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who put the merkin in Sc.unthorpe?
Ty-Phoo, a maker of tea, ran a campaign many years ago alluding to the fact that it was they who put the T in briTain.
Well, I'm happy to go along with that, but what's been puzzling me, is who put the merkin in Sc.unthorpe?
Famous Sc.unthorpians include
Kevin Keegan
Born near Smerkinhorpe and starting his career with them before famously moving to Liverpool Keegan's merkin-ness took on gigantic proportions when he signed for SV Hamburg. Scousers have an affinity with chip butties, in fact other than stealing cars and beating up Cockneys when the odds are 20 to 1 in their favour, chip butties are their favourite thing. Keegan insulted the whole of Liverpool by signing for a German club in 1977 and as every scouser knows, dem Jarmans bombed our chip shop laaa. A merkin act indeed.
Ian Botham
Whilst having the good sense to be born in Oldham, Rugby League country, Botham actually became famous for being neither outstanding with either a bat or a ball in a game called cricket. Cricket in Australia involves catching skin cancer. Cricket in England involves looking at rain clouds and then going into the pavilion to get drunk. But Beefy didnt become famous in Sc.unthorpe for getting drunk, no he became famous among the leading lights of Sc.unthorpians for playing football for them. Badly. So is being fat and unable to play football well even in the lower leagues enough to blame it on Beefy?
Tony Jacklin
Born and bred in Sc.unthorpe - this giant in the world of small dimpled balls became famous in 1969 by securing both the British and US Opens in the same year. By the early 70's Sc.unthorpes own man about town decided to bill himself as Britains version to ol blue eyes and record an album of "swing" classics. This was obviously a roaring success as none of you knew that fact until you just read it. Sports people thinking they can sing and releasing records? That's merkin material if ever I heard it.
Near misses. I would have loved to have added Margaret Thatcher to this list of ne'er do wells and reprobates, but a) it would have been unfair cos she would have romped it in and b) she came from Grantham which means she doesnt qualify. Mind you, she was still a merkin. Oh and Sir Issac Newton was also from Lincolnshire, but again not a Sc.unthorpian - but as it's his fault things fall to the ground and break cos he invented gravity, then I will call him a clever merkin.
Ty-Phoo, a maker of tea, ran a campaign many years ago alluding to the fact that it was they who put the T in briTain.
Well, I'm happy to go along with that, but what's been puzzling me, is who put the merkin in Sc.unthorpe?
Famous Sc.unthorpians include
Kevin Keegan
Born near Smerkinhorpe and starting his career with them before famously moving to Liverpool Keegan's merkin-ness took on gigantic proportions when he signed for SV Hamburg. Scousers have an affinity with chip butties, in fact other than stealing cars and beating up Cockneys when the odds are 20 to 1 in their favour, chip butties are their favourite thing. Keegan insulted the whole of Liverpool by signing for a German club in 1977 and as every scouser knows, dem Jarmans bombed our chip shop laaa. A merkin act indeed.
Ian Botham
Whilst having the good sense to be born in Oldham, Rugby League country, Botham actually became famous for being neither outstanding with either a bat or a ball in a game called cricket. Cricket in Australia involves catching skin cancer. Cricket in England involves looking at rain clouds and then going into the pavilion to get drunk. But Beefy didnt become famous in Sc.unthorpe for getting drunk, no he became famous among the leading lights of Sc.unthorpians for playing football for them. Badly. So is being fat and unable to play football well even in the lower leagues enough to blame it on Beefy?
Tony Jacklin
Born and bred in Sc.unthorpe - this giant in the world of small dimpled balls became famous in 1969 by securing both the British and US Opens in the same year. By the early 70's Sc.unthorpes own man about town decided to bill himself as Britains version to ol blue eyes and record an album of "swing" classics. This was obviously a roaring success as none of you knew that fact until you just read it. Sports people thinking they can sing and releasing records? That's merkin material if ever I heard it.
Near misses. I would have loved to have added Margaret Thatcher to this list of ne'er do wells and reprobates, but a) it would have been unfair cos she would have romped it in and b) she came from Grantham which means she doesnt qualify. Mind you, she was still a merkin. Oh and Sir Issac Newton was also from Lincolnshire, but again not a Sc.unthorpian - but as it's his fault things fall to the ground and break cos he invented gravity, then I will call him a clever merkin.
