No more horse sh*t on the promenade.
The castle is falling down.
Murrays is closing.
Global warming.
Bird flu.
AIDS.
SARS.
Morning practice ended.
No more two strokes.
No real racing machines.
National speed limit on the Island.
Not enough marshals.
Quarterbridge pub to close.
The chippy on the hill has changed hands.
Tony's souvenire shop has closed.
Australians have bought the ferry service.
The suits are moving in.
Roadwork changes to the Mountain Course.

Oh woe woe and lack-a-day.
The Sky is falling said Chiken Licken, but nobody listened.

I think I will just end it all and leap off the Fairey Bridge next time I come over to see the oldest and the best roadracing in the world.

Cheer up everyone it is not all over yet.

"My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists".
Jean Rostand (1894 - 1977)

Reasons to be cheerful!

Guy Martin :roll:
Chris Kinley
Pigeons at dawn
Gorse Lea marshalls
Ian Lougher :shock:
Chris Palmer
Sidecars
Castletown
Gail and David's wedding
Bill Snelling
Sunsets at Peel
Tin bath racing
Ice cream at Peel
Kippers
The Southern 100 8)
Ian Huntly

reasons to be cheerful, part three:
cookstown.
tandragee.
athea.
SKERRIES.
walderstown.
aberdare.
kells.
faugheen.
mid antrim.
dundrod.
ugp.
dundalk.
killalane.
scarborough.

ade!
[yes, i know i missed nw200 out]

and...Debs! She's certainly a reason to be cheerful.

Just now Miss Whiplash is certainly very cheerful. :wink:

Kipper ice cream Helen?

Five and bit weeks the days get longer cant wait.

i know there's no comparison really, but which clown brought the british gp forward even more so that it now clashes with skerries? i know where i'll be the first weekend in july, but after missing the gp for a couple of years [this year it was brought forward two weeks and clashed with aberdare, so i missed it], i would have liked just to see and hear those gp machines in practice. looking at the gp calendar, there's a four week gap and a three week gap in it. who makes these damned things up? :roll:
ade!

Another reason to be cheerful..........

The JOey Dunlop Foundation Fund, which will soon make it possible
for the disabled fans to come to the TT and MGP, as well as other visitors
wishing to see the island.

and tonight is the dinner and raffle for this fund, so if you bought a
ticket you could be the lucky winner for the CBRR 600 HONDA

Wish I could be there, but I know you'll collect my bike for me! Txt me the winner?

We must not forget John Foster's (& Jill) superb brunches when we are all over on the rock.Who needs racing with all that food? And of course the Christmas silliness.Is the house trimmed up yet John?

Apple scrumping? 'nuff said???

That's a dismal list you compiled. But, cheer up, Don.
Remember the words of that great philosopher, Charlie Brown -

"It can't be the end of the world. It's already tomorrow in Australia!"

I've got my tickets for tonight's raffle - good luck to all!

Cheers, Harry

Of course, Harry...I have competition for that bike, don't I? Hmmm...spells are needed, or is that cheating? I am hoping to have a txt telling me the winner later.

Helen - I'll make you a deal. If I win the bike I will sell it to you a very friendly price, pay for my trip to the TT and make a donation back to the Foundation. How's that for a deal?

And , yes! Spells would be cheating LOL!!

Cheer, Harry

What about the rare mixture of tattooed, hairy bikers :shock: and the nice ladies of "TT Teas" fame. Surely something not to be missed.