Sniffy - His Life in Profile (Part 1)

Little is known about the Sniff who started it all – Sniffy himself. Today we bring you the beginning of a series of articles about His Royal Sniffness (HRS).

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Name: Sniffy
Handler: Sir Russell Sniffy
Age: 12 (Human years), 30 (Sniffy years)
Location: Norwich
Position: Head of the SHQ (Sniffy High Council)



When not presiding over the SHQ Sniffy enjoys playing the saxophone and piano (as pictured above). Playing human instruments is a very difficult skill for Sniffs as their paws are not usually big enough to reach all the controls. To counter this problem Sniffs often play in tandem, with one Sniff on the mouth piece and the other on the keys. Keeping in time with this sort of arrangement is very difficult and many a Sniff concert has gone horribly after a single mistake.



As pictured above (face blurred out for security reasons), Sir Russell Sniffy is Sniffy’s handler. He takes care of Sniffy in many respects as a – bodyguard, body-double (you can see the similarity I’m sure), chauffeur and most importantly as a trusted advisor. Those also pictured above are Dogbert (the big white thing), Father Ted (left of Sniffy), Dog (right of Sniffy) and the venerable Old Bear (his real name is French, but I can’t remember how to spell it!).

Although not a kind or an elected representative, Sniffy is admired and respected all over the Sniffy world. He rules with a firm but fair hand and has done an amazing job of preventing civil war in the Sniffy world over the decades. In the next article on Sniffy we will examine his political career and find out what started the Sniffy revolution.

Updates Lacking

Sorry for the lack of updates recently reasons for this are two-fold:

1) I?ve been very busy with exams and trying to find a job etc.
2) News of the Sniff front has been pretty stale since the end of the war.

Rest assured though there's some pretty special stuff on the horizon.

The rumor mill has been working overtime of late and whispers of Red Ted's whereabouts have become more vocal over the last few weeks. Some say he's still in the south of France whilst others theorize that he may be on the Isle of Mull (somewhere of the Scottish coast), stranger yet some even believe him to be heading up the new ISSP (International Sniff Space Program). Whatever the truth our roving reporters are sure to track him down eventually. In the mean time please email sightings to the usual address.

Peace agreement finally signed

The war against the hamsters is finally over. Sir Russell Sniffy forged a peace agreement with the hamsters at the end of last week in Paris. The agreement concedes to some of the hamsters conditions for free trade but does not make them full members of the Single European Sniff.

Arnold has now been able to come out of hiding and has returned home to Norwich for council with Sniffy who is said to be furious over the whole situation. It is likely that Arnold will be down-sniffed for a short period of time during which he will be closely monitored.

In other news...

After reportedly surfacing as a resistance leader in the war, Red Ted has again disappeared. One report claimed that he was in Chamonix, preparing to make an attempt on Mont Blanc. No sniff has ever climbed to the top of this part of the French Alps - between 40 and 60 Sniffs die every year trying to ascend the perilous snow covered peak, and so if he succeeded it would be quite a feat.