From the sublime to the ridiculous

RUGBY

March 11th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized

Over the weekend I joined Simon S, Nick M, Mel N, Elli C and various others in a jolly trip to Twickers to watch Six Nations favourites England play Italy.

Upon arrival at Clapham Junction, a full hour late, I immediately started back on the lagers, topping up the skinful that I had had the previous evening celebrating Alex MacH’s birthday. I bumped into an old university colleague that I hadn’t seen in years, talked about a few things, then sat down and thought about how bizarre the encounter had been.

Anyway, after having the St. George’s cross painted on our faces by Mel N (who also wrote ‘Prick’ on my forehead), we were photograped by a journalist. During the train journey, Mel was touching us all up, so to speak, to the amusement of all the other passengers on the train. The centre of attention was Nick M who had his whole face painted, but in reality looked like he’d just fallen face first into a bucket of emulsion. “Would you like me to do you to?” Mel enquired of a complete stranger. A look of shock spread over his face. “Only cost you a pound” she added, before we pointed out that her words could, in fact, be misconstrued and they were probably the cause of the man’s embarrassment.

I explained the rules of ‘The Betting Game’ to Simon S and Nick M. Example as follows:
Jonola: “I bet you

  1. 2 Responses to “RUGBY”

  2. By Wibbler on Mar 11, 2003

    “bugger, here you are then.”

  3. By Shifty on Mar 12, 2003

    I had the upmost pleasure of sitting next to a prop forward, who decided he wanted half of my seat aswell as his, the thought of asking him to pay for half of my ticket crossed my mind although i don’t think it would have been a welcome comment! Bloody good day though!

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