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The Middle Stump's Dan and Hendo discuss a photo tweeted in of Martin Guptill's foot, whilst Liam and a blurry Max look on in astonishment |
I almost didn’t even make
it, Dan calls me the "Drama King" and fair skins, I lost my wallet before I left
the house. I finally got there - late - and we were on our way to becoming the
new Hale and Pace.
We were joined on the Sofa - which isn’t actually a sofa - by the brains of the operation, Daniel Norcross
who was sporting a really gay pair of socks, Mrs Benson’s little boy, Max and
Hendo who is a bloody good bloke.
It took 5 whole minutes
before we caused controversy. Dan summed up New Zealand bowler Tim Southee as a
bowler who puts it in the right areas and has the control that only Justin
Lee Collins could dream of. Laughs followed until we saw producer Bill jumping
up and down “You can’t say things like that! You’re all going to jail!”
We were commentating on
the New Zealand v Sri Lanka game and it came to light that Martin Guptill only
has two toes on one foot.
True story.
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Guptill's foot...a source of many a joke over the day |
Tweets came in right,
left and centre and we even got one from the QEII. Work friends of mine had far
too much time on their hands and tried some gentle ribbing. Mr Norcross asked
me what I was doing working on a cruise ship and I quickly put him in his
place… QEII Hospital, Welwyn Garden City is where I work really bloody hard -
when I’m not talking shit on radio! I do admit however that I may have been
telling porky pies when I told everyone that I was a "gloveless gynaecologist".
We were joined later in
the day by a fat David Gower, and Ali Martin from The Sun. It was very funny
listening to Dan talking about Tulisa and ‘going down’ while sitting next to
him was a man who appears on the Sky TV show, Cricket Writers on TV, who had his head in his hands,
quite possibly questioning his decision making. It’s ok though, his wife rang
and he went home. Another bloody good bloke.
For some bizarre reason
the Sofa lads drink Stella. I don’t. There was a lot consumed.
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Norcross...a most amusing man |
We finished the day off
with some beers in the pub. Max and I were found in the corner discussing
average 1998 county cricketers. Max is the oldest 22 year old I have ever met,
apparently his paper round was in Kosovo. Max denies the rumours.
So that was that. Two
pissed up chancers had chatted rubbish on the radio all day. All I can say is
that it was bloody good fun!
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