Love it, love it…Lovatt – that’s right folks it’s that time of year when all self-respecting direct marketers descend upon Iain’s Blue Sheep hospitality tent at the Cheltenham Festival, and drink and gamble for England.
I must admit I’ve been having a ball (or two). I’ve seen off Ladies’ Day (it might’ve looked more like a fancy dress party but it was a little tame compared to Aintree’s sea of orange and “scouse-brows”), and I’ve even managed not to lose my shirt at the bookies (although I do seem to have left my Agent Provocateur “Whip Me Stockings” somewhere).
Watson Phillips Norman’s “youthful” creative director Chris Martin, it seems, was not too impressed, though. He wrote on Facebook: “Was at the races with all the pikeys, city tossers and blokes in green hairy checked jackets, mainly called Nigel.” Guess he should have met up with the lovely Heather Westgate, who seemed desperate to grab hold of him.
Sadly, I haven’t bumped into either of them as I’m holed up with Fiddes Jr in the bridal suite at the five-star Wyastone. He’s been especially chipper this week after Weston saw off the Millwall of the south coast – Whitehawk – at the weekend with a last-minute penalty.
Unfortunately I missed the game on account of being away on my “self-love” weekend. But I’ve certainly made up for it since and have been on all fours practising the Gold Cup, whips and all, the whole week.
I’m so excited today as I’ve got a great tip that The Giant Bolster is going to romp home, but keep it to yourself. First, though, I’m going to put a few quid on “Very Wood” running in the 14:40 as my man’s always got “wood”.
And luckily I have a back-up plan if I lose all my money. Earlier this week I received an email from a very generous man called Capt Melvin Scarbo Jr, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment with the United States and Britain Coalition Force in Afghanistan.
He said: “I have in my possession the sum of 15.2 million (US dollars) which I recovered during one of our raids on terrorists here in Afghanistan, possibly funds left by Afghan Government. I did deposit the money with a Red Cross agent informing him that we are making contact for the rightful owner of the money. Send me your bank account details and I will transfer the money to you straight away.”
Now, that’s a sure-fire winner isn’t it?
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