't have this in tennis," said Lex. Oh, but we SHOULD.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 13 April 2006 08:56 (twenty years ago)

i think my tennis idea is GREAT!

(collect magnets of top 100 players, move them around every time the rankings change - but the TWIST is that magnets of players outside the top 100 are available too and you have to PREDICT which ones you'll need for when they move into the top 100. and so if you have eg victoria azarenka ahead of time, you WIN!)

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 13 April 2006 09:19 (twenty years ago)

though cis said that winning was not the point, which was a little perplexing.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 13 April 2006 09:19 (twenty years ago)

Winning is totally the point! Thankfully I have already accepted that Tim is going to win and not me, so I'm fairly relaxed about all this.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 13 April 2006 09:27 (twenty years ago)

it's not really about winning.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 13 April 2006 09:34 (twenty years ago)

I've finished the US team. They look magnificant. Serbia I have all except the strikers. Weird.

There should be a goth album. Shiny snakebites etc. Swapsie meets in cemeteries.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 13 April 2006 09:39 (twenty years ago)

it's not really about winning.
-- CarsmileSteve

Loser.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 13 April 2006 09:40 (twenty years ago)

Also we were discussing last night. Savo Milosevic = Alex James from Blur!

Tom and I were talking recently about how there are no goth footballers. I take that back after seeing the Serbia and Montenegro team.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 13 April 2006 09:42 (twenty years ago)

There's another Blur member too - is he Polish maybe? - anyway he looks like Bert the Blur drummer.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 13 April 2006 09:55 (twenty years ago)

There are quite few Dave Vanians, I think.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 13 April 2006 09:59 (twenty years ago)

Landscape stickers for goth girls! I can get away with that comment on this thread?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 13 April 2006 10:07 (twenty years ago)

You'll be noted as a twat, but I don't think anyone will collar you next time they see you or anything.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 13 April 2006 10:53 (twenty years ago)

I don't get it.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 13 April 2006 10:56 (twenty years ago)

Wait, I think I do now.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 13 April 2006 10:56 (twenty years ago)

in olden times (the 80s) Goth girls were known for being a little..... chunky. G should know - he went out with a few

― Porkpie (porkpie), Thursday, 13 April 2006 10:57 (twenty years ago)

I went out with ALL of them.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 13 April 2006 10:58 (twenty years ago)

I got an album on Monday, and stuck in 56 stickers, no duplicates.
Today I bought five packets of stickers at lunchtime. I'm having to resist opening before i get them home.

― Greig (treefell), Thursday, 13 April 2006 11:03 (twenty years ago)

I went out with ALL of them.

and when they sat around the house etc.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 13 April 2006 11:04 (twenty years ago)

I have 16 dupes sulking in the Ziploc bag - I hope they find a good home before the holiday weekend is over (hint to certain ppl).

I finally have Nuno "North Beach" Valente and I, appropriately enough, got a big air bubble trapped underneath him when I first tried to stick him in. Eddie Lewis is Greg Rusedski. My big blank zone remains the late 400s and early 500s. Not a single shiny in 10 packs today.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 14 April 2006 20:28 (twenty years ago)

I buy my son The Dandy comic every week. Next week's has A FREE PANINI WORLD CUP STICKER BOOK!

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 14 April 2006 20:32 (twenty years ago)

The Dandy is still going?!

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 14 April 2006 21:10 (twenty years ago)

Yes. It's really shit but my son loves it. More fart and snot 'jokes' than I remember. £1.20 gets him his comic and me a sticker album!

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 14 April 2006 22:34 (twenty years ago)

my gf is supporting this endeavour, as long as she gets my double of gael givet when it turns up :/

(he is quite cute actually, perhaps i'll save it)

― rtcotm (mwah), Saturday, 15 April 2006 10:06 (twenty years ago)

togo's eric 'effing' akoto has edged out valente in my affections so far, as much as a treasure valente undoubtedly is

i hope there's a photoshopping fiasco to blame for bosko balaban's face tho - it's well unheimlich innit. MAYHAPS bosko is a giant fifa conspiracy and has never existed!

― rtcotm (mwah), Saturday, 15 April 2006 10:11 (twenty years ago)

ukrajina's andriy husin, the very definition of 'ruddy'

tymoschuk, i hardly need comment on

martin jiranek, totally gay

cocu, take less drugs + go to bed man

messi, stifling yawn, go to bed also

coloccini, hair seems to be matting now

camoranesi, furio out of the sopranos innit

― rtcotm (mwah), Saturday, 15 April 2006 10:19 (twenty years ago)

i have 2 Cocu swaps now :(

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Saturday, 15 April 2006 11:04 (twenty years ago)

I got Junior Senaya today. His name makes me smile. Although a rogue pack of Simpsons stickers made it into today's purchase and it really upset me.

After another swapmeet yesterday, only Gary Neville and JT now elude me from the England team.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 15 April 2006 12:20 (twenty years ago)

Haha, Junior Senaya!

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 15 April 2006 12:35 (twenty years ago)

I'm sure it can be only a matter of time before there isn't a single player in the World Cup who was born in the same decade as me...in fact, this might be that World Cup. Nearest I've spotted so far is the Angolan 'keeper who I think was born in Jan '70.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Saturday, 15 April 2006 13:02 (twenty years ago)

Russell Latapy b. 02-08-1968

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 15 April 2006 23:56 (twenty years ago)

33rd best player in teh world 1999!

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 15 April 2006 23:57 (twenty years ago)

He's older than me! Result!

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 16 April 2006 06:56 (twenty years ago)

Serious business.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1800752.html

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Sunday, 16 April 2006 22:21 (twenty years ago)

had my first gotgotgotgotgot today :(

rescued a very bad run generally (31 swaps out of 50! i'm never buying from yogi minimart ever again) with the very last 2 stickers - teh panini offical stamp and jan vennegoor of hesselink completing my holland page! omg soooooo satisfying.

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 17 April 2006 14:36 (twenty years ago)

germany must be so hard up for players they have recruited gareth! (aka "sebastian deisler", yeah right)

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 17 April 2006 14:39 (twenty years ago)

my buzz is harshed already. i bought ten packets on Friday and still haven't opened them.

shop round the corner from me is selling them at 50p a pack. cheeky bastads.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 17 April 2006 15:32 (twenty years ago)

He's younger than me.

Mind you, I can't really imagine anyone anywhere near my age playing in the World Cup.

I had not realised, until standing in the queue at my local shop (no longer in the village itself) that the Merline sticker book is *just* England. This is very discouraging, and feeds into and off of psychotic nationalitic impulses.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 06:32 (twenty years ago)

Swap meet this week anyone?

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 07:19 (twenty years ago)

oh god yes

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 08:40 (twenty years ago)

What about swap meet as an adjunct to some beer drinking. Tonight?

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 08:41 (twenty years ago)

I have loads of swaps now. I've switched from Bulldog clip to elastic band. That many!

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 08:45 (twenty years ago)

can't do tonight but would be keen on more Wednesday night swap action.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 08:46 (twenty years ago)

Wednesday sounds like a winner to me, too.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 09:15 (twenty years ago)

will need pub with TV in order to watch Arsenal (probably) capitulate against Villareal.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 09:18 (twenty years ago)

I'm in Minor Work Hell (nothing like Tim H) today due to the absence of three colleagues (that's 60% of our department) so tonight is out but I might be able to do tomorrow. Football on the telly would be good too.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 09:34 (twenty years ago)

I'm in major work hell so somewhere near or nearish Blackfriars would be exceptionaly helpful to me.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 09:39 (twenty years ago)

I thought I'd come back on the wrong day this morning, such was the absence of colleagues. No more hell than usual so far though.

Well, The Old Bell is near Blackfriars, isn't it?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 09:41 (twenty years ago)

Yes but it has no telly.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 09:41 (twenty years ago)

is The Cockpit any cop?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 09:44 (twenty years ago)

The lack of telly isn't a deal-breaker for me - quite happy to listen to the tail-end of it on the radio at home. Also means getting home earlier.

(Anyway, the Old Bell does have a telly, doesn't it? I remember watching Capriati-Serena in there a few summers ago!)

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 09:48 (twenty years ago)

The Cockpit sounds KERR-AZY though!

Next project: attend a dogfight.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 09:52 (twenty years ago)

Old Bell won't be showing the game, which I really would like to see :/

FAP website's reviews are getting more and more self-parodying.

"clientele - local workers - office and REAL"

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 09:55 (twenty years ago)

Clean overalls are a problem for me.

Last week's gathering was pre-the football wasn't it?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 09:56 (twenty years ago)

I'm not going anyway, by the way, I am on dandling duty all week.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 09:57 (twenty years ago)

dandling duty? Como?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 10:00 (twenty years ago)

In charge of looking after my daughter, keeping her entertained, etc.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 10:48 (twenty years ago)

Is she hardy enough to attend a cock fighting pub?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 10:52 (twenty years ago)

Hello! It was nice to see a lot of you last week. Glasgow, we need to get together and do swapping very soon because I have tons now. Onimo, you don't need to wait until you get the album to start buying stickers. Lots of shops are selling out, hurry hurry!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 11:33 (twenty years ago)

I fear she would find cockfighting hilarious.

Madchen, that is really blatant peer pressure.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 11:51 (twenty years ago)

Lots of shops are selling out, hurry hurry!

Oh noes is panic buying already happening?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 12:20 (twenty years ago)

I just bought another ten packets. It is such an addiction.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 12:23 (twenty years ago)

So, The Cockpit tomorrow night then? from whenever you're free?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:34 (twenty years ago)

where do you get your stickers from Mike? i've yet to buy any locally and have now been put off by the disgraceful 15p markup encountered yesterday (see upthread)

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:36 (twenty years ago)

MAYHAPS bosko is a giant fifa conspiracy and has never existed!

bah I'll have you know he exists a goal he scored denied MY TEAM a champions league slot last year innit. Saw it with my ow neyes.

I like The Lex's tennis magnet idea. Ideally, the magnets should even be PRICED after their ranking so that one would profit (well, have to shell out less) by successfully predicting upandcomers.

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:49 (twenty years ago)

i applaud mwah's subtle introduction of the word 'mayhaps' there.

i am expecting Bosko to make a big impact at this World Cup. by running into a goalpost, for example.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:50 (twenty years ago)

Swapsie meet has to wait until I have money for beer (i.e. a week on Friday) unless I can swap stickers for beer. (I have stickers in my desk at work and I HAVEN'T OPENED ANY OF THEM!!)

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 18:09 (twenty years ago)

the cockpit appears to be a street away from KNIGHTRIDER STREET!!!

meg bought 40 packs on saturday, although i had 15 of them. still not many swaps for me though.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 18:54 (twenty years ago)

Bah no can make the swapmeet, however getting the Dutch shiny (last sticker, last packet of the days work) and finishing the page has taken the sting off. Good run of Angolans and Ghanaians too.

Sigh.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 19:24 (twenty years ago)

Swapsie meet has to wait until I have money for beer

(that's the Glasgow swapsie meet, obviously, you Londoners can do what you like)

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 19:26 (twenty years ago)

Last sticker from last packet opened (ten packet purchase) was the Panini stamp sticker thing. All hail.

Loads of swapsies. Had to re-sort them after gf sat on them and they went everywhere. Apparently, this was my fault!

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 07:31 (twenty years ago)

SteveM: the aforementioned newsagents in Palace has been my only "local" purchase. Other than that it's been two different branches of HMV and Virgin at Bluewater (where I scored BIG BIG BIG on Scando-jazz and 70s folk and not so well on Angolan football players).

Are we bothering tonight? I only have 15 swapsies and haven't bought any stickers for a few days.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 12:06 (twenty years ago)

It's time for The Big Push, Michael.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 12:11 (twenty years ago)

I have 136 stickerless spaces left in my album. I have a swapsie of Mark Viduka which I have stuck pins in.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 12:13 (twenty years ago)

I'm still on for later. Me AND my two Cocus.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 12:18 (twenty years ago)

Some sort of Antipodean ornithological gag in there no doubt.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 12:18 (twenty years ago)

I hope there will be a scramble at the next swap meet.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 12:19 (twenty years ago)

Um, no joke, just voodoo for the weekend.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 12:25 (twenty years ago)

Sorry chums but I won't be able to make it, I'm stuck in the office (far way from Blackfriars) and will be until long past sensible swapping time. I know you picked the pub for me and that makes me feel even more guilty but there's nothing I can do. Sorry.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:39 (twenty years ago)

I hope, at the end of all this, you tell them where to stick their job. With diagrams.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:41 (twenty years ago)

sounds like NOBODY is going to pub later now, so maybe I'll just go home and try to pick up Arsenal match on magic Chinese interweb.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

If get Chinese Magic Show please send address, thanks!

― Mooro (Mooro), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 15:24 (twenty years ago)

So, is anyone going to the pub? The Cockpit in St Paul's? I'm easy either way but it would be nice to know in the next...10 mins.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

I'm coppign out too now, soz like

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 16:27 (twenty years ago)

Ok...three more minutes and I'm out of here...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 16:29 (twenty years ago)

Swapmeet some other time...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 16:35 (twenty years ago)

What a damp squib.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 20 April 2006 06:30 (twenty years ago)

83 to go!

Mainly thanks to a dodgy south London character I met in a seedy coffee shop near the docks*

*Actually Bene Bene in Canary Wharf.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 21 April 2006 07:49 (twenty years ago)

my local shop is selling them at 40p a pack. i still refuse to go along with this extortionate jig.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 21 April 2006 09:11 (twenty years ago)

In my last 20 or so packs I've had not one but TWO six-sticker packets.

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 21 April 2006 09:37 (twenty years ago)

I've got over 350 spaces in my book. I'm thinking of packing it in and giving my swapsies to a registered charity.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 21 April 2006 09:42 (twenty years ago)

You don't have to fill it, Michael. It can still be enjoyable. I mean, I'm enjoying it and I haven't got a single sticker.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 21 April 2006 10:28 (twenty years ago)

Also, some Southampton-supporting former workmates of yours are heading to Palace this weekend, from the sound of it. You might want to decamp.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 21 April 2006 10:30 (twenty years ago)

I have either 86 or 88 to go, according to seasonal adjustments (i.e. I can't count properly). It's all very exciting. The Ecuador defence is completely invisible, I wonder if they will be in real life.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 21 April 2006 11:03 (twenty years ago)

I thought every packet was a six-sticker packet. I bought ten packs yesterday, then forgot to open them. They'll be an exciting treat when I get home tonight!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 21 April 2006 12:56 (twenty years ago)

I have a (free with teh Dandy) sticker album and my first ever packet of stickers!

First out was Celtic's Shunsuke Nakamura, this is surely a good omen. I got two soon-to-be-underachieving Spaniards as well.

In next week's Dandy "A chance to read all the stories from that historical day in 1966 when England won the World Cup!" I just told my son he can't get a Dandy next week. I am a bad Scotsmang.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 21 April 2006 20:33 (twenty years ago)

I was seriously considering going to the Cockpit the other night, till I reminded myself that I don't like Arsenal in any way.

It's a good thing I did that, as no-one else turned up either.

― the bellefox, Saturday, 22 April 2006 13:08 (twenty years ago)

15 packs and not a single duplicate!

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Sunday, 23 April 2006 18:32 (twenty years ago)

I now have 33 dupes if anyone wants to take them me off my hands. I also have the Panini commemorative sticker and Bosko Balaban, which has reignited my interest a little. Swapmeet?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 23 April 2006 20:03 (twenty years ago)

I have a massive great heap of swaps, starting with the gorgeous #4 and ending with the sultry pouting Ziad Jaziri. I would relish a swapmeet.

― Tom (Groke), Sunday, 23 April 2006 22:12 (twenty years ago)

I had huge amounts until yesterday when my lady got her free album with the News of the World and started 'her' collection with my swapsies.

I have about 20 swaps now, most of whom are Jan Kromkamp.

63 to go.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 24 April 2006 08:32 (twenty years ago)

Swapmeet: when?

Jonesy, I want your Bosko.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 24 April 2006 08:42 (twenty years ago)

After last week's shambles I will leave it to someone else to pick a time and place for swapping.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 24 April 2006 08:42 (twenty years ago)

I would find Wednesday difficult, but should be able to manage any other day this week.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 24 April 2006 08:48 (twenty years ago)

i would prefer thursday myself what with maths starting again and all...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 24 April 2006 08:51 (twenty years ago)

Pre-skronk swapsies would suit me also.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 24 April 2006 08:55 (twenty years ago)

Thurs no good for me :/

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 24 April 2006 08:57 (twenty years ago)

i'm glad i spotted the news of the world yesterday, i needed shevchenko

i'm really looking fwd to seeing the angolans in action this summer now. love! loco! ze kalanga! ~~bill cosby~~ jacinto!

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:18 (twenty years ago)

ah, fannydangling love.

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:21 (twenty years ago)

My Bosko is stuck in my book! I have no spare Bosko. Filling up the 400s nicely now, but hardly any sub-100 stickers in the last 20 packs. Wo sind mein Stadia?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:33 (twenty years ago)

i am also v low on stadia, but am only 2 off finishing argentina!

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:50 (twenty years ago)

I have a few stadia swaps, and my 4-500s are weak - particularly Korea and Spain.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:58 (twenty years ago)

how comes xabi alonso's missing anyway! he is the highest profile sticker absentee surely?

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:13 (twenty years ago)

Lehmann?

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:20 (twenty years ago)

Jerry the Nipper owns the rights to Alonso's image.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:21 (twenty years ago)

My best pages features five Dutches and thier MANNSCHAFT picture. I have some catching up to do.

The girl in the shop was impressed with how quickly I worked out how many packets I could get for a fiver. I held back from All Out Nostalgia by not getting a 10p mixture with my change.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:45 (twenty years ago)

I flicked the Viduka sticker on Friday and he was injured for yesterday's semi-final, then during the first half I punched the Schwarzer sticker in the face.

I don't want to make a big thing of it, but voodoo obviously works.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:49 (twenty years ago)

I have three EQUADOR!s side by side. Salas, in the middle, looks rather smug about just dropping one while Delgado and Tenorio are not happy with him (though to be fair Tenorio is making sure he gets a good whiff first).

Portugal's Maniche wins the Jim Carrey in Dumb & Dumber award. Paraguay's Roque Santa Cruz and Diego Gavilan are wearing big fake ears. Best fringe so far goes to Hernandez of Costa Rica who somehow manage to have a poker straight fringe despite having wavey hair. Croatia's Ivica Olic looks an odds-on shot for Official World Cup Psychopath.

Going by the monobrows on display I think I may have Iranian or Argentinian blood in my veins.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:59 (twenty years ago)

Mikey G's post about doing the things to the stickers seems witty, somehow.

What is 'skronk'?

― the bellefox, Monday, 24 April 2006 12:33 (twenty years ago)

Misses the point somewhat

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 24 April 2006 14:28 (twenty years ago)

"All 596 stickers"? He hasn't got the Panini commemorative sticker, then? Worthless!

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 24 April 2006 14:32 (twenty years ago)

Skronk is a term used affectionately (sometimes) for improvised music. I have been going to a skronk night in sunny Nunhead recently. I'm guessing it wouldn't be your cup of tea, PF.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 24 April 2006 14:51 (twenty years ago)

I play improvised music, a lot! Practically every day! I don't call it 'skronk' though. I don't think I yet see why it should be called that. I just think of it as fiddling about with the usual arpeggios and so on. I suppose that takes longer to say that 'skronk'. But 'skronk' takes a while to say, considering it has only one syllable.

― the bellefox, Monday, 24 April 2006 15:48 (twenty years ago)

That eBay lot went for £53.50 + £3.68 postage.

You could order every sticker direct fom Panini for £47.68.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:16 (twenty years ago)

I think of skronk as some deliberately bad free-jazz performed by members of CAMRA. sorry if this is way off the base.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:32 (twenty years ago)

I got surprisingly few swopsies from the ten packs I bought today. Hurrah! And Scots, we really need to meet up soon. I have six spare shinies.

― Mï¿½dchen (Madchen), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:56 (twenty years ago)

Celtic v Kilmarnock at Celtic Park next Wednesday (like, not this Wednesday) - if Onimo is up for a pre-match pint, we could all meet up after work then. I will have been paid by then and can up my number of stickers by considerable amounts.

(madchen, are you going to see Belle and Sebastian on Sunday, we could have a rogue swapsie meet then?)

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:01 (twenty years ago)

Prematch/post work next week sounds good. I'll skip the BS, ahem, B&S, if it's all the same to you.

I need to buy more stickers. What is the swapsie protocol? Do we just pull our albums out in the pub or do we have mental notes of what we need? I can't be doing with all that memorising stuff I did as a kid, especially as I currently need 522 stickers.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:40 (twenty years ago)

In London, most people took their albums. There was a bit of listage too, but it was quite enjoyable to collect weird looks from the other punters when the books came out.

I didn't know B&S were playing. Oh, is it part of Tryptich? I'm going to Optimo or, if I can't get a ticket, to Betty Lavette.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

I smiled at St3vie J4ckson by mistake on Saturday.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:46 (twenty years ago)

CHEERS RUPERT MURDOCH

Sticker sell-out in HMV Victoria and Tooting as Britain goes SWAP CRAZY after the NOTW giveaway.

I found a load in Somerfields though - cut-price at that (£1.99 for six packs). I bought too many and stuck too few - my swapsies pile is now deeply ridiculous.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:43 (twenty years ago)

53 to go! Including six Iranians and shiny numbers, one and two.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 08:57 (twenty years ago)

('shronk' (or whatever) has the potential to be anyone's 'cup of tea' - that's why its good, bcz you never know what can happen at the shronk night :-D)

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 10:56 (twenty years ago)

http://mateusza.w.staszic.waw.pl/~mateusza/photo/goleo/?img=y&resize=0x0&txt=FANCY+A%0D%0ASKRONK%3F

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 12:30 (twenty years ago)

HI DERE!

sawpsies tonight anyone? i may meet mr 'opkins later for an swap if anyone would care to join us? probably head of steam.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 27 April 2006 08:10 (twenty years ago)

Can't make it tonight - will probably be working late and then have to pack for weekend trip to see the folks.

(The irony is that I carry my swaps everywhere - they're in the now-slightly-ripped Ziploc bag in my jacket pocket - and yet I can never actually swap!)

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 27 April 2006 08:27 (twenty years ago)

ditto (but replace Ziploc bag with inside coat pocket)

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 27 April 2006 08:32 (twenty years ago)

Replace Ziploc bag with Disky Greatest Hits Of The 80s Box

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 27 April 2006 08:34 (twenty years ago)

ok, swapmeet tonight CANCELLED, due to skronk and birthday present buying innit ;)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 27 April 2006 09:44 (twenty years ago)

Steve M, if you want to meet for swaps over the weekend, the new Polish cafe on the Leabridge roundabout does great snacks and is Panini friendly.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 27 April 2006 10:04 (twenty years ago)

Yes, I am keen to check that place out. They do 'Polish Curry' or something. Or we could swap Panini whilst also eating it.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 27 April 2006 10:14 (twenty years ago)

And they have pizzas with "cheery tomatoes"

No kidding.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 27 April 2006 10:43 (twenty years ago)

r the brazilians avoiding everyone or just me?

no valente granted but cristiano ronaldo's looking a bit fat as well! what's going on in the portuguese camp, they r all really queasy and unhealthy.

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 1 May 2006 11:38 (twenty years ago)

i blame big phil for everything.

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 1 May 2006 11:41 (twenty years ago)

I have lots of Dutchmen and lots of badges.

11 swaps out of 30 packs so far. Brazilians are rare, only two for me so far. I seem to be getting lots of British based players but very few England players (SWP, Joe Cole and a team badge, I think). All the stadiums look the same.

Here's a thing. Rip the end off a pack, take out your stickers, press the empty pack flat. Try to open it again. You can't.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 11:56 (twenty years ago)

I only need about four more Brazilians - it's Togo and Sweden that are really causing me problems. Ecaudor not great either.

I'm annoyed it's the more obscure teams because I can never remember which players I need.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 1 May 2006 12:01 (twenty years ago)

Is now a bad time to say that I completed the Brazil team on Friday evening?

I've dipped slightly under 50 to go now. Buying packets of stickers is officially 1x mug's game. So why am I still doing so?

All the stadiums look the same

You haven't got the Munich one yet, then?

My Kim Kallstrom nightmare continues.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 1 May 2006 14:52 (twenty years ago)

Is now a bad time to say that he was in my first packet?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 14:54 (twenty years ago)

I was lying about the stadiums, a "seen one aerial shot of a 50,000 seater stadium you've seen em all" kind of thing. I have 5 stadiums (stadia?), including the Munich one and the one with the roof, Gelsenkirchen.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 14:59 (twenty years ago)

B-but it looks like an enormous white tyre!

I got Kallstrom early on, too, before it ALL WENT WRONG. I have grown to hate him now, and hope he gets caught out of position again and again through the course of Sweden's unexpectedly short World Cup campaign.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 1 May 2006 15:04 (twenty years ago)

... but I bet instead he pops up in an unexpected place to score against England, curse him.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 1 May 2006 15:04 (twenty years ago)

after 5 years of sterling kim k service in champ man it was disquieting to actually see his little face for the first time.

brazil aside, i'm 2 or 3 off finishing most teams - it's pleasing how panini have achieved this slow bleed! tho i could have done without one of the few brazilians i have being bloody lucio THE MOST HORRIBLE-FACED MAN ALIVE

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 1 May 2006 15:44 (twenty years ago)

actully i could do with 2 or 3 replacement ecuadoreans after sticking them in while not being entirely sound of mind - has anyone got into replacements yet? and if so have they stuck over or painstakingly removed????

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 1 May 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

cos i'm not talking wonky - wonky i can handle - but a creased shiny? it hurts me in my heart really.

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 1 May 2006 15:50 (twenty years ago)

My Thierry Henry has a mark down his forehead a bit like Hansen's scar. When I got a swap of him I thought about replacing, but decided against on the basis that it's possile to be too anal about this stuff. Honestly.

Sticking over is OK if the sticker below is flat (you wouldn't know I've a Kim Kallstrom hiding beneath another Swede). If not I think I would be trying to remove the landscaped sticker before trying to put in the replacement. This path is surely fraught with danger. You run the risk of a ripped page, and there's no way back from a ripped page: you either go with an unacceptably unsophisticated method of mending, like sellotape (ugh!) or spin off into a spiral of mad solutions.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 1 May 2006 15:59 (twenty years ago)

i agree; were it not that there is an AUDIBLE TUT OF SHAME from whoever sees the book (i say the book cos i know what page they mean str8 away) i would abandon the notion.

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 1 May 2006 16:07 (twenty years ago)

sigh!!!!!!

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 1 May 2006 16:09 (twenty years ago)

i wonder how nicholson baker's getting on with his album.

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 1 May 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

I reckon he's struggling to find others to swap with, and finding it increasingly difficult to deal with the diminishing-returns despair of buying packet after packet of stickers with dwindling hopes of getting even one need, the crushed anticipation when each successive Raymond Vennegoor of Hesselink emerges from the blue foil and makes its way to the swapsies pile.

That's only a guess, mind.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 1 May 2006 16:26 (twenty years ago)

You could very carefully use a razor blade to cut away the lumpy bit of the crease to smooth it out before placing another sticker over the top.

Or what Tim says about anal.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 16:39 (twenty years ago)

It only looks like a white tyre when bayern aren't playing. then it's a big red tyre.

― Dave B (daveb), Monday, 1 May 2006 16:56 (twenty years ago)

I think the marketing men need to do something about the diminishing returns aspect of sticker collecting. Somehow it seems to go against the spirit of the World Cup, the mounting excitement, etc.

What mounting excitement? I hear myself cry.

We need to investigate this mad spiral of solutions more fully.

No one is here yet, is today a holiday as well?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 06:34 (twenty years ago)

Inexplicably I am here, at work, at this ungodly hour. Being ill makes me sleep less.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 06:45 (twenty years ago)

KALLSTROM YOU ARE MINE. But you are not forgiven.

PJM the returns from any given packet diminish, but the excitement of getting a sticker you need only grows as you near completion.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 06:53 (twenty years ago)

I can see yopuir point, Tim. Yet the increasing rumbles of "it's a mugs' game" style self-recrimination suggests that the former outweighs the latter. (I have just made this up.)

I am doing a graph of stcker freaks' excitement/self-recrimination levels. But only in my head. Youth seems to play a significant role, perhaps unsurprisingly.

I wonder what sticker stocks are like in/on The Wirral, and wheter contact with parents has any discernible effect on stcker enthusiasm.

Get well soon, Konal Doddz. Maybe you should cheer yourself up by buying some stickers.

I'm so glad NickyNoo found Nucelar Weapons Top Trumps. It has to be the game of the 80s.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 07:00 (twenty years ago)

Yes you get to a stage where 1 sticker in a pack is cause for solid satisfaction - 2 in a pack is sheer delight.

95 to go, Croatia are proving the holdouts.

I spilt diet coke on the left-hand Sweden page on Saturday. Now the page is wrinkly, which adds a new twist to the fascinating debate upthread.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 08:59 (twenty years ago)

I hope you doused Kallstrom good and also proper.

Very suspicious: I require something like 35 player stickers (the rest I need are shinies and mannschafts), of which MORE THAN A THIRD - ie 12 - are players who play, or have played, their club football in Britain. I smell conspiracy.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 09:08 (twenty years ago)

one Babycham and Britain is anybody's tho.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 09:15 (twenty years ago)

Nickynoo got an album and a wodge of stickers* for his birthday, so I suggest a Scottish swopmeet ASAP. Are we still on for tomorrow post-work?

*the bugger got number one in his first lot!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 09:16 (twenty years ago)

I was trying to think of a way in which we could quickly, easily and efficiently harness the power of ILx to list our needs and swapsies and match them appropriately with others', without requiring an IRL swapmeet. But I couldn't.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 09:19 (twenty years ago)

I am doing very badly indeed on Stadia. If anyone want to earmark theirs for me I'd be very grateful.

Do not swap stickers after six hours of drinking. I took a load of Carsmile's hands on Friday night only to get home and realise I had half of them.

Can't you just post a big list saying I NEED THESE PLAYERS?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 09:23 (twenty years ago)

I have a ton of stadia swaps, Matt. I would take them out and check which but my workmates are not sticker-positive.

If anyone has Nurnberg for me to finish the stadium job I'd be delighted, though.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 09:29 (twenty years ago)

As I suggested in the boozer the other night, I think the key to maintaining the thrill of sticker-purchasing is to follow the example of Borges' Babylonian Lottery:

Naturally, those so-called "lotteries" were a failure. They had no moral force whatsoever; they appealed not to all a man's faculties, but only to his hopefulness. Public indifference soon meant that the merchants who had founded these venal lotteries began to lose money. Someone tried something new: including among the list of lucky numbers a few unlucky draws. This innovation meant that those who bought those numbered rectangles now had a twofold chance: they might win a sum of money or they might be required to pay a fine--sometimes a considerable one. As one might expect, that small risk (for every thirty "good" numbers there was one ill-omened one) piqued the public's interest. Babylonians flocked to buy tickets. The man who bought none was considered a pusillanimous wretch, a man with no spirit of adventure. In time, this justified contempt found a second target: not just the man who didn't play, but also the man who lost and paid the fine. The Company (as it was now beginning to be known) had to protect the interest of the winners, who could not be paid their prizes unless the pot contained almost the entire amount of the fines. A lawsuit was filed against the losers: the judge sentenced them to pay the original fine, plus court costs, or spend a number of days in jail. In order to thwart the Company, they all chose jail. From that gauntlet thrown down by a few men sprang the Company's omnipotence--its ecclesiastical, metaphysical force.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 09:30 (twenty years ago)

JtN has reinvigorated me. I will go out at lunchtime and blow an entire £20 Virgin voucher on the bastards. No, I won't. That would be daft. (I could do with using this WHSmith voucher though; this morning in Brixton they only had the Merlin trash and the Panini cards).

I didn't even think of Panini and their Grade A adhesive slivers at the weekend, PJM. Gordale Nurseries, Parkgate prom - ice cream and fuchsias. Bought the folks a Freeview box which only picks up three of the six muxes. The Newcastle Brown four-pack was more successful. Ava throwing food on their immaculate carpet. Etc.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 10:27 (twenty years ago)

yes yes but where am i supposed to affix this tlon stadium sticker?

(so presumably the fine is sending money to panini for the last few, and jail is, er... swapmeet in boozer)

― rtcotm (mwah), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 10:36 (twenty years ago)

"The man who bought none was considered a pusillanimous wretch, a man with no spirit of adventure."

Oh noes!

Well done Ava.

I like this idea of getting one's fix between one form of transport and another on the way to work.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 10:44 (twenty years ago)

We walked up the coast with the intention of going to Parkgate last week, MJ, but such was the claggy condition of the beach we only got as far as The Sheldrake at Gayton.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 10:53 (twenty years ago)

I saw a trail of glitter and breadcrumbs and knew you'd been there before me, somehow.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 10:57 (twenty years ago)

We very nearly ended up like these chaps: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4548591.stm

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 10:59 (twenty years ago)

Borges on the Panini thread! It all makes sense somehow.

40 to go. All stadia and front page shinies complete. Iranians and Spanish still have three spaces each. Just three from ten packets yesterday, but the joy for each was lovely.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 14:22 (twenty years ago)

Defoe, King, Neville and Crouch in ONE PACKET! If I'd got that early on I would have creamed myself.

John Terry is still the only England player to elude me. Damn him.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 16:07 (twenty years ago)

It now seems to be an age since I bought any stickers. This is mostly due to my lunch "hour" being around four minutes on average.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

I have a list of the numbers I want with me here, but it still seems crass to clog this joyous thread with such mediocrities.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 17:05 (twenty years ago)

turns out i still need 120 - i thought i was doing better than that! "3 from 10 packets" tho, brr.

some brazilians arrived today in the end, along with 2 rooney swaps >:(

― rtcotm (mwah), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)

After some rapid and some would say foolhardy catch-up work, my swap pile has gone from miniscule to enormous in less than a week. Another swapmeet soon please.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 4 May 2006 05:46 (twenty years ago)

I could do with some swapping. 2 from ten packets last night and one of those I stuck in wonky. 38 to go.

Is Bosko Balaban Mr Scarce this time around? Perhaps I'm just unlucky.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 4 May 2006 08:17 (twenty years ago)

Bosko will never be common, he's Bosko. But I have him as a swap.

I too would like a swapmeet. Anyone suggest a date / time / venue?

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 4 May 2006 08:21 (twenty years ago)

you'll be lucky

i might make a spreadsheet tonight :(

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 4 May 2006 08:24 (twenty years ago)

Tomorrow night, somewhere in Soho, but early-ish as I have to shoot off.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 4 May 2006 08:25 (twenty years ago)

i haven't bought any stickers all this week, i did see mr e-wing's ENORMOUS PILE in the pub last night though...

G, be happy you haven't seen bosko, he is the scariest sticker of them all...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 4 May 2006 08:30 (twenty years ago)

Can't do Friday, but I have an uncomfortably big pile ready for you lot to delve your dirty paws into.

Next week perhaps in the bad times (i.e. end of premiership to start of world cup), when spirits are low and tempers frail.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 4 May 2006 08:38 (twenty years ago)

did you go to that Polish cafe Mike? i still want to, this weekend, I hope.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 4 May 2006 08:51 (twenty years ago)

I have been. Nice dumplings. Cheap too. They also do pizzas, but I've not tried them yet.

I May go on Saturday lunchtime. I'll let you know if you wish to swap.

Have you tried the Cameroon place next door? The name has put me off so far.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 4 May 2006 09:46 (twenty years ago)

no i am not culturally intrepid enough really but would like to - they had some nice sounding things on the menu.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 4 May 2006 09:55 (twenty years ago)

What's the Cameroon place called?

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 4 May 2006 09:57 (twenty years ago)

G Is A Ponce

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 4 May 2006 10:01 (twenty years ago)

Oi!

It's called Mbangang.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 4 May 2006 10:21 (twenty years ago)

beware! i had some polish pizza in warsaw and it was bread with ketchup on top, serious

― rtcotm (mwah), Thursday, 4 May 2006 11:41 (twenty years ago)

It's ok - he's vegetarian so used to that sort of thing

― Porkpie (porkpie), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:03 (twenty years ago)

This place is no Vega, but it does some decent veggie food. Pizzas have "cheery tomatoes".

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:27 (twenty years ago)

SOHO

SWAP MEET

EARLY DOORS

???

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:48 (twenty years ago)

STICKER ORGY! Asda is selling multipacks - 6 for £1.99. So I, er, bought five of them :)

― Mädchen (Madchen), Sunday, 7 May 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

BLIMEY, it's like the end of the net book agreement or summat...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 8 May 2006 08:14 (twenty years ago)

I am about 70 from the end now and it is proving VERY DIFFICULT to get needs. Swapmeet soon is urgent and key.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 8 May 2006 08:36 (twenty years ago)

I could do with a swap meet. Thirty three to go, including four Spaniards. Wednesday night and then watch the UEFA Cup Final?

The city of Carmen, Figaro and Seville against the city of Chris Rea.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 8 May 2006 08:39 (twenty years ago)

I meant Flamenco, not Seville. D'oh.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 8 May 2006 08:40 (twenty years ago)

Seville is pretty much the city of seville though...

your plan is SOUND, although i must buy more stickers, i am lagging behind horribly, to the point where i'm kind of waiting for those of you down to < 50 to finish so i can get yr scrambles...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 8 May 2006 08:43 (twenty years ago)

Sticker orgying

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 May 2006 09:03 (twenty years ago)

77 to go. Nurnberg the only Stadium holdout (still).

I had ONE from ten packets weekend before last (an Iranian shiny in the last pack), it led to dark thoughts. But without that misfortune my swaps session with Tim on Friday would have been less fruitful.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 8 May 2006 09:14 (twenty years ago)

I need to get to ASDA or go for online sticker orgying, every one of my local suppliers has run out.

And people wonder why local businesses struggle against huge out-of-town supermarkets...

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 8 May 2006 09:38 (twenty years ago)

I need thirty odd now, and would like 1x swapmeet. Wednesday sounds ideal. But where?

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:00 (twenty years ago)

Somewhere with TV for UEFA final. I will gamble on a suggestion of The Cockpit again...

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:03 (twenty years ago)

I need to get to ASDA or go for online sticker orgying, every one of my local suppliers has run out.

Gerry - does this include Woolworths? I was going to go there today.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:05 (twenty years ago)

I used to frequent the Cockpit in my city boy days. A nice place. Up for this.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:20 (twenty years ago)

Wednesday sounds promising.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:24 (twenty years ago)

Oh, I haven't tried Woolworths. Should be a good bet.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:30 (twenty years ago)

oooo get in - morientes, ernst, figo and bizarro saudi shiny make it 4 needs in a pack for the 1st time since i dont know the fuck when

DESIRE IST DULY RESTORED!!

(wednesday sounds good)

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:38 (twenty years ago)

... aaaaand the next one's a gotgotgotgotgot.

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:40 (twenty years ago)

Does Glasgow want to get together to watch European footie and do swopsies on Wednesday?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:44 (twenty years ago)

is anyone else collecting ice age 2: the meltdown?

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:52 (twenty years ago)

In 1982 I was more into the ET sticker book than the Espana '82 one, I have to say.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:55 (twenty years ago)

hahaha yeah i very nearly did get ice age 2 stickers by mistake

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:56 (twenty years ago)

(cos...they are also that shade of blue i mean - in case that's not what rjg wz getting at - oh god, look nevermind)

― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:58 (twenty years ago)

No luck in Woolworths. Only Ice Age 2 and an ominous empty space next to them.

Mädchen - what bus do I get to the Asda Forge?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 09:36 (twenty years ago)

40. You should be able to get it from Maryhill Road, or in town on Argyle Street opposite Debenhams, on Glassford Street opposite M&S or on Trongate.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 09:52 (twenty years ago)

Did you try WHSmiths and HMV?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 09:52 (twenty years ago)

McColls next to Queen Street station had them a couple of weeks ago, too.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 09:53 (twenty years ago)

Ah, I shall try those. I thought someone said WHSmith didn't have them.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 09:54 (twenty years ago)

Only 1/3 complete and I've had a full pack of gots :(

Does Glasgow want to get together to watch European footie and do swopsies on Wednesday?

I think I can manage that if it's on.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 09:58 (twenty years ago)

the whsmiths in london have been a bit bare that much i do know. i bought ten packs yesterday and only NEEDed 13 of them...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:00 (twenty years ago)

(yesterday I spent too long going into newsagents, looking around for a few seconds, not seeing stickers, and walking out, too embarrassed to ask for them)

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:01 (twenty years ago)

This is precisely what I do, Alba. Which is why I am doomed to failure.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:14 (twenty years ago)

Sometimes you have to bite the bullet and ask. They are not always on the counter due to potential theft by kids (and adults?)

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:18 (twenty years ago)

Can't you imagine up some children or nephews or nieces? That's what I do. Their names are Jordan and Mary Hill.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:18 (twenty years ago)

You could borrow my children, but then you'd have to put up with squinty stickering.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:25 (twenty years ago)

Outside, say to a kid, "excuse me mister, can you get me some world cup stickers if I give you the cash?"

Many won't though.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:35 (twenty years ago)

Offer them cigs and booze.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:37 (twenty years ago)

i have developed a good rapport with my local agent, although the fact that i have yet to find a german in any of the packs he has sold me is causing me some pain at the mo...

i have no idea whether he thinks i am buying them for myself or a child...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:37 (twenty years ago)

I openend my Panini album and all the Germans were already stuck in their places. Damn stereotypes.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:45 (twenty years ago)

Did they leave all their sticker backs over the England spaces just in case?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 11:11 (twenty years ago)

I love RJG's post!

― the bellefox (the pinefox), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 13:03 (twenty years ago)

so how many squads have been officially announced now? i want to know which squad least resembles the one in the book.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 13:08 (twenty years ago)

They have them in Smiths! Which is where I would have looked in the first place if I hadn't thought someone had told me they weren't there. Duh.

Opened them on the bus home and wondered what the schoolgirls behind me with the tinny MP3 dance tunes thought of me.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 13:08 (twenty years ago)

Wooh - out of the 20 packets I bought, there's only one double. Among the 20, I mean. I know there's at least one that I've already got stuck in the book. Still - pretty lucky.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 13:34 (twenty years ago)

Which Smiths, Alba?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 13:38 (twenty years ago)

Please say if there is going to be a meet-up tomorrow night (Weds).

I will bring my ICE AGE 2 book.

― the pinefox (the pinefox), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 13:42 (twenty years ago)

Sauchiehall St.

I am on for any swapsying tomorrow evening.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 13:49 (twenty years ago)

Right then.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 13:57 (twenty years ago)

: )

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 13:58 (twenty years ago)

No Ice Age 2 muck.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 13:58 (twenty years ago)

London swapmeet is tomorrow night at The Cockpit in Blackfriars area (see upthread for a link to the pub details/location). Will aim to be there for 6.30.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 13:59 (twenty years ago)

Where shall we go, Glasgow?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:26 (twenty years ago)

so how many squads have been officially announced now? i want to know which squad least resembles the one in the book.

I got Tony Vidmar yesterday and he was immediately removed from the Aussie squad as a result.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:29 (twenty years ago)

Saturday night: I dropped my dinner on some of the Spurs players in the England squad.

Sunday morning: Martin Jol, "Ish players with poopoo pants"

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:42 (twenty years ago)

is this the first time glasgow and london have both organised faps at the same time? is this finally the long-fabled "let's see who is best at organising going to the pub" test?

(oh, i might not be able to make the london swapmeet)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

I will come to the Cockpit tomorrow with my pathetic pile of stickers. Then I will want to watch the Yootha Joyce Cup Final somewhere. It is tomorrow, isn't it? They haven't retained the Thursday Night Is UEFA Night silliness for the final, have they?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:52 (twenty years ago)

How au fait are we all with our collections? When I was a kid I'm sure I could keep up with the "GOT GOT GOT NEED" pace but now I fear I'll have to be checking my book for every one. I'm not very good with faces. Except the especially ugly or good-looking ones.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:55 (twenty years ago)

Very bad indeed, especially now there are only about three 'needs' remaining that I've actually heard of.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:57 (twenty years ago)

I have to check the book each time. Even when I have a double double, I don't usually realise.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:58 (twenty years ago)

And just so I can know if I've peaked early, is there a worse hairdo than No.173, Argentina's Fabricio Coloccini?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:00 (twenty years ago)

Colocinni is in the top 5 i reckon.

mike i think we have chosen the cockpit because it has telly, thus moving not required...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:01 (twenty years ago)

I think I'm up for this. I'll make a note of needs tonight. Don't want to leave my precious album on the bus.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:08 (twenty years ago)

Okey-doke, I'll be, heh-heh, getting in the Cockpit around 1900 hours and getting my landing/laughing gear around a pint of fuel/beer and watching the skies/football on the big screen. Which is the window at the front of the aircraft.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:15 (twenty years ago)

Glasgow, where? I am poor with impending even poorer-ness due to nobody offering me a job and unpaid redundancy looming in less than a fortnight. Three interviews so far, no job offer. I can't believe I advise other people how to do this for a living. Can we make it somewhere with cheapo bottles of wine please? I may be a bit rub on the sticker-swapping front since my imminent unemployment has meant that fripperies such as stickers have been dunted down my list of "essential things to buy" (yet somehow I am still going to the pub to watch Keano's testimonial, oh yes, because I won £30 of FREE BOOZE at teh pub quiz last week all on my own, for the price of a ~~cup fo tea~~ single pint of Guinness). Anyway, maybe I could sell the ones I have not yet stuck into my book in return for booze?

I suggest early-doors city-centre-ish boozering for us out-of-towners?

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:32 (twenty years ago)

How about The Counting House. Cheap and anonymous enough when it comes to shameful activities like sticker swapping.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:40 (twenty years ago)

Oh, hang on, are we supposed to be picking somewhere that the Boro game is on?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:41 (twenty years ago)

copycats

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:43 (twenty years ago)

Do they screen European club finals in Scotland? Wouldn't have thought there'd be much interest...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:44 (twenty years ago)

Counting House OK for after-work cheap booze'n'food'n'swapsying, then I guess we could move on for the football?

I would suggest O'Henrys because they have a big screen and very very cheap booze, but people seem to think it's rubbish.

(xpost, yes Mike, it's been 3 whole years since a Scottish team was involved)

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:45 (twenty years ago)

Middlesbrough is closer to Scotland than I am.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

Superb, Ailsa - less than a minute!

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:48 (twenty years ago)

I'm crap at remembering gots/needs so I may need to bring my album.

Counting House then. What time?

(xpost haha was just about to say "I think someone's trying to hook a Celtic fan")

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:51 (twenty years ago)

I am going to come to the pub despite not being welcome there. I may bring a pack to scramble.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:51 (twenty years ago)

Why are you not welcome in the pub, Markelby?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:52 (twenty years ago)

Because I'm not ONE OF YOU. See the Simpsons Stonecutter episode for how I imagine tomorrow will turn out.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 16:04 (twenty years ago)

I am boring and predictable and I have had a CRAPPIER THAN CRAP day. My usual levels of wit and tolerance have been eroded along with my soul. Sorry.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 16:20 (twenty years ago)

(obviously i am going to be a right barrel of laughs in teh pub tomorrow)

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

Mark I imagine you will be very welcome despite lack of special handshake or third nipple.

I meant to complain about this earlier but the sticker purporting to be of Cristiano Ronaldo...well it just doesn't look right, a bit like those doubles Saddam had.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 21:18 (twenty years ago)

Counting House then. What time?

After "work" then? 5.30? When do you finish, cause Mädchen and I aren't actually working.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 21:19 (twenty years ago)

Oh, I forgot you weren't working. I didn't know Madchen wasn't. I finish at 5, so 5.30 sounds fine to me. No ILX at work for me, so any change of plans can be transmitted to me via the email address below (with the clever spam filtering trick removed) or Madchen and Onimo could text me. Otherwise I can see you at 5.30 in the Counting House.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 21:28 (twenty years ago)

Cool. See you!

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 21:30 (twenty years ago)

Well done Steve for picking a boozer near Blackfriars because it looks like I'm going to be pulling that same trick again: pitch up, grab all the swapsies I can then go back to work. Ugh.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 07:09 (twenty years ago)

Bugger. Left home without my tickets :(

I may come along for a drink anyway.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 07:44 (twenty years ago)

I have a list of needs and a wad of swaps. See you all about 7pm.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 07:57 (twenty years ago)

Hang on, do I know any of you?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 08:12 (twenty years ago)

WHO ARE YOU?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 08:13 (twenty years ago)

i won a quiz with you once. oh and another time you spilled water on me when a ball got kicked at you by a plucky Spaniard. good times!

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 08:14 (twenty years ago)

I've been a fool! Little newsagents on Marshall St in Soho (next to Masala Zone, i.e. about two minutes from work) has a Panini box on the counter! 10 packets this morning, which I will sort through...in the lavs.

See some of you later. I will be wearing a white carnation.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 08:15 (twenty years ago)

I shall be munching on a panini; the code among swappers.

Sorry about the water spill. Damn Spaniard kicked the ball at me.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 08:46 (twenty years ago)

a panino since casarotto's coming

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 08:47 (twenty years ago)

Hopefully he'll have calmed himself down by this evening.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 08:48 (twenty years ago)

Tonight I'm going to find out how it feels to be Tim Hopkins: I have a pile of swopsies a couple of inches thick, including some double doubles, which I intend to scramble. Oh, but I have the day off today. Poor Tim :(

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:50 (twenty years ago)

Is anyone going to be at Blackfriars before 7?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:55 (twenty years ago)

Dunno who half you nutters are, but you better come armed with Bosko Balabans and Saudi Arabians badges. Plus, Ukrainian 551.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:56 (twenty years ago)

I crave Croats.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:57 (twenty years ago)

ha ha, 'what's the 411?' Mary J Blige asked once. 'Bosko Balaban', replied Sean Puffy Combs.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:59 (twenty years ago)

I believe I can make you both happy, provided you arrive in time to let me help you.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:01 (twenty years ago)

Also, I need Ashley Cole. I know what you're thinking.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:03 (twenty years ago)

i'm still waiting to hear if i have to go somewhere with meg tonight. if i'm not i shall be there 5.30ish, but going home for football as i have some smoked haddock in the fridge what needs eating innit.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:04 (twenty years ago)

I wonder if I can make it along to this. I finish at 15:45 though.

If so, I think we should all go back to work with Tim, and help keep his spirits up.

Alternatively, everyone back to the Carsmiles' for smoked haddock.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:54 (twenty years ago)

do come Mr Miller, I have a question to ask you.

― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 11:21 (twenty years ago)

there is quite a lot of haddock, but probably not enough for all youse lot. who do you think i am, jeebus?

i bought more sticker and there was a GERMAN, but ridiculously it was of the 3 germans i already have...

if i see another arjen robben and his smug balding face though...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 11:31 (twenty years ago)

What's his number, he doesn't sound familiar?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 11:34 (twenty years ago)

If I come, Porky, I will leave early.

I am undecided. Edith has some questions for me too, you see.

Does your question have to be face to face?

Are you going to punch me on the nose?

Is that what it is?

Or is it a cookery question?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 11:37 (twenty years ago)

we may miss each other then, doubt I'll get away before 5.30.
I have questions for Edith too! but my question for you can be asked elsewhere, it's a question regarding Spain.

― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 11:50 (twenty years ago)

I need 33, who is, I believe, Miroslav Klose. If anyone has him, I'll be happy as Larry.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 11:54 (twenty years ago)

Should we miss each other, I shall be happy to answer your question at your convenience.

If you've got a convenience.

And if I know the answer.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:04 (twenty years ago)

I have finished Germany so ner. Where for art thou JOHN TERRY though?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:06 (twenty years ago)

Kanoute says the Spanish league is more technical and the English game too physical. Kanoute is likely to miss tonight's game with a foot injury.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:13 (twenty years ago)

This lunchtime I bought 10 packets of stickers. I needed 3 of the stickers.

Oh well, at least my swapsie pile is replenished.

If DC pulls his usual trick and gets in before me to a John Terry which may be knocking about, I will be very sad.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:19 (twenty years ago)

I'm Lampardless too, if anyone has the fat git.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:20 (twenty years ago)

No help to yez there, England continue to by and large evade my grasp.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:30 (twenty years ago)

I have all of these swaps (OK not Klose I dont think) -

- but I'm needed at home tonight :(

I think I might be getting to the stage of just posting my needs list and abusing the free postage at work.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:37 (twenty years ago)

Well there's always Panini's missing stickers service...

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:40 (twenty years ago)

NEIN DANKE

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:40 (twenty years ago)

1410 BST: Chris Bevan, BBC Sport in Eindhoven: There are Boro fans of every age - and shape! - arriving at Eindhoven train station. Every one has a different story of how they have made it here, via Amsterdam, Germany or Belgium by plane and ferry. Not all have tickets - but every one has a big smile on their face.

Sounds shit.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:42 (twenty years ago)

hmmm, looks like i might not make it now either...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:49 (twenty years ago)

I need still need tons of Brazil, Argentina and France. Yet it seems almost every packet I open contains the Brazilian shiny! Grr.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:25 (twenty years ago)

The4 MOTD World Cup book features Martin Jol's opinions.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:31 (twenty years ago)

I found Nurnberg! And a Goleo swap, shudder.

My most wanted: Cafu, Japanese shiny, Fabien Barthez.

My least wanted: VAN PERSIE.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:35 (twenty years ago)

Barthez = my very first spare. #2 was Cote D'Ivoire, as was #5. Oh how we (I) laughed.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:46 (twenty years ago)

I only need Eddie Lewis and Steve Cherundolo to complete Team Yankses

I have two Srnas and two Swiss keepers to swap :/

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:57 (twenty years ago)

And a Goleo swap, shudder.

Me please!

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:58 (twenty years ago)

I have 10 Steve Cherundolos I think.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:07 (twenty years ago)

goodo. i'm going to see how many i can get tonight before deciding whether to bother carrying on buying new packets.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:08 (twenty years ago)

How many people have more spares than empty spaces, IE are theoretically finished? I'm not, but I don't think I'm that far off.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:15 (twenty years ago)

Lawks, I didn't even know you were collecting until this afternoon.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:17 (twenty years ago)

I've been at it for a while now, though I don't have any friends, so I have a three-figure spares pile that runs from 1 to 596.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:20 (twenty years ago)

I had tons of swaps until my girlfriend started a new album with them. Last night I checked her album against mine to check she hadn't got any I hadn't (there is a strict Panini hierarchy in our flat). And she did! The last Ivory Coast player! Except she didn't, she'd stuck Drogba in the wrong place.

I have quite a few swaps again now.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:22 (twenty years ago)

The missus plugged me into the whole teenage SE19 swapping network last night by revealing my sticky shame to a gathering of neighbourhood mums, a couple of whom have older kids into the Panini thing. So, theoretically, I can now swap without leaving Crystal Palace. In practice, this involves exchanging mobile numbers with a cabal of local sullen/feral youths. I'm not sure I'm up to the task.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:57 (twenty years ago)

I mentioned the S-word at work today, and was met with mockery.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 15:00 (twenty years ago)

Someone has been writing into the Metro suggesting a Glasgow sticker meet.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 15:02 (twenty years ago)

I have way more swaps than spaces, but only in YMOF mathsworld does that mean I'm theoretically finished, I think.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 15:05 (twenty years ago)

I think YMOF's maths skillz shd apply themselves to how many packets you have to buy before you are scientifically 'unlucky'.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 15:16 (twenty years ago)

"I've plugged all the figures in, and all it does is print my face!"

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 15:25 (twenty years ago)

The first response if you google panini swapsies is a thread called "Would you pay for sex?"

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 15:27 (twenty years ago)

There's some kind of exponential law that deals with the spaces:swaps ratio, isn't there?

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 15:58 (twenty years ago)

off to the pub now i think...

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 16:00 (twenty years ago)

Got 32 from 10 packs just now, which is about right considering how far I am along the Curve of Misery (not very). Spawned a Commemorative Sticker swap - BEG ME FOR IT.

Will be at work for another 45min or so. Blame Dr Wh0 (ep 7 - Id1ot5 L4ntern, folks).

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 16:05 (twenty years ago)

I have still yet to see the Commem Sticker "in the wild" - v grateful for Hopkins spare a few weeks ago.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

Myself also, substituting Mr. Jones for Hopkins.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 21:28 (twenty years ago)

Observations:

Franklin Salas (90) has the best hair ever. Better than Rochemback, who should be in the World Cup on his hair alone.
Jafet Soto (50) mkaes me laugh. Or gives me teh fear.
Javier Adelmar Zanetti (176) is a Stars In Their Eyes Frank Lampard impersonator.
Oguchi Onyewu (347) is the happiest smiliest man in teh world.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 22:42 (twenty years ago)

Observations:

Ailsa and Onimo left their albums and swops at home last night.
I managed to get four swopsies out of Alba.
Boro were crap.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 11 May 2006 06:00 (twenty years ago)

I hope the next series of Jimy McGovern's The Street has an episode based on this story and its terrible ramifications.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 11 May 2006 06:39 (twenty years ago)

It seemed like slim pickings last night but I got about a quarter of the stickers I still needed.

Tom's right, we should harness the awesome power of each of the internets to match swaps with needs. Get one "community".

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 11 May 2006 07:29 (twenty years ago)

It might be that the right place for such activity is Another Place though.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 11 May 2006 07:30 (twenty years ago)

I don't think so, seeing as I don't know where it is, and I wish to continue marvelling at this mass outbreak of lunacy. Although I suppose that could be the reason for doing it Somewhere Else.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 11 May 2006 07:42 (twenty years ago)

I did well out of last night. 17 to go. I didn't get home to quarter to one due to late night drinking around Liverpool Street.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 11 May 2006 07:44 (twenty years ago)

I took 48 swaps to the pub, rid myself of 16 of them and came home with 51 new stickers! Ah, the generosity of those so close to the finishing post. Ta!

I love the fact that Avery John has a sticker. He probably made them all.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 11 May 2006 08:27 (twenty years ago)

I ended up with 26 mystery cards, including Hamburg stadium, Paraguay shiny, Serbian team, Angola shiny, and Croatian shiny. I need none of them, but can't remember who I might have rejected them from.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 11 May 2006 08:29 (twenty years ago)

Excellent swappage last night. Although I did manage to return with four new stickers I already had, despite the printed otu spreadsheet. Nngh.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 11 May 2006 08:36 (twenty years ago)

Dr Who Sticker Book and six stickers FREE in Radio Times. I have got Queen Victoria. I want Rose's mum.

It is Merlin though.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 11 May 2006 08:40 (twenty years ago)

Very shoddy craftsmanship on the Merlin stickers. And too elongated.

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 11 May 2006 08:42 (twenty years ago)

Mikey G's system of allowing any present to take as they wish of his spares in exchange for granting him Droit De Seigneur over theirs is a fine grand gesture, which I abused mercilessly.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 11 May 2006 08:44 (twenty years ago)

I was given a Doctor Who one last night for my daughter. I fear she will not see it.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 11 May 2006 08:48 (twenty years ago)

Thanks to all for stickers. I noticed Lightnin' Hopkins stickers were not kept in tip-top condition. Many had finger smudges or bits of food attached.

My girlfriend was all grumpy when I burst in at a quarter to one. I placated her by producing the Netherlands badge and all was well.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 11 May 2006 09:23 (twenty years ago)

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 11 May 2006 09:27 (twenty years ago)

what is a shiny with some foie gras on it worth?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 11 May 2006 10:49 (twenty years ago)

Merlin??

Sevilla 4-0 Middlesborough: a result almost glorious enough to restore one's interest in the game.

― the pinefox (the pinefox), Thursday, 11 May 2006 11:49 (twenty years ago)

Merlin, not Panini, PF. Sticker manufacturer turf wars. It's not some new kind of street talk, although it might catch on.

"Do you dig Bruce Springsteen's new album? It's totally Merlin, bro."
"Please be quiet."

That kind of thing.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 11 May 2006 11:58 (twenty years ago)

I have pub-screen neck today. It hurts I say.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 11 May 2006 13:17 (twenty years ago)

Bosko Balaban is common as muck! I'm pleasantly surprised if I get through 5 packs without seeing him.

I'm currently about 60/40 on gots/needs but I had a brilliant run on 11 straight needs yesterday. The Swiss have overtaken the Dutch in the race to be first team finished, with the Americans coming up fast on the outside.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:14 (twenty years ago)

I've dropped below 50 needs.

I am about to swap some stickers with Tim Popkins...BY POST!

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:23 (twenty years ago)

I finished the Dutch page last week; I'm still something like 260 stickers short of a full book though. I will buy some more at lunchtime with the last tenner left in the household account. It's only about a fortnight to payday, innit? We can eat toast and honey-nut cornflakes till then. Actually, scratch the toast, the bread's probably mouldy.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:27 (twenty years ago)

Scratch the bread, then toast it.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:32 (twenty years ago)

There's some nutritional value in the sticker gum, you can eat Bosko Balabans till pay day.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:33 (twenty years ago)

I have posted some stickers to Tom, it all feels so delightfully analogue. And analogue retentiveness is the name of this game, after all.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:37 (twenty years ago)

i still need a Dutch shiny :(

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:39 (twenty years ago)

I have one. But it's at home, along with the rest of my swaps, in a special room with a reinforced floor.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:48 (twenty years ago)

Goodness me, what's wrong with post? It's more advanced than actually going across town to meet someone and hand a parcel over to them.

― the pinefox (the pinefox), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:53 (twenty years ago)

I like the postal thing - can I join in? I now have a computerised list of my duplicates and needs (there's also a list of my desires, wishes and fears but that's on a HM Gov't mainframe deep underground in Wiltshire) so it would be quite easy. I don't much to offer though. Many, many Mark van Bommels.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 12:03 (twenty years ago)

http://community.livejournal.com/gotgotneed/2442.html

seems to be where the 'action' is. I don't think you need be a member of L1vej0urn4l to post.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 12:13 (twenty years ago)

The correct terminology is "got, got, got, not got, go, got" etc. None of this "need" business. This is not fucking Eton.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 12:40 (twenty years ago)

I started on here with 'got, not got, got' and seem to have been converted to this Etonian 'possess, require' bullshit.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 12:45 (twenty years ago)

Roight, I've posted on LJ. Nothing of any interest, mind - I'll be informationed up tomorrow.

I actually prefer zero/one/zero/one.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 12:52 (twenty years ago)

i too have lj'd, check it

― rtccc (mwah), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 13:29 (twenty years ago)

I am down to 14. Girlfriend bought ten packets in Hackney yesterday. "Are they always 45 pence each?" Ripped off!

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 18 May 2006 08:07 (twenty years ago)

I have a mere 236 to go. I will post my not-gots and swaps on LJ shortly.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 18 May 2006 08:26 (twenty years ago)

It's quite funny to hear everyone talking about 'their needs'.

I must update the spreadsheet...

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 18 May 2006 09:08 (twenty years ago)

World Cup mascot Goleo eats its maker

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 18 May 2006 11:31 (twenty years ago)

Franz Beckenbauer, said, "Goleo is really a nice lad and he looks good."

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 18 May 2006 11:33 (twenty years ago)

I got Goleo yesterday!

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 18 May 2006 11:35 (twenty years ago)

Bit late, Mike.

FAO PF:

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/briansaudio2/mikegreen/Clive_Tyldesley_at_typewriter_358x258.jpg

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 18 May 2006 11:40 (twenty years ago)

It is Clive Tyldesley, or however you spell it.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 18 May 2006 11:41 (twenty years ago)

He looks a bit like me.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 18 May 2006 11:59 (twenty years ago)

N. in Clive T lookalike shocker! I say that because it is shocking, to consider.

― the pinefox (the pinefox), Thursday, 18 May 2006 12:12 (twenty years ago)

Goodness, that probably predates even his Radio City days. He's embarrassing now, but CT was one hell of a beating, I mean...radio commentator.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 18 May 2006 12:27 (twenty years ago)

It is his Radio City days:

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/briansaudio2/mikegreen/

I fancy Annie Rooney.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 18 May 2006 12:46 (twenty years ago)

looks like a bit of a goer

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 18 May 2006 13:26 (twenty years ago)

i like the picture next to her - a dog called Mike Green!

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 18 May 2006 13:26 (twenty years ago)

Tache Tastic

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 19 May 2006 10:27 (twenty years ago)

That Radio City site is a goldmine. Should I write to Mike Green and tell him one of his captions is wrong? (It's a newssheet for "Wed 16/1/79" but that date was a Wednesday in 1980! The Forest-Liverpool League Cup semi gave it away). W4ally Sc0tt and uber-camp N0rm4n Th0m4s still work in local radio on Merseyside, as far as I know.

I know some of Tyldesley's radio commentaries off by heart, y'know.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 19 May 2006 11:03 (twenty years ago)

Nicol found it (of course).

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 19 May 2006 11:07 (twenty years ago)

so, by all accounts the rough standings are

tim leads with 10ish to go
mikey close behind
tom & me 20-something

anyone else in this hellish boat?

and i think it turns out tom, tim and i all need julio dos santos aka #122. eep. rarest sticker?

― rtccc (mwah), Friday, 19 May 2006 14:09 (twenty years ago)

I've got 200 or thereabouts to go, with 5 unopened packets in my pocket that will hopefully get me another 15ish.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 19 May 2006 14:11 (twenty years ago)

I got ten packs yesterday and ten more today. An Aussie student I work with is getting all my double doubles at the moment, but I have an absolute ton of swopsies I need to get rid of too. WHEN ARE WE MEETING, GLASGOW? AND WILL YOU REMEMBER YOUR STICKERS THIS TIME?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 19 May 2006 14:32 (twenty years ago)

I think with the stickers waiting for me at home I'm on 20-something. I will have to think very carefully before buying any more...BUT WHAT IF I GET JULIO DOS SANTOS???

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 19 May 2006 14:36 (twenty years ago)

xpost

I keep my stickers in my bag now so I have them most days. I even took them to ATP.

I may be going to meet ailsa for a quick drink after work tonight if you're available for a quick swopsie?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 19 May 2006 14:40 (twenty years ago)

I thought about it, but I'm still spluttering and it's not hygienic. I don't have the album anyway. Do you work in town, Onimo? If so, we could all get together some time next week.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 19 May 2006 14:43 (twenty years ago)

Yes. Lets do that.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 19 May 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

can matt dc come out and play or wot

― rtccc (mwah), Sunday, 21 May 2006 21:18 (twenty years ago)

gotgotneed has me deeply pondering swap economics; i suppose i shd get rid of as many of the buggers as i can at this late stage, but what happens when the stage gets EVEN LATER??

― rtccc (mwah), Sunday, 21 May 2006 21:19 (twenty years ago)

and i think it turns out tom, tim and i all need julio dos santos aka #122. eep. rarest sticker?

GOT.

(not as a swap though)

I would like to make another (proper) Glasgow swap meet very much. Tuesday evening?

― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 21 May 2006 21:55 (twenty years ago)

So far I have misstuck one sticker: I put Marko Babic in Niko Kovac's place and he is now covered over. If he's the last one I need I'll feel a right chump.

― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 21 May 2006 21:57 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, probably OK for me since I seem to have nothing to do these days. I promise to be more organised than the last time.

I appear to have a random Mark Viduka lurking in my handbag. I don't know how he got there.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 21 May 2006 21:58 (twenty years ago)

I have 169 swaps (and about 220 to fill).

― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 21 May 2006 22:11 (twenty years ago)

Tuesday should be okay for me. I have 238 to fill, and 150 or so ~~Bosko Balabans~~ swaps.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Sunday, 21 May 2006 23:56 (twenty years ago)

I appear to have a random Mark Viduka lurking in my handbag. I don't know how he got there.

Maybe you had mislaid a pie in your handbag as well?

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 22 May 2006 07:40 (twenty years ago)

:-)

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 22 May 2006 07:42 (twenty years ago)

Tuesday is good for me too. I need 188 and I have 150 swops (I've given all my double doubles to an aussie student I work with).

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 22 May 2006 08:19 (twenty years ago)

I think I must've profited greatly from the generosity of those London swappers close to completion - I've got about as far to go as the Glaswegians but only have 70-odd swaps.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 22 May 2006 08:31 (twenty years ago)

I've lost all momentum despite floating somewhere round the 70 mark. I will post my Needs list on Gotgotneed this evening. However an early doors pub swapmeet, possibly on Friday, would make me very happy.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 22 May 2006 08:33 (twenty years ago)

Could do with another swap meeting. I have 12 to go. Bought 20 packets over the weekend and got two needs. This is approximately the correct probability.

Three of my needs are Spanish and two more from Iran.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 22 May 2006 09:40 (twenty years ago)

Does the value of a swap go up according to how many needs the recipient has? ie. is it OK to ask someone for say, 20 stickers in return for their second-to-last need?

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 22 May 2006 09:43 (twenty years ago)

Just give 'em up if people need them. You're not at school now. The main difference to adult vs kid trading is avoiding putting them in spilled beer.

There is an England 'B' game on Thursday against Belarus. Perhaps this could be the cover for a swapsie meet. London, natch.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 22 May 2006 09:47 (twenty years ago)

I feel ashamed for bringing capitalistic playground principles to the noble art of sticker collection.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 22 May 2006 09:57 (twenty years ago)

i have a MATHS EXAM on friday, thus going to the pub thursday is a bad idea for me...

i bought some stickers from borders yesterday

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 22 May 2006 09:58 (twenty years ago)

Does the value of a swap go up according to how many needs the recipient has? ie. is it OK to ask someone for say, 20 stickers in return for their second-to-last need?
-- Alba (albab...), May 22nd, 2006 11:43 AM. (Alba) (later)
Just give 'em up if people need them. You're not at school now. The main difference to adult vs kid trading is avoiding putting them in spilled beer.
There is an England 'B' game on Thursday against Belarus. Perhaps this could be the cover for a swapsie meet. London, natch.
-- Mikey G (...), May 22nd, 2006 11:47 AM. (Mikey G) (later)
I feel ashamed for bringing capitalistic playground principles to the noble art of sticker collection.

-- Alba (albab...), May 22nd, 2006 11:57 AM. (Alba) (later)

You're so wrong. The market factor is being sadly overlooked. Swapping one for one, or even worse, giving them away, is like letting your mate win at a sport - the joy and excitement is gone. If you need Mark Viduka, say, to complete your book, you should be offering Ailsa at least 30 stickers, including several shinies, plus a Mars Bar and your beloved copy of Biggles Goes Down In Flames or whatever. That's just the RULES.

― Crimea River (Mark C), Monday, 22 May 2006 10:20 (twenty years ago)

Yeah! Buy me beer! My Mark Viduka is a bit crumpled and rubbish though, much like the real one.

I shall REPORT BACK with numbers once I've come back from going into town to buy more stickers.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 22 May 2006 10:22 (twenty years ago)

I knew I could rely on the Kaiser for a bit of free-marketeer support.

I don't want Mark Viduka and his stupid squashed-up face, though. I've already got two.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 22 May 2006 10:27 (twenty years ago)

In WHSmith's, they have a huge monolithic cardboard structure full of stickers of every description. It is called the TRADING STATION.

I have a Dr Who pig-in-a-spacesuit sticker. I think it must be like a joker, you can put it in any space in any sticker album, and it counts as a "got".

Generosity = CHEATING.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 22 May 2006 10:27 (twenty years ago)

Can I baggsy the crumpled Viduka?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 22 May 2006 11:44 (twenty years ago)

Yeah! Buy me beer!

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 22 May 2006 11:45 (twenty years ago)

All that I know surely about morality and the obligations of man, I owe to Panini sticker trading.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 22 May 2006 11:51 (twenty years ago)

I have ~180 swaps and ~90 spaces => 2-1 bonanza, clearly. Enforcing 1-1 only makes sense if you have something in mind with the spare ones after you've finished. Are you going to sell them to school children?

xpost - From Mikey according to his swaps, to Mikey according to his needs.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 22 May 2006 12:09 (twenty years ago)

Right, Glasgow, what's the plan? Somewhere CHEAP for the unemployed amongst us. Counting House again, or are we vetoing there now due to red onion excess?

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:12 (twenty years ago)

I'm down with the Counting House. Gerry – put your album in your bag tonight!

Finish work at 6 so be there for 6.15 or so.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:19 (twenty years ago)

[today's sticker update: bought 20 more packs and got worrying slim pickings. If I see Barry Obdam's grinning Dutch face one more time I'm giving up]

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:21 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and more missticking – Morientes has turned into Fernando Torres's twin brother in an attempt to sneak onto the team bus.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:24 (twenty years ago)

I wonder if somewhere there's another message board where nobody's having any joy with the Dutch and they're all cursing the lack of Van Persie.

17 to go.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:25 (twenty years ago)

Back of 6 at the Counting House then.

I'm lucky if I get 2 not-gots per pack now. Hopefully good swappage tomorrow will help me rid myself of a few Boskos.

and i think it turns out tom, tim and i all need julio dos santos aka #122. eep. rarest sticker?

I have him, but only one of him.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 22 May 2006 18:10 (twenty years ago)

I can do slightly earlier, if needs be (i.e. if the thought of staying in work any longer than you have to is too much for you). I shall go and drag the book out of my drawer later on and go and stick in my latest haul of stickers.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 22 May 2006 18:18 (twenty years ago)

I have Julio Dos Santos - not as a double though :(

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 22 May 2006 18:57 (twenty years ago)

HMV Covent Graden have a little sign on the sticker supply saying BUY A WHOLE BOX FOR £35.

Seems a bit excessive to me.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 11:54 (twenty years ago)

i CLEANED OUT my local dealer today, although he did say he was getting some more tonight...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 11:56 (twenty years ago)

HMV Covent Graden have a little sign on the sticker supply saying BUY A WHOLE BOX FOR £35.

100 x 35p packs in a box. You'd think they'd knock a couple of quid off like Alba's sticker orgy people.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:01 (twenty years ago)

it being HMV they probably open the box and scan each pack individually...

THERE IS A QUANTITY BUTTON ON THE TILL FOR A REASON!!!

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:04 (twenty years ago)

20 packs is the most I've bought in one go.

I just bought 10 at lunchtime from Woolworths, the woman who served me flipped backwards and forwards through 2 different boxes to randomise my selection. I should be grateful, I suppose, but while she was doing it I couldn't help thinking that I'd be less likely to get swaps in adjacent packs.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:09 (twenty years ago)

60 to go now. There is a blank space with 'Jose Antonio Reyes' written on it that is goading me, laughing at me...

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:14 (twenty years ago)

Myself and Matt chortled heartlessly over the fact that we both have #122. It's possible that Mr. Dos Santos is buying them all up himself to avoid bringing attention to the nasty cold sore he's sporting.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:25 (twenty years ago)

oh HIM! i've got HIM.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:44 (twenty years ago)

The lady in WHSmiths scanned each of my 10 packs individually at lunchtime. Tsk.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:46 (twenty years ago)

I thought WHSmiths were doing the 6 pack for £1.99. The one at Glasgow Airport was last week.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:47 (twenty years ago)

We didn't have "scanning" in my day.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:50 (twenty years ago)

i've not been able to face updating my swaps/needs list. which is silly as i'm clearly missing out on the action.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:54 (twenty years ago)

bah all dos santos possessors r rotters.

good news on gotgotneed 4 u btw, matt dc

― rtccc (mwah), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:54 (twenty years ago)

As mentioned on ggn, the temptation just to buy the missing stickas from Panini is tearing me to pieces.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:58 (twenty years ago)

i probably wouldn't think any less of you if you did succumb (chortle)

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 13:05 (twenty years ago)

Tim, that's be like spending months gradually getting to know a hott lady, getting her all interested, and just as you're within a shout of getting some horizontal action, dumping her and splurging on some Kings Cross crackwhore.

― Crimea River (Mark C), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 13:06 (twenty years ago)

But sometimes the hott lady just gets too expensive.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 13:53 (twenty years ago)

The hott lady is stringing you along.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 13:58 (twenty years ago)

Do you think wife swappers have sticker albums?

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 14:06 (twenty years ago)

They may have sticky albums.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 14:10 (twenty years ago)

The hott lady has a strange habit of looking like various members of the Dutch team, is the problem.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 14:16 (twenty years ago)

I'd like to Vennegoor her Hesselink.

― Crimea River (Mark C), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 14:33 (twenty years ago)

i haf TWO julio dos santos swaps, WHO WANTS TO TOUCH ME????

(actually i haf promised them to tim and tom, sorry giaour, didn't know you were needing him too)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 19:40 (twenty years ago)

"When asked, regarding his many years spent studying the natural world, what aspect of the Creator's nature had been made apparent to him, Haldane replied 'an inordinate fondness for Dutchmen'" :(

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 06:31 (twenty years ago)

Ten to go. Two from ten packets last night. A defeat for the probability laws. Still three from Spain needed.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 07:58 (twenty years ago)

Never have I been so pleased to see Jose Antonio Reyes as I was last night.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 08:00 (twenty years ago)

(actually i haf promised them to tim and tom, sorry giaour, didn't know you were needing him too)

What kind of pinko hippy utopia do you lot live in?! Three people want two stickers - time to negotiate your demands, carslime, milk these poor suckers for all they're worth!!

― Crimea River (Mark C), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 08:41 (twenty years ago)

finally [hem hem] the true tory mark comes out ;)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 09:07 (twenty years ago)

Barry Obdam's grinning Dutch face one more time I'm giving up

the smile is gone now i guess. he didn't make the final squad.

― Ludo (Ludo), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 09:34 (twenty years ago)

He was a victim of FIFA's silly name cull. Darren Bent was another.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 09:46 (twenty years ago)

ALL THOSE BARRY OPDAM STICKERS FOR NOTHING? Curse you Panini.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 09:49 (twenty years ago)

also no quim (portuganuese goalie) this time either

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 09:58 (twenty years ago)

Three squads completed! Thank you for excellent swappage Glasgow.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 10:09 (twenty years ago)

Barry Opdam was the first sticker in the first pack I bought, all those weeks ago when the world seemed pregnant with possibility.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 10:21 (twenty years ago)

xpost to Onimo - Smug bastard :-)

Jeff the Australian did quite well out of it too, without even being there.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 10:21 (twenty years ago)

I am in love with Clint Dempsey. Actually I just googled him and he isn't that good looking in any other photos, just in his sticker book photo. Still, he's lovely < /girl>

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 10:24 (twenty years ago)

You should've left open the "girl" tag, Ailsa - it might've had interesting effects on rest of the thread.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 10:26 (twenty years ago)

http://www.vg.no/bilder/bildarkiv/1134584159.43818.jpg

― rtccc (mwah), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 11:24 (twenty years ago)

Tim Brooke-Taylor is the grandson of a parson who played centre-forward for England's football team in the 1890s

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 11:33 (twenty years ago)

i'm sure they've have photoshopped his coldsore so it is BIGGER on the finished sticker...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 11:49 (twenty years ago)

12 to do, after an encounter with Matt DC in the pub.

Giaour, I have a spare Goleo if you still need the wretched beast.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

Tom - I know your original needs list on LJ is hopelessly out-of-date now, but are you still missing 305 or 332 by any chance? They're yours if you want them.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 21:14 (twenty years ago)

305 - yes please!

I probably have a lot of swaps of yours Mike, I will check LJ.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 21:17 (twenty years ago)

Glasgow, are we doing this again next week? Wednesday or thereafter is good for me (payday!). Remind me to eat this time, and don't let Onimo talk me into a sneaky extra pint at the station whilst waiting for the train.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 21:25 (twenty years ago)

The Loco-Delgado Angolan double-header is yours, Tom.

I now need 29 less than indicated by that LJ list - I'm not sure I can be bothered updating that page. We can sort it by email if you like. Hopkins aka The Hardest Working Man In Intranetshowbusiness also owes me a card (or two (or ten)).

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 21:27 (twenty years ago)

I do! It's true! But which ten?

YMOF, if you're reading, pls see my comments on your thread in The Other Place, ta.

No-one has listed the SuperPanini Postage Stamp Ceremonial Seal Without A Number in their wants list. Does everyone have it or are those who don't have it in a state of blissful ignorance concerning its existence (as I was until I bought one one day)?

Anyway I have a swapsy of it, if anyone is interested. Obv YMOF won't be because it's not one of The Numbers.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 25 May 2006 07:06 (twenty years ago)

I'd similarly never heard of it until seconds before I recieved it as a swap from M. Jones. Even I, who haven't put much stock in the rarity of Shinies/Mannschafts, was surprised to find it valued the same as 1.0 Boskos

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 25 May 2006 07:33 (twenty years ago)

I'm wondering if there's anyone out there who's completed the entire book EXCEPT the SPPSCSWAN. Also, if you include that, does that mean the book is not complete without the Personalised Panini Sticker With Your Face On It?

I love how this thread has progressed from gleeful excitement through to steely-eyed determination in little over a month. 45 to go!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 25 May 2006 07:37 (twenty years ago)

I also wonder if anyone has found more than 2 shinies in a packet.

Work brought round a load of old photo cards with our faces on them - I am seriously considering cutting one to size and sticking it in.

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 25 May 2006 08:22 (twenty years ago)

That would spoil the book.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 25 May 2006 08:24 (twenty years ago)

Do any of you good people have:

76 Christian Mora (Ecuador)
206 Arouna Kone (Ivory Coast)
216 Igor Duljaj (Serbia)
275 Moharram Navidkia (Iran)
282 Portugal mannschaft
426 Vincenzo Grella (Australia)
531 Spain Shiny
532 Iker Casillas (Spain)
547 Fernando Morientes (Spain)
551 Oleksandr Shovkouskiy (Ukraine)

I have plenty of swaps, but not with me today. Can meet tomorrow night if anyone has trade on their minds. I'm rather generous with swapsies, he says tantalisingly.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 25 May 2006 09:42 (twenty years ago)

Tim, The Other Place requires your assistance in a simple matter (IE picking a boozer for this evening)

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 25 May 2006 09:48 (twenty years ago)

I think DC may have had my only Spain shiny last night, but I may have a second. 216 and 551 - sound very familiar.

There's at least another 4 of those I might have, I will check when I get home tonight.

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 25 May 2006 09:48 (twenty years ago)

Giaour, I have a spare Goleo if you still need the wretched beast

i'll have it if he doesn't!

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 25 May 2006 09:49 (twenty years ago)

I have an awful feeling it might have been you I promised it to in the first place.

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 25 May 2006 09:51 (twenty years ago)

Tim & Tom (& Mikey G): like "Johnny", I've gone electronic so no longer carry around that tatty bit of paper. Unfortunately, on days when I neglect to stick the Word doc on my USB stick (or mail it to myself at work), I'm at a bit of a loss as to my swaps/needs. So, er, I can't tell you precisely what I want (and I'm not sure whether I have any of Mikey's needs - I didn't prior to my last purchase).

I could get Pam to email me my list, couldn't I?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 25 May 2006 09:54 (twenty years ago)

Yes to more swopsies next Wednesday! You lot still need to go through my 400+ numbers.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 25 May 2006 11:55 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and Geoff says "cheers mate!"

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 25 May 2006 11:55 (twenty years ago)

I could get Pam to email me my list, couldn't I?

You would think this was sad, yet Mrs Onimo *texted* him his last time we were out.

Wednesday, Madchen? Sounds good to me, if that's OK with Onimo and Alba. Shall we continue to try and find something they can manage on the menu in the Counting House, or should we find a new pub? REMIND ME TO EAT!

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 25 May 2006 12:16 (twenty years ago)

Andrew: that assistance provided, hopefully this will be of some use to you.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 25 May 2006 13:45 (twenty years ago)

Here's how it is: I've been promised a couple of stickers which I haven't actually got my hands on yet, but the promisers seem like reliable sorts of coves, so I have no great worries on that score.

My needs list (with these two promised-but-not-yet-got removed):

18 (Das Deutscher schinyschaft which it seems is not the groovy spiky VW sign rotated through 90 degrees DFB logo which I had been expecting but is in fact einen Deutscher Eagle thing, a bit of a disappointment I have to say)
268 (Iranian dude whose name escapes me)
440 (Willy Sagnol - I hve stopped making Willy jokes now, having been making them incessantly in the pub last night)

Any help with getting these greatly appreciated obv.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 26 May 2006 07:56 (twenty years ago)

COME ON SCOTLAND, HELP ME OUT.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 26 May 2006 07:58 (twenty years ago)

(Please?)

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 26 May 2006 07:59 (twenty years ago)

I stupidly left my needs list at home today, but I did very well indeed on swapsies yesterday. 25 to go!

If anyone has John Terry or Cristiano Ronaldo going spare this email address works. The stadium page continues to torment me.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 26 May 2006 08:01 (twenty years ago)

TIM I HAVE THE SHINY GERMAN.

I will send it to you. Email me your address!

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 26 May 2006 08:02 (twenty years ago)

MATT I HAVE JOHN TERRY.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 26 May 2006 08:02 (twenty years ago)

(I'll email you both later on - must dash)

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 26 May 2006 08:03 (twenty years ago)

Nick I've texted you so if you've changed your number or don't get the text, let me know and I'll find some other space age communication channel to get my Earth address to you.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 26 May 2006 08:06 (twenty years ago)

(Also feel free to post a wants list so I can reciprocate.)

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 26 May 2006 08:07 (twenty years ago)

I had ten to go, bought ten packets and got three more! Two in one packet. Revised list.

206 Arouna Kone (Ivory Coast)
216 Igor Duljaj (Serbia)
275 Moharram Navidkia (Iran)
531 Spain Shiny
532 Iker Casillas (Spain)
547 Fernando Morientes (Spain)
551 Oleksandr Shovkouskiy (Ukraine)

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 26 May 2006 08:11 (twenty years ago)

G - Casillas is yours. I had a double of Morientes as well but must have swapped him at some point this week.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 26 May 2006 08:40 (twenty years ago)

Tim, I have 268 and 440 (and a spare 18, but Alba got there first). Email me your address to [email protected].

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 26 May 2006 08:43 (twenty years ago)

Mikey, I'm afraid I don't have any on your list!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 26 May 2006 08:46 (twenty years ago)

Glasgow I love you. Especially my English friends there, obv, who have TOTALLY HELPED ME FINISH but all the rest of you too.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 26 May 2006 08:47 (twenty years ago)

Mikey I may have a couple of yours, I'll check when I get home tonight.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 26 May 2006 08:49 (twenty years ago)

Madchen could you send your spare 18 to Tim anyway, and then it might become my non-spare 18?

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 26 May 2006 08:57 (twenty years ago)

206 Arouna Kone (Ivory Coast)
531 Spain Shiny

Mikey - I have these. This email address works.

Tim, the shiny's in the post.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 26 May 2006 09:06 (twenty years ago)

thanks Alba!

Tom could you re-email me your address? I seem to have mislaid it. If you do so very quickly, i.e. in the next 20 minutes, I'll get the thing in the post today.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 26 May 2006 09:10 (twenty years ago)

I feel like Tim's victory is a victory for all mangkind.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 26 May 2006 09:27 (twenty years ago)

I'm going to buy 20 packs at lunchtime to celebrate.

I still need 130 stickers :(

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 26 May 2006 09:29 (twenty years ago)

Tom, the postman has already collected Tim's stickers so I'll send you 18 direct. Is that the only one you need? Email is lucyalder (scroll back up for the rest of it).

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 26 May 2006 10:25 (twenty years ago)

OK, will email!

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 26 May 2006 10:29 (twenty years ago)

Kim Kallstrom is apparently "Sweden's Stevie Gerrard"! And might be going to West Ham!

― Crimea River (Mark C), Friday, 26 May 2006 10:35 (twenty years ago)

Alba, I have gmailed you. Thanks in advance and hope I can reciprocate.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 26 May 2006 12:26 (twenty years ago)

Mikey I can send you Morientes. I have the Spain shiny too but I see Alba has already offered that. Email me your details and I can send it on if you like

I'm just about to go through my 20 new packets so I may have more.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 26 May 2006 19:37 (twenty years ago)

Damn, I need Morientes too.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 26 May 2006 19:47 (twenty years ago)

I have 2 :)

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 26 May 2006 20:22 (twenty years ago)

82 gots out of 100 today, kind of disheartening.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 26 May 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

If only you'd kept records, we'd have a fantastic way to graph the declining got-not got ratio expressed against numbers collected. A missed opportunity which I fear might not come around again.

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 26 May 2006 21:38 (twenty years ago)

Not for me! Stop giving your stickers away to them Southerners!

(The eating crisps thread seems to have devolved into some sort of going to Mono on Wednesday sort of thing, despite me starting the discussion with how Mono was too far away for convenience. Make plans, folks, I seem to still be unemployed, therefore available at any time)

xpost - yeah, until Euro 2008.

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 26 May 2006 21:47 (twenty years ago)

Mono isn't that far away and I'm happy to go there on Wednesday if that suits everyone else.

xpost

I've been doing fag packet calculations and the 'got:not got' ratio has been about right every time. I started today with 462/597 stickers = 77.3% and after 100 stickers I'm up to 480/597=80.4%. I had 82/100 gots=82%.
Any slight variation is probably down to small sample size (and surplus Americans, Dutch and Bosko Balabans).

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 26 May 2006 23:14 (twenty years ago)

kallstrom's just moved to lyon, sez reuters.

soz to those who've emailed midweek, will get myself back up to speed shortly

― rtccc (mwah), Friday, 26 May 2006 23:30 (twenty years ago)

I dreamt of stickers!

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 27 May 2006 08:06 (twenty years ago)

You sad man. Neil found mine - my secret shame has been outed!

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 27 May 2006 08:09 (twenty years ago)

Tom, if you sent me an email I didn't get it.

I'm not buying any more stickers until Wednesday and then only if I don't spend too much at Optimo. I'm on a ludicrous tight budget, but it's the only way I'll get a holiday this summer :(

― Mädchen (Madchen), Saturday, 27 May 2006 12:48 (twenty years ago)

Updated needs list:

5, 11, 14, 47, 52, 73, 90, 102, 117, 153, 197, 220, 298, 313, 402, 414, 478, 484, 497, 524, 529, 549, 568, 572, 580.

The Tunisian page is a world of pain.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 27 May 2006 13:49 (twenty years ago)

I'm exhausted after reading that lot.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 29 May 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)

DISASTER!

You know when I said I needed 440 upthread, and Madchen said she could help, and I said hooray I've finished?

Well actually I needed 460. So I haven't finished.

Willy Sagnol has extracted a high price for my persistent lame jokes using his proud forename. Which I now eschew entirely.

If anyone has a 460, I'm interested. I am finding that 460 very hard. It's the 460 which has let me down. again. Steve had two 460s but he gave one of them away to another man. Ect ect.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 07:13 (twenty years ago)

You need a Plan B.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 07:14 (twenty years ago)

Tim!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 07:28 (twenty years ago)

(I don't have 460)

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 07:29 (twenty years ago)

I think I could give you Willy, but I might not give it to you unless you can help with my seven needs. My socialist attitude to swapsies has now given way to an urge to WIN.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 07:40 (twenty years ago)

I looked through my swaps pile for your needs on Friday, Mike, and sadly I can't help, sadly.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 07:49 (twenty years ago)

In terms of probability, you should find your missing sticker within the next 120 packets you buy. Only £42. You'll be the toast of Dulwich Borders.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 08:19 (twenty years ago)

Glasgow, it occurred to me that we should maybe have arranged to go out tonight rather than tomorrow as then we could have stayed out and watched the England game. However, tomorrow is fine by me. I also think this may be pointless since you are all giving your stickers away by post to other people, but, well, we'll see.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 08:21 (twenty years ago)

I haven't given any away by post. Mikey never got back to me.

I don't have my book with me today.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 08:25 (twenty years ago)

and who needs England when you have

19:15	ITV4	FC Lucerne v Brazil

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 08:26 (twenty years ago)

Great, the spirit of It's A Knockout lives on!

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 08:30 (twenty years ago)

I have a Residents' Association meeting tonight so I couldn't have gone anyway.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 08:31 (twenty years ago)

Perhaps you can turn the Residents' Association on to Swapsies.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 08:34 (twenty years ago)

I have no money so I couldn't have gone either. But it would have been a nice idea if we could have gone, I could have afforded it, we'd thought of it earlier, etc.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 08:36 (twenty years ago)

Can you afford Mono tomorrow?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 08:56 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, get paid tomorrw.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 08:57 (twenty years ago)

Onimo, I've just emailed you.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 09:01 (twenty years ago)

TIM I HAVE A WILLY. DO YOU WANT IT?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 15:22 (twenty years ago)

Mike, I've just emailed you.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 15:27 (twenty years ago)

Matt please save your 460 just for me. I can't wait to get my hands on your 460. I want it very badly.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 15:43 (twenty years ago)

I still have a nasty feeling I've blundered and am missing another, but perhaps that's just stress, or stupidity, or the potent combination of the two.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 15:59 (twenty years ago)

Oh dear. Pwned by the BBC

But Mark's fixation is surpassed by Gman writing at My Sofa World Cup...

Gman is a sticker collector extraordinaire and needs only 24 more (at last post) to fill his Panini album. He could send off to buy the missing few - but his pride means he wants to "swap to completion".

I like his description of the World Cup: "Essentially the climax of four years of waiting, debating and watching videos of the last World Cup," though do his views on rival sticker albums show mildly disturbing tendencies?

England have their own own album produced by the frankly second-rate Merlin collective. All people who love stickers do NOT collect Merlin.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 16:05 (twenty years ago)

Tim, Matt and Mikey –

Your stickers should be with you in tomorrow's post.

Glasgow –

Don't worry, I have plenty more. To Mono, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow, it's only a day away.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 16:57 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, what time? I shall be hanging around town frittering my last pay cheque on stuff, or else convincing agencies to give me temp work, so am available for drinking whenever suits folks.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 18:11 (twenty years ago)

Alba says 6.00, but I'll be there at 5.30.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 11:08 (twenty years ago)

5.30-6.00 for me (figuring on it being about a 20 min walk from here).

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 11:16 (twenty years ago)

Sorry - 6 is when I finish, so it'll be more like 6.20 for me. And I can't drink cause I've got to move my car later.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 11:20 (twenty years ago)

On the plus side, I have millions of swaps (new ones).

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 11:21 (twenty years ago)

The England Mannschaft is the worst sticker in the book. It's so silly looking. I have a few new swaps, and shall buy more stickers in transit.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 11:25 (twenty years ago)

The English Mannschaft is a disgrace, agreed, but Goleo is worse.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 11:31 (twenty years ago)

Alba has a car?! For some reason I find this surprising.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 11:33 (twenty years ago)

P3RVERT LI0N, call him by his name

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 11:33 (twenty years ago)

I like Goleo. The England shiny is slightly worse than the mannschaft though.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 11:34 (twenty years ago)

oops, unfortunate x-post there. i didn't mean that we should call nicky-noo p3rvert li0n...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 11:34 (twenty years ago)

I don't have Goleo yet. England mannschaft only has ten players! Photoshoparama!

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 11:40 (twenty years ago)

Alba has a car?! For some reason I find this surprising.

Me too. But I'm also surprised that Morrissey drives, for example.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 12:01 (twenty years ago)

I am surprised too. I thought Alba was a hopeless spazz*.

But this car of his sounds like an excellent place to stick all the leftover swapsies when everyone has "swapped to completion".

* Like licenceless me.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 12:04 (twenty years ago)

Alba was saying the other night that his car is yet to be named. I think P3RVERT LI0N is a winner.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 12:38 (twenty years ago)

(my car is called Jason)

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 12:39 (twenty years ago)

Is it orange?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 12:40 (twenty years ago)

My car is affectionately known as "you useless piece-of-shit rustbucket".

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 12:44 (twenty years ago)

The car is new. I swapped a Togomannschaft for it.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 12:49 (twenty years ago)

(I have just had three glasses of wine, possibly undermining my car-moving project. How long does it take for that amount to alcohol to go away?)

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 12:49 (twenty years ago)

at least three hours. also, given your BMI, it might be slightly longer. you mayaswell just go to the pub and move p3rvert li0n in the morning...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 12:55 (twenty years ago)

Large or small glasses? what sort of alcohol content? Anything between about two and five hours, depending.

(xpost)

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 12:58 (twenty years ago)

But the neighbour is getting irate because it's been sitting outside his house since Sunday...

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 13:03 (twenty years ago)

Don't you have a helpful friend/flatmate/acquaintance who could move it for you?

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 13:06 (twenty years ago)

Not really. I will move it at about 8 and it will be fine.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 13:13 (twenty years ago)

Thanks in advance for those who have posted stickers. I just bought another ten packs from HMV. With a long queue behind me I would normally be embarassed, but I bought the Corinne Bailey Rae CD in there the other day and Panini is a small step in the cool direciton.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 14:30 (twenty years ago)

These are my needs. I have plenty of swaps inc. Jan Koller.

10
12
21
24
26
29
30
38
41
43
63
64
69
71
88
98
108
127
142
197
204
223
227
247
255
256
259
261
270
277
285
303
304
306
312
318
322
323
324
359
380
390
394
399
408
426
456
461
470
486
504
505
506
512
515
532
536
553
555
575
588

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 22:25 (twenty years ago)

Sorry – that looks like rather a lot, what with the way I've formatted them, but I am actually in the lead in Glasgow, believe it or not.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 22:26 (twenty years ago)

Alba, thanks for the stickers. I shall take the list above and put some in the post for you tonight but I need your address. I've emailed you this morning.

Omino, yours are ready to go once I've bought a stamp at lunchtime.

Cheers Glasgow. I think I've got this the right way round.

My revised needs are 216,275,532,547,551

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 1 June 2006 07:45 (twenty years ago)

Nalba, you now don't need: 12, 29, 23, 255, 256, 306, 312, 553

Isn't that nice?

I've an horrible feeling that I still need the Turkish Mannschaft but I might be making that up.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 1 June 2006 08:17 (twenty years ago)

I think you're making that up.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 1 June 2006 09:07 (twenty years ago)

Matt, do you still need 524 and 568? I can oblige if necessary, email me your address if you need them and we can arrange something.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 1 June 2006 09:10 (twenty years ago)

Matt, If you still need them I have:

47 73 220 529 580

Email me your address if you want them and I'll send you my list of needs.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 1 June 2006 09:17 (twenty years ago)

G, i haf a 275 for you!

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 June 2006 09:21 (twenty years ago)

ALBA! i have a rather ridiculous 15 of the ones you need, shall email as my need list is still only in paper form...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 June 2006 09:28 (twenty years ago)

London should send an emissary, to the land of ice and snow.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 1 June 2006 09:29 (twenty years ago)

unfortunately my visit isn't until august...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 June 2006 09:44 (twenty years ago)

Steve, keep that errant Iranian for me and I will cross your palm with mannschafts and shinies.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 1 June 2006 09:47 (twenty years ago)

sweet dude :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 June 2006 09:54 (twenty years ago)

I was so cruelly denied the opportunity to complete my Dutch page last night. Alba was listing his numbers and said "236" and I said "need!" and got all excited then went to stick it in my oh-so-nearly-completed Dutch page, turned it over and found Gio van Bronckhorst's stupid Dutch face looking at me, mocking me with his 234-ness. I accused Alba of all manner of cheating and confounding and of peeling Gio off in error then sticking him back on his backing but picking the wrong backing up, but he swears it was Panini being crap. Has anyone else encountered this madness, or is Alba just a big stinky liar?

(236 - Denny Landzaat is eluding me still. I hate him.)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 1 June 2006 14:20 (twenty years ago)

If you google panini+236+dutch the first hit is a forum with some bloke who has a double double denny. You could befriend him in a completely non-mental non-creepy non-stalkerish way and persuade him to part with one.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 1 June 2006 15:05 (twenty years ago)

Alternatively Ailsa you could get my work e-mail off Lucy or Nick and e-mail me your address (and maybe your wants list) and I could send 236 to you, and add soem more perhaps, that might be an plan.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 1 June 2006 15:23 (twenty years ago)

Too easy.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 1 June 2006 15:29 (twenty years ago)

Gerry - I've emailed you.

I now have a completed England page. And a handwritten note from Alba reading COME ON! He has very nice handwriting.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 June 2006 15:35 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I agree with Onimo (about it being too easy to just garner Tim's cast-offs, not about befriending random blokes of the internet, I *never* do that ever). More sticker madness tomorrow (too tired to be arsed going anywhere near a shop today) - my mate Ryan, a bemused onlooker amid the sticker-swapping madness, said "why don't you just buy the stickers directly from Panini or just buy a completed book off ebay". Totally missing the point. I'm still some way behind the rest of Glasgow so shall be attempting to actually purchase my way to more success for a while, since my swapsies are all pish (I never want to see any more Dutch players who aren't Denny Landzaat, and Philip Senderos is doing my head in)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 1 June 2006 15:38 (twenty years ago)

Glaswegians: look out for Jan Vennnegooor of Hessselinkk stuck to the door of Mono.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 1 June 2006 15:45 (twenty years ago)

I will get my arse in gear this evening and email the fucking lot of you (well, just a select handful) with swaps/needs/etc. Hopefully I can help some of you out.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 1 June 2006 16:30 (twenty years ago)

(This is because I feel the need to get up to speed on all the ILX swappage I can before this weekend's mooted meeting with Local Youth.)

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 1 June 2006 16:31 (twenty years ago)

Alba - I have 10, 26, 41, 64, 204, 227, 277, 285, 303, 390, 426, 515 for you. 277, 285 and 515 I have more than one copy of, so you can have them basically for free. My needs list is as always here

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 1 June 2006 19:39 (twenty years ago)

Alba - I can sort you out with 127, 256, 394, 399, 408 and 553.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 June 2006 21:35 (twenty years ago)

Cheers Matt and Andrew –

I will let you know shortly. I'll type up my swaps list tomorrow!

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 1 June 2006 22:52 (twenty years ago)

Alba: I can give you 69 (oo-er), 88 (two fat ladies) & 486 (goosed by a numpty). Shall I put "[for ND]" next to them in my list.

Tom: do you still need 305? I've got "[for TE]" next to it in my list.

I still need 187 stickers, so no point listing them here - though I will send the list to anyone I'm swapping with. Too tired right now though.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 1 June 2006 23:08 (twenty years ago)

Mike – I'd love you to. I bet you'll love some of my swaps. Steve H just got 29! I love this sticker free love.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 1 June 2006 23:10 (twenty years ago)

I've emailed you, Tim & Tom. Good night, swappers!

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 1 June 2006 23:18 (twenty years ago)

Mike, please podcast your meeting with the Local Youth.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 2 June 2006 06:39 (twenty years ago)

Alba, I'll put yours in the post tonight.

I'm down to FOUR: 216 (Serbian bloke), 275 (Iranian dude - which I hope Steve is still holding for me), 531 (Casillas) and 551 (some Ukrainian).

Omino, thanks for Morientes. He might not have made the world cup squad, but he can take comfort from the fact that he is now stuck firmly, if slightly wonky, in my album.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 2 June 2006 07:47 (twenty years ago)

You can take comfort in his kindly eyes too.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 2 June 2006 07:53 (twenty years ago)

I got The Super Js' Jason Scotland last night to complete my T&T page! (7 not-gots from 15 packs would have been depressing had it not been for that)

Hopefully I've got a few stickers waiting on me in the mail when I get home (thanks Mikey G!) which will bring me down to the 50 mark or thereabouts. I'll post needs after I go through them.

I'll check out that other place and see if I can help out other people.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 2 June 2006 08:03 (twenty years ago)

G - if you email me, I can send you Casillas. I'd be asking for a good rate of exchange, mind, bearing in mind your proximity to the finish line.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 June 2006 08:06 (twenty years ago)

My needs list is as always here

-- Andrew Farrell (afarrel...), June 1st, 2006 9:39 PM. (afarrell) (later)

Andrew, if you still need them I can give you 45, 76, 332, 499, 518, 534 and 572 from that list. Email me your address and I'll send them to you and give you my needs list.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:05 (twenty years ago)

i seem to have completely lost interest in this malarkey :(

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:06 (twenty years ago)

216, 275, 531, 551.

I repeat them like a mantra, like the numbers in Lost.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:15 (twenty years ago)

http://www.tvsquad.com/images/2005/11/wetwalt.png

Don't sticking spaz

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:18 (twenty years ago)

216, 275, 531, 551.

I'm disappointed to discover that that's not a working IP address.

― Crimea River (Mark C), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:18 (twenty years ago)

Hey Walt, where's my Ukrainian defender?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:20 (twenty years ago)

i seem to have completely lost interest in this malarkey

Please give me all your swapsies tomorrow okthxbye.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:21 (twenty years ago)

i MIGHT do...

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:22 (twenty years ago)

Hey Walt, where's my Ukrainian defender?

He's coming, he's in the trees!

― Wet Walt (GerryNemo), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:22 (twenty years ago)

It's possible I can get Stevem's mojo working.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:24 (twenty years ago)

I've still been so hassled that I haven't had the chance to work out whether (a) I already have the Turksih Mannschaft (b) if someone's promised it to me (if you have, who are you?) (c) if I simply missed it and still need it.

Matt will you bring your "460" with you on the bus tomorrow pls?

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:35 (twenty years ago)

You do not need the Turkish Mannschaft.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:36 (twenty years ago)

on that note, has anyone got #981 - Christian Dailly?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:39 (twenty years ago)

Unfortunately it's not my 460 just yet, although if I'm lucky I'll get my hands on it this weekend. After which it's all yours.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:41 (twenty years ago)

hurrah! I finally got Denny Landzaat.

Andrew - I can do you 76 and 494.

524 and 568 are still up for grabs, Matt, if you still want them.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 3 June 2006 08:09 (twenty years ago)

Giaour, if you still need 34, 102, 183, 287, 500 and 566 I've got them too.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 3 June 2006 08:17 (twenty years ago)

(oh yeah, Andrew, Gerry's already promised you 76. Still, my need is greater than his. Pick me!)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 3 June 2006 08:24 (twenty years ago)

Further splurging on tickets means I can also give 43, 261, 277 and 359 to Alba in return for something (preferably Mexicans who seem to be avoiding me). He could have had 12 and 29 as well had Tim not got in there first, thereby denying me two crucial swapsies.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 3 June 2006 08:31 (twenty years ago)

(oh yeah, Andrew, Gerry's already promised you 76. Still, my need is greater than his. Pick me!)

but I have a load of stickers you need and I see you more often so wouldn't it be better to keep me sweet?

Anyway, 76 is already headed south.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 3 June 2006 08:37 (twenty years ago)

Oh, OK. I'm being selfish now! Are you going to the pub this afternoon? I might have more stickers you need, having bought a shitload of useles ones yesterday.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 3 June 2006 08:40 (twenty years ago)

It's unlikely I'll make it into Glasgow today. What pub are you going to, just in case?

My current needs:
0, 4, 24, 25, 30, 72, 83, 86, 88
106, 172, 175, 181, 186, 197
213, 215, 223, 256, 282
313, 324, 365, 394
408, 440, 450, 457, 459, 461, 471
504, 505, 506, 532, 535, 550, 552, 563

Awaiting a postman with: 205, 312, 384, 449, 509 (thanks Andrew)

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 3 June 2006 08:47 (twenty years ago)

Don't know, waiting on others to decide on something. Famous Glasgow FAP organisation! Will text you and let you know.

Out of all your needs, I can oblige with one poxy sticker. 450 is all yours!

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 3 June 2006 08:55 (twenty years ago)

Onimo, I have two 88s (four fat ladies) - one is going to Alba, the other can be yours. I can also furnish you with 106 & 172 - I'll email you off-board with my needs if you like.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Saturday, 3 June 2006 09:44 (twenty years ago)

I have stickers on the way from Michael, Carsmile, Tim and Mikey G and possibly Matt DC (I can't remember). Once I've got these I will regroup and enter the final phase of my sticker masterplan. I can't go to the pub today anyway cause I'm at work.

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 3 June 2006 09:49 (twenty years ago)

Hold onto that 450 ailsa and I'll give you a shiny or something.

Thanks Michael, just remove the subtle spam filter from this email address.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 3 June 2006 09:55 (twenty years ago)

Alba, Onimo: you both have mail. Never printed out my list, so will have to rely on pen & paper for my Youth meeting tomorrow. I bet the kids all have spreadsheets on their PSPs or something. Fingers crossed this isn't some kind of police sting; if I get banged up, please think of me as favourably as you would, say, Chr1s L4ngh4m.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Saturday, 3 June 2006 10:09 (twenty years ago)

Thanks Ailsa! What ones do you need? As regards Mexicans I only have a few - 245, 248, 254 and the shiny.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Saturday, 3 June 2006 10:11 (twenty years ago)

The Youth meeting was today in the end - brought forward to coincide with a neighbourhood barbecue. It was ultimately just 15-y-o Josh with his multiple lists (he was managing the swappage for himself, his mate and his uncle) and a massive stack of duplicates; we decided it would be simpler to have a free-for-all. I picked up 27 new stickers and my swaps pile was depleted by 40-odd. What a nice lad.

Ailsa, I only have 75 swaps left after this afternoon's teenage raid so I might not be much help, but email me your needs list and I'll respond in kind.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Saturday, 3 June 2006 20:50 (twenty years ago)

today's NEWS OF THE SCREWS has proper panini branded stickers for some of the missing english players (walcott, lennon, hargreaves and one other i can't remember at the mo). not sure what you are meant to do with them though, seems very rude to eg stick one over swp.

after yesterday's raid on matt DC and tim H's piles (ooer) and the arrival of N's swaps i am now down to SIXTY NINE NEEEEDS!

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Sunday, 4 June 2006 11:11 (twenty years ago)

I have been wrong, wrong and wrong again.

Setting aside the 460 debacle, the most recent of my wrongs was saying that I thought I needed the Turkish Manschaft, of course I need no such thing, Turkey did not qualify and therefore they have no mannschaft.

In fact, I am in need of a 586, the Tunisian mannschaft.

I have the 174 variety of Heinze on a promise, and then really all I need is the 586 and I'm done. Anyone got one?

Apologies to all my Turkish and Tunisian readers for my gross stupidity.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:09 (twenty years ago)

248 would be lovely, ta, Andrew, have you posted Gerry's to him yet, you could just stick it in there as I'll probably see him this week sometime and then you won't have to buy another stamp for just one sticker.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:18 (twenty years ago)

Apologies to anyone I've bequeathed swapsies to - I've been rubbish at getting anything sorted. There will be stickers in the post in the next couple of days. That's assuming Alba sends me his address.

Although after Carsmile's immensely profitable raid on my doubles pile on Saturday, it's quite possible I no longer have some of them. Sorry.

Still, 13 to go!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:21 (twenty years ago)

Still needing the couple I mentioned upthread?

I've started making separate piles - ones I've promised to people stay in my drawer, then I've got two piles of swapsies, one that the Glasgow lot have been through and new ones that no-one's had a look at yet. Any further division and it will get confusing. How did I cope with this when I was a kid? (answer: I was an anally-retentive little so-and-so, but also it didn't matter so much overall and I gave up before the end)

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:26 (twenty years ago)

(that's "one's I've promised to people in London, regardless of whether they actually want them or not" that stay in my drawer - one's I've promised to Alba and Onimo are turned upside down in my swapsies pile that I keep in my bag so I don't accidentally give them to anyone else and I've got them on me if I happen to bump into them)

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:28 (twenty years ago)

Umm, I'm not sure - depends what they are? As they're pretty close to the end, I assume they're Tunisians?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:29 (twenty years ago)

524 and 568. 524 is jaccques Romao of Togo and 568 is ! The TUNISIAN MANNSCHAFT WOT OPKINS WANTS!!

(Tim, 586 is Santos of Tunisia - FITE DC FOR THE MANNSCHAFT!!!)

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:35 (twenty years ago)

The other NOTW England 'star' was Stuart Downing. I thought this was a great idea by the newspaper.

Still the same four to go. Not sure if people are hanging onto those I need (Matt and Steve)?

I wondered what the hell Tim was going on about with Turkey. Perhaps the stickers get to you in the end.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:44 (twenty years ago)

Hahaha I'm wrong again. It's the Tunisian Mannschaft I need and it's 568, then.

Matt, must we fite?

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:47 (twenty years ago)

I have all his in an envelope for posting purposes, but I had one of those Monday mornings where it feels like everything in my room is strange and alien, and so I don't have it with me for posting purposes. So I can bung 248 in when I go home tonight.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:50 (twenty years ago)

Tim, I presume we must, although bearing in mind you've given me a large number of stickers for nothing, it wouldn't be gentlemanly to take the plucky Tunisians for myself.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:52 (twenty years ago)

Yea! Email me your address! (this email works when you change the bit I've obviously changed). Perhaps I shall include my Turkish Mannschaft and a coin and you can have a ceremonial coin-toss to decide whether Tim gets to finish his book or whether Matt foils him at the last.

(xpost - matt goes for the altruistic gallantry sympathy-vote!)

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:53 (twenty years ago)

Oh Matt you are a dear.

And Ailsa is the email on here real, but with gmail not geemail? If so I'll mail you and you can send me your wants list, if you want.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:56 (twenty years ago)

Yeah. I'm going out in a bit, and shall buy some more stickers, then let you know what I need when I come back.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:57 (twenty years ago)

Cor! Matt's altruism rewarded with Earl-Hickey-esque karma, as my latest expedition to the shop provides me with another Tunisian Mannschaft!!

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 June 2006 09:44 (twenty years ago)

(so, er, yes, addresses, boys, or are you doing a swapsie meet sometime so I can put multiple needs down to a trustworthy soul for distribution since I am not working at the moment and therefore can't nick/afford stamps from the office)

11 needs from 50 stickers (though the HMV policy of scanning each individual pack paid off as the poor girl struggled to cope with the ten packs as she scanned them and she only charged me for nine).

I'm actually quite annoyed I can't do a huge trade-off for my Tunisian Mannschaft now, that would have been fun, having boys fight over me :-)

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 June 2006 09:57 (twenty years ago)

Ailsa did you get my mail?

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 5 June 2006 09:59 (twenty years ago)

yeah, I did, just typing up a list of my needs now - will forward to you shortly.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 June 2006 10:02 (twenty years ago)

I have no problem with either distributing dtickers for London or collecting them from Tim/Matt DC. Send me your wants list as well, Ailsa, I'll see what I can do!

Still waiting to hear from Alba.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 5 June 2006 10:55 (twenty years ago)

Hi Andrew – I had a couple of your needs but other people got in there first! Still need 285 and 515 from your double doubles, but feel a bit bad asking for them when I have nothing for you in return. Mighe head into town to get some more stickers now, so perhaps I'll find some of your needs.

Mikey G – got yours in this morning's post. Thanks so much. Now I just need ROBOT CROUCH to complete England.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 5 June 2006 11:27 (twenty years ago)

I've not been paying enough attention to the plight of Mikey G, who was the first person who give me carte blanche with his swaps, and so I embarrasingly have two Igor Duljaj's. Drop me a mail and I'll get them to you.

I went shopping today, with great results for me (5 out of 50 at this stage!) and other people.

Matt - do you still need 14 (Nurnberg), 497 (Choi Jin-Cheul), and 549 (Ukranian Mannschaft)?

And Gerry will feel the benefit of my slothery: because I haven't yet mailed out your envelope, you can have 213, 505, 506 and 532 if you want them.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 5 June 2006 19:37 (twenty years ago)

I still need millions. I started typing them out for Tim earlier, and felt my soul eroding about half-way through.

Glasgow, let's get stuff sorted. Then I can mail a more revised-er list which doesn't make me look rubbish. And then, when this is all done, I can redecorate my whole house with stickers Jan Venegoor of Hesselink's stupid bloody face which I swear to God is in EVERY SODDING PACKET I BUY! (I now have about six Clint Dempsey's though, and have gone off him somewhat)

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 June 2006 19:43 (twenty years ago)

(even though he makes me lose my concentration so much that I start to pluralise with the use of apostrophes)

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 June 2006 19:44 (twenty years ago)

you can have 213, 505, 506 and 532 if you want them.

Yes please Andrew. I'll check my latest bunch of useless doublers (46 out of 50 today) and see if I can help you out with any more from your list.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 5 June 2006 20:14 (twenty years ago)

Andrew - yes please to Choi Jin-Cheul, I now have the others. Chuck me an email.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 June 2006 20:30 (twenty years ago)

Actually, I need Nurnberg as well. Bloody stadiums, all look the same. Holborn lunch tomorrow?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 June 2006 20:41 (twenty years ago)

Ailsa – I'm up for another Wednesday meet-up. I've got a load arriving from Carsmile that I don't know the numbers of, so don't really want to do it before I get them.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 5 June 2006 20:43 (twenty years ago)

I have a few arriving, but I have cunningly started marking their space with a little pencil cross so that I know I don't need them any more. Wednesday is good for me, since, you know... *bleats on interminably about the injustices of the world*...

Not Mono please (we left to go somewhere else for real food after you left, btw). Unless the sun is splitting the sky and we get to sit outside like I was doing out the back of Brel this afternoon.

I wanted to have mine done before the start of the World Cup, but tardiness has overtaken me.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 June 2006 21:07 (twenty years ago)

(Matt, got your email, will reply tomorrow once I get myself more organised)

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 June 2006 21:08 (twenty years ago)

xxpost - Yes, we should holborn lunch anyway, as discussed.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 5 June 2006 21:12 (twenty years ago)

Andrew, I've gmailed you with my address.

Matt, thanks for the email. I'll check my swaps against your list tonight and let you know if I can help.

That should leave me with 2, of which Steve has one (Iranian) me thinks. Steve, do you need my address? Not sure if I have emailed it already?

Cheers all.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 08:22 (twenty years ago)

no, you haven't, but then it's not like we live a million miles away from each other or anything, if yr free tonight or tomorrow?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 08:29 (twenty years ago)

Good shout, perhaps tomorrow. I have loads of swaps to get rid of, so can pass a load on and you can share around.

How close is the Anchor & Hope to you?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 08:47 (twenty years ago)

this one?:

http://www.fancyapint.com/main_site/thepubs/pub2115.html

i could get there pretty easily :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 09:13 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, that's it. Except Fancy A Pint seem to be confused between a canal and a river. As for the locals' reaction to Panini swapping, well we may have to be discreet to avoid a dunking.

Do you want to ask any others who live locally? Other Steve? Um, that's it, I think?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 09:25 (twenty years ago)

My postie's just been! Thank Tim! (your mannschaft is, as they say, in the post).

Others, I've still got in the region of 150 to go, so may be some more stickers before deciding on what I want in reply. YMOF, mail me your address, unless you're going to see Matt through the week, in which case I can stick your in with his...

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 10:06 (twenty years ago)

I think once all my postal swaps arrive I'll need 25 stickers, 4 of which are French.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 10:12 (twenty years ago)

Has anyone got 551? I think that's my last once the others roll in.

WILL DO ANYTHING IN RETURN etc

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 10:19 (twenty years ago)

I'm up for Wednesday night swopsies too. Here is my spreadsheet. Email lucyalder at google's email service if you wanna trade.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 10:27 (twenty years ago)

Hang on, is that 494, Ailsa? I actually bought one of them yesterday, so you can save yourself a stamp either way.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 10:29 (twenty years ago)

Steve & Michael – double sticker heaven in post today. Many thanks. Italy and Netherlands now DONE.

Andrew – I have 117 for you. Check yr gmail.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 11:07 (twenty years ago)

Oh, OK, Andrew. Matt, your Tunisian mannschaft is in the post also.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 11:16 (twenty years ago)

Your Mexican's still on the way, don't worry!

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 12:23 (twenty years ago)

Ta - will pick it up off Gerry this week sometime.

Glasgow - pick a pub. If weather is like this, one we can sit outside of would be peachy.

(I'm going to go very shortly and sit outside a pub for the rest of the afternoon. Unemployment ain't so bad on days like this!)

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 12:26 (twenty years ago)

Can you get grants for swapsies when you're on the dole? Knowing the Government, I bet you can only get Merlin. Tight sods.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 12:28 (twenty years ago)

(Lucy, you have mail).

Plan this week, after all my postal swappage is complete, is to blow my WHSmith voucher (which I've had since about 2003) on as many packets as I can find and then next week come grovelling for what will hopefully be only a few dozen remaining needs to those people I haven't yet mithered by email.

Is Tom E still reading this thread? Did you get my email?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 12:34 (twenty years ago)

Jonesy will you bung me your address, to my work email?

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 12:37 (twenty years ago)

I got Neil Young - Living With War with my WHSmiths voucher.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 12:45 (twenty years ago)

(Tim H: Er, did that last Friday but maybe you didn't get it; just emailed you again...)

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 12:46 (twenty years ago)

Mike: checking now.

Hint: WHSmiths at mainline stations seem to have packs and packs and packs sitting at the tills. They do here, anyway.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 13:05 (twenty years ago)

And a tenner gets you 28 packs, so... (It's not like I'd miss it - it's been sitting in my wallet for so long).

Brixton tube WHSmiths is permanently sold out of Panini, but has mucho Merlin. Will try Victoria tomorrow night.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 13:38 (twenty years ago)

1, 4, 5, 6, 7, are good PJ M. 4 is the shiny, imho. 100 voice Mannschaft very effective.

― Mooro (Mooro), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 17:16 (twenty years ago)

who oh who OH WHO would like to help me out with the following buggers:

53 paulo wanchope
59 martin basczynski
102 john terry
146 jason scotland
246 ozzie sanchez
456 fabien barthez
478 patrick muller
500 lee chun-soo
551 oleg shovkovsky
563 sergei rebrov
566 andrei vorobei

pretty plz w/ cherry on top

― rtccc (mwah), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 19:45 (twenty years ago)

Look upthread, I promised you a few including John Terry... (am pissed so can't be arsed looking through my massive pile again)

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 20:47 (twenty years ago)

promised me? eek soz i havent been on this thread in a while

― rtccc (mwah), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 21:17 (twenty years ago)

ok i see it now! brill! and do u still have 500 and 566 as well? do email over ur needs list if its not already around and i am being blind

― rtccc (mwah), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 21:29 (twenty years ago)

haha that only LOOKS like it took me 12 minutes to find

― rtccc (mwah), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 21:30 (twenty years ago)

I might have a couple others having been on a wee spending spree since posting that. Does that email address work (when tinkered with appropriately, obviously)? It'll be tomorrow before I can muster enough sense to sort through my stickers properly.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 21:38 (twenty years ago)

I think I like them all, Mooro, even the last one. Trouble is, it made me think I would like that speedily recorded Pearl Jam collaboration again. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to be cheap anywhere.

I am surprised you missed number 2 off your list, it has lodged itself in my head.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 06:23 (twenty years ago)

Glasgow, where are we meeting this evening? I like the outdoor idea in isolation, but when you add stickers to the equation is there not the opportunity for windy disaster? Also, it's pretty impossible to get a seat outside in this weather.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 08:41 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I bought some stickers yesterday and opened them outside a pub and had to go chasing one round the garden of the pub after an unexpected gust of wind sent it flying.

I shall be fulfilling my "sitting outside" quota for the day up the West End somewhere this afternoon, so inside is OK for me. Just thought you poor souls trapped in your office all day may like to enjoy the nice weather.

Anyway, you decide...

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 08:46 (twenty years ago)

I will sort through my stickers at lunchtime and see what I can offer. Can the Glasgow people please email me their needs lists if they get the chance, to save me trawling the thread and trying to work out who's offered what to whom.

I think it may be a very short swaps session :(

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 08:50 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and I don't mind where we meet, as long as it's within easy walking distance of the city centre.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 08:51 (twenty years ago)

(ailsa - yeah, that email addy is fine)

― rtccc (mwah), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 09:27 (twenty years ago)

Gerry, a quick trawl through my swapsies pile shows me I now also have 24, 72 and 313 from your list above if you still need them.

Alba, are you still needing the ones I said upthread you can have - I've got them separate for you anyway.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 10:09 (twenty years ago)

I do still need them! Plus you promised me 450! I have around 260 swaps, I'm sure I have something you need.

Oh wait, I was holding some for you wasn't I? I'll find the email and put them aside for you.

Where shall we four meet again?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 10:17 (twenty years ago)

Your 450 is safe, don't you worry. I've emailed you my depressingly long list, but I don't know what I'm getting from Matt DC, so it may be out of date.

(Giaour, I'll email you my revised list tomorrow, but if you want to email me your address - this email works, but gmail obviously - I'll put your three in the post tonight)

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 10:20 (twenty years ago)

Assuming the stickers I've been promised are in the post (or in ailsa's bag) my current needs list is

0, 4, 25, 30, 83
175, 181, 186, 197
215, 223, 282
324, 394
440, 457, 459, 461, 471 (still 4 French required WTF)
535, 550, 563

Any help from anyone would be much appreciated. I've got too many swaps to list here but email me any requests and I'll take a look.

Thanks again to everyone who posted stickers from London, you made a huge dent in my needs list.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 10:35 (twenty years ago)

My needs:

10, 12, 29, 38, 71
142, 197, 247, 255, 261, 270
285, 304, 306, 359, 361, 394
505, 506, 515, 532, 575, 588

I also need:

204, 303, 312, 318, 390 and 553, but they're on their way from Andrew.

and 256, 399, 408, which should be arriving from Matt DC.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 10:52 (twenty years ago)

I think I may be able to help you with a few of those (4 or thereabouts).

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 10:57 (twenty years ago)

Alba, 43, 261, 277 and 359 were the ones I promised you earlier. I notice you only need 261 and 359 now due to your lack of response earlier, so you can have them later on.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 11:18 (twenty years ago)

Sorry ailsa, I lost track of things a bit. I am v.grateful and excited about your stickers, believe me.

Counting House again?

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:00 (twenty years ago)

There's an East London sticker meet tonight if anyone fancies it.
Just Steve and I at the moment, but all welcome.

http://www.fancyapint.com/main_site/thepubs/pub2115.html

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:03 (twenty years ago)

alba i've these:

10, 38, 142, 247, 506, 515

(also 359 but ailsa can sort u out w/ that)

(altho if ailsa needs any of these she's first dibs obv)

(sigh actually let's just wait a couple of days til all the new dust settles. but just to let u know, provisionally.)

― rtccc (mwah), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:05 (twenty years ago)

Excellent. I'll have a look for your needs later on and see what I have.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:14 (twenty years ago)

Only need 10 and 247 out of that lot, rtccc. I could have Alba in a fight, probably, if necessary for them.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:17 (twenty years ago)

I've been told I'm quite a dirty fighter.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:20 (twenty years ago)

haha ok well let me know how that ruck goes down. or, we'll just see how many others of urs i have. it's all so tricky.

also yeah, quite obv i defer any 551 shovkovskys to mikey g first innit

― rtccc (mwah), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:22 (twenty years ago)

Madchen, I have seven of your needs! Email been sent to you, and they are now kept separate in my bag for distribution in the pub.

Counting House OK with me, though Madchen may wind up unlucky with food for the third time in a row.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:24 (twenty years ago)

Well, we could go to the Bastille (on Argyll Arcade, the little L-shaped back lane that runs between Argyle St and Buchanan St). They do nice food.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:27 (twenty years ago)

I'm not staying around for long, cause I've got to go home and out again before a gig later on.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:27 (twenty years ago)

I'd quite like to check out Bastille because I might hire it out for work things (it used to be Sloan's didn't it?) I can't stick around too late tonight, but I can do food. I can always do food.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:35 (twenty years ago)

I've got 247 so I can give that to Alba/Ailsa and Ailsa/Alba can have rtccc's.

I don't need any of Madchen's swaps so unless Alba has any of my needs I'll be turning up tonight to collect 4 stickers from Ailsa :(

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:38 (twenty years ago)

No, you'll be turning up for the company of friends. Ungrateful sod.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:39 (twenty years ago)

Aye, that too
:)

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:40 (twenty years ago)

I got 47 swops from 50 new stickers yeterday, but I'm not giving any to Onimo now.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:45 (twenty years ago)

Aw, here was me coming here to type that none of the ones Ailsa has for you match the ones I have for you, meaning that I'd be bringing you 8 of your needs.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:46 (twenty years ago)

So. Bastille then. I'll be there for 6.15 or so.

Onimo – I forgive you and have 30, 461 and 550 of your needs.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:50 (twenty years ago)

I have 12, 247, 306 and 361 for you.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:53 (twenty years ago)

I'm also awaiting 285, 426 and 515 in the post for you from Andrew.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 13:04 (twenty years ago)

rtccc I can help you with

53 paulo wanchope
59 martin basczynski

If you still need them. Email me your address and I'll send them to you.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 13:10 (twenty years ago)

Gerry, I've got an envelope to post down - I'll just hang onto it till tonight and you can add them in if you want.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 13:20 (twenty years ago)

Good plan.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 13:25 (twenty years ago)

I'm full of good ideas, me :-)

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 13:27 (twenty years ago)

G, Alba, Onimo, Ailsa - your stickers will be in the post tomorrow. In ridiculously oversized envelopes.

Ailsa - check yr email. I believe I can make you very happy.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 20:39 (twenty years ago)

Also, as part of the final push, does anyone have:

5 - Hamburg Stadium
52 - Alvaro Saborio (Costa Rica)
90 - Franklin Salas (Ecuador)
117 - Paulo Da Silva (Paraguay)
197 - Abdoulaye Djire (Ivory Coast)
313 - Sammy Adjei/Daniel Adusei (Ghana)
402 - Josip Simunic (Croatia)
478 - Patrick Muller (Switzerland)
484 - Johann Lonfat (Switzerland)
572 - Karim Hagui (Tunisia)

Mikey G, Giaour, Steady Mike, I'm looking at you. And, frankly, everyone else on this thread. You will be handsomely rewarded.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 21:10 (twenty years ago)

I have none of yours, Matt. But it is still my plan to buy 28 packs this week from any branch of WHSmiths willing to take my voucher; sadly, they all seem to be out of stock. I may have missed the boat... :(

I also discovered this evening whilst stickering (thanks Alba, Tim H, Onimo!) that I have a few more needs that I thought and that - horror - I've actually given away a few stickers as swaps that were never swaps to begin with. Oh well, it's done now - move on.

Thankfully, Cuauhtemoc Blanco is in his rightful place; on Saturday, the missus and I spotted Mr Blanco stuck to a lamppost - he peeled off rather easily but wasn't in such good nick by the time we got him home (we'd re-adhered him to the handle of Ava's stroller but then sort of forgot he was there and...scrunch). No matter cos I already had him; sorry if he's a precious need for anyone but I'm not sure how I'd have posted him. With a different numbered backing, I guess.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 21:40 (twenty years ago)

rtccc - check your gmail.
Matt - I'll sort you out with 572.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 22:18 (twenty years ago)

Oh - I meant also to say that I got a load of stickers in the post this morning with a Watford postmark and I have no idea who they are from. Thank you, whoever you are, guardian sticker angel.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 22:22 (twenty years ago)

It must be Tim H - he works up there a couple of days a week. Or else it's Graham Taylor.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 22:26 (twenty years ago)

GOOD OLD TIM.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 22:49 (twenty years ago)

5 & 53 en route to Matt now...

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 22:53 (twenty years ago)

52, that is...

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 22:53 (twenty years ago)

Gerry – I think Andrew is sending 285 and 515 to you, which are for me. If so, I guess I'll wrestle them off you next week.

Madchen – ditto with 204, 303, 312, 318, 390 and 553.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 23:14 (twenty years ago)

Matt, I have 484 and 5. I'll send both, although I see you may get a 5 from elsewhere.

I still have 4 stickers to go. Those who promised to send them to me, please do so.

Only 551 left potentially. Whoever sends me this gets all my remaining swaps. It is a wodge.

Blanco mentioned upthread. Weirdly I was teaching my girlfriend how to do the Blanco hop last night. She thought I was winding her up. Her Cruyff turn is coming along too.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 8 June 2006 07:37 (twenty years ago)

At around 8.30 last night, after struggling home from a particularly unpleasant day at work, I found an envelope waiting for me.

At around 8.31 I stuck the Tunisian Mannschaft into the last remaining space in my album.

And... relax.

What to do with this half-inch of swapsies, then? Anyone not had a go through them?

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 8 June 2006 07:40 (twenty years ago)

Have you won, Tim?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 8 June 2006 07:44 (twenty years ago)

Those who promised to send them to me, please do so

That includes me, doesn't it? Right, so.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 8 June 2006 07:44 (twenty years ago)

PJM, it wasn't a competition. But yes I have.

(BTW PJM are we going to be catching up in the next week or so so I can pay you MONEY? I'll be on holiday for a while after that.)

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 8 June 2006 07:48 (twenty years ago)

Andrew, yes, you are sitting on my Serbian.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 8 June 2006 07:58 (twenty years ago)

Only 551 left potentially. Whoever sends me this gets all my remaining swaps. It is a wodge.

Mikey G, a winner is you! Email me!

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 June 2006 08:01 (twenty years ago)

Came home from swaps last night to find an envelope from Andrew with more stickers! Thanks Andrew.

Alba I have 285 426 515 for you from Andrew
Ailsa I have 248 for you from Andrew

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 8 June 2006 08:09 (twenty years ago)

Still need:

0 4 25 83
175 181 186 197
215 282
324 394
440 457 459 471
563

Help! Please! Anyone! The WC starts tomorrow and I am going to fail in my mission!

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 8 June 2006 08:12 (twenty years ago)

Cheers Andrew! Cheers Gerry!

I feel so good that I got Tim's book finished for him, and I can finish Mikey's as well. It kind of makes up for not being anywhere near finishing my own (though a lot nearer now, thanks Glasgow, you are all aces).

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 June 2006 08:13 (twenty years ago)

Great deal in The Bastille for the World Cup.

"Get a free Bastille Pie when you order any two pint stein during the kick off and final whistle of all World Cup games!"

We figured this gives you a 3 second window per game in which to get a free pie. Let's hope they're not busy!

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 8 June 2006 08:16 (twenty years ago)

Me me me:

10, 38, 71
142, 197
270, 285
304, 394
505, 506, 515, 532, 575, 588

(plus 204, 285, 303, 312, 318, 390, 515 and 553 on their way from Andrew and 399, 408 from Matt DC)

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 8 June 2006 08:19 (twenty years ago)

I have to go home ealry, Tim, to take over dandling duties while Arantxa takes over earning duties, so I don't know when catching up will be possible, unless it is very early doors. I was thinking of dropping in at the Bloo Posts later, but it would probably mean leaving before anyone else even arrives.

Besides, I am in no hurry for the money, in fact I said I didn't want it at laa when I originally neshed out. I am quite keen on having it eventually, now, though, so that I can WASTE it.

You should have a World Cup t-shirt made:

"GERMANY 2006 - I SWAPPED TO COMPLETION"

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 8 June 2006 08:20 (twenty years ago)

OK PJ, I can send you a cheque if you want, or it might have to wait until my return. Whichever way round, I'm happy. Alternatively I will spend it on stuff which I select for you, for the good of your soul, but that is (at present) likely to consist of contemporary c 'n' w, Toby Keith and suchlike. So you're probably better off wasting it yourself.

Gerry I have a 457 here for you. I've dropped an e-mail to your g-mail (on the assumption that your address upthere is real). Bung me your address.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 8 June 2006 08:44 (twenty years ago)

Hang on, has Tim bought success?

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 8 June 2006 08:53 (twenty years ago)

What do you mean? (The money for PJM is because I commandeered his ticket to see England play Jamaica in Manchester last weekend: he was going to go but I had a little tantrum and wouldn't stop crying until the ticket was mine.)

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 8 June 2006 08:59 (twenty years ago)

That's OK then.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 8 June 2006 09:00 (twenty years ago)

Ailsa, I've gmailed you. Thanks in advance.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 8 June 2006 09:02 (twenty years ago)

Tim's Tunisian mannschaft >>>>>>>>> Rooney's metatarsal.

Must. Find. Stickers. In. WHSmiths.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 8 June 2006 11:16 (twenty years ago)

It's not stuck in as wonkily as Wayno's metatarsal, mind.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 8 June 2006 11:18 (twenty years ago)

my list:

7, 9, 11, 14, 20, 23, 27, 31, 45, 66, 73, 81, 88, 93, 98, 106, 108, 125, 133, 134, 151, 194, 197, 206, 212, 214, 273, 274, 276, 277, 297, 301, 304, 305, 313, 318, 323, 328, 336, 363, 388, 398, 401, 406, 415, 421, 424, 427, 438, 483, 488, 491, 498, 516, 518, 524, 528, 541, 542, 546, 551, 559, 568, 570, 575, 576, 583, 591, 596

G, yr iranian is in the post :)

i haven't had a chance to check scottishes NEEDS, but if you can help me out, i should be able to help you a bit at least :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 8 June 2006 11:25 (twenty years ago)

The menko barman in the Bastille last night was telling me and Madchen that autographed SPL sticker books sell for lots of hundreds of pounds on ebay to other menks. When I get my sticker book finished, I'm going to drive to Perth and get Jason Scotland to sign it.

Steve, I have TONS of those - will email you.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 June 2006 11:32 (twenty years ago)

nineteen of them, to be precise!

(should really post them here so you don't get double offers, I suppose - 7 9 20 31 73 93 125 133 206 273 277 406 421 483 488 516 524 576 and 583 are now yours if you want 'em. Email me yr adress)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 June 2006 11:36 (twenty years ago)

Tim - you'll have to decide for me, I was up in time for Farming Today this morning.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 8 June 2006 11:40 (twenty years ago)

sweet :)

email sent

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 8 June 2006 11:42 (twenty years ago)

I can offer 27 194 274 388 491 528 and 546 on top of that lot.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 8 June 2006 11:43 (twenty years ago)

0 4 25 83
175 181 186 197
215 282
324 394
440 ~~457~~ 459 471
563

Still needed.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 8 June 2006 11:44 (twenty years ago)

rtccc I can help you with

53 paulo wanchope
59 martin basczynski

These are in ailsa's envelope and are one their way to you.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 8 June 2006 11:46 (twenty years ago)

These are in ailsa's envelope

That sounds ruder than it's supposed to.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 8 June 2006 12:17 (twenty years ago)

Actually they are in an envelope in my bag because I said "don't let me forget to post this" as I put it in my bag, then drinking happened and I, erm, forgot. I blame Onimo. I've got stuff to post to Matt & Mikey & Carsmile as well so will post it then.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 June 2006 12:21 (twenty years ago)

Current needs, though I don't know what's going to be in my mixed bag from Mikey G:

0, 5, 6, 10, 11, 26, 64, 65, 66, 69, 74, 75, 81, 83, 87, 88
103, 106, 112, 119, 127, 131, 138, 146, 155, 156, 163, 172, 175, 186,
202, 203, 215, 223, 255, 256, 268, 270, 275, 282, 290,
305, 314, 319, 320, 322, 323, 324, 328, 362, 367, 372, 374, 385, 391, 395, 398
401, 403, 405, 408, 419, 423, 440, 442, 444, 460, 470, 471, 478, 484
502, 505, 507, 508, 509, 512, 527, 536, 539, 561, 563, 575, 588

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 June 2006 12:28 (twenty years ago)

I'm not sure either. It's a good three inches thick though.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 8 June 2006 12:34 (twenty years ago)

Aldo to thread to say "that sounds ruder than it's supposed to" again please.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 June 2006 12:36 (twenty years ago)

Would it help if I said my wodge has a shiny tip?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 8 June 2006 12:41 (twenty years ago)

This is like the bit in the pub last night where we all turned into Beavis and Butthead "huh-huh, Madchen needs a 69, huh-huh", isn't it?

(not that we did that at all, oh no)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 June 2006 12:43 (twenty years ago)

Everyone needs a 69, as Norman Cook so memorably sang.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 8 June 2006 12:45 (twenty years ago)

I can offer 27 194 274 388 491 528 and 546 on top of that lot.

CarsmileSteve email me if you want these. I'll be seeing ailsa over the weekend and if she's willing to open her envelope I can pop a load in there.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 8 June 2006 13:19 (twenty years ago)

Oi! In front of your missus too!

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 June 2006 13:21 (twenty years ago)

Whoo-hoo - WHSmiths in the Plaza mall on Oxford Street (I don't think I'd ever been in there before) has boxes and boxes of the bastards. Bought 29 packs for one voucher + 15p. Probably my only chance to go through them will be during Eng 0-0 Par this Saturday and only then if Ava is napping. I reckon I'll be 35-45 short after this splurge.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 8 June 2006 13:23 (twenty years ago)

That plaza is a strange place. It looks like it belongs to a provincial town centre. Daventry perhaps, or Cwmbran.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 8 June 2006 13:30 (twenty years ago)

Ailsa I have a spare 442 here. 440 is the one I mistakenly asked for while limping pathetically across the finishing line. Madchen sent it to me, so I have a spare of that one also. It's at home and so both will have to wait until tomorrow to be posted, but they are yours.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 8 June 2006 13:43 (twenty years ago)

Oh, ta very much.

I drunkenly emailed Matt at about 1 am promising him stickers. I even posted about it on this thread. Now I can't find the sodding stickers. I wasn't so drunk that I stuck them in an envelope and wandered down the road and posted them, surely? I definitely had them. Hmmm.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 June 2006 13:49 (twenty years ago)

Maybe they're in the other envelope that you had for rtccc?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 8 June 2006 14:21 (twenty years ago)

Nah, that was sealed and in my bag. I checked through and put Matt's aside, erm, somewhere. They'll turn up, I'm sure.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 June 2006 14:27 (twenty years ago)

Oh, panic over, I found them. They were, for some reason, on my windowsill.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 June 2006 14:34 (twenty years ago)

Just to confirm:

Matt is sending me 531
Ailsa is sending me 551
Steve is sending me 275
Andrew is sending me 216

All have my address. Thank you very much indeed. Matt I have a couple to send you, Ailsa I'll bung the rest your way.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 8 June 2006 14:41 (twenty years ago)

Cheers, they shall be distributed amongst us Scottish types at some point, or else given to Jeff the Aussie who is almost one of us.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 June 2006 14:44 (twenty years ago)

I only need 20 more! Updated list of needs and swops here.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 8 June 2006 15:16 (twenty years ago)

Pam bought me two packets at Blockbuster, bless her! That's 155 stickers to wade through this weekend. It would be a bizarre statistical anomaly if 65% of them were Needs and I finished this weekend but I'm prepared to entertain the outlying possibility.

On the way to the shop I saw, through a pub window, Kaka and three other South Americans stuck to the back of a slot machine. I'm pretty sure a couple were Needs. But I like to think I'm above fumbling behind the back of a one-armed bandit in a Soho boozer. At the moment.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 8 June 2006 15:34 (twenty years ago)

Do I see my 440 travelling Dennistoun > Peckham > Renfrew?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 8 June 2006 15:44 (twenty years ago)

He's a real journeyman. He'll end up in the J-League eventually.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 8 June 2006 15:54 (twenty years ago)

Carsmile - I have 276, 336, 570 at your disposal.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 8 June 2006 22:28 (twenty years ago)

my needs are holding steady at the moment: 72, 268, 391, 414, 461, 466, 539, 575, 591.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 9 June 2006 07:33 (twenty years ago)

I've got 414 if you don't get it off anyone else - if you're likely to see Carsmile then there's an envelope going to him tomorrow if you want me to pop it in with his lot?

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 9 June 2006 07:36 (twenty years ago)

ailsa, just gone through my swaps and i haf 10 for you. onimo, i haf only a riquelme for you, but shall send it up :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 9 June 2006 08:08 (twenty years ago)

Is that "I have 10 stickers", or is that "I can send you the Zentralstadion"?

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 9 June 2006 08:14 (twenty years ago)

Oh yes, please, Ailsa. I think I have a bunch for you, in that case. Depending on what you get from Mikey/Steve.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 9 June 2006 08:15 (twenty years ago)

OK, I'll stick Diddy Prso in with Steve's swaps tomorrow. Once I've received Mikey's bundle plus Steve's told me what he's sending me, I'll post a revised wants list.

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 9 June 2006 08:24 (twenty years ago)

oops, they're in the envelope now...

there are 10 stickers, one of which is a stadium, can't remember which one...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 9 June 2006 10:56 (twenty years ago)

Is there some kind of race to complete the books? People seem to be very urgent.

― the pinefox (the pinefox), Friday, 9 June 2006 10:56 (twenty years ago)

Tim won.

Urgent = The World Cup starts today and time seems to be running out to complete books.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 9 June 2006 10:58 (twenty years ago)

'salright, Carsmile, I can wait until tomorrow. The postie came and never brought me any stickers from Mikey, so tomorrow will be sticker-sticking frenzy action day!

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 9 June 2006 10:59 (twenty years ago)

Madchen, did you get yours from me? I'm a little concerned - I used a postbox on Hermitage Road that I'd...never noticed before.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:08 (twenty years ago)

many thanks to ailsa and onimo, whose stickers arrived just now (yes... 4 o clock), u guys rule!

will tot up my response now.

― rtccc (mwah), Friday, 9 June 2006 14:12 (twenty years ago)

ok onimo i have 175 & 471 for you - can pop in envelope of what i have for ailsa once she sorts thru mikey's lot, or if u want em sharpish send me ur email and i'll post asap

― rtccc (mwah), Friday, 9 June 2006 14:19 (twenty years ago)

er address duh

― rtccc (mwah), Friday, 9 June 2006 14:21 (twenty years ago)

So Ailsa, I have 26, 75, 112, 155, 156, 163, 320, 374, 385, 391, 395, 398, 423, 508, 527. So let me know which of these aren't covered by Steve and Mike, and we're done.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 9 June 2006 17:03 (twenty years ago)

The postie came and never brought me any stickers from Mikey, so tomorrow will be sticker-sticking frenzy action day!

And again, no stickers from anyone except Tim. Thanks Tim!

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 10 June 2006 09:11 (twenty years ago)

That's because mine haven't been posted yet. Although they will be today.

I can't be bothered to remove all the additional stickers from your envelope though, so you'll have some new doubles as well.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 10 June 2006 09:22 (twenty years ago)

That's OK. I just want to get sticking! I am impatient!! Thank you!!!

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 10 June 2006 09:24 (twenty years ago)

Got Boumsong from Tim, Thanks!

Still waiting on a few from Matt.

Got some for CarsmileSteve that I'm putting in ailsa's envelope today.

Yes please to 175 and 471 from rtccc, just pop them in ailsa's envelope (it gets about a bit, doesn't it?).

I had packs of stickers in each of two birthday cards today and unbelieveably got 2 needs!

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 10 June 2006 10:16 (twenty years ago)

I had packs of stickers in each of two birthday cards today

Bah, other people had MY IDEA!

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 10 June 2006 10:20 (twenty years ago)

Madchen I am hold 213 and 285 for you.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 10 June 2006 10:36 (twenty years ago)

Ailsa get to the pub and keep me a seat!

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 10 June 2006 10:36 (twenty years ago)

Hurrah, you managed a sentence with the correct verb usage!

(I'm going NOW!)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 10 June 2006 10:37 (twenty years ago)

I can not English today. Must be football thing. English must failed!

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 10 June 2006 10:39 (twenty years ago)

Still 71 to go - WHSmiths splurge had mere 14% strike-rate (to be expected, I suppose).

Will send out emails in the week...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Saturday, 10 June 2006 11:57 (twenty years ago)

Stickers received gratefully from Carsmile and Mikey G (whose big mystery bundle stopped abruptly in the 230s - did you split them down the middle with someone else, perchance, or were you really lucky with non-doublers thereafter?).

I now need:

0, 5, 10, 11, 64, 66, 69, 81, 83, 88
106, 112, 127, 143, 146, 175, 186
203, 215, 223, 255, 256, 268, 270, 275, 282, 290
305, 314, 319, 320, 332, 323, 324, 328, 362, 367, 372, 374, 385, 391, 395, 398
401, 403, 405, 408, 423, 444, 460, 470, 471, 478, 484
502, 505, 507, 509, 527, 536, 539, 561, 563, 575, 588

This is pish. HELP! I have gazillions of swapsies.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 17:38 (twenty years ago)

I can sort you out with 175, 223, 256, 401, 403, 408, 444, 527 & 588.

I've also got 322 if that's what you need rather than 332 (just going by the break in numerical sequence).

Email me at my cunningly undisguised address and we'll do the postal thing...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 18:54 (twenty years ago)

I've also got 322 if that's what you need rather than 332 (just going by the break in numerical sequence).

Spotter's badge for Jonesy! (though, really, I just want more Rino Gattusos)

Email soon to be on way.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 19:01 (twenty years ago)

So I've got 112, 320, 374, 385, 391, 395, 398, 423 for Ailsa, then.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 07:45 (twenty years ago)

What will happen when you have finished your sticker books?

― the pinefox (the pinefox), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 09:26 (twenty years ago)

righto ailsa i have:

(10, 11, 66, 88
106, 112, 143
203, 275
314, 319, 367, 372, 391, 395
408, 444
527, 536, 561)

and presumably subtracting the ones farrell und jones r offering, our new total iiiiiis:

10, 11, 66, 88
106, 143
203, 275
314, 319, 367, 372
536, 561

so let's be having ur address innit.

― rtccc (mwah), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 09:31 (twenty years ago)

Onimo/Ailsa/Mikey/Alba - yours have been posted but I was disgracefully late with doing so. You should've got them by now though.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 09:34 (twenty years ago)

pinefox, i think it's an issue people generally refuse to entertain pondering until it happens. as i near completion i've started not taking my album in my bag with me wherever i go for fear of some disaster befalling it, which i kinda rue because really i can't help thinking i should be going around filling peoples faces with stickery fun whether they like it or not. nor do i fancy the idea of the album festering at home as some sort of 'antique of the future', as my mother would say in her nasty little way.

perhaps tim h, and mikey g i'm presuming, can shed light on their sorrows. or joys. or neither.

― rtccc (mwah), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 09:42 (twenty years ago)

I imagine Tim is taking his completed sticker book to New York, as a way of ingratiating himself with the locals and pulling birds. It will be like Last Exit To Brooklyn, only with a sticker book instead of a sailor's outfit.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 09:43 (twenty years ago)

yes.

a-ha-hand having said all that, here's my needs again!

146 jason scotland
246 ozzie sanchez
456 fabien barthez
551 oleg shovkovsky
563 sergei rebrov

that reminds me, where's tom these days? besides fannying around defining poptimism i mean

― rtccc (mwah), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 09:46 (twenty years ago)

I believe he is en route to an airport. To fanny around defending poptimism in Greece.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 09:50 (twenty years ago)

I'm still keeping 305 safe for Tom. Perhaps he doesn't need it any more.

Of course, I've come to work without my updated list, so can't really contribute to swappage today.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 10:22 (twenty years ago)

Cheers, Matt DC - well worth the wait to roffle at Harry Kewell's hair.

rtccc, email on way.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 15:25 (twenty years ago)

ok stickers posted, along with onimo's two.

― rtccc (mwah), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 16:36 (twenty years ago)

I really shouldn't buy any more - I got two from 50 this week. But I only need a few more!

30, 69, 86, 106, 108, 171, 175, 181, 203, 285, 304, 324, 390, 408, 450, 455, 486, 523, 588, 591.

I have a good two inches of swops for anyone who can help me out.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 15 June 2006 06:59 (twenty years ago)

That's it - NO MORE TUNISIANS!

6 to go now. There is no more exquisite pain.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 15 June 2006 07:13 (twenty years ago)

An embarrasing and confusing admission: I have no idea where the list of stickers that I supposedly have for Ailsa came from. Well, I know it came from me, but other than that it seems to bear little relation to reality, including as it does at least one of my needs (391). So, uh, soory about that Ailsa, mail me your needs list again and I'll see what I can do. I know I have at least 4 for you - 112, 320, 374, 423

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 15 June 2006 07:36 (twenty years ago)

i got five or six from fifty last night which i was quite happy with. down to 30 or so now, unfortunately keep forgetting to bring my needs list/check through your needs when in possession of my swapsies...

maybe if i get in at a decent time tonight...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 15 June 2006 07:39 (twenty years ago)

Andrew! You hurt me in my heart! I've already made little crosses on the spaces where I'm intending to stick your (and others') stickers! Now I will get all confused. I am only waiting on stickers from rtccc I think, once I get them, I'll stick them in and post a proper revised list.

(Postie's just been. Cheers Mike! You have nice handwriting.)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 June 2006 08:34 (twenty years ago)

I hurt me in my robotic head! I've just got 49 spares from 50 stickers, you can definitely have first go at them.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 15 June 2006 08:42 (twenty years ago)

I don't have a single one of yours, Madchen! Clearly, we have exhausted our swapping potential.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 15 June 2006 09:40 (twenty years ago)

You still need 466, Mr Andrew Farrell? Cos I can give you that.

I've got 55 stickers to go; can email 'em to you if you like...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 15 June 2006 09:46 (twenty years ago)

Haha no, that nice Mr. Vieira was the 1 out of 50. But send me your list and I'll see what I can do..

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 15 June 2006 09:53 (twenty years ago)

37 to go!

(35, if nice rtccc can post me 391 and 395 which were so cruelly snatched away by Andrew there...)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 June 2006 09:59 (twenty years ago)

AF: Are you sure? Doesn't seem right, one-way swappage. But, email is on its way...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 15 June 2006 09:59 (twenty years ago)

I said that. But then I remembered that I didn't have a job, and that the spare stickers others had would have just gone in the bin (exception = Jan Venegoor of Hesselink stuck on a pub door in Glasgow) so to turn down free stickers = foolishness.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 June 2006 10:04 (twenty years ago)

Ah, y'right, Ailsa. The packet of stickers = disposable nappy price comparison that PJM made a while back also sticks in my head.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 15 June 2006 10:09 (twenty years ago)

you bunglers i already posted them! sigh i'll see if i have another stamp about.

― rtccc (mwah), Thursday, 15 June 2006 10:44 (twenty years ago)

I now have three separate bundles of swapsies, but I shall go through them, collate them and, if I have any others for you, they are yours.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 June 2006 10:46 (twenty years ago)

(xpost to rtccc - I've already sorted out Mike's)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 June 2006 10:46 (twenty years ago)

I have no idea about the meaning of that random xpost explanation I put there, since no xposting actually occurred. I have been driven to madness by this.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 June 2006 10:57 (twenty years ago)

If you could cover for my foolishness, rtccc, I have found a 551 in today's haul.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:01 (twenty years ago)

tell u what, u fap with madchen right? i have these of hers, so i can pop yrs in with them

30, 86, 108, 390, 408, 455, 523, 591

address plz madchen!

― rtccc (mwah), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:04 (twenty years ago)

oh wicked andrew, that wd be great! i'll send over my address in a mo

― rtccc (mwah), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:06 (twenty years ago)

If that was to Andrew, he probably doesn't, since Madchen's in Glasgow. Send hers with mine if you want, and I'll pass them on.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:06 (twenty years ago)

Oh, that was to me. TOld you I was easily confused today. Anyway, just post Madchen's to me, if you want.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:07 (twenty years ago)

perhaps that should've been 'o wicked andrew'

(yeah soz ailsa thats what i meant)

― rtccc (mwah), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:07 (twenty years ago)

ok i'll do that

― rtccc (mwah), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:07 (twenty years ago)

done

― rtccc (mwah), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:19 (twenty years ago)

What?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:23 (twenty years ago)

Eh?

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:28 (twenty years ago)

Needs:

0 - Commemorative Stamp
4 - Poster Shiny
25 - Chelsea's Michael Ballack
186 - Saviola
197 - Abdoulaye Djire
215 - Predrag Djordjevic
282 - Portugal Mannschaft
324 - Fabio Cannavaro
394 - Adriano
440 - Yuki Nakazawa
459 - Gael Givet
563 - Serhiy Rebrov

+ awaiting 175 and 471 in the post.

I just got 50 swaps from 50 stickers :(

Can anyone in need post their latest lists here or email me and I'll see if I can help.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 15 June 2006 13:17 (twenty years ago)

I've got a 440 you can have.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 June 2006 13:24 (twenty years ago)

Mädchen, I have 171, 181, 285 and 450 if you want them.

xpost yay 440! I should be able to help you with something from the 98/100 swaps I've picked up from recent packs.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 15 June 2006 13:28 (twenty years ago)

I'll email you.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 June 2006 13:28 (twenty years ago)

I'll email you.

Or should we just go for real actual swapsying in the pub, for the suprise element? Nah, I'll email you.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 June 2006 13:29 (twenty years ago)

This thread hates me.

(also five of Onimo's needs are ones I need too. There will be bloodshed when they become available!)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 June 2006 13:36 (twenty years ago)

Onimo - nothing for you, but I think yesterday's haul was my first since I sent some to you.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:06 (twenty years ago)

Postie's just been. Cheers rtccc, yr a gem.

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:08 (twenty years ago)

Onimo - you can have my spare Ballack (25). I only need the one.

I shall email you with my needs...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 16 June 2006 11:11 (twenty years ago)

I have the following spares if anyone wants them:
39, 45, 72, 112, 143, 144, 203, 228, 230, 233, 238, 268, 330, 341, 346, 347, 353, 364, 365, 367, 415, 432, 440, 507, 523 & 539.

No point listing my wants - I've got far too many (not got a single complete team yet).

― Greig (treefell), Friday, 16 June 2006 11:23 (twenty years ago)

I think Dwight Yorke might need your spare ballack more than Gerry.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 16 June 2006 11:24 (twenty years ago)

This thread has gone downhill since Tim won. What a pity he is not trailing around Yonkers or somewhere looking for a Panini outlet. That would have kept my interest up.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 16 June 2006 11:56 (twenty years ago)

Mike saying he only needed one Ballack has me whistling the Colonel Bogey March.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 16 June 2006 12:00 (twenty years ago)

Onimo: yes please! I think we need to get together and swopsy next week. I'm afraid I don't have any of your needs yet though.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 16 June 2006 13:14 (twenty years ago)

Greig, I need 268, 507 and 539. This email works, email me your wants list (even half of it if it's too soul-destroying to type them all out. I have TONS of swaps)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 17 June 2006 08:01 (nineteen years ago)

Greig: I need 72, 268 and can make you wealthy beyond your wildest dreams. Also if you actually have another 539.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 19 June 2006 08:18 (nineteen years ago)

Ailsa, Andrew - the stickers are yours - but only one 539 I'm afraid.
I'll mail with wants when I have my book to hand.

― Greig (treefell), Monday, 19 June 2006 08:32 (nineteen years ago)

You lot not finished your sticker albums yet?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 19 June 2006 12:15 (nineteen years ago)

Oh no, do I have to FITE Andrew for 268? (he's bigger than me, so would probably win)

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 19 June 2006 12:38 (nineteen years ago)

Em. 268 is in an envelope with your name on it, Ailsa.
For some reason I thought Andrew had written 238.

― Greig (treefell), Monday, 19 June 2006 12:42 (nineteen years ago)

xpost - I'd assume that you get in first, though it's Greig's call. We could have a competition to see who can offer the most ridiculous number of swapsies, going-out-of-business style.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 19 June 2006 12:47 (nineteen years ago)

actually that xpost completely makes my post obsolete, so never mind.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 19 June 2006 12:47 (nineteen years ago)

I have the other half Ailsa (to the ones I sent), but girlfriend decided she wants some swaps to finish her own album, so I just arbitarily cut the pack in half before I went on holiday. Hope there were a few you could use.

Finishing it is like a release.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 19 June 2006 12:48 (nineteen years ago)

!!! Must wake up on Mondays. I completly missed that. Erm, I have no idea what to do there. Considering that we only have 4 needs between us, and only 2 in common, some sort of Judgement of Solomon thing might seem the thing (though see my earlier point regarding how it's entirely your decision).

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 19 June 2006 12:54 (nineteen years ago)

I think the only fair thing to do would be to make it so you both get two stickers. Any preferences?

More spares available if anyone wants them: 16, 111, 191, 273, 354, 418, 473, 485.

I'm trying to write out my list of wants, but it's embarrassingly huge...

― Greig (treefell), Monday, 19 June 2006 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

Mail sent to Andrew and Ailsa.

― Greig (treefell), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 07:26 (nineteen years ago)

Still needing: 69 (desperately etc), 86, 106, 108, 175, 203, 304, 324, 408, 455, 486, 523, 588, 591. Mountain of swops for anyone who can help me out.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 10:34 (nineteen years ago)

Madchen, I have 86, 108, 408, 455, 523 and 591 here for you as posted up by rtccc last week.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

Wowee!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 06:28 (nineteen years ago)

After dealing with Greig, I'm down to five: 391 461 539 575 591

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 07:27 (nineteen years ago)

I have stickers for each of the Glasgow OCD Club members. Ailsa has a 440 for me. Should we meet this week?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 08:26 (nineteen years ago)

Yes. Yes we should. I have a delivery for Madchen. And a Japanese dude with bad hair for Onimo. I have no idea if I have anything for Alba, but surely my sparkling company is enough?

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

Mädchen I now have 175 and 486 for you along with the others I mentioned. Ailsa and Alba can you email me or post your latest needs lists as I have another 20 packs worth of swaps.

Got Ballack in the post today, thank Michael. Got Cannavaro and Adriano in my 20 packs.

Needs:
0 4 186 197 215 282 459 563 (plus bad hair Japanese dude to collect from ailsa)

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

Currently holding for Glasgow lot:
ailsa: 81 127 255
Alba: 285 426 515 (all from Andrew)
Mädchen: 171 175 181 285 450 486

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

ailsa if the last list you sent me is still current I can now also give you 64 398 and 460 .

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

You are a very nice bloke! When are we going to the PUB?!

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

OK, if Onimo fulfils his promises to me, all I now need are:

5, 69, 83
146, 186
215, 268, 270, 290
305, 323, 324, 328, 362, 385
405, 470, 471, 478, 484
505, 509, 512, 563, 575

and the commemorative one.

I might go and spend some more money on stickers now I have a job.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

Do I see my 440 travelling Dennistoun > Peckham > Renfrew?

It's still travelling, btw. I got one in a packet before it arrived, and your 440 is now going to Port Glasgow.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

10 packs, 50 needs out of 50. No hang on, a bit of luck - 51 out of 51. If you're reading this, I probably have stickers you need.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 22 June 2006 07:43 (nineteen years ago)

Did you get my email last week, Andrew?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 22 June 2006 07:51 (nineteen years ago)

Yes I meant to say that if your name is Michael Jones then I definitely have stickers you need, and will be sending them on post-haste.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 22 June 2006 07:55 (nineteen years ago)

i got 4 out of 50 last night, and now have a good 2" pile (missus etc). i am actually going to be at home between work and bed tonight, so will hopefully have an opportunity to peruse the needs lists above and sort people out :)

WELL DONE ailsa on getting a job ;)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 22 June 2006 08:12 (nineteen years ago)

Great stuff, Andrew!

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 22 June 2006 08:12 (nineteen years ago)

I am glad Ailsa got a job.

Imagine if someone... worked for Panini!

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 22 June 2006 09:51 (nineteen years ago)

In a way we all do.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 22 June 2006 10:08 (nineteen years ago)

A six word sentence with only thirteen letters. I'm a man of few syllables.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 22 June 2006 10:09 (nineteen years ago)

Andrew, I have 539 - will post it as soon as I can.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 22 June 2006 10:31 (nineteen years ago)

Ailsa, I'm saving 328 and 146 for you. Onimo, I'm afraid I don't have anything on your needs list.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 22 June 2006 10:36 (nineteen years ago)

And now I just need:
69, 106, 203, 304, 324, 588

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 22 June 2006 10:37 (nineteen years ago)

Huzzah! I shall shower Scotland (though not Madchen, sadly) with stickers!

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 22 June 2006 11:40 (nineteen years ago)

Woo! Jason Scotland! Woo! (and Fabio Grosso too!) Cheers Madchen! We need to go to a PUB!

(I have just found out the best thing about my job is that I finish at three o'clock on a Friday) Woo!

Also, cheers Greig! Will sort through your list later and post lots of things to you.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 22 June 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

right then scottishes, here are the results of the carsmile piles:

madchen: 203

ominimino: 4, 459

ailsa: 282, 471, 512

strangely three of these came from the much smaller mrs carsmile pile...

where is the alba needs?

my current needs are:

11, 14, 45, 81, 106, 108, 134, 151, 197
212, 214, 276, 287, 301, 304, 313, 318, 336, 363, 398
401, 415, 438, 498, 518, 541, 542, 551, 568, 575, 591, 596

meg needs gazillions

also, YMOF has promised me two of these, unfortunately i haf deleted the text msg which he mentions it in.

now, shall i post these all to one person to be distributed at that end?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 22 June 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

if alba still needs a 38 (from that june 8th list) i can help...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 22 June 2006 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

You've got my address already, I'll take responsibility for them if you want.

Am sitting surrounded by stickers, will get back to you when they are in some sort of order again.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 22 June 2006 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

i shall MAKE IT SO then :)

they all have the appropriate initial on the back :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 22 June 2006 18:26 (nineteen years ago)

(was it you who got my ones with LA initialled on the back after Madchen didn't want my stickers any more then?)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 22 June 2006 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

Right, Steve, I can do you a few of those. 14, 45, 134, 151, 212, 214, 276, 287, to be`precise. Shall post tomorrow.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 22 June 2006 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks for the stickers Steve. i'm getting very close to completion now, though I fear the Zero Sticker may elude me forever. I have 336, 518 and 591 for you. I can give you 2 of #336 if meg needs one as well. Let me know and I'll pop them in the post tomorrow. You'll need to send me your address or we can wait until ailsa's spreading her envelope around again.

ailsa I'll arm wrestle you for the 282 :P

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 22 June 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

I have 276 & 336 for you, Carsmile. I also have 570 (the nijel that goes Boum!) in with them, but I see you don't need that anymore. And I may well have more for you from this week's stuff.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 23 June 2006 07:08 (nineteen years ago)

yes i got the 570 last week.

the glasgow envelope is POSTED.

if ailsa hasn't already posted her envelope i don't mind waiting a couple of days til onimo can add to my pile :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 23 June 2006 09:00 (nineteen years ago)

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 23 June 2006 09:57 (nineteen years ago)

I like the classroom one best.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 23 June 2006 10:08 (nineteen years ago)

i like the never ending story one, but then, i am a tweeist...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 23 June 2006 10:39 (nineteen years ago)

Carsmile - It appears that the two I'm carrying have already been offered by other people, so now I'm holding 81 and 551 for you

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 23 June 2006 11:49 (nineteen years ago)

if you can all sort it out between you and then give me the stickers at some point in the future, that'll be lovely ;)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 23 June 2006 11:59 (nineteen years ago)

Steve, I can sort you out with 318 and 541. Does that gmail address you're posting with work?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 23 June 2006 13:18 (nineteen years ago)

yes. as i mentioned earlier if you will be seeing ailsa and she hasn't posted her envelope yet, they could be added to that one, saves 28p innit ;)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 23 June 2006 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

Ailsa?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:20 (nineteen years ago)

Mädchen.

(1) I love you. Those Peter Crouch photos are the greatest thing ever in the history of teh internets

(2) Gerry now has my envelope to add things to send to Steve. If you can catch him before he posts it...

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 24 June 2006 08:12 (nineteen years ago)

I'm meeting ailsa tomorrow and I'll pass on stickers for Mädchen and Alba and also pass back the envelope for CarsmileSteve that Mädchen can add to if she's going to aldoFAP on Thursday (if that's still on?).

Once I collect the stickers ailsa has for me I will require:

...

AN PANINI COMMEMORATIVE STAMP!

Can anyone help? Please? I have a mountain of swaps for whoever has a spare.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:58 (nineteen years ago)

Got a few more today, and we may have to bid farewell to one of this thread's finest sources of rude jokes. Yes, that's right, I now find myself in a position to give Madchen a 69.

And to give Alba 10 & 505, and Ailsa 83, 186, 461 & 507. The 186 was going to 0nim0 except obviously not, now.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 26 June 2006 14:08 (nineteen years ago)

we may have to bid farewell to one of this thread's finest sources of rude jokes. Yes, that's right, I now find myself in a position to give Madchen a 69.

Rudeness may continue, as I need one as well. I don't appear to need 461 or 507 any more (I think they came from Greig? Or Steve? I can't remember - thanks anyway)

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 26 June 2006 14:37 (nineteen years ago)

If I remember correctly Tim gave me 1. I'll be Aldofapping.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 26 June 2006 14:59 (nineteen years ago)

Ah, I meant 471 of course, Ailsa, which I can see you're expecting from Carsmile anyway, so never mind.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 26 June 2006 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

is that it then?

everyone else given up?

i only need 13 and i might have to write off for them...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09:17 (nineteen years ago)

I might write off for my last five :(

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09:22 (nineteen years ago)

I still need 391 461 575 591, was thinking about this yesterday. Did you ever get that envelope, Madchen?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09:25 (nineteen years ago)

Actually, I will post my last needs here instead - that's still swapping all the way to the finish line.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09:37 (nineteen years ago)

I might buy my remaining ones from eBay and "stick" it to Panini.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09:40 (nineteen years ago)

i think one last hurrah on here first is the way forward, although BE QUICK, meg is after my pile of sawpsies...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09:41 (nineteen years ago)

I lost all my swapsies, somehow.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09:43 (nineteen years ago)

I still have a sad pile of swapsies, but I think they have been denuded of any stickers needed by any of you lot.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09:46 (nineteen years ago)

Use eBay's "ask seller a question" facility to swap Panini stickers with other frustrated collectors! Costs the price of a stamp!

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=panini+swap

I still need a commemorative stamp if anyone has one lying around...

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09:58 (nineteen years ago)

Less chatting, more impersonal lists of numbers.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 10:08 (nineteen years ago)

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 10:24 (nineteen years ago)

Andrew: yes! Thank you, I forgot to thank you. I need four or five more, but I forget which. If you need a min of 20 to write off to Panini, does anyone want to join forces with me?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 16:12 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, possibly. Shall report back at a later date.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

OK - does anyone have:

117 - Paulo Da Silva
197 - Abdoulaye Djire
313 - Sammy Adjei/Daniel Edusei
402 - Josip Simunic
478 - Patrick Muller

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

Looking back through that all (for the first time in weeks) was a strangely emotional experience. It's less that we now know exactly what happened to each player (and they were VERY generous with Cambiasso's hair).

It's the empty husk that's left where all that giddy excitement was a couple of months ago, when the summer seemed to stretch ahead forever and we all thought Germany were rubbish and Frank Lampard was a world class footballer.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 21:27 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I've totally lost impetus. I may write to Panini, but possibly only to ask for my money back.

I do, however, have a special England sticker that none of the rest of you have.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 21:30 (nineteen years ago)

It's not going to be David James, is it?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 07:00 (nineteen years ago)

Is it from the Merlin book?

(Can't help you, Matt)

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 07:02 (nineteen years ago)

Is it the Fair Play sticker?

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 07:26 (nineteen years ago)

Epilogue. The War Is Over (Sleepers)

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 08:18 (nineteen years ago)

i was still as naffed off with the world cup as i was when the ref blew for fulltime in the final (apparently i really didnt know i never wanted italy to win it until the exact moment they did), and yeah when i saw this thread my heart sank. then i read wot matt said above and thought yep, otm. but i dunno, i looked at the album again anyway and do u know, it was great!! eveything i felt b4 it happened came flooding back, and i wz reminded that while wc 2006 still sucked, TEH WORLD CUP is awesome and always will be.

corny huh? anyway, matt, i have a 313 - Sammy Adjei/Daniel Edusei u can have. hugglez etc

― rtccc (mwah), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

and i still need

146 - jason scotland
246 - oswaldo sanchez
551 - oleg shovkovsky
563 - sergei rebrov.

(oh yeah and seeing the walcott/carrick/downing/hargreaves stickers the sun gave away again wz weirdly cheering too!)

― rtccc (mwah), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Alright let's do this.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 22 April 2008 15:53 (eighteen years ago)

Re-reading this thread is testament to how little my life has moved on in four years.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 22 April 2008 16:03 (eighteen years ago)

So tempted!

― ailsa, Tuesday, 22 April 2008 16:52 (eighteen years ago)

i can't believed i've logged back in, just for this.

anyway:

this week's MATCH magazine (price £1.80) comes with a FREE sticker alBUM and single packet of stickers. I also already have my own dealer, as the nice lady in East Ham Woolies opened the box of stickers (fresh in this morning) especially for me (they weren't even priced on the till yet!).

― CarsmileSteve, Thursday, 24 April 2008 09:36 (eighteen years ago)

I fear interest amongst stockists may be hampered by England not being in the tournament this year. We need The Sun or someone to give away a free album and then they'll be all over the place.

― Matt DC, Thursday, 24 April 2008 09:38 (eighteen years ago)

bah there'll be no badly 'shopped England players in this year's :(

not sure if I'll do this this year or not.

i discovered the other day I've still got all my ~~bosko balabans~~ doublers from 2006.

― onimo, Thursday, 24 April 2008 10:27 (eighteen years ago)

i also noticed, in the pile of sticker boxes behind the counter, TWO WHOLE BOXES of "goal 2006" which i *think* were the trading card ones...

i found my pile of 2006 swapsies the other day too...

― CarsmileSteve, Thursday, 24 April 2008 13:19 (eighteen years ago)

I have several hundred jan vennegoor of hesselinks in my magazine rack still.

― ailsa, Thursday, 24 April 2008 18:13 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2277/4513249907_5a3877be36.jpg

who's ready?

― r|t|c, Monday, 12 April 2010 15:49 (sixteen years ago)

i might be ready, if i could find anywhere that sold packs for less than FIFTY FLIPPING PENCE! fuck that!

― r|t|c, Monday, 12 April 2010 15:51 (sixteen years ago)

IT IS TIME.

― Matt DC, Monday, 19 April 2010 18:23 (sixteen years ago)

I come to you in great excitement to report that one of the Chilean players is called Waldo Ponce. Waldo Ponce! Best name ever.

― Matt DC, Monday, 19 April 2010 18:24 (sixteen years ago)

Aw, I'm so unemployed that I can't do this (actually was last properly unemployed in 2006 when we did this before but I lived in a different house with a smaller mortgage and could afford fripperies like this, and all associated beerage that it entailed, in my temporary state of poverty).

― ailsa, Monday, 19 April 2010 18:42 (sixteen years ago)

how many packs does one need to fill the yoke

― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 19 April 2010 18:53 (sixteen years ago)

I prefer not to think of such things. That way sanity lies.

― Matt DC, Monday, 19 April 2010 19:24 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ynfYg1yqs

― etrian odysseus (cozen), Monday, 19 April 2010 19:26 (sixteen years ago)

I remember my mum calculating how much my sticker album cost the one time I was allowed to do it (1982/83) and recoiling in horror when it worked out at thirteen quid.

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 19 April 2010 19:34 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

Just me and Matt then is it? I've got about an inch thick pile of swapsies and i bet i'm not two-thirds of the way to completion yet...

― CarsmileSteve, Friday, 28 May 2010 11:33 (sixteen years ago)

Is it ok for 22 year old guys to buy football stickers?

― Chris, Friday, 28 May 2010 11:53 (sixteen years ago)

There's another Panini thread on new answers right now Steve.

I'm 31 and several of my friends are buying them. I caught an old schoolfriend buying 36 packs in Sainsbury's last weekend.

― The Men Who Stare At Goatse (Matt DC), Friday, 28 May 2010 11:59 (sixteen years ago)

I buy Match Attax for Hannah so I have vicarious excuse.

― every time i pull a j/k off the shelf (Noodle Vague), Friday, 28 May 2010 12:00 (sixteen years ago)

I have one swap so far. Bacary Sagna, if anyone needs him?

― snakebite and a passable pinot noir (Upt0eleven), Friday, 28 May 2010 12:53 (sixteen years ago)

OMG bacary sagna is the ONLY frenchman i don't have!!!!

― CarsmileSteve, Thursday, 3 June 2010 10:09 (sixteen years ago)

Scanning upthread, what absolute madness was I gripped by in April-June 2006? I think it must have been displacement activity. I binned the album that summer sometime.

― Michael Jones, Thursday, 3 June 2010 10:23 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.rheintaler.ch/storage/pic/newsml-si/unknown/345500_1_20091111100024287.jpg

any competition w/ xherdan shaqiri (swiss fb) for best name?

― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:39 (sixteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgie_Welcome

― Lil' Lj & The World (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:43 (sixteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_Ponce

― flanimal collective (Upt0eleven), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:44 (sixteen years ago)

You have to love Tranquillo Barnetta too.

― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:52 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah he's old-skool. I quite like 1980s kids' TV presenter Benjamin Huggel as well.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:54 (sixteen years ago)

swiss squad lists are always easy on the eye - ciriaco sforza, raphael wicky, daniel gygax, um.... ramon vega...

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:23 (sixteen years ago)

Valon Behrami, Gelson Fernandes, Stéphane Grichting, Blaise Nkufo, Marco Padalino, Philippe Senderos, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Steve von Bergen, Eren Derdiyok, Marco Streller, Mario Eggimann, Ludovic Magnin, Tranquillo Barnetta, Reto Ziegler, Hakan Yakin, Alexander Frei, Marco Wölfli, Diego Benaglio, Johnny Leoni, Gökhan Inler, Benjamin Huggel, Pirmin Schwegler, Xherdan Shaqiri

ha xp

― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:24 (sixteen years ago)

Mario Eggimann

Cracking.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:25 (sixteen years ago)

ah mario eggimann, how could i forget you

lol xp

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:26 (sixteen years ago)

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