My girlfriend gave birth this morning.
This is our son: Angus Manuel.





(Clicky for biggy.)
( rob, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:39, archived)

Congratulations!

( Grampa, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:40, archived)

Yay!

Go you! Has he got an icon yet?


( Sir Aunty Dave the Hat - frightening ducks with abundent wind! - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:40, archived)

He's a cute wee young scamp!
Congatulations sir!, where's his 'L' Plate

EDIT: Attention Noob to the world - please read our FAQ - cheers!
Cue B3ta joke - "Did you make that yourself"?
( The Great Architect "Yakabakakas"!, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:40, archived)

Yes!

He won't be on until Tuesday . . .


( Sir Aunty Dave the Hat - frightening ducks with abundent wind! - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:44, archived)

And celebrations!
Angus is a splendid name.
( trumpet, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:40, archived)

Huzzah!
Well done and welcome to sleepless hell!
EDIT:
How come I got the ginger baby?
( sick_boy, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:41, archived)

Congratulations
What a lot of hair! - (Can I have some?)
(Guyon - playing games, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:41, archived)

he's also HUGE
he's nine and half pounds. The biggest baby in the ward today.
( rob, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:42, archived)

Fuck!
Normal delivery?
( sick_boy, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:43, archived)

UPS

( Sexy Picard 2000, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:43, archived)

nope
it was a c-section in the end. My missus is only like 5 foot two...
( rob, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:44, archived)

Blimey
Mine is of similar build and had a similar sized baby the same way. Hope they are all doing well.
( sick_boy, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:45, archived)

yep they are both fine
and hopefully asleep. I've just popped home to bring back a few things and give her a rest. (and not to post pics on b3ta at all. oh no.)
( rob, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:46, archived)

Good good
My next one is due in 5 weeks. I'm shitting myself all over again.
( sick_boy, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:47, archived)

*hands tissue*

( Cheeky Boy! is busy organising another burlesque show!, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:54, archived)

you're a MACHINE!
:D
( WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:55, archived)

in the end!? OUCH!!
C];0)


( Sir Aunty Dave the Hat - frightening ducks with abundent wind! - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:45, archived)

Having witnessed the terror twice
it's all OUCH!, even the non-ouchy bits!
( Cheeky Boy! is busy organising another burlesque show!, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:53, archived)

gosh
Makes me glad ours were only 7lbs-ers
(Guyon - playing games, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:46, archived)

Did he get a prize?

( Grampa, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:43, archived)

yay!

( Mousing, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:41, archived)

Congratulations!
Hairy little bugger but.

EDIT: Compo it. Compo it hard.
(Tetsuo, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:41, archived)

Excellent work!
A fine mane the young lad has.
( Sexy Picard 2000, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:41, archived)

s'shopped . . .


( Sir Aunty Dave the Hat - frightening ducks with abundent wind! - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:42, archived)

......*waits for animation*
oh....woo
congrats...babies rule.
literally they rule your life. Well done!!
(Pearly Pearl, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:41, archived)

congratumalations
fuhrer.
( Damocles wants to poke you with his big sword, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:42, archived)

awww. he's lovely.
Congratulations to you both.
( Kamikaze Stoat, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:42, archived)

Huge woo to the bairn
and congrats to you two fuckers
; )
(charlie brown with just a hint of beige, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:43, archived)

Woo!
Congrats
( maplins bumming sheeps since, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:43, archived)

congratulations!
great stuff man!

have a beer!:



shady for calling it angus though :-p


( northernwifeb3ta is going to Dubai in December :D for "work", Fri 27 May 2005, 14:43, archived)

Here . . .

'n'


( Sir Aunty Dave the Hat - frightening ducks with abundent wind! - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:46, archived)

I like you commitment to B3ta!
who needs time off photoshop for child birth!!
( benkai No fatalities at work since, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:43, archived)

go you
congrats to all three people involved.
(legohead, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:45, archived)

WOO YAY HOOPLA PANOWIE
he looks chock full of humussness...

*hands around cigars*

well done that man!
( Prof UnderCover it's not watersports if there's only one of you, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:45, archived)

Woo!
Congratulations
( Novander is floating above you, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:45, archived)

congratulations :)

( slight yoinks!, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:46, archived)

Congratumalations
my chum had a baby this morning too. They've called her Amalie.
I bet she couldn't do as good an Elvis impersonation as your one looks like he could though!
( Dr.Dunno, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:46, archived)

And a parental-type woo to you too sir!

( Cheeky Boy! is busy organising another burlesque show!, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:56, archived)

congratumalations
and welcome to the end of your independent life.

By the way, that's a feck of a lot of hair the young'un has.
( The Figurative Pineapple stared in awe at the breast. Sadly, it was his., Fri 27 May 2005, 14:46, archived)

14:46 must be
congratumalations time...
( Dr.Dunno, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:47, archived)

I agree
wholeheartedly
( The Figurative Pineapple stared in awe at the breast. Sadly, it was his., Fri 27 May 2005, 14:50, archived)

Yay!
Congratulations!
( Chrico ... consonant... consonant... and a vowel please, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:47, archived)

Tell her
well done.

Who's the father?
( F5 F5 F5 is off sick., Fri 27 May 2005, 14:47, archived)

I suspect it's not the milkman.

( Grampa, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:48, archived)

Yay!
:¬)
( wibblywobbly - helping ugly people get laid since 1982, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:47, archived)

Congrats!
But the pics have been there for at least 6 minutes now and nobody has photoshopped them yet. What's going on?!
( Afinkawan doesn't have enough space in his sig to write wha, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:47, archived)

well done and congratulations
to you both

as you are the Father
oh dear




(burger breath, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:47, archived)

Awwww - sooo cute!
Congratumulations Mr M (and significant other)
( iwannabeabonobo has been buying lots of gadgets this weekend, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:47, archived)

hmmm hairy
has Pat Mustard the milkman been round?

ducks
( monstrinho do biscoito tee shurts! WWW.NOGUNARMY.COM, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:47, archived)

There have been...
An awful lot of very hairy babies recently! Maybe it's Hank and his massive tool?
( benkai No fatalities at work since, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:51, archived)

Congratulations!
I'll send that to Tom Watson. His is taking a little extra time for private gestation.
( Manic -| The Happy Poster Project is back! |-, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:48, archived)

woo yay and hoopla
he's a little fluffy one!
( I could eat the scabs off a dead dog That was a brand new hat, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:48, archived)

awwww....
Many congratulations to you, your missus and the little one.

Nice wig he's got too!
( alcuin, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:49, archived)

ahhh
Needs a mullet.
(Elizabeth Duke at Argos, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:49, archived)

woo hoooooooooo!
congrats! He's so cute! (Are you sure he's your's? Arf)
aww.
/speechless.
( pep, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:51, archived)

Woo to you, and more importantly to Mrs Manuel
Champers all round!

Chin, chin!
( Cheeky Boy! is busy organising another burlesque show!, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:51, archived)

Congratulations!

( Megalowho? feeds beefburgers to swans, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:51, archived)

Congratulations.
Does that mean we have to stop calling you a Jaffa behind your back now?

"Just kidding", as Gary Glitter was once heard to mutter.

Had to take my Mrs up for her 20 week scan yesterday but would the little bugger sit still for the ultrascan? Would it bollock. No funky picture this time :(

Woo.
Yay.
Houpla.
Panowie.
High cockalorum!
(Yamon I have a problem solver and it's name is revolver., Fri 27 May 2005, 14:51, archived)

congrats!
he's lovely.

*waves at Angus*
( Zak McFlimby, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:51, archived)

Woo
I like his Elvis suit.
( chthonic, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:51, archived)

Congratulation and bazoo!
on closer inspection wee Angus looks very familiar...

sorry
( The Duke of Prunes, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:52, archived)

Ha ha ha!
I wondered how long it would take! :)
( alcuin, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:53, archived)

arf
hehe
(burger breath, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:54, archived)

aww -
even those are cute :)
( pep, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:57, archived)

Beezer!


( Sir Aunty Dave the Hat - frightening ducks with abundent wind! - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:59, archived)

ha ha
it suits him
( rob, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:00, archived)

CONGRATULATIONS!!
on him not being ginger
( The Incredible... accident free since, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:53, archived)

^ this
congrats rob. nice looking kid. must take after his father! ;)
( first inch is the worst! is glad he's found time for b3ta during a busy day, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:58, archived)

Congratumalations.
does this mean the newsletter going to be late?
( Thor_sonofodin loves Pocari Sweat., Fri 27 May 2005, 14:54, archived)

YES!

THIS!

The three 'p's

Priority!

Priority!

Priority!


( Sir Aunty Dave the Hat - frightening ducks with abundent wind! - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:58, archived)

LOL!
Man after my own heart! :)
( Biggus Dickus , it was like that when I found it, Fri 27 May 2005, 19:09, archived)

congrats
and all the hair means he doesn't have to do the baby cliché of looking like a wee winston churchill
( WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:56, archived)

congratulations
only just missed out on being baby number 60000000 to be born in uk

angus is a great name too
( swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Fri 27 May 2005, 14:57, archived)

Awesome.
Woooo.
( tomsk, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:57, archived)

CONGRATULATIONS!
He's chuffin huge
( GeordieSteve, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:57, archived)

congratulations!
you should compo this one ;)
( PoofBird ~V~, Fri 27 May 2005, 14:58, archived)

Yay!
Congratulations!
( cr3 has a tendency to break things, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:01, archived)

beautiful

( robtoo is all out of gum, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:01, archived)

*big pat on back and so on*
congrats fella, and a lovely name.
( dingo_chutney *parp*, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:01, archived)

Hurrah!
Congratulations Rob!
( emvee Dear Claire, sincerely bored of London by the way, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:03, archived)

Congratulations

( Big Ian has stopped changing his sig, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:04, archived)

Many Congratulations....
( The first 18 years are the worst :) )
( Fretskimmer I'm a pretty fuckin' long way from allright..., Fri 27 May 2005, 15:06, archived)

woo and yay and congrats and stuff
hurray to the three of you
( brianftang Bring on the trumpets!!, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:09, archived)

deepest sympathies

( techierob, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:10, archived)

THIS

( Vladimir, Fri 27 May 2005, 22:01, archived)

Congratumulations!!!
Congrats Rob. He looks just like me!


Well done!
(The Original Tandino Thwarting wicked name thieves since, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:11, archived)

Welcome Angus!
Lovely (and HUGE!!) baby - congratuations.
( Dr Phil Kitten, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:11, archived)

Hoorah for the new member of B3TA staff
Only a day old and already working out how he is going to post cat food through the front of the VHS so you'll be forced to buy that recordable DVD player after all. Mr Tesco will also be seeing a lot more of you and random times through the day and night to get stuff you never even knew existed before.
Congrats to you all!
( nicey, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:13, archived)

yay brilliant!
and good choice of hair colour

this baby will go far!

*sends a psychic pint + celebratory cigar*
( Reckless_Rik, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:26, archived)

hurrah!
angus is a good name
( but the hedgehog can never be buggered at all B F Shelton is FUCKING GOD, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:27, archived)

Congratulations

( oCo, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:32, archived)

congratulations!!!!!!!!
turn your back on the board for half an hour, and something huge like this happens. typical. w/y/h to reproduction!
( hubris more cowbell!, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:33, archived)

Beautiful
baby boy
(voodoo_economics, Fri 27 May 2005, 15:41, archived)

OH I SAY!
congratulations!
( martian, Fri 27 May 2005, 16:02, archived)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

( Goldfish_, Fri 27 May 2005, 16:09, archived)

Congrats Rob
Hes so cute!
Look at his hair! Bless!
( Blobcat Previously known as Amazongirl, Fri 27 May 2005, 16:14, archived)

Congrats!
Congrats man!
( DisgruntledGoat, Fri 27 May 2005, 16:16, archived)

Congratulations
Well done to you all
( archie Bubba, Fri 27 May 2005, 16:26, archived)

Congratulations!
They always look like tiny doctors in those white suits don't they : )
( The Legendary Pink Dot, Fri 27 May 2005, 16:35, archived)

Congratulations!
:o)
( Kamikazee Killmouse, Fri 27 May 2005, 17:18, archived)

Well done, sir.

Congratulations Rob and family.
Edit: If you're the Fuhrer, does that make Angus the Commandant?
(geetoo, Fri 27 May 2005, 17:25, archived)

Careful when he meets friends on holiday,

He will fight them on the beaches.

Well done all of you. He's a great looking kid, and I wish you happiness and peace.
( Matazone is smart as paint, in the pirate sense of things., Fri 27 May 2005, 17:26, archived)

Good point
Speaking as a paediatrician (no, gentle News of the World reader, that's kiddy-doctor not kiddy-fiddler) all babies, boy or girl, of decent size *should* look like Winston Churchill. If they don't, we get worried.

Congrats Rob, he's a smasher. And I've seen a LOT of babies lately.
( Dr Almost, Sat 28 May 2005, 0:47, archived)

woo!
conbabulations! four more of those and you'll have no hair like me!
( abaddon, Fri 27 May 2005, 17:36, archived)

Woo!
Congratulations rob, you've got to be pretty chuffed. :-)
(oberon-foxie or something, Fri 27 May 2005, 17:43, archived)

Congratulations!
Or should I say
Woo yay Houpla!!
( MartinH, Fri 27 May 2005, 17:49, archived)

Congrats Mr Manuel :)
Wait a minute.. he's got brown hair... :|

NOOOOOOOOOOO
( Naive Amoeba Hardly ever goes on this site anymore., Fri 27 May 2005, 18:07, archived)

congrats

( gazz, Fri 27 May 2005, 18:10, archived)

Well done
Rob! He's beautiful :)
( workboresme needs some sexy tiem!, Fri 27 May 2005, 18:11, archived)

Well done mate!
Congrats to mother, baby and yourself :)
( Sheep in Socks it is illegal to take a lion to the cinema., Fri 27 May 2005, 18:40, archived)

That is one fine looking baby
When I first saw the pic (much later and shopped) somebody said it was yours and I thought "oh, he must have been born a few weeks ago". He Is HUGE and oh so lully :)

Somebody once said that bigger babies sleep better as they are able to drinks lots at each feed. I dunno if that is true but I hope so.

Congratulations!

( Flowerpot Voodoo stick and shark's fin, Fri 27 May 2005, 18:45, archived)

Wel done chief
All the best to you and the family...
(kagey_b, Fri 27 May 2005, 19:00, archived)

Congratulations, Rob!
Let's do a sweepstake - I put £10 on his first word being either 'fucksocks' or 'spangtwatter'.
( leningrad posting any old shit on, Fri 27 May 2005, 19:07, archived)

Congratulations Rob.
That is the most ridiculous amount of hair. May I request that you begin developing an affro on him immediately?
(some farcical aquatic ceremony, Fri 27 May 2005, 19:07, archived)

Hey congratulations!
Having kids is fucking magnificent.
And shit.
But mostly fucking magnificent.

( collapsibletank is, Fri 27 May 2005, 19:27, archived)

well done
dad
( Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Fri 27 May 2005, 19:29, archived)

awwwwwwwwwww
coochie coochie coooo
he's asleep. enjoy that while it lasts.
( thirsty a rare visitor these days, Fri 27 May 2005, 19:33, archived)

Congratulations
Our own little 'un, Skye was born last Sat on the 21st so know *exactly* what you're in for :D

All the best!
(kna has forgotten everything., Fri 27 May 2005, 19:36, archived)

Woos!
Just had to add in my congrats to the both of you! He is one of the few brand new babies I've seen that is actually cute. Very well done!
(lizbianajones, Fri 27 May 2005, 19:45, archived)

it's time for you to start telling 'dad' jokes
and grow a moustache, all the photgraphs of anyone as baby, their dad always has a moustache.
Congrats!
(Sparkypinkguitar, Fri 27 May 2005, 19:48, archived)

Congratulations to you both
A truly lifechanging event..
The world will never look the same again!

He's a cutie isn't he :)
( worldwidewardy I remember when all these internets were fields, Fri 27 May 2005, 20:28, archived)

Awwww! Hooray!
Congratulations to you both.
( MissPrism, Fri 27 May 2005, 20:44, archived)

Congratulations to you both!

( Malchick sounds exciting, Fri 27 May 2005, 20:48, archived)

He's lovely!
Congratulations to you and the Mrs.
( sosumi, Fri 27 May 2005, 20:51, archived)

hehehe
nice
(mr wheatley ®, Fri 27 May 2005, 21:11, archived)

huzzah
The future of B3ta is safe and you can retire in 15 years or so. And you've got proof you've got laid. Yah, hoopla and so on.
( kingjay, Fri 27 May 2005, 21:37, archived)

Woo! Congrats to you both, but...

is it real?
( Fergburger, Fri 27 May 2005, 22:41, archived)

Congrats!
Cheers to you both.
( Rob T Firefly didn't like the pork tartare, Fri 27 May 2005, 22:43, archived)

Congratulations!
Do you sell b3ta T-shirts that small?
( Syncubus You choose. [GMT-5], Fri 27 May 2005, 23:00, archived)

ANGUS!
Where's his kilt?
( Black Moon Cock of the Infinite, Fri 27 May 2005, 23:38, archived)

congratz
have a woo and a yay
( Plomien is Polish for flame, Fri 27 May 2005, 23:47, archived)

Congrats
To the ginger fuhrer, non-ginger mrs fuhrer and very very non-ginger Angus!

Hope he brings you both even more fun and happiness than his dad has brought to teh interweb.
(testmeuk, Fri 27 May 2005, 23:49, archived)

Congratulations!
Huzzah, woo, and all manner of other congratulartory noises are clearly in order.

You two must be chuffed. :)
(Bleeding Pineapple, Sat 28 May 2005, 0:04, archived)

Congrats!

( elusive meh, Sat 28 May 2005, 0:12, archived)

Hooray!
Woo Yay, Houpla, and all that goodness!
(Universal Hamster Saddam Hopper fucks your mother!, Sat 28 May 2005, 0:17, archived)

hurrah!
congratulations!

280px wide? fp it!
( mrRush, Sat 28 May 2005, 0:24, archived)

Congrats, Rob!


Clicky for Biggy
( cciulla doesn't have a board sig., Sat 28 May 2005, 0:31, archived)

huzzah!
congratulations!
( rogan, Sat 28 May 2005, 0:40, archived)

aww - v cute indeed..
congratulations!
( amaryllis, Sat 28 May 2005, 1:30, archived)

Woot woot!
What an awesome head of hair! Lully lookin kid, and as for Angus? Nice one ;oD

Congrats! x
(fishyfishyfishyooooooh, Sat 28 May 2005, 1:39, archived)

A fine broth of a lad
Just don't go all soft and domestic.
( scartoonist, Sat 28 May 2005, 1:59, archived)

He's beautiful!
Congratulations!
(ladycat, Sat 28 May 2005, 2:01, archived)

congrats!
now is makt fluffy tiem!
( b2, Sat 28 May 2005, 5:02, archived)

Should've...
..,named him Tron;)

Well done fella.
( Bohica Anne Frank's Bukkaki Tentacle Storm, Sat 28 May 2005, 8:08, archived)

Congrats
Is he ginger?
( Goon, Sat 28 May 2005, 9:20, archived)

Well
done son.
He's v sweet!
Big Congrats
x
( D3xt3r Don't take any guff from these fucking swine...., Sat 28 May 2005, 9:38, archived)

he's got an awful lot of hair
and well done on not spreading your ginger genes
( VampireMonkeyOnSpeed www.ZXBadger.com - EAT IT!, Sat 28 May 2005, 9:43, archived)

huzzah!
congrats :)
( MrSanity still playing WoW more than is healthy, Sat 28 May 2005, 10:53, archived)

Panowie!
and...like everyone else says.....thank God he's not ginger.
( routine, Sat 28 May 2005, 11:35, archived)

Congratulations
And best of luck to you and the little fella.
( Druid can eat more that Matter Eater Lad, Sat 28 May 2005, 12:00, archived)

Congratulations!
Need someone to teach him Science? I can do that now.
( Rev. A-MOL, Sat 28 May 2005, 12:23, archived)