Back in the day, meaning when I was in junior high school, you had to take sides. You could be a Beatles fan or a Rolling Stones fan but not both.
Me, I signed on with ?Street Fighting Man? and ?Jumping Jack Flash? although I did see ?Yellow Submarine? 14 times (perhaps on the same day) in San Francisco. Could?ve been those magic mushrooms, I don?t know. That was in the era when it was ?Free Angela? formerly $9.95, a radical time.
I think it?s fair to say there is a dichotomy betwixt and between Manny Pacquiao advocates and the Hattonites who fly across the pond to sing and cheer for their Mancunian hero, Ricky Hatton. I don?t see much crossover between the two fan bases.
It?s kind of like the difference between the Hell?s Angels and the Cub Scouts.
Which leads me to the Top Differences Between Pacmaniacs and Hattonites:
The Pinoys drink for pleasure, the Hattonites drink to remember. The Pinays are far more beautiful than the typical Mancunian troll, although the Hattonites are 99.9 male. Maybe they should sing ?Y-M-C-A? rather than that awful mash-up of ?Walking In A Winter Wonderland.? Hattonites hope their Only One Ricky will win a fight, the Pacmaniancs know that Megammany will emerge victorious. Hattonites pound down their pints, meaning oceans of beer, while Pacmaniacs are more versatile with their adult bevies even going as far as to sip Mai Tais with fruit and those tiny umbrellas in them. Pac fans share their hero with Pinoys the world over while Hattonites will be quick to remind you that their shining knight is a Mancunian treasure. Hattonites are up for a punch up, a drunken brawl, while Pacquiao fans let the National Fist handle the violence. The Hattonites dreamed Ricky would beat Floyd Mayweather. The Pacaddicts are convinced that Oscar de la Hoya is doomed. Pacnuts revel in their guy?s Numero Uno P4P status while Hattonites know their boy can never reach that mountaintop. And, after hours of inhaling lager, who cares? I look for a Hatton-Pacman fight late in 2009 and some smart vendor will be pitching earmuffs to the Megamanny fans to drown out that horrendous Hattonite singalong. Manny is destined for the International Boxing Hall Of Fame?the ring, the fist encased in cement, the whole thing. Ricky will be admitted if he buys a ticket but never enshrined. Did I mention the women?
