Thursday, October 06, 2005
lesson 5: i love high wycombe.
ok, first i wanted to hav a picture to go with this blog, but as my unhelpful internet box is still being very unhelpful, u will have to use the power of your minds.
most of you crazy bunch may be aware of a tshirt i own with the slogan 'i love high wycombe' upon it. i purchased this bad boy when i was at university in, u guessed it, high wycombe.
now any of u unfortunate enough to have been to this shitty little town will understand the irony of this slogan and over the years i have found that it gets quite a response. in fact i cant remember a time that i havent been questioned over this tshirt, albeit at music festivals and other larger gatherings of people. on 3 or 4 occasions at glastonbury i have had complete strangers approach me and demand to know where i had got it from. i remember the look on their faces as i told them they are available at the tourist information centre in the high street. others have just called out 'i love high wycombe?! u cant love high wycombe! high wycombe is a dump!' where i respond...'yes'.
but the occasion that has most surprised me was last weekend in nagoya, the city closest to where i work.
i was out drinking with a couple of other teachers in this really cool bar. the bar was underground and very small, but the entire back wall was rammed full of vinyl and the bar owner would select a record and stick it on. he was playin mostly old stuff, bowie, beatles, love, but it was a realy chilled atmosphere. as we were leavin a dude turned to me and kinda repelled in shock slightly at the sight of my tshirt. 'ive just moved to high wycombe,' he stammered, 'where abouts man?' i asked. 'hazelmere', he said, which is where i used to live also. 'most people have stupid things written on their tshirts, but when i saw that i could believe it!'
i wasnt sure i understood this comment so we left.
another weird coincidence is that my new teachin friend here is the sister of a girl i took over from teachin in china!!!!!! of all the arse end of nowhere school i end up...its a small world aint it?
ok, first i wanted to hav a picture to go with this blog, but as my unhelpful internet box is still being very unhelpful, u will have to use the power of your minds.
most of you crazy bunch may be aware of a tshirt i own with the slogan 'i love high wycombe' upon it. i purchased this bad boy when i was at university in, u guessed it, high wycombe.
now any of u unfortunate enough to have been to this shitty little town will understand the irony of this slogan and over the years i have found that it gets quite a response. in fact i cant remember a time that i havent been questioned over this tshirt, albeit at music festivals and other larger gatherings of people. on 3 or 4 occasions at glastonbury i have had complete strangers approach me and demand to know where i had got it from. i remember the look on their faces as i told them they are available at the tourist information centre in the high street. others have just called out 'i love high wycombe?! u cant love high wycombe! high wycombe is a dump!' where i respond...'yes'.
but the occasion that has most surprised me was last weekend in nagoya, the city closest to where i work.
i was out drinking with a couple of other teachers in this really cool bar. the bar was underground and very small, but the entire back wall was rammed full of vinyl and the bar owner would select a record and stick it on. he was playin mostly old stuff, bowie, beatles, love, but it was a realy chilled atmosphere. as we were leavin a dude turned to me and kinda repelled in shock slightly at the sight of my tshirt. 'ive just moved to high wycombe,' he stammered, 'where abouts man?' i asked. 'hazelmere', he said, which is where i used to live also. 'most people have stupid things written on their tshirts, but when i saw that i could believe it!'
i wasnt sure i understood this comment so we left.
another weird coincidence is that my new teachin friend here is the sister of a girl i took over from teachin in china!!!!!! of all the arse end of nowhere school i end up...its a small world aint it?
# posted by sonofsam @ 6:11 PM 
