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Definition of a happy clapper and how to avoid becoming one

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Posted 05 September 2011 - 09:23 PM

I thought I would start a thread for us to debate a few interpretations of the term 'happy clapper' and the opposite of a happy clapper. This is designed to stop the spread of the disease!

Let me make a confession. I think I may be a 'happy clapper' but please don't worry, I'm pretty certain my ailment is not contagious and if you are not a happy clapper, it's unlikely you will ever catch the disease.

In case you are still worried about catching happy clappy syndrome, here are some of the symptoms and signs you may want to watch out for.

A happy clapper is someone that Is more likely to cheer the team than boo them. Stay away from them and look out for people who don't smile much. You will be safe around them.
A happy clapper might refrain from making nasty and cutting comments about the management and the players both on this forum and at the match. Idiots that they are!
A happy clapper may sometimes be guilty over being 'over optimistic' and has an expectation that things will work out for us. Simply naive eh?
A happy clapper might be constructively critical when the team has not played well. Sod the diplomacy, let em have both barrels.
A happy clapper has a tendency to be more patient with the team - the players and the management. Tut tut and shame on them.

My second confession is that, whilst I think I am a happy clapper, I sometimes come into short periods of remission - times when I feel annoyed and frustrated and I feel like calling the centre forward a blinking idiot when he misses from two yards and I feel frustrated with a certain midfielder (the crab) because of his negative sideway passes. When i am suffering from happy clapper syndrome, its funny but i regard these sideways passes as positive because they keep possession.

I even have periods where i think Shezza should have forced his target players to join us this summer with threats of violence. Unfortunately, these remissions do not last for long and I am soon back to being positive again.

Whether we are happy clappers, manic depressives or balanced realists that swing between both camps, please try to remember that we Happy Clappers really cannot help it. We were born this way. The good news is we are in this together and we are all Spireites at the end of the day.

I am thinking of setting up a Happy Clappers Annonymous Group. We will need a few volunteers to counsel us through our problems - or just shoot us!

Anyway, winning every week is boring Sleep tight you blues :rolleyes:

This post has been edited by DRL: 05 September 2011 - 09:40 PM

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Posted 05 September 2011 - 09:27 PM

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Posted 05 September 2011 - 10:05 PM

Thank you. Just took my medicine :rolleyes:
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Posted 05 September 2011 - 10:32 PM

View PostDRL, on 05 September 2011 - 09:23 PM, said:

I thought I would start a thread for us to debate a few interpretations of the term 'happy clapper' and the opposite of a happy clapper. This is designed to stop the spread of the disease!

Let me make a confession. I think I may be a 'happy clapper' but please don't worry, I'm pretty certain my ailment is not contagious and if you are not a happy clapper, it's unlikely you will ever catch the disease.

In case you are still worried about catching happy clappy syndrome, here are some of the symptoms and signs you may want to watch out for.

A happy clapper is someone that Is more likely to cheer the team than boo them. Stay away from them and look out for people who don't smile much. You will be safe around them.
A happy clapper might refrain from making nasty and cutting comments about the management and the players both on this forum and at the match. Idiots that they are!
A happy clapper may sometimes be guilty over being 'over optimistic' and has an expectation that things will work out for us. Simply naive eh?
A happy clapper might be constructively critical when the team has not played well. Sod the diplomacy, let em have both barrels.
A happy clapper has a tendency to be more patient with the team - the players and the management. Tut tut and shame on them.

My second confession is that, whilst I think I am a happy clapper, I sometimes come into short periods of remission - times when I feel annoyed and frustrated and I feel like calling the centre forward a blinking idiot when he misses from two yards and I feel frustrated with a certain midfielder (the crab) because of his negative sideway passes. When i am suffering from happy clapper syndrome, its funny but i regard these sideways passes as positive because they keep possession.

I even have periods where i think Shezza should have forced his target players to join us this summer with threats of violence. Unfortunately, these remissions do not last for long and I am soon back to being positive again.

Whether we are happy clappers, manic depressives or balanced realists that swing between both camps, please try to remember that we Happy Clappers really cannot help it. We were born this way. The good news is we are in this together and we are all Spireites at the end of the day.

I am thinking of setting up a Happy Clappers Annonymous Group. We will need a few volunteers to counsel us through our problems - or just shoot us!

Anyway, winning every week is boring Sleep tight you blues :rolleyes:


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Posted 05 September 2011 - 11:33 PM

whats the name for people opposite to happy clappers?
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Posted 05 September 2011 - 11:42 PM

View PostDRL, on 05 September 2011 - 09:23 PM, said:

I thought I would start a thread for us to debate a few interpretations of the term 'happy clapper' and the opposite of a happy clapper. This is designed to stop the spread of the disease!

Let me make a confession. I think I may be a 'happy clapper' but please don't worry, I'm pretty certain my ailment is not contagious and if you are not a happy clapper, it's unlikely you will ever catch the disease.

In case you are still worried about catching happy clappy syndrome, here are some of the symptoms and signs you may want to watch out for.

A happy clapper is someone that Is more likely to cheer the team than boo them. Stay away from them and look out for people who don't smile much. You will be safe around them.
A happy clapper might refrain from making nasty and cutting comments about the management and the players both on this forum and at the match. Idiots that they are!
A happy clapper may sometimes be guilty over being 'over optimistic' and has an expectation that things will work out for us. Simply naive eh?
A happy clapper might be constructively critical when the team has not played well. Sod the diplomacy, let em have both barrels.
A happy clapper has a tendency to be more patient with the team - the players and the management. Tut tut and shame on them.

My second confession is that, whilst I think I am a happy clapper, I sometimes come into short periods of remission - times when I feel annoyed and frustrated and I feel like calling the centre forward a blinking idiot when he misses from two yards and I feel frustrated with a certain midfielder (the crab) because of his negative sideway passes. When i am suffering from happy clapper syndrome, its funny but i regard these sideways passes as positive because they keep possession.

I even have periods where i think Shezza should have forced his target players to join us this summer with threats of violence. Unfortunately, these remissions do not last for long and I am soon back to being positive again.

Whether we are happy clappers, manic depressives or balanced realists that swing between both camps, please try to remember that we Happy Clappers really cannot help it. We were born this way. The good news is we are in this together and we are all Spireites at the end of the day.

I am thinking of setting up a Happy Clappers Annonymous Group. We will need a few volunteers to counsel us through our problems - or just shoot us!

Anyway, winning every week is boring Sleep tight you blues :rolleyes:


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Posted 06 September 2011 - 12:06 AM

View PostRPL42YEARS, on 05 September 2011 - 10:32 PM, said:

That's a very long guilt trip - do you feel any better now?

Feels good to have come out!
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Posted 06 September 2011 - 12:16 AM

View PostBlue95, on 05 September 2011 - 11:33 PM, said:

whats the name for people opposite to happy clappers?
Unhappy feckers?

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View PostBlue95, on 05 September 2011 - 11:33 PM, said:

whats the name for people opposite to happy clappers?



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Posted 06 September 2011 - 07:49 AM

View PostRPL42YEARS, on 05 September 2011 - 10:32 PM, said:

That's a very long guilt trip - do you feel any better now?


Only the terminally unenthusiastic would read that and think he has anything to be guilty about! :lol:
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Posted 06 September 2011 - 08:17 AM

View PostDRL, on 05 September 2011 - 09:23 PM, said:

I thought I would start a thread for us to debate a few interpretations of the term 'happy clapper' and the opposite of a happy clapper. This is designed to stop the spread of the disease!

Let me make a confession. I think I may be a 'happy clapper' but please don't worry, I'm pretty certain my ailment is not contagious and if you are not a happy clapper, it's unlikely you will ever catch the disease.

In case you are still worried about catching happy clappy syndrome, here are some of the symptoms and signs you may want to watch out for.

A happy clapper is someone that Is more likely to cheer the team than boo them. Stay away from them and look out for people who don't smile much. You will be safe around them.
A happy clapper might refrain from making nasty and cutting comments about the management and the players both on this forum and at the match. Idiots that they are!
A happy clapper may sometimes be guilty over being 'over optimistic' and has an expectation that things will work out for us. Simply naive eh?
A happy clapper might be constructively critical when the team has not played well. Sod the diplomacy, let em have both barrels.
A happy clapper has a tendency to be more patient with the team - the players and the management. Tut tut and shame on them.

My second confession is that, whilst I think I am a happy clapper, I sometimes come into short periods of remission - times when I feel annoyed and frustrated and I feel like calling the centre forward a blinking idiot when he misses from two yards and I feel frustrated with a certain midfielder (the crab) because of his negative sideway passes. When i am suffering from happy clapper syndrome, its funny but i regard these sideways passes as positive because they keep possession.

I even have periods where i think Shezza should have forced his target players to join us this summer with threats of violence. Unfortunately, these remissions do not last for long and I am soon back to being positive again.

Whether we are happy clappers, manic depressives or balanced realists that swing between both camps, please try to remember that we Happy Clappers really cannot help it. We were born this way. The good news is we are in this together and we are all Spireites at the end of the day.

I am thinking of setting up a Happy Clappers Annonymous Group. We will need a few volunteers to counsel us through our problems - or just shoot us!

Anyway, winning every week is boring Sleep tight you blues :rolleyes:


Y'know, reading the words 'clap', 'disease', and 'contagious' together like this makes me wonder if there's something we're not being told here...
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Posted 06 September 2011 - 08:28 AM

View PostSpire 12345 (Rotherham 0), on 06 September 2011 - 06:35 AM, said:

First name Walton , last name fisini, nickname RRPL42


Or, in your case, deluded.......i doubt anyone will ever forget your Bowery claim :rolleyes:
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Posted 06 September 2011 - 09:10 AM

View PostDave Wallers, on 06 September 2011 - 12:16 AM, said:

Unhappy feckers?

WARFEYS LAUGHING LIKE IT SIR :sunglasses
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Posted 06 September 2011 - 09:16 AM

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Y'know, reading the words 'clap', 'disease', and 'contagious' together like this makes me wonder if there's something we're not being told here...

MAYBE A VISIT TO THE CLINIC MIGHT EASE THE SYMPTONS
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WARFEYS LAUGHING LIKE IT SIR :sunglasses

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Posted 06 September 2011 - 11:31 AM

I think I'm a bit of a clapper so it looks like I'm a gonner here!
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Posted 06 September 2011 - 12:05 PM

View PostOld Gregg, on 06 September 2011 - 11:31 AM, said:

I think I'm a bit of a clapper so it looks like I'm a gonner here!

to the clinic sir then you must go :rolleyes:
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Posted 06 September 2011 - 04:25 PM

View Postwarfey is a spireite, on 06 September 2011 - 12:05 PM, said:

to the clinic sir then you must go :rolleyes:

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Posted 06 September 2011 - 04:25 PM

He's told us everything ... Warts 'n' all ;)
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Posted 06 September 2011 - 05:21 PM

View PostBlue95, on 05 September 2011 - 11:33 PM, said:

whats the name for people opposite to happy clappers?

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