This latest canoe story got me thinking that Hartlepool seems to get a fair bit of publicity but it always seems to be the wrong sort, ie bad publicity.

ie, monkey for mayor, hanging a monkey, lawrence, mandelson, Ian Wright (****er), lads pissing on a dead woman, one of the most unsuccessful proffessional football clubs with most re-elections, ghost ships, wayne sleep and now this canoe thing!

Oh, well at least we have Jeff Stelling to be thankful for

you forgot the ghost ships

Hart-le-pool Hart-le-pool Hart-le-poo-oo-ol !!!!!

shite - no you didn't!!!!

Arthur Hutchinson then!!!!!

nutter!!! You pished?

Nowt wrong with Mandy!

If his was MP right now, the hospital wouldn't be closing, a country mile better than Wright and Ted Bedwetter

Iain Wright is a bell end who needs to be knocked of his perch and hard and fast!

Promised the world....provided nowt

And just to add another, nowt wrong with the ghost ships, Greenpeace are a bunch of bounders

one issue with 'Greenpeace' is this..... how do they travel from country to country to campaign??

How about they practice what they preach. Bunch of tossers!

not a bad jolly for them is it?

I hope they get paid above minimum wage for it

Love it Wayne sleep Was he not best mates with mutley

Come on gravedisorder, leave off Wayne Sleep.

It's no wonder because of that you didn't include Scott Henshall - like my dad, born in Hartlepool but no visible signs of an accent.

Although I jest about John Darwin, he's not exactly a positive role model from the town.

I've heard of Johnny Giro

Wayne Sleep, a true poolie legend. The one world class thing we've ever produced.

Shame that Wayne Sleep was not born here but moved to the town when he was 5.

Just pointing out that your banging on about him being from here when he isnt.

I thought there was no such thing as bad publicity.
When I used to be on my travels (especially down south) and someone asked where I was from, the response to my reply was usually something like "Where the F---s that then?
At least now I don't have to explain.

To digress, Did the Mail have to splash the Darwins story over 7 pages? There is hardly much worth reading in there to start with, but, to people like me who do not want to know about the avaricious pair of fookers, it left even less space for the banal.

I only get the paper for the sport and the hatchers, matchers and despatchers.
Today they split the nerws about Pools over 2 pages (as usual) and tell you to turn to page 41 when in fact its on page 40. Along with the poor grammar and spelling mistakes I am beginning to wonder who is in charge.

The Mail is a complete and utter joke, every single part of it.

I expect them to do the job right, is that wrong?
I imagine that they compose the newspaper on a computer these days so Switch on the spelling and grammar checker.
Even my cheap old WP has a decent one of those.

I used to get my mail delivered direct from the mail office but more often than not they did NOT deliver so now I get it myself.

Wayne Sleep .... did he not have a fearsome reputation as someone not to tangle with in pools

Is it Tuesday?

Talbot " Anything you can do.... i can do better "

Back with the darwins - we are going to get more great publicity - tax payers are going to pay for their appeal against the police looking to get their ill gotten gains back - they've got legal aid !!!!!!

Who said crime dosen't pay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I'm asked where I'm from I reply, Toxic Town. People don't need to ask a second time.

That's Middlesbrough isn't it?

I'll promise nowt but work my knackers off to get things done for the town if I were elected MP.....