Gay Pride
This happened a few years ago, after 'The Troubles' had pretty much subsided. Me and a pal went to visit a few other pals who lived in Belfast. We went to see the sights the evening we arrived... Falls Road,Shankill Road, Crumlin Road... and had several refreshments in several pubs in each location. The 'craic' was brilliant, and being Scottish persons we never felt at all threatened.

We seriously overdid the Guinness consumption and all concerned felt pretty wretched the next morning. So lunch at The Crown Bar (famous) was in order. I have a solid constitution; my pal less so. As we walked through the town centre he started to 'feel funny'.

Next, a lot of things happened very quickly. I became aware of news crews close by, and a lot of noise coming from behind. I looked round - lots of people with banners reading 'Belfast Gay Pride' - and when I turned back my pal's legs had gone and he was sprawled on the pavement; naturally I helped him back to his feet. By this time the march was passing us, and we were between it and the TV cameras.

And so it was that we appeared on that night's BBC N.I. local news for about 3 seconds. We looked like a pair of ridiculous old poofs in the throes of 'a domestic', while the passing march waved gaily to the cameras.

We had to endure a lot of piss-taking from our hosts, but luckily no-one from home saw it.
( MisterPunch did it that way on, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 15:33, Reply)