Po-faced
I read today that Hibs have sacked their stadium announcer for playing Taxman at half-time last weekend, in alleged mockery of Hearts’ current financial crisis. Come on, guys, does nobody have a sense of humour left? I quake at the thought of my friend Scott’s choice of music, had the Adidas Predator been on the other foot.
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Quintin Jardine's blog 
Nope. Mr Sense of Humour has left the stadium. Football is now a clean sterile game, when men can no longer pee on the terraces, have a beer, swear or indeed display a sense of humour. Instead they must sit, arms folded, mouths zipped and only whisper a tiny hurrah! when a goal is scored……
It’ll be compulsory knitting, a cup of cocoa and group hugs next…………..
That is almost slanderous. Very few gentlemen ever pee-ed directly on to the terracing, (when there was any that is) even in the old days, when industrial quantities of heavy were consumed before going to the match. Where the toilets in a ground were unreachable, too disgusting to be faced, or non-existent, the trick was to take a pre-ring-pull beer can, use the opener to wedge the top right off, slash discreetly in there, and then pour it carefully on the ground, so as not to splash those around you. (Tennents lager cans were favoured, as the original contents were much the same.) I recall once being on the old Celtic Park jungle, mid sixties, in a group of six or seven, when a guy tapped me on the shoulder and said politely, in an accent with more than a trace of Kelvinside, ‘Excuse me, Jimmy, may I borrow your can?’
Over here we have a beer, favoured by Queenslanders called XXXX.(No truth in the rumour its called XXXX because Queenslanders can’t spell beer by the way)
I have tasted it just once, but I’m pretty sure what you handed your new Kelvinside chum back in the sixties at Parkhead would háve been of similar flavour… .
XXXX used to be well marketed in the UK also, but it seems to have lost out to Fosters. Had a few of those last Friday, to remind myself why I don’t drink lager any more.