Bet by Parents of Extra
(Apologies for length in advance, but I will try and cut it down where possible)

For anyone that dosent know I have 3 kids (Blah blah blah I know). What I haven’t mentioned as yet is that the eldest one L is a budding actor and has so far appeared in a number of UK TV shows as nameless schoolkid number 2 in MI High, or kid that is almost eaten by a badly animnated CGI dinosaur in Primeval (Basically a nameless extra half the time).

One day we received a call from his agent (AKA a mad harpy who takes a fee for sitting on her ass) who had mentioned that my son was called up to play a part of a background character in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This may sound like a great part to have and L jumped at the chance, therefore I had to endure a number of days sat in a parent holding area while my son and other little theatre lovvies sat back and pretended to be shocked at a magic cup spitting out Harrys name.

Anywhoo the parents in the holding area were a real mixture of cultures. I spent most of my time with my head in a book while I heard the other parents bicker about stage schools and how little Trudy was going to appear in a lead role soon etc etc.

One couple really did stand out though, they were the had all the signs of a chav family, right down to the clothing and wigger style accent. By day two most of the parents were avoiding the chavvy family like the plague and I had the misfortune of turning up late. I was left sitting a few seats away from the mum and dad and heard her whisper to him “Go on I bet you can’t beat your last one, when we were in Bolton….”

Daddy Chav then sucked in his bottom lip and disappeared outside. I thought he must have popped out for a cig and thought nothing of it, I quickly shrugged and realised that I had left my book back in the car. I tried to sit without it but the place really got on my nerves, so I left the room to go pick it up.

On returning I found the place in uproar, the parents were notified that someone had broken into the trailers of one of the cast and stole a rather old (and expensive) identity bracelet from the bloke who plays Dumbledore (Basically it was a rather gawdy looking metal bracelet that was quite chunky and would look out of place in a Harry Potter film).

Security knew that it couldn’t have been the actors or kids and were going to have to search the parents. The thought of this outraged a number of people but for some reason the security ignored all protests and made a bee line for chav family.

As they were about to start the search Micheal Gambon in full Dumbledore outfit burst into the room and was looking quite livid. Immediatley he started pointing at the dad saying he was sure he saw him near his trailer earlier.

At this point dad chav realised that his little game was up so he thrust his hands into his underwear and pulled out the item (The identity bracelet I mean, you filthy minded sods). As he threw the large piece of jewellery down he said

“Ere’s de ……….Gam-Bling”

Really really sorry for this one- I promise to go back to movie related ones.
(mon bison powered by magnets, Fri 8 May 2009, 15:10, 3 replies)

Truely Awful...
*click*
(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Fri 8 May 2009, 15:26, closed)

a thank you
:-)
(mon bison powered by magnets, Fri 8 May 2009, 15:48, closed)

I have to say
As a pun-obsessed loser myself, I'd never even considered this one for a try. Good call.

Having said that, I thought I ought to post some real stories this week to salvage a little bit of credibility.
( ousgg is not seeking approval, Sat 9 May 2009, 13:07, closed)