I AM IRON MAN

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I had the most surreal experience ever today.
My good lady wife and I went to the funeral of a dear
friend, who died from the dreaded big C far too young.
Her 12 year old daughter has been doing loads and loads of fundraising to the degree that she won a Pride Of Britain award last year.

Now, the dear lady who had died left express wishes for everyone to dress in colourful clothing - not sombre. Celebrate! You get the picture....

So...we're queuing up to go in and bearing the above in mind, I'm suprised to see the man standing next to me dressed all in black. He's tall with a goatee and long black hair.

It's then the realisation hits me....so I say...'Excuse me, are you Tony Iommi?'

'Yeah' he replies.

(He was there because he'd met the family at the Pride Of Britain awards)

We then have a 5 minute chat about Sabbath and the lady who'd died...while my wife has no idea who this guy is.

We then get round the corner to see a pallbearer dressed in fancy dress as Iron Man. Tony looks at me. I look at him.

'Is he anything to do with you?' I say.

Admittedly highly inappropriate but under the circumstances, incredibly amusing!

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Footnote: What a lovely man he is.
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Awesome. :notworthy:
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wow. how awesome is that? a shame your friend died though bro...but apart from that- Tony iommi!!

may i ask, is he well himself? its not that long since we thought we might lose him to cancer. it would be a great (second) footnote to your anecdote to hear he's in the clear.
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He seemed in very good health mate. :)

I did think of you while I was posting this. I knew you were a big fan. 8)
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:D Tony Iommi :D

On his Facebook site on the 9th April he posted - "Thank you for all the enquiries about my health, very kind. I’m not sure how the rumour of my being unwell started as I was away on holiday! Once you’ve had something like lymphoma the fear that it will return never leaves, all I can say is that right now I’m fine and have regular blood tests."


Commiserations about your Friend, mate :(
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Hom_Corleone wrote:He seemed in very good health mate. :)

I did think of you while I was posting this. I knew you were a big fan. 8)
glad to hear it. dont want any more heroes of mine to kick the big one anytime soon...still well up every time i open "sisters chat" and see the sticky about chris starling.

and yes -a MASSIVE sabbath fan since i was a bout 11. afetr i saw this thread i've been listening to them all aftenoon. i mean, the guy had the ends of his fingers chopped off in an industrial accident, "replaced" his finger-ends with melted on plastic bottle tops and still he plays like that!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

the fact that you met him and not me i class as next to as good as. and still very sorry about yr friend. if you need an ear...well, you know. :von:
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I'm still attempting to compute the fact that I met one of my all time heroes today, never mind yours. :)

..and thanks dude. :kiss:
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Did you resist the urge to look at his mangled finger?
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Norman Hunter wrote:Did you resist the urge to look at his mangled finger?
I shook his hand but didn't inspect it closely! :lol:
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That's amazing!
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rien wrote:That's amazing!
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Sorry - couldn't resist. :oops:
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