Should Lewis Hamilton appear on stamps?

[andartop]

He'd finish the race several days late or just get lost on the circuit... (personal problem with Royal Mail at the moment)

Or the organizers would just receive a notice that they have to pick him up themselves from a warehouse 5 miles away because he couldn't fit through the track entrance..

[Traction]

Not now anyway. Maybe after a few more years. If its the normal thing for the English to do then I don't see why they won't. Unless of course he turns into a serial crasher and his career ends on a real dismal low.

[beelsebob]

Well the recent pic in the caption competition showed that he's *a* queen... maybe he should replace *the* queen on all british stamps.

[andrew]

Well I guess the fanboys would like licking the backside of the stamp.

He'd finish the race several days late or just get lost on the circuit... (personal problem with Royal Mail at the moment)

The main problem as I see it is, this will lead to letters and packages being forced through a letter box that is obviously far too small thus damaging the package. When this is raised this the postie or the Royal Mail they will simply balme everyone else.

[andrew]

ouch.....

Ouch perhaps, but you've seen what it has been like on here since Sunday.

This once great seat of learning, intellectual debate and factual reasoning has decended the dark path into a fanzine. It's completely over the top!

It's like Socrates writing for The Daily Sport. Just ain't right.

[wesley123]

Well I guess the fanboys would like licking the backside of the stamp.

He'd finish the race several days late or just get lost on the circuit... (personal problem with Royal Mail at the moment)

The main problem as I see it is, this will lead to letters and packages being forced through a letter box that is obviously far too small thus damaging the package. When this is raised this the postie or the Royal Mail they will simply balme everyone else.

How ironic that your first line is about these 'fanboys' and your own post is nothing more but hate, although I found it very funny. If you think that this 'fanboyism' is such a problem then just dont feed it by this hate.

But OT: I think these royalties and 'sir' and such entitled 'higher ranked' people would deserve their place on a stamp more then Lewis. I mean, he became World Champion, nothing special like what, 35 people did that before him? Dont want to sound racist but in my view(and that just may be a stereotype), the british people are a well-manared civilisation, kind of like how high ranked people in the middle ages lived. And be fair, was there ever a high ranked black guy there? As I said, I do not want to be racist, but does he even deserve a stamp? I mean, if you cured AIDS or whatever, okay that is an accomplishment we can all live on, but a world championship really is barely anything.

[DaveKillens]

I have absolutely no issue with having Hamilton on a postage stamp. He is a past WDC and inspires and energizes a large fan base.

There are lots of cool and interesting United Kingdom stamps of this genre, my favorite is this:



Nothing like a gay fictional wizard from a children's book.

My point is that we shouldn't take this too seriously, being on a stamp doesn't confer sainthood, it only indicates that it's popular at the moment.

[andrew]

How ironic that your first line is about these 'fanboys' and your own post is nothing more but hate, although I found it very funny. If you think that this 'fanboyism' is such a problem then just dont feed it by this hate.

Not hate, I neither like or dislike Hamilton - I simply couldn't give a monkey's armpit about him. I am just bored with the constant Hamilton based threads. There are something like 6 I think (including the Canadian GP thread). How many threads does one person need?!

I gave up on another site due to the constant banging on about one drivcer and how the world centres round him and the sun shines out of his tail pipe. Sad to say, this site is going the same way. I'm all for supporting a driver and team (I do that) but you have to draw the line somewhere and say enough is enough, let's move on to the next thing, which is actually interesting.

End of rant.

[wesley123]

How ironic that your first line is about these 'fanboys' and your own post is nothing more but hate, although I found it very funny. If you think that this 'fanboyism' is such a problem then just dont feed it by this hate.

Not hate, I neither like or dislike Hamilton - I simply couldn't give a monkey's armpit about him. I am just bored with the constant Hamilton based threads. There are something like 6 I think (including the Canadian GP thread). How many threads does one person need?!

I gave up on another site due to the constant banging on about one drivcer and how the world centres round him and the sun shines out of his tail pipe. Sad to say, this site is going the same way. I'm all for supporting a driver and team (I do that) but you have to draw the line somewhere and say enough is enough, let's move on to the next thing, which is actually interesting.

End of rant.

On a point I agree. I agree with that there is way too much buzz around him. On ythe other hand, we are on a forum, a place where people discuss things. Although a bit over-the-top I do not see the problem in a healthy discussion about a driver, as long as it is not the random 'Hamilton is the best' post, but a well argumented post. Hamilton now gets talked about a lot because of what he said recently in the press, now with the rumors ad his actions on track, nothig weird about that, in 1-2 months everybody has forgot already and everyone will be talking about how dominant Vettel is and the way he shouldnt be it. imo Hamilton is a different person on the paddock then others, making him a easy pick.

[Pup]

He gay?..??.....

Yup.

Rowling's statement about Dumbledore's sexuality caused a great debate among critics. She had said that Dumbledore was a homosexual person. Melissa Anelli, webmaster of the fan site The Leaky Cauldron, told The Associated Press, "J.K. Rowling calling any Harry Potter character gay would make wonderful strides in tolerance toward homosexuality.... By dubbing someone so respected, so talented and so kind, as someone who just happens to be also homosexual, she’s reinforcing the idea that a person’s gayness is not something of which they should be ashamed.

Well, at least that's settled. Now, if I could only mail my Hamilton-stamped letter without the letterbox door inexplicably slamming shut on me...

[donskar]

Should Lewis Hamilton appear on stamps?

Yes. On the back side.

[Tomba]

What saddens me is that this was actually quite a good thread about a FACT, until it was resurrected and we got nothing else but smilies, fanboy comments and hate spreading.

Thanks but no thanks.

PS: Most off-topic comments already removed.