i read a funny article aimed at former uk prime minister tony blair, who is launching a book on his memoirs, just like other former prime ministers such as margaret thatcher and john major have done in the past, and it was advice from former famous sports stars on dealing with crowds at autograph signing sessions, and its with interest i read that tony blair has banned use of any mobile phone at his signing becausr they take too long to set up and probably need a 3rd party to assist in the setup of the photo. so he has been getting valuable information from those most used to dealing with instances liek this, namely the sports star especially from clubs like manchester united lierpool, chelsea and arsenal whos main players deal with this regularly. tony blair article.
Tony Blair will soon begin his promotional tour for his autobiography, A Journey, which has been in the news because of the donations issue and giving it to the british legion ehen he effectively took the UK into war on the pretense of WMD. so for autograph collectors like me, who does actually have an autograph at Atomic Autographs but i always like more so i read with trepidation about the many signing sessions arranged throughout the country and the crazy long list of numerous restrictions in place to ensure that the former prime minister is not heckled and given aggoavation while autographing his memoirs. During a decade working at Sportspages bookshop we held scores of these events, a sequence that began in more innocent times with genuine sports fans patiently waiting to spend a couple of minutes with the author, getting their personal dedication and the most forward of them a handshake.
By the end of my time there the professional autograph hunter had besieged us (thats not me honest, just a passing interest) . Brazenly presumptuous (no not me) and extremely chippy (mmmm i am not so sure), they would come armed with marker pens (yes true) and a portfolio of glossy photographs (well just a few) and even replica shirts (no never apart from Vint Cerf) they would expect to have signed that would then appear on eBay (errr no!) within a couple of hours.
not my style, just let me have an autograph and i will peacefully leave you alone mr blair.
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