Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2007 10:21:39 GMT
It started as a Northants-only private thing for Burton Cons Exiles. Mick Loake (aka Herr van Puebik - great character if you meet him) set down the framework for earning tart points, which started out thus:
for Crap Shots;
for inappropriate remarks;
for successfully knocking over black pins;
for any criticisms of the administrator of the scheme.
What started out as a stigma for being awarded points soon was seen as an accolade, and extra categories were added :
for spilling you pint or nearly doing it ('beer juggling');
for making bad jokes or puns;
for any mention of food.
Being a naturally nosey person, I soon became embroiled in the fun and was warmly received into the Northants bosom. There was then some discussion as to how global they should make it.
After the Colemanators becoming the butt of quite a bit of frivolity, the Final Table for the Summer was published, with Roo Hare being the winner, by a slender margin from Tony Blair. I was awarded an honorary membership.
I made some late nominations of Richard Wooton for his surfing shorts, and Fazza for flirting openly on the Forum with Lorin Clough.
And that's just pages one and two !
From page three onwards, the following sequence of events happened:
Sheep jokes (they play a large part)
A competition to find a better nickname for Milhouse
KT was nominated for continually winning tournaments
Milko got dragged in for making some innuendoes
Q put his oar in about innapropriate attire
Mario got dragged in
Milhouse with his Everton shirt became a prime target
More about sheep
I tried to put the brakes on as I approached my 1000th post and there was much goading.
Kipling Spies were arranged to be posted at major events
Sparky got caught up in it all
Roo invented a 'Tartometer'
A second division had to be formed
A young Northants guy had a hilarious golfing accident
Nobby the Sheep made his entrance
The Crown and Anchor table itself was awarded some points
Stuart Mepham got dragged in.
Q put loads of pictures of cats up for reasons only known to himself.
Then we all discovered how to post pictures using a host website, and it all took off from there (around page 20)
Herr van Puebik himself made his 500th post to become a Distinguished Tart Member (as Sav insisted) and the rest should be familiar.
Rather strangely, only three people from Redhill made it on to last years list - Mr and Mrs T plus Vernon (how could he ever be excluded?) Sparkes.
But this has already been put right for 2007, Jason "Two dinners" Wadsworth being the most recent entry. ;)
for Crap Shots;
for inappropriate remarks;
for successfully knocking over black pins;
for any criticisms of the administrator of the scheme.
What started out as a stigma for being awarded points soon was seen as an accolade, and extra categories were added :
for spilling you pint or nearly doing it ('beer juggling');
for making bad jokes or puns;
for any mention of food.
Being a naturally nosey person, I soon became embroiled in the fun and was warmly received into the Northants bosom. There was then some discussion as to how global they should make it.
After the Colemanators becoming the butt of quite a bit of frivolity, the Final Table for the Summer was published, with Roo Hare being the winner, by a slender margin from Tony Blair. I was awarded an honorary membership.
I made some late nominations of Richard Wooton for his surfing shorts, and Fazza for flirting openly on the Forum with Lorin Clough.
And that's just pages one and two !
From page three onwards, the following sequence of events happened:
Sheep jokes (they play a large part)
A competition to find a better nickname for Milhouse
KT was nominated for continually winning tournaments
Milko got dragged in for making some innuendoes
Q put his oar in about innapropriate attire
Mario got dragged in
Milhouse with his Everton shirt became a prime target
More about sheep
I tried to put the brakes on as I approached my 1000th post and there was much goading.
Kipling Spies were arranged to be posted at major events
Sparky got caught up in it all
Roo invented a 'Tartometer'
A second division had to be formed
A young Northants guy had a hilarious golfing accident
Nobby the Sheep made his entrance
The Crown and Anchor table itself was awarded some points
Stuart Mepham got dragged in.
Q put loads of pictures of cats up for reasons only known to himself.
Then we all discovered how to post pictures using a host website, and it all took off from there (around page 20)
Herr van Puebik himself made his 500th post to become a Distinguished Tart Member (as Sav insisted) and the rest should be familiar.
Rather strangely, only three people from Redhill made it on to last years list - Mr and Mrs T plus Vernon (how could he ever be excluded?) Sparkes.
But this has already been put right for 2007, Jason "Two dinners" Wadsworth being the most recent entry. ;)