Poster Profile 12: Midge

By The Prof
August 4 2003

School chum of Brian Moore's, cartoonist, and possible town crier (I can't believe he ever heard a Labour minister tell the truth!), Midge tells all.

Board Name: Midge
Age: 40
Location: Reading
Occupation: Cartoonist
Why did you choose your board name?: Always been my nickname, also my cartoon pen name
How long have you been supporting Quins?: 8/9 years
How did you start supporting Quins?: Supplier took me to watch them on a few jollies and before I knew it I was cheering them on
If you play(ed) rugby what position did/do you play?: Scrum half, same school team as Brian Moore…..what went wrong?
Best ever Quins game: European Shield Final
Favourite off pitch Quins experience: Getting pissed in Italy with Jason Keyter
What is the most ridiculous rugby related thing you have done?: Got so drunk in Paris I locked myself out of the hotel room and had to go down to a reception area full of England supporters in my boxer shorts
Favourite Ground (after The Stoop): Bath, got an old rugby feel to it
Favourite Quins Player: Garrick Morgan
Favourite Non-Quins Player: Richard Hill
Most likely to say?: A Guinness please
Least likely to say?: What’s you having
What are your non-rugby pastimes?: Cartooning, looking after baby
Favourite Film(s): Star Wars
Favourite TV Programme(s): Coronation Street
Favourite Book(s): The Moon's A Balloon – David Niven
Favourite Music: Loud thrash metal
Favourite Food(s): Home made pasta
Favourite Drinks(s): Guinness
Favourite Quotation(s): Infamy Infamy, they’ve all got it in for me
Favourite Place(s) to visit: Hong Kong for the 7’s or Vegas
When you were young what did you want Jim to Fix for you?: I wanted to be an American Football player, just so I could get a trip to the States. Or a Playboy photographer
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. I won a competition to dress up as a town crier and announce the re-opening of an old building in Halifax. I was 12 and didn’t think it would do my cool image any good so declined.
2. I found Brian Moores illict girlie mag stash at school and stole it.
3. I once heard a Labour minister tell the truth.

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