Topic: The ALL NEW ® “Introduce yourself to the forum” Thread

[Andy]

OK. So we had one of these on the old board AGES ago, and since GC is short on stickies at present, I think we should also have one on here (but slightly different, I might add). Basic premise of this obviously stolen from toontastic dot net™, just so they don’t sue me or whatever.

Basically you (YOU) have to answer the questions poised by myself, to the best of your ability and/or knowledge. Easy as that. You can also write a bit more about yourself afterwards, if you really want to.

Right then amigos, the questions are as follows:

REAL NAME:
AGE:
BIRTHPLACE:
WHEREABOUTS:
JOB:
FAVOURITE CLUB: (If not Newcastle)
FAVOURITE BAND:
FAVOURITE FOOD:
FAVOURITE DRINK:
FAVOURITE PLACE:
FAVOURITE TV SHOW(S):
FAVOURITE FILM:
FAVOURITE SHARK:
FOOTBALLING HEROES:
FOOTBALLING VILLAINS:
OTHER TEAMS:
OTHER SPORTS:
ROLE MODEL(S):
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE:
5 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:

GO GO GO

[indi]

You first.

[indi]

oh.

[indi]

REAL NAME: Iain

AGE: 27

WHEREABOUTS: Mancland

JOB: Press & PR Officer for The Manchester International Short Film Festival (voluntary)

FAVOURITE BAND: The Who (At the moment)

FAVOURITE FOOD: Curry

FAVOURITE DRINK: Budvar

FAVOURITE PLACE: Tignes

FAVOURITE TV SHOW(S): The Prisoner/QI

FAVOURITE FILM: PI

FAVOURITE SHARK: Mr Jaws Super Shark

FOOTBALLING HEROES: Tino

FOOTBALLING VILLAINS: Robbie Savage

OTHER TEAMS: Darlington

OTHER SPORTS: Cricket/Snowboarding

ROLE MODEL(S): Gandhi

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE: Get a Job

5 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: Visit Easter Island, Walk the Inca trail, Learn to play an instrument, See NUFC win something, Wite a screenplay.

[HTT]

REAL NAME: Chris
AGE: 25
WHEREABOUTS: Newcastle
JOB: Web designer
FAVOURITE BAND: REM
FAVOURITE FOOD: Pasta dishes/curry/pizza/junk really
FAVOURITE DRINK: Toon Ale
FAVOURITE PLACE: My mind
FAVOURITE TV SHOW(S): Only Fools & Horses, The Office, otherwise don't watch much telly.
FAVOURITE FILM: Too many, but Heat is an all-time classic
FAVOURITE SHARK: Great White
FOOTBALLING HEROES: Shearer, Keegan, Cole, Hughie Gallacher in no particular order
FOOTBALLING VILLAINS: None
OTHER TEAMS: None
OTHER SPORTS: None
ROLE MODEL(S): My brother in law
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE: Swim with Sharks, see Newcastle win a trophy... ah, who am I kidding. Swim with Sharks.
5 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: Kids, sharks, trophy, travel more, learn new skills.

GO GO GO

Fine where I am thank you.

[HTT]

PS Good idea, hope more partake.

[indi]

REAL NAME: Chris
AGE: 25
WHEREABOUTS: Newcastle
JOB: Web designer
FAVOURITE BAND: REM
FAVOURITE FOOD: Pasta dishes/curry/pizza/junk really
FAVOURITE DRINK: Toon Ale
FAVOURITE PLACE: My mind
FAVOURITE TV SHOW(S): Only Fools & Horses, The Office, otherwise don't watch much telly.
FAVOURITE FILM: Too many, but Heat is an all-time classic
FAVOURITE SHARK: Great White
FOOTBALLING HEROES: Shearer, Keegan, Cole, Hughie Gallacher in no particular order
FOOTBALLING VILLAINS: None
OTHER TEAMS: None
OTHER SPORTS: None
ROLE MODEL(S): My brother in law
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE: Swim with Sharks, see Newcastle win a trophy... ah, who am I kidding. Swim with Sharks.
5 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: Kids, sharks, trophy, travel more, learn new skills.

GO GO GO

Fine where I am thank you.

Is that a contractural neccessity?

[HTT]

Is that a contractural neccessity?

Nope, it actually is my fave drink. Toon Ale Blonde, great taste. It's not a larger but actual beer though it doesn't taste like real strong ale, very nice when chilled. I don't like the Toon Ale Brown, but I don't like Brown of any kind. You should try some if you already haven't, it's surprisingly a great drink and quite cheap too.

[indi]

Can you get it outside the toon?

[Wullie]

REAL NAME: Matthew
AGE: 20
BIRTHPLACE: Gateshead
WHEREABOUTS: Spital Tongues
JOB: Student/Food and Beverage staff at the Arena
FAVOURITE BAND: Oasis
FAVOURITE FOOD: Seafood Pizza
FAVOURITE DRINK: Diesel
FAVOURITE PLACE: Newcastle
FAVOURITE TV SHOW(S): In no particular order: Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, X-Files, Blackadder, Father Ted, Fawlty Towers, Jonathan Creek and so on and so forth
FAVOURITE FILM: Back To The Future
FAVOURITE SHARK: Sharky from Sharky and George
FOOTBALLING HEROES: Pav, Laurent Robert, Robert Lee, Sir Les, Pedro
FOOTBALLING VILLAINS: Shaka Hislop, Nicky Butt, Jermaine Jenas
OTHER TEAMS: Hartlepool United
OTHER SPORTS: Cricket
ROLE MODEL(S): Don't really have one, possibly my Grandad
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE: God only knows
5 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: Get married, celebrate NUFC winning the league, see the pyramids, write a sitcom, visit every English football league ground

[Wullie]

Is that a contractural neccessity?

Nope, it actually is my fave drink. Toon Ale Blonde, great taste. It's not a larger but actual beer though it doesn't taste like real strong ale, very nice when chilled. I don't like the Toon Ale Brown, but I don't like Brown of any kind. You should try some if you already haven't, it's surprisingly a great drink and quite cheap too.

[HTT]

Can you get it outside the toon?

Not too sure. I think you can request orders via their site. We'll actually be doing stuff with Toon Ale soon, some competitions coming up among other things with drink involved so keep your eyes peeled.

[HTT]

Sitcom eh Wullie? What kind? Sounds interesting.

I love the whole sitcom genre but these days they are all predictable, boring and cliched. There's a great show waiting to be done, like no other before. The Office for me breaks the mould in so many ways, I'm a big (new) fan of that.

For some strange reason I quite liked My Family a few years back, tried watching one the other night on Sky and slapped myself for once laughing at it. Being stoned at the time could have helped lyke.

This forum would be a source of top material in my opinion. There's a few characters on here.

[johnnypd]

hi i'm johnny, i started drinking when i was 15, started off... s***, wrong forum

[Wullie]

Me and a friend wrote three or four episodes of a sitcom about a group of hapless thieves. We sent it off to the Beeb who sent it back saying they liked it and would like to see more stuff. We never got round to it in the end and he's at Uni in Norwich so I don't see him too often. It's on my to-do list though.

[Slugsy]

REAL NAME: Dave
AGE:29
BIRTHPLACE:Edinburgh
WHEREABOUTS:Newcastle
JOB: Chartered Accountant (Corporate Finance)
FAVOURITE BAND: Oasis
FAVOURITE FOOD: Steak - Fillet - Medium Rare with a nice diane sauce
FAVOURITE DRINK: Lager
FAVOURITE PLACE: Mossel Bay (South Africa)
FAVOURITE TV SHOW(S): Buffy, CSI Miami,
FAVOURITE FILM: True Romance
FAVOURITE SHARK: Tiger
FOOTBALLING HEROES: Marco Vanbasten, Peter Beardlsey, Alan Shearer,
FOOTBALLING VILLAINS: Savage, Hendrie and Joe Cole
OTHER TEAMS:Scotland (any), Aberdeen
OTHER SPORTS: Golf, Boxing, Cricket,
ROLE MODEL(S): Ben Hogan, Tiger Woods, Jimmy Connors
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE: Go and see my Uncle again in South Africa, get married in December, learn to drive, get my handicap back to scratch, buy a house in North Berwick (I love that place).
5 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: See Newcastle win a trophy, see Scotland qualify for a major tournament, play Augusta National, win the lottery, travel!

[Wullie]

How come this one's been unstickied?

[NewcastleRocker]

REAL NAME: John W
AGE: 19
BIRTHPLACE: North Shields
WHEREABOUTS: Tynemouth
JOB: Shop Assistant
FAVOURITE BAND: The Matches
FAVOURITE FOOD: Chicken and Sweetcorn Pizza
FAVOURITE DRINK: Boddingtons
FAVOURITE PLACE: Beach
FAVOURITE TV SHOW(S): I'm Alan Partridge, Extra's, The Day Today, The Office etc.
FAVOURITE FILM: The Usual Suspects
FAVOURITE SHARK: Basking
FOOTBALLING HEROES: Les Ferdinand, Alan Shearer, Peter Beardsley, Rob Lee.
FOOTBALLING VILLAINS: Christiano Ronaldo, Robbie Savage.
OTHER TEAMS:Barcelona
OTHER SPORTS: There's other sports?
ROLE MODEL(S):David Brent (fictional)
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE: No idea, make my band good, i think.
5 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
Move out of my hometown,
See Newcastle win something.
Inherit Newcastle United from a distant relative
Punch a snake
Live a long life.

[EMCB]

REAL NAME: Mike
AGE: 48
BIRTHPLACE: Hull, East Yorkshire
WHEREABOUTS: Voronezh, Russia
JOB: Own my own project management company
FAVOURITE BAND: Far too many to list, and I’m into opera, musicals & ballet
FAVOURITE FOOD: A bloody good steak.
FAVOURITE DRINK: Beer & very cold Chardonnay (not together, although I have once or twice)
FAVOURITE PLACE: Malta
FAVOURITE TV SHOW(S): Poirot
FAVOURITE FILM: Sands of Iwo Jima
FAVOURITE SHARK: Arthur Daly
FOOTBALLING HEROES: Ken Wagstaff, Chris Chilton & Bobby Moncur
FOOTBALLING VILLAINS: Tommy Smith, Nobby Stiles, Billy Bremner
OTHER TEAMS: Hull Kingston Rovers
OTHER SPORTS: Rugby League, golf
ROLE MODEL(S): My father
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE: To have the same number of lovers as my age in years, up to the day I die.
5 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1.   See Hull KR in the Super League
2.   Chuck working by the time I’m 50
3.   Make a difference.
4.   Stay healthy
5.   To have a chance to say goodbye to the people I are for

[BlufPurdi]

REAL NAME: Chris
AGE: 21
BIRTHPLACE: Darlington
WHEREABOUTS: Glasgow
JOB: Student
FAVOURITE BAND: ACDC
FAVOURITE FOOD: Sunday Roast
FAVOURITE DRINK: Southern Comfort/Budvar
FAVOURITE PLACE: Home
FAVOURITE TV SHOW(S): Blackadder, Shameless, Fawlty Towers
FAVOURITE FILM: Blow
FAVOURITE SHARK: Great White
FOOTBALLING HEROES: Shearer, Romario, Brian Laudrup, Gascoigne
FOOTBALLING VILLAINS: Christiano Ronaldo
OTHER TEAMS: Darlington
OTHER SPORTS: Running, Basketball (only to play, never to watch)
ROLE MODEL(S): Brothers, Shearer
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE: Waste money
5 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: Go to South America, see Newcastle win a cup (any), learn a new language, smoke ayahuasca, family.

[HTT]

REAL NAME: Chris

I hope you thank your parents for given you such a great name, arguably the greatest name in the history of names and indeed mankind, in my humble and unbiased opinion of course.

[johnnypd]

REAL NAME: johnny
AGE: 22
BIRTHPLACE: jesmond
WHEREABOUTS: the demilitarised zone between blaydon and winlaton (the 55th parallel)
JOB: stewdent
FAVOURITE BAND: the shins
FAVOURITE FOOD: tuna sashimi
FAVOURITE DRINK: grapefruit juice
FAVOURITE PLACE: bed, southern california, london, france, newcastle city centre, nyc
FAVOURITE TV SHOW(S): alan partridge, in search of shakespeare, father ted, spaced, blackadder, university challenge
FAVOURITE FILM: chungking express
FAVOURITE BOOK(S): A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
FAVOURITE SHARK: shortfin mako. yum.
FOOTBALLING HEROES: peter beardsley, alan shearer, les ferdinand
FOOTBALLING VILLAINS: peter schmeichel, eric cantona, roy keane
OTHER TEAMS: none
OTHER SPORTS: none
ROLE MODEL(S): none
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE: just play it by ear for a bit
5 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
get married
have kids
get published
own a goat
celebrate NUFC winning the league by joining in a pitch invasion at St. James.

[ToonWarrior]

REAL NAME: John
AGE: 26
BIRTHPLACE: North Shields Preston Hospital
WHEREABOUTS: Currently living in Manchester but my hometown is Wallsend!
JOB: Computer Programmer
FAVOURITE BAND: Too many to list
FAVOURITE FOOD: Japanese and Italian
FAVOURITE DRINK: Guiness
FAVOURITE PLACE: Hong Kong
FAVOURITE TV SHOW(S): Lost
FAVOURITE FILM: Too many to list
FAVOURITE SHARK: Jaws
FOOTBALLING HEROES: Alan Shearer, Michael Owen, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Adriano
FOOTBALLING VILLAINS: Rooney, C Ronaldo
OTHER TEAMS: Barcelona
OTHER SPORTS: Golf
ROLE MODEL(S): Shearer
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE: Earn more money and get a house with the lass
5 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: See Newcastle win something, travel around the work, get me motorbike license, get a nice sports bike, climb a big mountain!

[PM]

REAL NAME: Paul
AGE: 17
BIRTHPLACE: North Tyneside General Hospital (Rake Lane)
WHEREABOUTS: Hadrian Park (somewhere near Wallsend)
JOB: Student/referee/lazy b******
FAVOURITE BAND: Liking The Gorillaz atm
FAVOURITE FOOD: Chicken
FAVOURITE DRINK: Lemonade
FAVOURITE PLACE: St James' Park
FAVOURITE TV SHOW(S): MotD (s**** as it now is), Frank Skinner Show, News, Friends (oh dear I do sound sad)
FAVOURITE FILM: Mike Bassett (it's a football film)
FAVOURITE SHARK: Hate them all.
FOOTBALLING HEROES: Beardsley, Sir Les, Pav, Big Al, King Kev, Nobby, Sir Bobby
FOOTBALLING VILLAINS: Jenas, Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gabriel Heinze
OTHER TEAMS: Newcastle Reserves and Juniors
OTHER SPORTS: F1, A1, GP2, WRC, Moto GP, Tennis, Cricket, Rugby (Union)
ROLE MODEL(S): Alan Shearer
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE: Be less lazy, do something with life
5 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: See Newcastle win the Premier League, see Newcastle win the Champions League, see Newcastle win the UEFA Super Cup, see Newcastle win the Club World Championship, and see the Monaco Grand Prix live in Monte Carlo.

[HTT]

FAVOURITE SHARK: Hate them all.

Can we ban this person please?















Wullie, the sitcom things sounds great. I hope to be laughing my arse off in the near future at one of your shows. God knows we need some decent sitcoms on our screens as half of them are crap and we need more Geordie humour on the box.