Poster Profile 16: Lou
By The Prof
August 8 2003
Geezerette Lou answers the questions - did she have a brush with the law many years ago, did she meet Wham! - read on to find out more
| Board Name: | Lou |
| Age: | (shouldn’t really ask a girl their age!) 32 |
| Location: | Twickenham |
| Occupation: | Patent Secretary |
| Why did you choose your board name?: | ‘cos that’s my name! At the beginning I used to (occasionally) post under Go4it, but it seemed pretty pointless once everyone knew who I was!! |
| How long have you been supporting Quins?: | Fully since 1998 (I had always liked them, but from afar) |
| How did you start supporting Quins?: | When I moved back to England, I wanted to start going to watch rugby again. Being in London, I knew that there were a few Premiership sides nearby. I could have chosen W**ps as they were just up the road from where I previously lived, but I had always liked Harlequins so ventured down to Twickenham to check them out. |
| If you play(ed) rugby what position did/do you play?: | Have never played! Very lazy!! |
| Best ever Quins game: | Of the ones I’ve seen, Brive vs. Harlequins in 2001 (especially Will’s try), or even the European Shield final v Narbonne – had you sitting on the edge of your seat! And the semi-final against Leicester in the Powergen Cup! The coach had just “left” and everyone had written us off! |
| Favourite off pitch Quins experience: | The weekend in Brive in 2001, Montferrand in 2000, in fact the majority of the European weekends; the post match party after the European Shield final. |
| What is the most ridiculous rugby related thing you have done?: | It must have been so ridiculous that I can’t remember, but wearing those trousers must be rated very high on the list……oh and even wearing the poncho at Gloucester away!! Having said that, no doubt that whatever it was will be beaten this coming season!! |
| Favourite Ground (after The Stoop): | Heyward Road (Sale), Madjeski Stadium (only because we haven’t lost there for a while now - I don’t normally like rugby in football grounds), Kingsholm. Now if we’d have had a “worst ground category” I could’ve given you plenty!!! |
| Favourite Quins Player: | Roy Winters |
| Favourite Non-Quins Player: | Jonny Wilkinson (well there’s a surprise!) |
| Most likely to say?: | A lager please! |
| Least likely to say?: | I’ll have a Guinness (sorry, but I can’t stand the stuff!!). |
| What are your non-rugby pastimes?: | Is there life outside of rugby?? Walking and swimming amongst others |
| Favourite Film(s): | Top Gun, Cry Freedom, The Full Monty, Watership Down |
| Favourite TV Programme(s): | ER, Eastenders, Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses, Friends, Holby City |
| Favourite Book(s): | The Ramses Series by Christian Jacq, in fact anything written by Christian Jacq |
| Favourite Music: | REM, George Michael, The Levellers, Oasis, Blur, Celine Dion and many more….. |
| Favourite Food(s): | Italian, Indian (as long as it’s not too hot), Chinese, Rice Pudding |
| Favourite Drinks(s): | Anything alcoholic!!! Lager, vodka, baileys, Pimms……… |
| Favourite Quotation(s): | um, I don’t know really. “We should all learn to laugh at ourselves”. However, quotes like “He Knows” and “No good can come of this” are quite funny at the moment!! |
| Favourite Place(s) to visit: | Marrakesh |
| When you were young what did you want Jim to Fix for you?: | I always wanted to meet Wham! |
| 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 used to play the flute. 2. I was a singer in our school’s production of Bugsey Malone. 3. When I was about eight, I got in trouble with the police for bunking off school. |