Panini sticker book.
I’ve written about this in the past, in fact i think it was a very early culture vulture. Number 4 ???. In that article I discussed the wonder of sticker collections and how it captured the imagination. This time with the world cup it’s happened again but I have a different reason behind my sticker addiction. This time it’s for sentimental reasons and 20 or 30 years from now i hope my work comes into its own.
Anyway, the excitement of purchasing a pack of stickers and opening them is immense. 50 pence has been put back on the map and the sheer mention of the word Panini stickers at your local news agent, supermarket or street corner perks up the ears of nearly 30 something’s around the land. I’d say our book is over half way done but we’ve got a lot to do and there is now an online world of SWAPSIES sites and forums, it is amazing. The usual suspects have sites i.e facebook all dedicated to lists of numbers which correspond to stickers needed but I’ve noticed Panini has missed a generation. The late teens to early 20’s don’t share the excitement and when i told my girlfriends brother I was going to buy some panini’s and asked if he needed a pack I was greeted with a 2 reactions. The first reply was “can I have a ham and cheese” which made me think, “does he know what i’m on about here” so i explained and the second reaction was a look which i’d expect Blair to display when his general said “ Sir we now think saddam didn’t have any WMD’s”. But there we go and In this world of “green” we still feel the need to print books and fill them with stickers and i hope the tree’s don’t mind. It’s only once every four years...................
Enough words now some pictures which highlights a key moment in the world of PANINI
p.s a massive blog to come about our european trip!!!!
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