Poster Profile 24: PerryGo
By The Prof
August 28 2003
| Board Name: | PerryGo |
| Age: | 46 |
| Location: | Buckinghamshire |
| Occupation: | Insurance |
| Why did you choose your board name?: | Originated from a friendly argument with TMJ (former HSC Chairman and then-Editor of Another Message board) about the correct pronunciation of the name of the French team Périgueux against whom Quins were about to play); his insistence on ‘perry-go’ (as in ‘Bordeaux’) gave me the idea. |
| How long have you been supporting Quins?: | Never followed any other team but seriously about 5-6 years |
| How did you start supporting Quins?: | A friend invited me along with him; we stood where the East stand now is. When the stand was built, I bought debentures as it seemed a lot more civilised… |
| If you play(ed) rugby what position did/do you play?: | Full back (but I always wanted to play fly half) |
| Best ever Quins game: | European Shield Final |
| Favourite off pitch Quins experience: | Caerphilly away |
| What is the most ridiculous rugby related thing you have done?: | Had my tailor make a jacket (blazer) in Harlequins’ colours; the only place I’m not too embarrassed to wear it is at CAW functions… |
| Favourite Ground (after The Stoop): | Northampton Saints |
| Favourite Quins Player: | André Vos |
| Favourite Non-Quins Player: | Jonny Wilkinson |
| Most likely to say?: | Something about the fly half… |
| Least likely to say?: | Anything about the front row… |
| What are your non-rugby pastimes?: | Playing electric guitar; spending time in Provence; doing an MA in Christian Theology |
| Favourite Film(s): | Zulu; Matrix |
| Favourite TV Programme(s): | The Rugby Club; Inspector Morse; Kavanagh QC; Poirot; Vicar of Dibley; Fawlty Towers; Frost |
| Favourite Book(s): | The Bible; Michelin Guide to France |
| Favourite Music: | REM |
| Favourite Food(s): | Fois Gras; Risotto aux Truffes; Spotted Dick and Custard |
| Favourite Drinks(s): | Chateau Latour |
| Favourite Quotation(s): | “Winning isn’t everything… but losing isn’t anything” Yogi Berra (former NY Yankees/Mets player and coach). Other great Yogi-isms include… It ain't over 'til it's over” "Never answer an anonymous letter" “It’s déja vu all over again" “When you come to a fork in the road....take it” “I didn't really say everything I said” “You can observe a lot by watching” On why NY lost the 1960 series to Pittsburgh: “We made too many wrong mistakes" “It gets late early out here" |
| Favourite Place(s) to visit: | New York; Sydney |
| When you were young what did you want Jim to Fix for you?: | To drive a Formula One racing car |
| Tell us THREE things about yourself that we wouldn't know. BUT, TWO of these should be true, but ONE should be totally made up: |
1. At one of the ‘Meet the Players’ evenings, to the amusement of everyone except me, I asked a Quins player what his favourite position was… naturally, I meant rugby position 2. The Queen told me that she nearly stopped supporting Quins when the club re-signed Will Carling 3. I detest soccer |