Avoiding knowing the result

[TW1Bee]

Watching Euro 2008 always reminds me of the time I desperately tried to avoid knowing the result of a match in order to enjoy it later but it didn't happen. It was the 1992 Denmark v Germany final. I was out that Sunday pm and set the video to watch it later. When I came home in the evening the news came on the TV and I said to my wife I don't want to know the score and went and sat in the back garden. My wife was very good and shouted out not to come in as they were reporting on it. Finally she said to come in as the news was finished and I could now turn on the video after she watched the weather so she knew what to wear the next day.. Michael Fish was doing the weather and was going on about how high pressure was dominating the country, high temps, blah, blah. Then....... "Well, as for the rest of Europe it's very much the same picture especially in Copenhagen where they'll all be out celebrating" B*stard Fish fecks everyone one up with the hurricane business then does it for me.
Remember the Likely Lads episode about them trying to avoid the England score - classic. Anyone else want share similar stories.

 

[Edmundo]

... this is my story ...

In 1990 when England played Cameroon in the World Cup Quarter Final, I had tickets to see Miles Davis at the Hammersmith Odeon that night. So I was a bit torn, but knew that there wouldn't be many more opportunities to see Davis and opted to go to the gig and record the football. The plan was to hop in a taxi from Hammersmith and tell the taxi driver that there would be a good tip for him if he doesn't mention the football. I even remembered to set the VCR to record extra-time in case there was any.

Anyway Miles Davis started and finished at an early hour and I was outside and hopping into the taxi as planned when I realised that the streets were completely deserted. Few cars and fewer pedestrians - London was a ghost town. A quick look at my watch and it was obvious that the game was still underway ... but it had to be in extra-time already. Steely resolve when I got home to make sure that not only had extra-time to have finished, but any penalty shoot-out too, before I could stop the video, rewind and watch the game. Obviously I knew that the scores were tied at 90 minutes, which did spoil it a little - but otherwise it was a great success in avoiding knowing the result.

Miles Davis was simply awesome, by the way.

 

[Les Beeavinu]

England F ....... A classic.

 

[TW3Bee]

England Flooded Out

Brilliant.