Would you ?

[Annette Curtain]

A moral dilema.

There is an event that I wish to attend, it doesn't happen often ( if ever ) & to miss it would be terrible. The tickets are for sale and all the best ones have gone. BUT right at the front there are a number of reserved seats for wheelchairs at the bargain price of ?10.00 inc. a seat for a helper/carer.

Now, rightly or wrongly I could use my "acquired" wheelchair to gain that special place right up front near the stage.

I so want to be there but do I do it ?

It is after all a rare opportunity & I could "front it out" if necessary.

Nette(?)

[mockney piers]

You could arrange for your ankles to be broken, then it would only be a white lie.

[Annette Curtain]

mockney piers Wrote:

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> You could arrange for your ankles to be broken,

> then it would only be a white lie.

So, that's a YES from mockers.

Next ?

[jollybaby]

Did you miss out on take that tickets then 'Nette?

[katie1997]

Tsk tsk, dear Ms Curtain.

Only the best seats have gone? So go grab yourself a slightly inferior seat and enjoy, leave the ones at the front for those who are more unfortunate than you.

[Annette Curtain]

Sadly no.

I got over the whole "take-that" thing first time round.

I saw Robbie close up a fair few times when he was going of the rails ( it wasn't pretty ) but that's another story for another day.

This event to me is way closer, more intimate. It is a cultural institution of a show that i'd kick myself ( with my newly broke foot, of course ) if I missed.

I'm sure as hell I won't, but where I sit is up for grabs.

Nette(!)

[PeckhamRose]

Someone's selling the tickets for 02 as we speak.

Take binoculars. You'll be fine.

No, I wouldn't.

[Annette Curtain]

katie1997 Wrote:

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> Tsk tsk, dear Ms Curtain.

>

> Only the best seats have gone? So go grab yourself

> a slightly inferior seat and enjoy, leave the ones

> at the front for those who are more unfortunate

> than you.

So, a NO from Katie (good girl) numbers.

BUT, I could be as unfortunate or fortunate ( in my view ) as them on the day.

Couldn't I ?

Nette(?)

[DJKillaQueen]

You would only get caught out...because 'the tapping of the feet' is an impossible thing to control at a Tom Jones gig Annette, only to then be named and shamed accross the Daily Mail and I suspect that if you didn't need a wheelchair going in there, you'll need one by the time you get out!

Having said that....a plaster cast on both legs beforehand might help.

[Annette Curtain]

DJKillaQueen Wrote:

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> You would only get caught out...because 'the

> tapping of the feet' is an impossible thing to

> control at a Tom Jones gig Annette, only to then

> be named and shamed accross the Daily Mail and I

> suspect that if you didn't need a wheelchair going

> in there, you'll need one by the time you get

> out!

>

> Having said that....a plaster cast on both legs

> beforehand might help.

So I take it as a yes from DJKQ

Oh, & without doubt I would "immerse" myself in the role.

Casts & chairs and absolute knowledge of my condition would be pivotal on the day, after all who'd want to be outed in such a way.

Nette(!)

[DulwichFox]

You should of gone ahead without telling anyone.

Posting here on EDF. means the Whole World knows your intentions.

It will be flashed across all the major Tabloids.

:'(

[giggirl]

NO

[Annette Curtain]

giggirl Wrote:

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> NO

NO but yes ?

See, looking on another event in the same building on a different day, all the seats are gone.

Though not one of the "special" seats are.

Seems a waste, no ?

Nette:-S

[Laddy Muck]

Dear Nette,

Please don't. You would feel like shit for a long while thereafter. Worse, you would be reducing yourself to the lowest of the low (and I know you are not).

Sorry for boring post.

x

[giggirl]

Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> giggirl Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > NO

>

> NO but yes ?

>

>

> See, looking on another event in the same building

> on a different day, all the seats are gone.

>

> Though not one of the "special" seats are.

>

> Seems a waste, no ?

>

>

> Nette:-S

Then buy an ordinary seat further back and if, on the day itself, there is a wheelchair/carer space available at the front then take it. Is this at the South Bank? I've seen people moving forward into those spaces mid-concert before and the staff don't have a problem with that if they're not being used. I can't believe you're even considering posing in a wheelchair - it wrong.

[ianr]

>Posting here on EDF. means the Whole World knows your intentions.

>It will be flashed across all the major Tabloids.

Then you'll have to spend at least a couple of weeks trundling round ED in your wheelchair trying to re-establish your bona fides.

[Annette Curtain]

ianr Wrote:

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> Then you'll have to spend at least a couple of

> weeks trundling round ED in your wheelchair trying

> to re-establish your bona fides.

I know ianr.

This comes to mind

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/LittleBritain.jpg/220px-LittleBritain.jpg

I notice you haven't actually said No, in which case it's a YES then.

Nette(tu)

[katie1997]

Dear Nette,

Admit it, you've already gone and dunnit! You've bought those front seat tickets, haven't you?

Yours in shock,

katie

[ianr]

I don't think you have the willpower to stay seated, and was planning on making a couple of thousand or so from the video I'd sell to a tabloid. You'd then have to emigrate, or devote yourself to a life furthering good causes. ;-)

[Annette Curtain]

Yeah but no, but !

:-$

[maxxi]

Are you sure you didn't get this from a rejected Seinfeld script?

And yes, of course yes! Just remember to get out early so you don't end up like 'Roy' in 'The IT Crowd' (series 2 ep 1)... jezus this plot device HAS been used a lot...

[Joe90]

To be honest this whole thread simply smacks of attention seeking.

What pillock in his right mind would feign disability ?

[Annette Curtain]

Joe90 Wrote:

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> To be honest this whole thread simply smacks of

> attention seeking.

> What pillock in his right mind would feign

> disability ?

Well Joe

It doesn't actually say "Disabled" on the allocated seats, it says "wheel chair user"

So, if I use a wheelchair surely I qualify, no ?

Nette(!)

[Laddy Muck]

Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> It doesn't actually say "Disabled" on the

> allocated seats, it says "wheel chair user"

>

> So, if I use a wheelchair surely I qualify, no ?

Hmmmmmm...now I know that you are just winding us all up! I should have known. Bad, bad, Nette.

*puts Nette across knee and gives her jolly good spanking*

[Joe90]

My mum used to tell me as a boy, when I pulled a face, that if the wind blew in a certain way it would stay like that.

Never tempt providence my friend.