Well, a fan’s action laid testament to how true that quote was as he queued for tickets to Southampton’s FA Cup fifth-round match against Portsmouth.

He was queuing outside Southampton’s stadium, St. Mary’s on Wednesday night when his expectant partner went into labour there and then (!)

Husband pulls out a mobile phone from his pocket and did what Shankly would have been proud of – he found someone to accompany his wife to the maternity ward.

No bets on the baby being called Mary then.

In the listing the woman says she is selling a picture of a pair of lacy black knickers and an empty condom wrapper “size small” found in her bed after her husband had an affair with another woman.

The seller — identified on eBay only as annastella007 — provides a rather unflattering description of the knickers.

“They are so huge I thought they may make someone a nice shawl or, even better, something for Halloween perhaps.”

The eBay listing, entitled “Empty condom packet & a photo of ‘The Tart’s’ knickers,” also includes a detailed account of the events leading up to the discovery.

The woman says she returned from work after receiving a romantic text message from her husband of 22 years that was clearly misdirected to find him at home watching a DVD and discouraging her from entering their bedroom.

In the room she found the empty condom wrapper under his pillow and “the Tart’s knickers … at the foot of the bed.”

The woman said this was not her last sale on eBay.

She says her husband’s Harley motorcycle is “the next item that will probably be sold on eBay at a start price of 99c and, of course, with no reserve!”

Inessa Jackson, a spokeswoman for eBay said that the listing almost did not make the site because it originally included the actual panties for sale and had to be taken down due to eBay’s policy against selling secondhand underwear.

“We let her know about the policy and instead she’s now selling a photograph of the offending knickers,” Jackson was quoted on the news Web site www.couriermail.com.au as saying.

“This is obviously very therapeutic for this woman and it must be a great channel for her views on cheating and the sanctity of marriage.”

The listing can be seen on eBay Australia’s best of eBay.

Source: Reuters

Leprechaun Murphy turned up on owner Eve Stuart-Kelso’s doorstep with a smart photo album charting his adventures in 12 countries and three continents.

Pics feature him abseiling down a mountain, swimming in the sea and venturing into a croc-infested swamp.

Gran-of-three Eve also found a note explaining Murphy had left to see if there was more to life than “allowing passing cats to urinate on you”.

The pensioner, of Longlevens, Gloucs, said of being reunited with him: “It was a wonderful cheery surprise.”

She added: “It puts a smile on my face to see all the people he met on his travels .”

Last night law graduate Simon Reynolds, 22, of Gloucester, admitted he snatched Murphy.

He said: “He was my companion for seven months and we got very close.

“He was a great ice breaker.”

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Dad Alex Hell claimed school chiefs only agreed to enroll his son Max if they could put his mother’s maiden name, Wembridge, on the register.

Max’s parents wanted to move him to a new school after he was bullied.

Mr Hell – who has Austrian heritage and says the name means “bright” – fumed: “We are the victims of our name.”

He says the head of St Peter the Apostle School in Melbourne only agreed to back down after talks with the parish priest.

An education official said: “The school is working in the best interests of the child.” But Max’s dad said the family would now move towns to find a different school.

Source: The Mirror