Where were you 31/8/1997?

[Gonzo]

In bed at the girlfriend of the time's house. She was awful but I was desperate and there weren't many options where I was living back then.

Anyway, that's not the point.

The TV in her bedroom had been on standby all night and I was woken by it turning on all by itself as the six o'clock news bulletin started. I woke up to see a picture on the screen with her with her year of birth and 1997 above and thought, that must mean she's dead.

It still freaks me out to this day. Was that complete fluke that the TV could turn itself on like that or is there a more sinister higher-power at work?

[gricerboy]

I remember it well because I was in a tent with about 50 boy scouts when when of my Sixers came back with the terrible news. It was a somewhat sombre gangshow that we put on that evening, though we still managed a good rendition of Riding Along on The crest of a Wave despite everything!

[d000hg]

I was still at school back then. My radio-clock was set to Radio1 and I woke in a confused state to hear a funeral dirge being played, before a news bulletin cleared things up. They played the same dirge with all normal programs suspended and news every 10 minutes "she's still dead" for 2-3 days.

Waits for a joke about "it being better than what they normally play"

[thunderlizard]

They played the same dirge with all normal programs suspended and news every 10 minutes "she's still dead" for 2-3 days.

That's what I mainly remember. Oasis' Be Here Now had just come out and they completely ruined Don't Go Away for everybody.

[minestrone]

CAme back from wedding in Lurgan with the then girlfriend and went straight to bed with each other. She woke up and went down the stairs, came running back up and shouted

"have you heard the news?"

I don't know how I put up with her for so long but she did not last much longer.

[MaryPoppins]

Was 1997 the year for crap partners?

[shaunbhoy]

Was 1997 the year for crap partners?

No..........it was the year for crap Election results!

[Gibbon]

Was 1997 the year for crap partners?

Was for me, first wife dumped me whilst I was in the Falklands and moved one of my civvy 'friends' in.

What was funny was that a year later when she found out he had no money and she wanted me back. Trouble was I was really enjoying my new found freedom and in the 'if it moves, shag it' part of my life.

[Paddy]

I was listening to the radio having just pulled over in the car after having accidently side swiping another car. It must have left a white mark on the other car. I waited but the other car never caught up. Got back to the hotel near Gare de Nord and thought that’s a coincidence; two accidents tonight.

[sasguru]

Trouble was I was really enjoying my new found freedom and in the 'if it moves, shag it' part of my life.

Is that when you made HAB the man he is now?