A mate an STFC fan who knew Whippy through work, told me how Whippy sought advice about to best communicate with the great unwashed. His advice..meet them in the pub for a chat..lo and behold we get Holt and Whippy offering to buy rounds...
Seem to remember that went really well. In fairness, good advice on the face of it to a normal person, but missed out the basic pre-requisites in this very special case of "Stop being such a knob" and "Don't work for scumbags"