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Rolls pronounced “crispy”

Mar 15 2002 19:59

Captain Mainwaring

In brutal disregard for the Live! poll on the issue, it has now been declared that David C. Rolls will be known as “crispy”.

An artist's impression of the munkey celebrating the end of voting in the NUS referendum.

A couple of days ago Live! set out to determine (though the ultimate scientific method of an opinion poll) what exactly the "C" in "David C. Rolls" stands for. While the C&G Media Group is pleased to report that we have had a fantastic response we regret that we are going to have to drop the poll at this stage as it appears the issue has been decided.

Felix Editor Will Dugdale revealed to a couple of "lucky" individuals that Mr Roll's middle name is, in fact, "crispy". While this was not at option on the Live! poll (for which "Cloven Hoof" was the clear winner) it seems to have been immediately adopted by, among others, the NUS referendum 'no' campaign team. Today has seen both teams from the 'yes' and 'no' campaigns camped out in the Junior C. Room vainly searching for any students who had yet to vote in the referendum (apparently despite all impressions to the contrary there are actually some IC students on the 'yes' campaign) and "crispy" has become the standard method of referring to the Returning Officer. Crispy and his over-used catch phrase "thank you for your interest in the NUS referendum" have been patrolling the campus with ULU VP(Sports)-elect Rob Davenport in tow today, no doubt seeking to ensure...something.

The conclusion of the Crispy Rolls poll allows Live! to finally settle the question that has been the key issue for many students over the past few days - choosing a name for the C&G (and 'no' campaign) mascot "munkey" (pictured). Ideas put forward by a number of people have been narrowed into a short list of 4 candidates. In the interests of democracy 'new election' will also be a candidate. Vote away!

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Discussion about “Rolls pronounced “crispy””

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1. Stuart Davis

Mar 15 2002 20:13

Did you know there's an RCS womble sitting in my office? It's been here for years vainly searching for a companion on the same intellectual level. Maybe munkey can help, as a sign of cross-CCU cuddly-thing co-operation?

2. Oliver Pell

Mar 15 2002 20:48

Why was this womble not adopted by the 'no' campaign?

3. Edward Piggott

Mar 15 2002 21:41

The RCS womble has higher things to think of than the trivials of union politics. Whilst I am not doubting Monkey's intellectual ability, I feel he was co-opted onto the no campaign by certain unscrupulous C&G officers, and the RCS must be impartial on this matter:)

Stuart: We need a womble bearer, stat.

Congrats to all newly elcted union officers for all faculties. May you not have to sell your soul to Satan and/or go completely bonkers.

4. Edward Piggott

Mar 15 2002 21:48

On another note, I notice that Stuart isn't he you're list. VOTE RON!!!

5. Stuart Davis

Mar 16 2002 15:49

The womble made the following statement:

"Whilst as a mascot of the RCS, I believe that all students should have carefully considered both arguments of the referendum debate before voting 'no', I believed that it would not be proper for me to get directly involved in 'no' campaign once Munkey had become the official mascot.

"Although I have no doubt that Munkey is a principled cuddly-thing, I couldn't take the risk that a clash of egos between the two of us causing such a disturbance to the 'no' campaign that it could have been seriously debilitated.

"That was not something I wanted to happen. I therefore decided to use the last two weeks to spend more time with my family in Wimbledon.

"Now that the referendum is over, I am willing to make myself known and look forward to meeting Munkey. If Live! could arrange the event, I will gladly attend."

6. Adrian

Mar 16 2002 21:38

The question is, how much sponsership from ITV did you get to have Monkey pictured in that T-Shirt?

7. Oliver Pell

Mar 17 2002 11:37

£252,000 and change.

8. Aqeel

Mar 17 2002 12:02

Does that mean we can afford to join the NUS now?

9. Aqeel

Mar 17 2002 12:03

Sorry, I'd just like to point that I do not wish to join!

10. Oliver Pell

Mar 17 2002 12:36

Unfortunately it was a personal donation to the C&G Media Group - once we slice off the 10% cut to the author the rest will be spent on hiring bands of roving hackers to attack to the ICU webserver...

11. Andy Heeps

Mar 17 2002 12:39

I thought we had Sam Sharpe to muck up the ICU webserver? He does it for free!

Perhaps media group could just buy LOADS of yellow t-shirts then stand around in the Junior C. Room all day bitching at each other?

12. Sam

Mar 18 2002 13:38

Ummm....

The Union Webserver works fine and will continue to work fine as long as i have anything to do with it.

It may interest you to know that allsop/hellard has been running continuously for 71 days, so i don't think i have mucked it up.

13. Adrian

Mar 18 2002 14:10

What amuses me is the fact that using the hellard.su.ic.ac.uk address, autocomplete means that you can type "hell" in the "goto" box and it takes you to the union!

Closedd This discussion is closed.