OK, I'll bite...
Before I go on, I'd like to apologise if anything I say seems arrogant or wankerish. Sure, I'm arrogant and I'm a wanker but I'm not seeking to be in this post. I am simply calling it as I see it.
So...
This bloke annoints
himself as the new "mascot" for the team? WTF? Who does this guy think he is?
What about:
who had a write up in Sports Confidential today;
or
Who has had a couple of write ups recently and whose image has been used quite a few times.
Now, I actually think it's kind of sad that anyone would
want to "be the new mascot" now that "Parra Jesus has retired" or whatever. I can totally dig people doing stuff for a laugh and a bit of fun and to show their support like I did - and if this leads to anything like it did with me then they will have my full support - but to actually
seek to be the "new" Parra Jesus or whatever kinda seems stupid to me.
But I guess my major point is not to be worried about this reaper guy. Who the hell is he? Who the hell is he to decide he is going to be the new "mascot" etc?
You see, it is
you who will decide if anyone, I dunno, takes my place or whatever. It's GF week and the papers are looking to write stories on fans so they found some guy who now thinks he is going to be the new "mascot" or whatever.
If you don't want him, don't embrace him and nothing will come of it. If you want him - or anyone else - then embrace them and something will come of it.
You will decide, not them, as these things cannot and should not be forced upon the fans. No one can annoint
themselves as your "mascot" or "ambassador" or "spokesperson" or whatever.
The fans must do this. The fans embraced my stupidity and it is only because of them that ten years of insanity came from one day of tomfoolery.
Now, whilst I am very touched by your request, HOG, and by similar requests that have been flying my way over the last couple of months, I will nevertheless not be taking up your offer. While $5k is a nice chunk of meat, I've made my decision and I will stick by it. For starters, I wouldn't want to jinx the team...
I would be honoured if you could take that $5k and add it to the $10k you will be donating. I think that is a much more worthy cause.
Once again thank you very much for the offer, and all the other offers that have come here and elsewhere, but I will respectfully decline.
In response to a few comments in this thread:
since HJ disrobed weve been on fire, maybe he can put it on when the fulltime siren sounds?
I would just like to point out that I have been retired for quite some time now. Any belief that my retirement is only recent is incorrect. Things have continued on without me making an idiot of myself and this does not need to change because a self-appointed heir makes one minor appearance in a minor article.
HJ is not a greedy capitalist pig.
I'm not? What am I, a socialist?
I don't know HJ personally, but by reading his posts on here he seems to be a man of his word, so i'd say he won't do it.
Thank you very much for that comment.
suity how come he disrobed in the first place? got over it? what?
Making a fool of yourself is a young man's game, nath.
