"The Plane" an email from shim

[Jessamy]

"Last we spoke, I mentioned giving up my seat on a plane so that a couple could sit together. I moved to a middle seat next to my Tour Manager and he told me "You won't believe what just happened to Mark. He put his headphones in the pocket of his seat then went to the bathroom. When he came back some guy had taken his seat. Mark said 'Excuse me that was my seat. See I put my headphones there?' The guy just totally ignored him and handed him his headphones without even looking at him."
I said "What sort of a dick does that?"

To which the man directly behind me said "That would be me."

I turned around to look at the man behind me who had taken Mark's seat to sit next to his wife. I had just given up my seat to a couple and here this man had stolen my friend's seat for the same reason. It was true irony.

I said "Did you take my friends seat?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't know headphones were the international symbol for reserved seating," he replied.After that remark, I decided to make it my mission to annoy this gentlemen for the remainder of the 3 and a half hour flight.

I propped myself up on the back of my chair facing him like a puppy dog and asked every question imaginable.

I was THAT GUY.
"What do you do for a living?"
"Where are you from?"
"How long have you been married?"
"Really you're a veterinarian? You know I have a theory..."
"Do you fly often? We do a lot"
"What do I do? Well I'm in a country band. We're called 'The Chester Williams Fan Club.' You see I'm Chester and when I started it was just me. I was my only fan. So I called it the 'Chester Williams fan club.' Yea that guy sitting in the back whose seat you just stole, he's my drummer. You know you wouldn't think it to look at him but he is the sweetest most kindhearted man I have ever known. He literally saved my life. That's how we met..."

And so it began...

I told him the story of The Chester Williams Fan Club:

"It's kind of Keith Urban mixed with the Corrs from the mid nineties. Anyway, I moved over to L.A. with a small amount of money which (as you can imagine) went pretty quickly. Soon enough I was couch hopping with my guitar until one day all my friends had moved too far away. So ended up on the street. I found a nice little corner on the Venice Beach promenade and made a little place for myself. I got mugged a couple of times until I figured out that you really need to stay on the North side towards Santa Monica."
"Oh my God you were mugged?!" the wife gasped.
"Uh huh. But I didn't have anything worth taking. I mean I was broke. Unfortunately they took my lyric book which was my most prized possession. I mean, who takes a note book? What good is it to them? Some people!"

The man sarcastically said "You should write a song about that."

"I did," I said "It's called 'A kick in the head is worth 2 in the chest.'"

"Ok?" replied my seat stealing friend.

"So anyway, back to my story about Mark. I was sleeping in my sleeping bag on the Venice Beach Boardwalk and there was a massive storm coming off the gulf of Kuwait. It was blowing sand 2 blocks inland and I was getting pelted with sand all through my ears nose and throat. I could barely breathe! Then I saw a man run over to me and he said 'Come with me...'

He took me fifty feet across the boardwalk and into a small 2 man tent he had set up behind the beach showers. He gave me his spot in the tent and slept next to me that night. It was so cold, I could have died out there that night. I don't know what I would have done if Mark hadn't come to my rescue."
"Oh my God," said the wife.

"He became the second member of The Chester Williams Fan Club and he is my best friend to this day," I finished batting my eyelids.

It was around this time that the flight attendant was making her way through to take drink orders again. The wife leaned over and said "I'd like to buy a drink for the man in the back corner." She leaned forward to me and asked "What does he drink?"

"A Jack and Coke would probably be lovely," I replied.

It only took me 1 and a half hours but it's amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it.
The moral?
"Never go against the family...." ie - (Don't f*ck with the Pups) ; )

See you on the road,

Shim"




this made me quite happy =] way to go shim!

[Tim]

I LOVED it!! I was laughing so hard this morning I was crying.

[Cassie]

Yea. Pure genius. We should start a thread for posting the SP emails, since I know that not everybody gets all of them. Somebody can just post the new ones when they're sent...

[angelbear425]

I was laughing so hard when I read that haha


Hey Tim, Where did you get the spodometer graphic in your sig?

[Gabby]

I'm in my college library trying very hard to stifle the laughter. I'm annoying quite a few people.

That was just BEYOND hilarious. Praise Jebus for Shim and his ability to tell crazy stories.

[momoelms]

AWESOME!! Lol. That was too funny. I just read this in my math class, and could barely hold In the laughter.

[DropC]

How do I get the emails? I never get any =(

[MarixD]

Awesome story.
I wish I could sit with Shim on a plane for a few hours and listen to his stories.

[Rose]

That sound like something me and my friends would do! That is the most amazing story I've ever heard! He should write a book. I'd read it.

[Hollee]

Shim. You are amazing. That is all.

Who's up for starting a REAL Chester Williams Fan Club?

[Kendra]

I'm so in love with Shim, this story just makes me love him more

[ToniB]

[wrxracer24]

[Cassandra]

I was laughing so hard while reading this.

[Maggie!]

HAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHHA i was laughing out loud straight away when he said "country band" :') oh Shim <3 Mark owes him a drink now XD

and i don't ever get emails like this, makes me sad. you lot that get them should definitely start posting them here! pwetty please? *attempts to make puppy eyes like Shim* haha

[Jessamy]

haha any time i get them i post them...did ANYONE see the one he says he sent before about giving the couple the seat?

[wrxracer24]

I just googled Chester Williams....haha

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Asl ... =yfp-t-701

[Rose]

[Sam]

That is just made of awesomeness! Way to go, Shim!!!

[wrxracer24]