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Hello – how are you all? Well?
Forgive me, but today I am writing a post for me.
Actually, I always do that – however this time it’s even more for me than usual – mainly because I want to ensure the magic of the last 10 days isn’t forgotten.
I had an amazing holiday.
A mad, stupid, wonderful, amazing holiday.
It could be, quite possibly, the best holiday I’ll ever have in my life.
Yes, it was that good.
Saying that, things got off to a dodgy start when having landed in LA, we proceeded to lose our luggage.
We’d only been in the country for literally a few minutes when we proceeded to lose our suitcases. And it was all our fault.
But things improved when this happened …
What you have just seen is me bumping into my oldest, dearest friend at LAX.
Yes … one person who lives in China, bumping into another person who lives in England.
Normally the chances of that would be very, very, very small – however when you find out your wives have been secretly planning that outcome for the last 10 months, you realise it’s not that rare, … even if the magnificence, kindness and unbelievable wonderfulness of their wives, is.
From there, so much happened.
Good and weird … but no bad, however some sad.
So that I can remember the highlights when I’m 90 and using a colostomy bag, I’m going to right them here now, because some simply beggar belief.
Helicoptering into the Grand Canyon for breakfast …
… then learning a helicopter – doing exactly the same trip – crashed the next day, killing all on board.
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Ridiculous amounts of food. And I mean ridiculous.
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Gambling. And winning. A lot.
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Breasts. Huge … massive …. breasts.
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Stupidly cool hotels.
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Getting remarried. Along side my best friend. And Elvis.
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Having some of the weirdest conversations of my life with taxi drivers.
[“There’s this thing, called the internet” & “I can’t get a passport for another 2 years”]
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Being dressed like freaks … or in my case, Elton John, circa 1974 … while Paul chose to look like the bastard love child of a 1980’s Gameshow presenter and a bouncer.
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Seeing a lot of B-grade Hollywood ‘stars’.
[Calista Flockhart & the Discovery Channel ‘motorbike making dudes’]
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Seeing lesbian lions. Though obviously, I didn’t tell them that.
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Missing the man who started shooting along Hollywood Boulevard by a few hours.
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Being driven at 55mph along the freeway, in a wooden bus that no windows. At night. When it’s 2 degrees.
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Imagining Elton John as a gangsta.
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Being in a cab that took 2 hours to go 6 miles.
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Paying more in tips than I do on a typical night out.
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Shunning a hired Mustang to travel LA via our own London Cab.
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Having the World’s most expensive KFC at The Ivy.
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Becoming the best friend with LA’s, “no curse” rapper all thanks to a $100 bill.
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Experiencing some classic Vegas moments …
… and LA moments.
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Seeing our wives start ‘Occupy Rodeo Drive’.
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Almost zip-lining through a shopping mall, only for my Birkenstocks to rob me of my SAS fantasies.
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Getting my first tattoo. A big tattoo … so now I am Mr LA Ink & a disappointment to my Mum. And no Billy, I’m not trying to be you …
… though judging by my wife’s first ‘ink’, maybe she is.
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Seeing some of the most industrious con-artists I’ve ever seen.
[Hello Ms ‘Las Vegas Sign Photographer’]
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Scaring myself shitless as people jumped off ‘The Stratosphere’ in Vegas. Fortunately attached to a rope.
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To be honest, none of this does it justice, but it was just brilliant in every way and I am eternally grateful to my wife, Paul’s wife & Shelly for making it happen … it was quite simply, amazing and I will literally never forget it.
OK, that’s it – normal shit service will commence shortly – but not for long, because in less than 2 weeks, Santa comes which means you get another let off my rubbish.
I’m all give, give, give …
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Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:31 amfucked up.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:32 amsad.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:33 am+1
Comment by John December 14, 2011 @ 6:41 amsuddenly life doesnt look so shit doesnt it doddsy. campbell should flog this post to the samaritans or pfizer.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:58 ambet uncle dan is over the fucking moon to have this twat on his payroll.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:59 amon the positive, it looks better than the hangover 2. but only because that was super fucking shit.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:34 amand to fucking think i thought wearing birkenstocks was your fashion low.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:35 amAre you saying that wearing Birkies is not the lowest a human can be on the ‘catwalk scale’? You’ve changed your bloody tune.
Comment by Rob December 14, 2011 @ 8:15 amim as fucking shocked as you are.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 8:22 amyou forgot to mention how much you missed us. i mean me. which is why your midlife fucking crisis tattoo is of my face. it fucking is isnt it? gay. but fucking understandable.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:37 amIt’s not you and – you’ll be happy/amazed to learn – it’s not Queen.
Comment by Rob December 14, 2011 @ 8:17 amits not you is it? please fucking tell me youre not that much of an ego twat.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 8:23 am400 bucks for dinner? when did you get so fucking generous? oh thats fucking right, when your pact with the fucking devil made sure youre fucking luck was in at the tables. even though you needed a fucking calculator to keep adding up to twenty fucking one.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:39 amI charged it to Paul’s credit card.
Comment by Rob December 14, 2011 @ 8:16 amthought as fucking much.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 8:24 amNice Rob. Worth remembering Austin Powers also drive around in a london cab.
Comment by DH December 14, 2011 @ 6:40 amwhen you think about campbells life in relation to powers, it all makes fucking sense.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:44 amyou make a fucking hideous elton john.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:42 amor do i mean moby?
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:43 amor gay and uglier bono.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:45 amor the las vegas strip after its been left to rot for 20 years.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:46 amExcellent insulting, especially the ‘Las Vegas Strip’ comment … ending the year on a high, which means a low, but that’s not important right now.
Comment by Rob December 14, 2011 @ 8:19 amthe only reason paul gets away with it is because hes allegedly got a horses cock and even then its touch and fucking go.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:49 amMy favourite photo is the one with those four massive tits in it.
Comment by Billy Whizz December 14, 2011 @ 6:50 amexcellent work billy. about fucking time, but almost worth the fucking wait.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:56 amI sent Campbell that exact message as soon as he tweeted that pic so guess how depressed I am that Billy came up with the same line.
Comment by John December 14, 2011 @ 7:09 amYou made a spelling mistake John, you spell it h.o.n.o.r.e.d.
Comment by Billy Whizz December 14, 2011 @ 8:07 amTell Jill not to worry, everyone’s first tattoo is a bit strange.
Comment by Billy Whizz December 14, 2011 @ 6:51 amNot as weird as their first husband.
Comment by John December 14, 2011 @ 7:10 amor as defuckingpressing.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 7:32 amIf the pen is mightier than the sword, the camera is mightier than 10,000 nuclear bombs.
Comment by Billy Whizz December 14, 2011 @ 6:52 amthe only reason the mr clean fucking rapper is your friend is because you probably paid him 100 bucks to have the photo taken with you.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:54 ambet he fucking started swearing when he realised what the fuck hed done and for how fucking cheap.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 6:56 amKeith from The Office stars in The Hangover 3. Excellent work.
Comment by Northern December 14, 2011 @ 7:04 amBut doesn’t marry a hooker. He interviews
Comment by Northern December 14, 2011 @ 7:06 amHer
kiddie nightmare issues? dont fucking blame them, id be shit scared if it lived in the north and had a youporn addict, slaphead planner as a dad.
could be worse, they could be related to any of the fuckers featured in the photographs of this post.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 8:03 amOn the plus size, they’ll be okay at making decent tea.
And they don’t live an overpriced Canadian log cabin
Comment by northern December 14, 2011 @ 6:19 pmwhat about the endless supply of maple fucking syrup?
no, didnt fucking think so either.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 10:35 pmThe video of you meeting at the airport is great. Glad you had such an entertaining holiday.
Comment by Pete December 14, 2011 @ 7:10 amit looks like a gay version of the opening fucking scene from love fucking actually. actually.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 7:31 amNow you come to mention it.
Comment by Pete December 14, 2011 @ 8:02 amFantastic. A little strange in places, but fantastic.
Comment by George December 14, 2011 @ 7:49 amhave you not noticed that wherever they go, fucked up trouble follows? explains a fucking lot including ex wives, a fucked documentary company and winning and losing bbc america in 7 days. i fucking knew it wasnt my fault so i expect a fucking apology or youll be hearing from my fucking lawyers. whoever the fuck they are.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 7:55 amI’ll wait for the letter.
Comment by George December 14, 2011 @ 9:56 amFuck me, that’s a lot of comments for so early in the day.
Of course everyone is an insult, which will also help remind me when I’m 90 that I was once surrounded by a bunch of bastards … but it’s nice to see you’re all on good form, even if it’s at my expense. As usual.
But I didn’t care then and I don’t care now – because I had a brilliant time and frankly, that’s all that matters. Boom Tish.
Comment by Rob December 14, 2011 @ 8:14 amProbably the best post ever.
Comment by Peter Bray December 14, 2011 @ 8:15 amby that you mean the most fucking pathetic/sad/depressing/crap, right?
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 8:21 amI love Jill’s tattoo.
Jx
Comment by Jemma King December 14, 2011 @ 8:42 amThat’s all you have to say Jemma? Bloody hell, you’re hard to please.
Comment by Rob December 14, 2011 @ 8:44 amno, she just likes things that dont fucking involve you.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 8:45 amI went to Rügen. It rained.
Comment by Marcus December 14, 2011 @ 4:18 pmThe question is, did you go because you knew it would rain?
Comment by Rob December 14, 2011 @ 4:49 pmNo.
Comment by Marcus December 14, 2011 @ 4:51 pmYou do realise I had to ask. Just in case.
Comment by Rob December 14, 2011 @ 5:02 pmThat thing about the helicopter is pretty scary, but the rest of it looks amazing.
Comment by Rob Mortimer December 14, 2011 @ 6:06 pmWithout doubt the most, awesome, fun, exhilarating, daft, and totally amazing holiday I have ever had. A HUGE and MASSIVE thank-you to Jill and Shelly for organising everything……just not sure how we are going to top that Rob ????????
Comment by Paul December 14, 2011 @ 9:48 pmstop being such a creeping fuck paul, its not like theyre going to do it again so theres no fucking point wasting compliments when its going to get you fuck all else in the future.
you might be sitting there looking like the cat that got the fucking cream but let me tell you from personal fucking experience theyre going to drag out what theyve done for you every time they fucking want something for the next 100 years so dont feel too fucking smug because it was all a fucking ruse to own you and you went in with both fucking feet. victim.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 10:20 pmlike how you compliment the wives on here knowing theyll never fucking read it but if they bitch about you not fawning over them and their genefuckingrosity, you can point them to this and shut them up.
clever.
theres fucking hope for you yet.
Comment by andy@cynic December 14, 2011 @ 10:37 pmYou don’t deserve her Robert.
Comment by northern December 15, 2011 @ 1:29 amyou think youre saying something we dont already know groper? i never took you for one of those stating the fucking obvious types of planners but i guess its fucking in all you bastards dna.
Comment by andy@cynic December 15, 2011 @ 6:45 amRob, this brings back all the great memories of a brilliant holiday with you and Jill however, ‘for once’ Andy is right as Jill and I will be drawing down the brownie points on this one for a very very very long time and expecting lots of ‘genefuckingrosity’ this Christmas XX.
Comment by Shelly December 15, 2011 @ 4:02 amfucking told you boys and the chicks are so fucking confident in their power they dont even try to hide the truth anymore. sorry lads, youre fucked and you only have yourfuckingselves to blame.
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