Googlewhacked
My local Borders store has an overlooking Starbucks that myself and my mates still visit pretty much once a week - it was almost every morning when we were at uni' together, and out of tradition, we've tried to keep it going - and it's been about 6 years since we all finished higher education; but I digress...

One evening, after work we all decided to meet up in the usual fashion, only to find a gathering of about fifteen or so people at the one end of Starbucks, all sitting in rows. We ordered our overpriced high calore/high caffeine beverages, and sat on a table next to the small crowd.

In front of them was a small display of a book "Googlewhack Adventure". Ten or so minutes passed, and author/comic Dave Gorman appeared, ready to give a short talk about his book, and then, to sign them.

He spent twenty five minutes trying to entertain the group. Twenty whole minutes of some seriously unfunny "jokes". In all that time not one person laughed; there were just plenty of awkard silences whilst he expected at least a titter. Nothing, not a sound, the poor man had died "on stage" and was unable to claw back a single giggle.

My mates and I finished our coffees and waited for him to announce that he was ready to sign books. At that moment, we took the opportunity to stand up, scraping out chairs in the process - which was quite effective as everyone else was still very quiet, and walk out.

I still wonder to this day how many books he sold that evening...
( theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 9:48, 1 reply)

saw him do the show on that tour
(ex-gf bought tickets)

it was actually thoroughly entertaining. I was surprised
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 11:22, closed)