English Chopper

Yesterday afternoon I went to meet a couple of colleagues for drinks at the Tower Thistle, a hotel near the Tower of London. I wasn't in the mood to be crowded into the overheated tube, so I got there at least a half hour early.

When I walked into the building, there was a coffee lounge place with a big window, and I saw an older guy in there that looked really familar. I thought, nah, that can't be right, it must just be another old guy with a white handlebar mustache and a wife beater t-shirt on.

Sure enough, I sat down in the same area and the other folks and camera crew started showing up, as well as the guy's two sons that were in the show. American Chopper must be shooting an English Chopper episode right now in London.

Ironically, one of the guys I was with had only seen the show the past couple of nights on British tv. Unfortunately I spent a new years day with CF watching an American Chopper marathon, so I felt like those guys were family.

I was too embarassed to go over to them and say anything, and I didn't have my camera with me anyway to record the event. So you'll just have to take my word for it.