Actually this post isn't really about celebrities or crushes. But, undeterred, on I go.
Last night I was in the bar at the Royal Festival Hall, when who should I see, standing not two feet away from me, but my favourite soprano Carolyn Sampson. I wondered whether I should go up and say hello, but felt really shy to do so, besides what would I say "I'm a big fan of yours"? "I really enjoyed you in the Nelson Mass. And Silete Venti. And Semele. And Monteverdi Vespers. And Christus am Olberge"? I mean, in the end it would be a bit lame. And anyway, I'm not sure about the ethics of approaching someone when they're 'off duty' but in a location closely related to 'on-duty'.
I was wandering past the main entrance to the office and there seemed to be a gathering of TV crews. I took a sneaky sidelong 'just because you're telly doesn't make you interesting' look and didn't recognise any of the reporters, anyway. So I got to thinking. There's a man on the BBC who reports on politics who's kind of cute. I won't put it further than that; he's far too young to be of any interest to me. But I could imagine, in a parallel universe, having a crushlet - superficial and transitory - on him. I think he's called James. (Looks a bit like Harry Potter).
Anyway, I thought, supposing he was outside the building doing a piece live to camera, and someone went up to him, grabbed him, landed a smackeroon on him and said "I have a superficial and transitory celebrity crushlet on you..."
Well, I figured, if I did it on Work premises it would be probbaly be a disciplinary offence of some sort. But if he was on the public highway and I was on lunchbreak, to which I am legally entitled, Work would have a shorter leg to stand on. If it were a random passer-by member of the public who did it, it would just be, potentially, great telly. If only in a superficial and transitory way.
