Those of you who read Fever Pitch will remember the section on chocolate mice. The author says that they throw a chocolate mouse on the pitch and arsenal win and for the next few games a habit is formed when they have to buy chocolate mice before the game and the winning run continues. I had a similar such patch with QPR - this time a pre- game curry which resulted in a cup run and a quarter final matxh at old trafford - the frozen reheated curry (lunchtime kickoff) did not work and Paul Ince suffered a whole game of being told he was a five digit merchant and the R's lost. At Wembley this year - with 10 mins to go, I give a silent offering to the football gods that if we win and go up, I will finally get the QPR tattoo that I have put off for 30+ years of QPR support and them OBZ.... I still have no tattoo. Welcome views. Do I get the tattoo - satisfy the football gods and maybe we not stay up and finish top 8? Or is all this superstitious rubbish..... Anyone else done the superstitious stuff and what promise would you now make to do to ensure that we stay up - not that any of us believe in this.....
We could perhaps try this approach for good luck:- please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image There are few traditions in sports that compare to those in the game of hockey. One such tradition is the throwing of octopi onto the ice at Red Wings games. Ever wonder how it started? The octopus first made its appearance on April 15, 1952, during the Red Wings' Stanley Cup playoff run. Two Detroit brothers, Pete and Jerry Cusimano - storeowner's in Detroit's Eastern Market - threw the eight-legged cephalopod on the ice at Olympia Stadium. Each tentacle of the octopus was symbolic of a win in the playoffs. Back then, the NHL boasted only six teams, and eight wins (two best-of-seven series) were needed to win the Stanley Cup. The Red Wings swept the series that year, and the Octopus has come to be the good luck charm ever since. The tradition carried over to Joe Louis Arena on opening night in 1979 when several found their way onto the ice. During the 1995 playoffs, Bob Dubisky and Larry Shotwell, co-workers at a meat and seafood retail company near Detroit, tossed a 38-pound octopus onto the ice during the National Anthem prior to Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. The year after, the duo struck again with a 50-pounder in the Conference Finals. Although the feat received no airtime on the nationally broadcast game, the octopus was proudly displayed on the hood of the Zamboni between periods. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=43781
For clear unequivocal advice in this matter maybe sb is the man? He'll tell God off in no uncertain terms and then advise you it's superstitious nonsense. I've never really "got" tattoos tbf. Apologies to anyone who's done this but why would you ever have Kaylee (sic) and Ryder engraved in indelible ink on your arms? Possibly in Chinese for their exoticness. They're your kids. Are you gonna forget their names? Or QPR? Are you gonna forget who you support? Or are you grandstanding? Poor and untrendy advice would be to make your statements with who and what you are and do, not what coloured ink you pay someone a ridiculous amount to impose on your body. YMMV.
OK westlondonlalala, 1st can I thank you for posting a more cheerful thread, top man and hats off to you! If you feel like it then go ahead, it's your life mate but since you asked for opinions then here is mine. I wanted to get a tattoo in my teen years but never got around to it I'm now glad to say. Getting a tramp stamp at such an early age is something that many people come to regret unless you spend lots of £$£ and do it right with a not off the shelf bit of art. My second bit of advise is having a tattoo when your 45 years+ old to me smacks of the 1st signs of a mid life crisis. I'm 39 so I will wait another five or ten years before I consider getting my 1st tattoo,lol..
for me was shagging some bird off a sink estate called Kayleigh. Her dad had a really cool oriental tattoo. Never found out what it meant.
Probably ... "Touch my daughter and I'll put a curse on the football team that you support". THANKS A LOT TELFORD!
Tattoos - not for me...qpr_badger doesn't accessorise. Each to their own though - would you get a full badge or just the letters? You could get a tattoo of a young Harry Redknapp and see if it turns into his current slightly saggier self as you get older? In terms of suspicions - when we first got promoted I happily included QPR players for the first time in my fantasy football squad. Slowly but surely each and every player either got injured or seemingly forgot how to play football. Now I ignore our players for fear of causing a downturn in fortunes for both the club and my Fantasy Football team...unfortunately it appears to have had no impact at all - injuries are piling up and well the less said about form the better.
Thanks for the advice..... alot of anti - tattoo prejudice here eh.... still - something small and discrete to keep the R's up might be worth it....
Imaginary God, what are you thinking of? Superstitious rubbish. You've got me taped Tel. I had an earring put in on Sardinia during the 1990 World Cup. Wanted to show my solidarity with the English fans, but didn't fancy the tattoo option. We got to the semi finals! I had taken it out by the time of Euro 1996. We got to the semi-finals!
Don't listen to Kiwi, this is not a picture of him but he looks very similar. please log in to view this image He has all the piercings but on the tattoo front he opted for the Spiderman theme,lol. Maybe that would not look so bad if you just had the QPR crest minus the face piercings.
Sorry Westlondon, Go and get that ink mate. Being it's our club crest that's a fine pic. If you do then will you get a retro one or the current design? There was talk of our Tony having a new one very soon .
