Infamous

I have a birthday this month. A 'big' one.

As a result, and for a surprise, I was taken to Glasgow for the weekend; a little bit of retail therapy, a few geocaches, some very good food and a Celtic League rugby match :-)

So I'm at the match and as usual the craic is mighty and everyone's having a ball. Two very creative ringleaders at the front are calling out the chants and everyone else is giving it the wellie joining in. Some new, spur of the moment chants like 'You're just a suburb of Edinburgh' (to the tune of 'In the lane, snow is glistening') and 'Are you Borders in disguise?' (to the tune of 'we'll support you evermore') (You might have to be into Celtic rugby, or Scottish, to get the significance of those particular chants!)

Anyway, you get the picture: everyone in fine singing voice.

And so it continues, until a lull in play just into the second half of the game when ringleader No.1 turns round and says 'OK everyone, we're going to sing Happy Birthday to Alison!'

'Who's Alison?' a few people shout back? I'm wondering the same thing myself, and then the reply comes 'I don't know, but Rooster (see post below 'Acknowledgement') texted 3 of us and told us we had to sing it'.

Ohhh ... I think I know who Alison is ...

'Give us an A!'

'Give us an L!'

'Give us an I!'

You get where this is going, and when they reached the 'N' the combined choir of Ulster travelling support all sang Happy Birthday to me, as heard back home on BBC Radio Ulster and Setanta TV!!

And later that night I'm walking down the street in Glasgow and someone shouts from across the road 'Hey Alison, Happy Birthday!' and people in the hotel are saying 'There's Alison, it's her birthday!'

I even have my own thread on the UAFC messageboard here

Rooster mate, I owe you!