Saturday, September 16, 2006

Two packets of wtf and a bowl of omg please...

On Wednesday night I had my very own series of 'wtf?' moments. Through total kindness from a friend I had the pleasure of drinking from the furry cup of the rich. Yes indeedy.


(now if you are American,or a non-football fan then this will mean nothing to you - only try to put it into context)


I was given executive tickets to the Manchester utd vs Celtic match. What this entailed was a four course meal with champagne arrival, free bar and executive box seats to watch the match in. Excellent. As if this wasn't crazy enough the following events also happened:


1. As we walk in through the Directors entrance at the football ground and into the executive dining area we head straight for the bar, ignoring all champagne trails (not that I'm not partial to champagne - it's just that I'm normally naked or drunk when I do) only to see Frank Stapleton (football legend) propping up the bar "y'alright frank?" I ask. "yes" he replies. Isn't fame great?


2. Once at our dining table a man on the micorphone announces that Frank is here (round of applause) and then also announces that the man on the table next to us who looks vaguely familiar ("I've seen that guy before but can't quite put my finger on it) is only fucking David Beckhams dad!!! wtf?. "Y'alright Ted?". "Yes", he replies. Rock and roll.


3. We were then asked if we wanted to go down the players tunnel (not a euphamism) and down pitch side. Errrr let me think. Yes!!! During the next 15 minutes I got to stand in the dug-out where Alex Ferguson (manager) stands and have my picture taken... and as if this wasn't wtf enough, I also saw Andy Gray (commentator legend for Sky sports and ex-footballer), "y'alright Andy?", "Yes", he replies (scottish accent). Rock and fucking roll.


4. After finishing desert we were just getting ready to make a move for our seats for the game when the man on the microphone announces that a player who isn't playing tonight has just popped in to say hello and sign a few autographs... "please welcome.... Christiano Ronaldo!" (Ronaldo is a great footbaler with scope of being the greatest player in the world over the next five years) - this was an 'omg wtf' moment. Within the next 2 minutes it was chaos as people clambered over tables to take photographs and have pieces of napkin and knicker signed. I'm sure I saw him signing someone's buttock. Anyway I managed to get my program signed by him - "Y'alright Ronnie?", "Si". Easy.


After all of this I actually watched a great football game. A great atmosphere and the team won. All in all a great great day. I'm still pretty dazed by the whole celebrity thing but thought that I played it all cool and once again acknowledged to myself that this is the life that I was born to lead...... just give me a couple of years.


I'm intrigued as to how all you readers actually live. Am I just a peasant? Are you all just rich and famous with close links to the upper echelons of society? Can you please let me into you club? Share your wtf moments with me - I'd love to know.

10 Comments:

britpopbaby said...

That was pretty OMG! I've never met anyone famous so I can't share, although I saw Ken Barlow in Macclesfield Hospital once.

Oh, and Louise 'Micheal Owen' er Owen shops in my Uncle's pony shop but I've never seen her. He might be lying.

What was the meal? Was there sorbet?

12:29 PM  
The Archaeologist said...

lol :) sounds like a great night out!

i once met a famous Danish rock band front man. this means nothing outside of Denmark, but it was great. he came to give a talk and play some guitar, and afterwards he joined us for drinks and we talked for a couple of hours (not just me and him, other people were there as well). honestly, though, i'd had no idea who he was before he came. i bought the CD the next day!

2:28 PM  
latenightchase said...

Oh, MAN! I'm American, but I can totally appreciate your OMG day...I would have passed out. I'm a sucker for famous folks - and a BIG sucker for socc...uh...football players.

Lucky you!

5:19 PM  
Gentleman-hobbs said...

brilliant! Pleased you had a good night. I'm still getting over how Arsenal managed to win there today. I'm an exiled Gooner now who takes his son to Lincoln.

7:56 PM  
Invader Stu said...

Doesn't drinking from the furry cup mean something else or am I being to dirty minded for my own good.

2:49 PM  
Bonestorm said...

I've never really had anything like that happen. I've met a few famous people and even had a couple of autographs signed but nothing quite to that level. Good on ya. ;)

1:48 AM  
Simon Agent 002 said...

No exciting life to report here.
On a plane I sat next to Barbara Kennelly a congresswoman from our state (Connecticut) who was running for Governor at the time.
and made small talk about Janet Reno.
Nothing exciting as the evening you had!

3:41 PM  
Jilly said...

I went to school with John Cleese's daughter, does that count?

8:25 PM  
Blogging for scraps... said...

stu,

stop being rude. I would never mean anything like that.

1:42 PM  
Nothing Really Matters said...

Dude that is a cool story!

9:52 PM  

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