Very short ones..
The town that I live in is fortunate enough to have a Premiership rugby team, and I'm fortunate enough to work there, on the door to the players lounge, on matchdays.

It's really not as much fun as it sounds. Post game, the tiny landing is full to bursting with hundreds of shouting kids after players autographs, and every now and again you have to get them all to take three steps back so's they can breathe. I just treat it like a job, although some of the players are lovely, and will stop and say hello to us, even give us a hug and a kiss if it's been a good day.

Trouble is, although I do like watching rugby, I really have no idea who most of the players are. They're lovely, but they're work colleagues and that's that.

Or it was, until I found myself in the boozer (what a shocker!)to watch some six nations with a few friends. And there's my work colleagues, running out onto the pitch..as players (on all six sides it turned out).. I stretched my mates' patience by saying "I know him" "I know him as well!" "Ahh he's lovely!"

A bit slow, but not as slow as last summer.

I used to quite like Henry Rollins' stuff, music and ranting, but he wasn't the major draw to the festival in my home town. So when an interesting greyish haired man with tattoos hoved towards me on the path I thought he looked familiar, but couldn't place him, so I just said "Hya!" 'cos I thought I knew him from work (see above!)plus he wasn't obviously married or manky, and at my age this is gold dust! He grinned and said "Hi!" back.. then my mates called me over to the beer tent, so I shrugged, and said I'd catch him later..

I did catch him later. When he was doing some spoken word stuff indoors. Stood on the stage, bollocking us for not traveling enough, and throwing more food away than the Americans did. Yes it wasn't just an interesting looking bloke, it was Henry Rollins.

Mind, I did the same thing to Francis Rossi at Donington Festival in 1983,'cos I thought I knew him from the pub...

This is why I'm not a fangirl, I don't have the memory or the concentration..
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 9:17, 4 replies)

Henry Rollins
is a lovely bloke. Met him at Hammersmith Apollo when he played there last Jan. I told him he was shorter than I imagined he'd be - he said he gets told that alot.
( SpankyHanky, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 9:23, closed)

Rollins
Sounds like you saw him at Dowload 06,Did a bit of a quick set then buggerd off, dissapointing after seeing him on top form a few times before.
(Gru being trolled since 1998, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 9:29, closed)

It was
Summer Sundae, as it goes, he was brilliant, went on for ages.. And I still think he's hot...
Edit.. I'm really short so everyone's taller than me!
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 9:59, closed)

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I think he's good too, But I was dissapointed by the short set. Anyone can have a off day I know, But I if I have a off day I don't dissapoint 5000 people.
(Gru being trolled since 1998, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 11:31, closed)