03 May 2007

Fame Is All About the Company You Keep

The Gumball Rally 3000 kicked off in London on Sunday. I wasn't on the Mall to see the start but you can see photos here.

Gumball was a completely new concept to me until last week when, on a quiet night out with the girls, I suddenly found myself in an alternate universe and actually truly living like a rockstar.

My first indication that I was not among average blokes? The 2 bottles of champagne that appeared at our table. The second was learning that it's £28k just to enter the race as a driver, £21k if you are the co-pilot. The third was an offer for the following night to have instant access to one of those oh-so-trendy London night clubs (you know, the ones you can only get in if you are a member or Ms. La Lohan herself).

It's only in London where a night like this is possible...and here we thought it was just another Thursday.

In the end, our night with the Gumball racers involved a lot of laughs. We drank the champagne but ultimately had to pass on the club. Tempting as it was, and they were lovely guys, a quick perusal of the photos on many of the racers websites let us learn it's a lifestyle that's a bit too surreal...a girl can only take so much alternate reality.

Good luck Gumball boys!



4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It was indeed a lot of fun - especially since it was unexpected.

Wonder what our next night could have been like... I guess the alternative location (read: pub) -without people eating sushi off of naked bodies- wasn’t a bad substitute.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater said...

Those guys look like fun dudes. I'd be honored just to be in their pit crew.

Anonymous said...

Didn't two Germans get killed in a kerash during Gumball yesterday?

ReckenRoll said...

Shaun - they did. Sadcakes.