"Is the pressure different?" Pettersen asked Hull in Canada.
I asked Hull-born-and-bred Maureen Lipman if she had any thoughts on the matter.
It's said that if you ask a Hull person what a pearl is, the answer will be: "Someone from Poland".
Just ask the citizens of Hull, Burnley, Blackpool and others how it feels for their team and town to be watched on television around the world and to see world-class foreign players in their stadiums.Yes, owners should be more enlightened about the price of tickets in light of the huge revenues they now receive from television.
Elsewhere, Liverpool have bought Adam Lallana for £25m from Southampton, Fulham are understood to be closing in on a deal for Ross McCormack, the only stumbling block being Nasty Leeds' £10m asking price, and Hull City have spent £7m to buy Robert Snodgrass from Norwich City, on top of the £8m they splurged on Spurs' Jake Livermore.
4.24pm: "Great at scoring hat-tricks against Derby, Fulham, Boro and Hull... but ask him to score against Man U, Chelsea or Arsenal and he's goosed," says Mike Ollier.
CTWD's members may need to ask themselves whether they would prefer to cheer for Hull Tigers in the EPL, or for a diminished Hull City in the Championship or worse.
When I ask Naomi Clayton of the Centre for Cities where Hull fits in the national picture, she produces a set of damning statistics.
A natural question to ask is: in which hyperconvex metric spaces the hyperconvex hulls are unique?
"Sometimes, people ask me, 'Why are you doing this for 20 years?' " Mr. Hull said, his voice radio announcer deep.
