Facebook continues to be a wonderful tool to keep in touch and to find out what is happening in the lives of friends and acquaintances and it's been keeping me quite entertained lately.
Since the worlds, I've had an unusually high amount of friend requests. Sometimes five a day, which seems a little bit ridiculous and pretty much every request has been from some complete random. They're usually someone from a small pipe band in Europe who is collecting pipe band friends from around the world but I don't usually add people I don't know or haven't met.
In order to not ignore someone that I might in fact have met briefly, or might know but didn't realise it, I like to send a little 'hi, do I know you, cheers' message to the person requesting to be my friend. Over the past few weeks, I've had a couple of random replies that I thought I would share with you.
The first is probably my favourite. I didn't realise I was Scottish and a pro player...
Hi there do I know you?
Libby
no but i play snare at holy land and your the pro plyer and i want ask you some Q (snare drum solo because in holy land no one can play snare like scotish player
That was a little bit interesting. This one was a bit of fun as well...
Libby O'Brien 26 August at 19:18
Hi G***. How are you?
Sorry to be rude, but dud I meet you recently? I see you are in a kilt so may have met you at the Worlds. So sorry!!
Cheers.
Libby :-)
Sent via Facebook Mobile
Hey Libby
I'm fine.. thanks.. how are you?
Yes.. I am in a Kilt.. but.. I haven't been on the worlds..:(
I play in a Band in Switzerland.. a very little band..
but.. we are not that bad. I am swiss champion^^ I know.. switzerland is not big.. but, It's a serieus competition.. :D
Maybe in a cuple of years I can come to the worlds! I hope so!
So no, you can't have met me at the Worlds^^
I just thought.. you know M*** R***.. and you've got a Kilt.. and you were on the Worlds.. so .. why not?
Bye
G***
Of course, sometimes I do actually know the random...
Libby O'Brien 19 August at 17:44
Hi there, so sorry to be terribly rude but have I met you before?
Cheers,
Libby
haha its Graham who you work with ya bum lol:P x how was ur drummin ?
Ahhhh Facebook. Never fails to entertain!
