SpiritOfTheForest

I nominate Babu, manservant to Tiger Ali Singh. I've just checked his Wikipedia and apparently he lasted 9 months from August 1998 - April 1999, which I find astounding given that no bugger seems to remember his existence at all. He had a total of 3 TV matches, 2 of which were on Heat/Shotgun Saturday Night. Babu seemed to debut, immediately appear into obscurity without doing anything of note and then quietly binned. Interestingly, the guy who portrayed Babu, is Ecuadorian and that could be one claim to fame for the lad as I can't think of any other WWE guys from there.

Thanks to the fellas who were raving about Vampire Survivors. Completed it today and as a trophy hunter it gave me much joy. A whopping 284 trophies on that beast! And the strangest thing: despite basically doing the same thing over and over again it never really got boring.

Couldn't stop thinking about this scene as I was reading that statement from the Premier League.

I saw Pac live in the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock for BCW. It must have been about 2006 or 2007 but he was the talk of the scene then and rumoured to be one of the next big stars from these isles - which came true as he went on to WWE and then AEW. I was ringside that night and I was just a wee guy then, easily starstruck and Pac gave me a high five. It was cool to see his exploits as Neville and on the indies after that but I'll always remember that he took the time to give the painfully shy awkward wee guy a high five before all that. Rest well, Pac. Saying fly high would be redundant because you always did. Reply

I witnessed a nice part of football history today. I went along to Torres' match against FC Vado here in Sassari. Who are FC Vado, you might wonder? Well, they were the first ever winners of the Coppa Italia back in 1922, long since slipped into obscurity. Sort of like an Italian Dumbarton, I suppose (I bet that's the first time that comparison has ever been made). There's a nice little article about their triumph here if you're interested https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2016/05/21/may-21st-2016/ While pretty cool to see such a notable historical side, the game itself was a bit toothless. In fact, in the last 4 matches I've been to at the Vanni Sanna, I have seen one goal. The previous 4 results being: 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 (today) Watching football in Italy is magic though, at least at Torres. 28 degrees this afternoon, 10 euro entry for the Curva Nord with the ultras, plentiful cold beer available for 3 euros a pop and a real vibe of colour and song. I'm moving back to Scotland in November and I imagine that when I'm sitting shivering in the pishing rain and wind at Gayfield away with zero chane of a bevvy, I will miss the way the Italians do it. Even when it's 0-0 it's a fun day/evening out. Forza Torres! P.S, Sassari Torres are also the team where one Gianfranco Zola broke through!

I had totally forgotten about the census but that was me! Story is that back in sixth year in school we had to do work experience. Having expressed interest in law, I was to shadow a local solicitor around for a couple of days. It so happened that one of his tasks that day was to go attend a meeting with a client who was in the jail. And so it came to pass that I briefly exchanged pleasantries in a corridor with the Lockerbie Bomber. I thought it was just a random guy at the time. Always a surprising answer when "famous people you've met" pops up as a subject 😅 Aqaba, Jordon was not me though!