Daley Thompson
As a nipper he was my idol. He could do anything, man! He was a legend with an awesome moustache. Anyway, I went to a lot of athletic meets at Gateshead Int'l Stadium when I were younger and met many famous athletes. On one occasion I was to meet my hero, Daley Thompson. There were literally tens of people clamouring around him and I waited patiently to get through to the front and bag his autograph. After about fifteen minutes I was standing before the legend himself. He looked me in the eye and said, "You pushed in. Get lost." I was old enough not to cry. But I wasn't quite old enough to tell him to shove his autograph up his perfectly toned muscular anus. My revenge was simple, if mostly innefective: I always made him lose when playing Daley Thompson's Decathlon on the Spectrum. Sod.


On the other hand, legends such as Roger Black, Steve Cram, and Dalton Grant were all pretty good blokes. Old Rog even shook hands with me through the metal railing they had around the athletes' area. A true Leg-end.
( mrlogic is copying your beard, Thu 25 May 2006, 18:33, Reply)