I shared a jacuzzi this morning with a BNP voter in Stoke. Built like a tank he was with the Right Said Fred haircut and hooped earing. He got into the jacuzzi, and within 60 seconds had asked me who I was voting for today and told me that he voted BNP the last time. He wasn't racist, but....etc etc.
I couldn't make out half of what he was saying cos of the bubble jets and his stoopid Midlands accent but he seemed to be particularly annoyed that 'they' all had mobile phones. Mobile phones I tell you!!!!! He watches them all hanging about talking on their mobile phones. How dare they!
Being a shitebag who lacks the courage of his own convictions (or because I just couldn't be fucking bothered at 10 AM with a muddy head) I mumbled some shite about 'radical parties seem to be picking up a lot of votes from nice but disillusioned people' and then turned the conversation to music. He told me he loved all types of music but that his two main passions (his word, not mine) were.....Erasure and UB40. You couldn't make it up.
Then, to crown it all, when I eventually made my excuses (he'd followed me into the steam room by this point) he asked me to leave my business card with the girl at reception for him to pick up after his workout. He never actually explained why he wanted it but it unnerved me somewhat. It was all very Alan Partridge. I was dying to get up and run out shouting 'like fuck I will you big bent Nazi!!!!!!'. But I never. I just thought it instead which made me laugh.