SpoilersThe Hedgehog From Hell says: "I shared a house in England with a couple of Germans in 1999. I was watching Star Trek: Deep Space 9 on BBC2. One came into the room and saw Jadzia Dax on the screen and said 'Oh! Is she still alive? You're really far behind in this country.' What's been ruined for you, and how? Apart from QOTW, obviously"
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 6 Jun 2013, 13:29)
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F1The end of the formula 1 season, 1999. Japanese Grand Prix. The Championships, both drivers' and constructors', has been rivetting, and has gone right down to the wire, with Hakkinen and Eddie Irvine both in with a chance, Schumacher had pole position with Hakkinen in second on the grid. If Schuie could keep Hakkinen in check, Irvine might win the driver's title...
The race took place in Japan, so it happened in the early hours UK time. Me and my bestest mate did our best to avoid spoilers, switching off the radio, avoiding telly, not buying a Sunday newspaper. The dulcet tones of Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" had faded away, and we were settling down, when there was a knock at the door. It was a kid from up the road, for whom my g/f and I sometimes babysat. She invited him in for a glass of juice or something, and he said "What you doin?"
We told him we were about to watch the Grand Prix.
"Ah, it's boring," he said. "Hakkinen wins, Schumacher stalled on the grid."
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Me and my mate looked at each other, then at him. Apparently, his mum had let him get up at 2am to watch the race. Which was, it has to be said, amazing. Schumacher did indeed stall on the grid and had to start at the back. When the race started again, he'd passed four cars before the first bend, and fought a frankly incredible battle right up through the field to finish second. To Hakkinen.
But we knew that, because the little sod had gone and told us, JUST AS THE COVERAGE WAS ABOUT TO START. We laugh now, but at the time we could cheerfully have drowned him.
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A similar thing happened to me and a mate when that PE teacher out of Kes went out of his way to spoil the football for us. We hid in a church and everything! Turns out it was rained off.
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Pig Bodine., Wed 12 Jun 2013, 20:09,
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I recorded the grand prixon Sunday, as we were out for the day and I couldn't watch it live.
As we got home, my daughter switched on the TV which was on BBC1, just as Vettel, Alonso and Hamilton were stepping onto the podium.
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