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To think that the Eddie Stobart spotters are just ummm a bit sad

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pigletmania · 15/10/2010 22:28

Watching this weeks Eddie Stobart programme, apart from the suspense will it, won't it. I will probably get flamed but the Eddie Stobart spotters Debbie and Robert do need to get a life. What with wanting their van cab wrapped in the Stobart livery, wanting and Eddie Stobart duvet cover but shock horror could not because it only comes in single sizes (wonder why), have an Eddie Stobart umbrella, mug and towel Grin. Takes spotting to a whole new level. Oh dear comes to mind!

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BarbaraSeville · 15/10/2010 22:30

Well I think you are being a bit harsh. A lot of people with Aspergers, for example, get some pleasure out of it. And it isn't hurting anyone.

SarahStratton · 15/10/2010 22:31

Absolutely, I far prefer Norbert Dentressangle :)

TiggyD · 15/10/2010 22:31

I think it's actually legal to kill them you know.

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pigletmania · 15/10/2010 22:32

This is meant to be a light hearted thread and no dig at anyone with a disability.

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pigletmania · 15/10/2010 22:33

15 years ago i had a Patrick Swayze obsession and if he had died when i was a teen i would have been absolutely hartbroken.

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sheepgowooohooo · 15/10/2010 22:34

my ds must be a bit sad then because he loves eddie stobart

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pigletmania · 15/10/2010 22:34

so can we keep it lightharted please.

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garageflower · 15/10/2010 22:34

I actually love anyone who has an obsession and isn't afraid to show it. We all have our secret little quirks and I think it's great when people just get them out there.

Makes me feel all fuzzy Smile

I would happily do similar with Cluedo, if it were possible.

SixtyFootGhooool · 15/10/2010 22:35

they are not haarming anyone

as a closet anorak ( not telling you what about)

I say leave em be!

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pigletmania · 15/10/2010 22:35

I did find myself fasciated by the trucks though, and wanting to drive them if I could drive. LIke the horsebox one.

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BarbaraSeville · 15/10/2010 22:37

Um, lighthearted? Ok, how about the baby name game- you pick by the first lorry you see?

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pigletmania · 15/10/2010 22:38

I am sure that I am like that about airoplanes, due to various health problems and my dyslexia I could not be a pilot, but still salivate at a boeing 747 Grin. And watched the programme about Roles Royce plane egines with such fascination.

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sheepgowooohooo · 15/10/2010 22:39

I do too.. its fascinating. My Dad was an anorak about trains, He used to make model ones from proper kits with a soldering iron and tons of fiddly bits.. not the horny crap.

He could watch a programme with a reserved railway featured in it and tell you exactly where it was.. chances are we'd probab ly been on it!

sheepgowooohooo · 15/10/2010 22:39

err that should be hornby not horny

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pigletmania · 15/10/2010 22:39

Yes its Friday night chill Grin not everything should be take seriously.

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sheepgowooohooo · 15/10/2010 22:41

and preserved not reseved arggh what the matter with me!

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pigletmania · 15/10/2010 22:41

My goodness a boeing 474 ummmm I think that i feel the same way about planes that the Eddie Stobart spotters feel about the trucks.

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memoo · 15/10/2010 22:41

Not as sad as somebody who watches Eddie Stobart programmes!

Thingumy · 15/10/2010 22:42

What is it about eddie stobart lorries though?

They are just sodding lorries with 'eddie stobart' on the side.

< Dsiclaimer-Thingumy's dad is a bog standard lorry driver>

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pigletmania · 15/10/2010 22:44

Like me memoo Grin even better if it was an areoplane programme. I watched the Concord one, was almost in tears, my dreams of being a concord pilot down the drain.

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nogwells · 15/10/2010 22:44

:) I don't have an obsession but when an Eddie Stobart goes past the tradition in my partners family is to be first in to pinch someone, not someone who is driving.. its still quite fun. Not sure how it started, perhaps there was a spotter in his family, I wouldn't be surprised Wink

reallywoundup · 15/10/2010 22:45

Blush i'm a member of the eddie stobart fan club.............. i can honestly say though that i did not sign up for it, nor do i pay the annual subscription myself! Tis my mother.... she's bonkers. it all started many moons ago when we were travelling around the uk looking at universities and we started playing the eddie v norbert game. Shortly after starting uni i recieved my membership pack- and she continues to renew it every year! Told you she was bonkers (i'm in my 30's fgs.... i've grown out of it mother............ it's no longer amusing!)

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pigletmania · 15/10/2010 22:47

Was their a haulage company called norbert i think that there might have been.

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memoo · 15/10/2010 22:47

ah you're all crazy! Grin

littlemissratty · 15/10/2010 22:50

Does anyone play the game in the car where if you spot one you hit the person next to you and at the end of the journey who spotted the most wins?
Me and dp play this when we go on long trips and we never fail to have a laugh!
I remember when we went passed a depo with about 60 wagons parked up you can imagine how my thigh felt as me missing them but dp spotting them lol!!!

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