Cod Almighty | Postbag

The one with the fashion tips

16 July 2003

In this week's Postbag: accepting contributions to this site; marine(r)s on the internet; monkey business; socialist leader pretend; Debbie does Doncaster; Ravanelli and Livvo sitting in a tree; Ronaldinho revelation; and a 14-year-old writes.

Excellent

Congratulations on such an excellent site, it is a pleasant change to read some 'real life' opinions on the club I adore! A million miles away from the 'official' site who endure to sell me players shirts, and bombarb my screen with pop-up adverts. Thanks.

I am as you have guessed a Town originally from near louth, but now living in Scotland, with time in Birmingham inbetween. If there are any Scottish matters or research I can help with I would be glad to help.

Also is it possible to submit articles for your scrutiny or would it be wasting your time?

from Tim Smith

Letters Ed responds: Tim, we'd welcome any articles you wish to write. If any of our readers would like to contribute, have a look at our contributions page. We'd consider most things football/Grimsby related.

Teenage boys

Men masquerading as teenage boys in internet chat rooms. Gosh. How do I know I won't be wooed in Grimsby chatrooms on matchdays by someone who writes in malformed English and thinks being a spotty, awkward adolescent is alluring? I'll have to control myself.

from Anthea (Aged 33)

Work

A rather glorious day and I am stuck inside at work. My boss is out for the day (no doubt in a beer garden somewhere at the company's expense) so I roll up my sleeves, loosen my tie, undo the top button of my shirt, open the window fully and slump myself for a day of surfing.

By way of way I discover your site. I am having great fun jumping from page to page, wasting away my morning. Until I read a line along the top of the site saying "giving jobs to monkeys". I am puzzled. Everything seems muffled by the heat. Am I missing something obvious here? Is this an in joke? Is the site written in a room full of monkeys on typewriters?

Funky site, even though I was left a little bemused by that line.

from Ian McDonald

Letters Ed responds: Fear not Ian, your confusion will end if you just take a look here.

Bleurgh

With regard to the statement on your front page about the greatest living Englishman, I have to say - y'know - surely...SUREly...you have the wrong Tony B. Mmyeah. How many socialist governments did Benn head up? Y'know? How many weapons of mass destruction did Benn rid the world of? With the greatest of respect, I have to say, the answer is none. Y'know? What do you mean neither have I? Oh, fuck off.

from Tony Blair

Strip

I was wondering if you could help me with something? I want to buy Town's new strip to wear in bed and surprise my boyfriend when he gets back from the gulf...if he gets back! My problem is that I can only afford either the home or away strip.

I have lightish brown hair with blond highlights (see posh spice circa spring 2003) and hazel eyes that look more greenish in a certain light. My skin tone would definitely suit the classic black and white of the home kit and the vertical stripes make me look less 'hippy' but the away strip goes better with my hair colour I think ,and I also already have underwear to match.

Please advise.

from Debs

Letters Ed responds: Debs. It's hard to get a real idea of how you look from your letter. Perhaps with your next letter you could send a photo of yourself. If you're naked in the photo that would help too. Or maybe a film. Yes, that would be better.

Rough

re: Rough guide to Chesterfield.

Thanks for this pert and fizzy little review.

I have to write though, and take mild exception to the running down, within it, of Ravanelli.

Remember how touchingly worried he was when Livvo went down with a nasty case of cracked head? He reputedly asked the ref to call the whole thing off, and held Livvo's hand almost all the way to the ambulance. Not a total pillock in my view...

from Richard

Bid

My mate who works in Paris says there's been a late bid for Ronaldinho from a small English club based on the East coast. Could it be Grimsby?

from Eric le Roi

France

How long do I have to spend unsupervised on your site before one of you offers to take me to France?

from Belinda Nomates

Ah letters, letters, letters, how I love thee so. You can feed back to us about anything that's on your mind, we're here to listen. Like the Samaritans. But don't kill yourself afterwards, eh?