UKH, short for United Kingdom Hockey, is the name generally given to the mailing list on that subject. It is made up of devious subversives, such as the Rabid Bee, the Bennetts, Mark Hunter, Mike L,..........There are now over 100 members, representing all of the ISL teams, and a small selection of the Premier Leagues teams. Suffice to say, all of these individuals are known and observed by the authorities, who are just waiting for their first opportunity to "bring them in".
UKH is a forum for British fans to express their ideas to other, like-minded fans. Often these are alien and redicululously radical, such as maybe only having British players in the British National Team. Obviously, these sort of ideas are highly revolutionary, and there are many within the game who would like to see UKH crushed. For that reason, all mail is passed through the UKH Server, a front for the rebels.
Here is a brief example of a typical UKH mailer. Janet insists on having the joke credited to her, even though she admits she nicked it!
Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: 1,331:
1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the lightbulb has been changed; 14 to share similar experiences of changing lightbulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently. 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs. 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs. 53 to flame the spell checkers. 156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list. 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames. 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb. 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped. 111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we are all use light bulbs and therefore theposts **are** relevant to this mail list. 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty. 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs. 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected URLs. 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list. 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all headers and footers, and then add "Me Too." 12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy. 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three." 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ. 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup. 47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave it here. 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.
Of course, perhaps Janet should just take her comments to the brand new Newsgroup, alt.sarcy.git!
Should you like more information, write a short note to UKH, and simply write SUBSCRIBE hockey in the main message. However, be warned. You will be faced with abhorant, abominable, appalling, astounding, atrocious, deplorable, detestable, disgraceful, disgusting, disquieting, distressing, dreadful, execrable, foul, frightening, ghastly, hideous, horrible, horrific, horrifying, insufferable, loathsome, monstrous, nauseating, nefandous (good word!), odious, offensive, outrageous, repugnant, repulsive, scandalous, shocking, sickening, stupefying, unbearable, unspeakable, untolerable ideas. On top of that, you'll also have to suffer the ravings of some of the more Rabid members. So do not contact us lest you are of stern stuff, and liberal mind.