posted by davidt on Monday August 27 2001, @09:00AM
An anonymous person writes:

A few weeks ago my brother and a friend of his decided to go to LA. "It was a huge difference from dismal NYC" my brother says.

On their last night there, they went to a bar on the sunset strip... its name I will not give... and decide to have a few drinks. After quite a while of downing tequila shots, my brother decides that it is time he uses the little boys room.

When he steps in he sees a man bent over a white porcelain sink, who appears to be sobbing. My brother - who is quite shy - goes over to the man, taps him on the back and asks "Are you crying? Can I help you with anything?". The man stands up straight and turns toward my brother wiping his teary eyes. My brother - who has been a fan of Morrissey/The Smiths since his early teens - recognises the man's face in a split second (although very red and "heated looking")... It is the man himself! Morrissey. My brother has waited for this day for so long... to finally meet his idol. "Oh my God!" my brother exclaims. "Why are you crying? Are you OK?". Morrissey looks confused. "Crying?" he asks, "I was laughing." My brother is relieved. "You see", says Moz, "a young woman sitting in a booth behind me threw up all over her date's front!" My brother and Morrissey share a laugh, and my brother asks - his shyness is gone by now - if Morrissey would like a to join him in a drink. "I'd be pleased" is his answer. "... But please, let me pay." My brother says "No, I'll pay... you have no idea how much your music means to me." But Morrissey won't give in. "Consolation", he says with a smile, "is worth more to me than anything on earth... even if you were mistaken."
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  • What a lovely story, I swear I felt Moz's pain, weird huh! I don't know what else to say about this just that I hope I bump into Moz again, and he is crying so I can console him like he has consoled me thousands of times.

      So give us a drink and make it quick, or else I'm gonna be sick...all over

    ~Chris S.
    moz_head_2000 <[email protected]> -- Monday August 27 2001, @09:11AM (#17698)
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  • came in to the "restroom" and said here have these, handing Morrissey a small pouch made of the finest silk. "Oh my goodness!" shreiked Morrissey as two gleaming gold teeth greeted his startled eyes. "Yes son" said the tooth fairy "you are not mistaken, these are the teeth of Tupac Shakur, I thought you'd like them." Morrissey then began to sob in this happiest of moments "You'll never know how much 2pac's music meant to me!" he cried as he hugged the tooth fairy.

    Then everyones trousers fell down.............
    Anonymous -- Monday August 27 2001, @09:30AM (#17699)
  • I'm not able to translate "a young woman sitting in booth behind me threw up all over her date's front!"?

    Apart from this I do not believe a word of this story, though.
    Anonymous -- Monday August 27 2001, @10:27AM (#17705)
  • No, actually this story is true.

    It took me ages to get the sick out too. Yak.

    (And if you believe that, as well as the "Oh look, Morrissey's crying... oh no, he's laughing", then you'll believe anything).

    May I suggest the 'Paul Mcartney is Dead' website?
    Anonymous -- Monday August 27 2001, @10:48AM (#17711)
  • There is absolutely no reason for me to believe this!
    haze <[email protected]> -- Monday August 27 2001, @10:50AM (#17712)
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  • You just don't want to believe it because you're jealous.

    Nah, nah.
    Anonymous -- Monday August 27 2001, @10:51AM (#17714)
  • I mean, do you have any indication whatsoever that this may be a true story? After all, anonymous people may be quite creative when it comes to the evergrowing Morrissey L.A. folklore.
    Anonymous -- Monday August 27 2001, @11:03AM (#17717)
  • I think the story is great but i think it's just nonsense the man admitted that he was drunk so how would he really know if it was Moz or not? if stuff like this is going to get the time of day then i'd be better off answering the Question of the week on Morrisseytour.
    leedoggpimp <[email protected]> -- Monday August 27 2001, @11:09AM (#17719)
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    True friends stab you in the front.
  • but I just can't bring myself to believe it. Morrissey just doesn't seem the type to find puke so funny that he would have to race to the bathroom to contain himself.
    Anonymous -- Monday August 27 2001, @11:36AM (#17722)
  • better (Score:1, Funny)

    It would have been better if Mozza had looked up with white rings round his nostrils and was talking very fast, dontcha fink?
    Anonymous -- Monday August 27 2001, @01:12PM (#17730)
    • Re:better by blurjose (Score:1) Monday August 27 2001, @01:48PM
    • Moz took the hit he was given... by texaho (Score:1) Monday August 27 2001, @02:05PM
    • Re:better by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday August 27 2001, @02:13PM
    • Re:better by half-a-person (Score:1) Monday August 27 2001, @04:42PM
    • Re:better by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday August 29 2001, @03:20AM
  • My brother's friend had a similar experience last time he was out in L.A. He was in a shopping mall men's room, though, and there was Mogsly, washing up.

    Moz did a double-take when he saw my brother's friend and said "Bob? Is that you?" My brother's friend (Joey) didn't catch on at first and kept fixing his hair. Moz reached out and touched Joey's sleeve and pleaded "Bob?" Joey said, no, that wasn't his name. Moz said "Oh, you look just like a dear old friend of mine named Bob, who was killed tragically when we were teenagers."

    Joey tried to console him and then went back to fixing his hair (killer pompadour - Joey's in a rockabilly band). Well, then Moz broke down again. He had fallen to his knees and was tugging at Joey's leg...

    ...Just like I'm pulling yours now. Wox wox!
    Anonymous -- Monday August 27 2001, @03:08PM (#17740)
    • Re:Get this! by Hocico (Score:1) Tuesday August 28 2001, @09:13PM
      • Re:Get this! by bobmoz (Score:1) Wednesday August 29 2001, @03:29AM
        • Re:Get this! by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday August 29 2001, @06:59AM
  • All I have to say is:

    No Mames Guey!!!! Que Pinche Relato!!!!

    Si tu te la crees, estas mas pendejo que el idiota que se la penso!!!!

    Bola de nacos!!!!

    NO, NO sabes, que, te tengo una mejor, yo me lo encontre al guey del Morrissey pistiando afuera del S.E.C.U.D, andaba todo pedo el guey, casi caca, y luego nos fuimos con Julieta Venegas a ver al ERNESTO "El BABY" ZEPEDA boxeando en el Jai Ali, Despues al Perro Azul, es todo, que cura no???, DESPUES, NOS LA CLAVAMOS, no pusimos a ver "AMORRES PERROS" !!!!!
    Anonymous -- Monday August 27 2001, @04:29PM (#17745)
  • Morrissey was only our window cleaner for four years before the smiths, we lived in norris green in manchester and he would come there with his shammy all wet and hot and would rub it all over me of a wednesday night. So refreshing and erotic and slightly illegal because i was only 15.

    Never seen a keener,,,, window cleaner....
    Anonymous -- Monday August 27 2001, @06:58PM (#17758)
  • R.i.p. Aaliyah Dana Haughton
    Anonymous -- Monday August 27 2001, @08:04PM (#17762)
    • Re:in other news by Golden Lights (Score:1) Saturday September 01 2001, @06:19PM
  • If this story is true I think its 'cute'. How funny that he thought he was crying but was actually laughing. But who knows the authenticity of this story...

    Morrissey, I would like a Newcastle, Thank You!
    BettyLuvzMoz <[email protected]> -- Monday August 27 2001, @09:32PM (#17771)
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  • Hey, dudes, does anyone of you live near Moz? Please ask him to cry a little bit in a public restroom here near my house in Rio de Janeiro!
    I would love to console Morrissey because he was crying and then he´d just turn over and say, with a messianic look, that he was just laughing!
    Oh, by the way, do you guys believe in Santa Claus??
    southpaw_grammar_fan <[email protected]> -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @07:27AM (#17792)
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    brazilian smiths/morrissey fan and southpaw grammar entusiast.
  • I am just very surprised DavidT has decided to publish this nonsense story.
    This sounds so wrong... I dont even know if I should :
    1.puke
    2.cry
    3.laugh?

    MAMUR
    mamur -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @09:27AM (#17799)
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    • Re:bull..... by hand in glove (Score:1) Tuesday August 28 2001, @12:22PM
  • David, what were you thinking by printing. I am sure that everyone who donated to this site wishes that they had the money back now. Give me a few hours, ok minutes, and I can surely give you a better story than this joker.
    Anonymous -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @11:54AM (#17803)
    • Re:Hey David by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday August 28 2001, @12:02PM
    • Re:Hey David by davidt (Score:1) Tuesday August 28 2001, @12:17PM
      • Here's your story! by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday August 28 2001, @12:27PM
        • Please, take your money back and go buy a decent sense of humor. I think I'll donate to you as well. Also, ask Firestone if you can trade in your faulty sense of humor for a set of tires, then take a long drive after five or six drinks.
          Lord Henry Wotton -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @12:39PM (#17814)
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  • I'm not going to judge whether this is a true story or not. If it is, I hate to hear that Morrissey was so upset, but I can surely sympathize with him as I'm quite familiar with crying in bathrooms - in which I did in my home just this week. Hopefully he was just laughing, but...

    If it's not true then it's at least nice to dream that I wasn't alone in my sorrow and he was with me at that moment...as he seems to be the ONLY one who is still around whenever I need a friend.
    hand in glove -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @12:15PM (#17807)
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    "Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together" - Marilyn Monroe
  • It was the man, for the stand waiting for the call. It was a chuckle at the side, nobody said hey, nor boo! Not to you.......
    Anonymous -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @12:37PM (#17812)
  • 1- I do not believe this story: it`s fuzzy, unverified, the protagonist was admittedly drunk and the really interesting part (the drinks, talking with Moz etc) is simply not mentioned at all;

    2- People who go like "it`s ok davidt,go ahead, post fantastic rumors and 'I met Moz' stories, you made my day etc" are irresponsible dimwits who seem to care nothing for the truth or for the credibility of this site, not to mention Morrissey's integrity;

    3- I understand there's not much news right now, but there must be some criteria to post stories; I mean, if someone sends an email saying "what up dawg, I just saw Moz chillin' with his posse in Compton" or "Morrissey's dating Cameron Diaz" etc, will the stories be automatically seen as fact too?

    4- I'd much rather have davidt himself tell us a little more about how Morrissey is, what He's up to etc. davidt seems to be a serious and well-connected person, so hey, speak up webmaster!
    Anonymous -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @02:54PM (#17827)
  • I don't think anyone should tell this guy that he didn't see Moz. If his bother saw Moz, in a LA Bathroom, then maybe he did. If he is lying, what could we do we won't there. So Anonymous guy, don't say anything, you won't there and we have to find out from The Great Morrissey if this really happened. And if this really happened I'm very happy for his bother.
    star-wilde <[email protected]> -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @07:20PM (#17845)
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  • ... how, according to various posts on this site, morrissey can be encountered at all hours of the day and night in the bars and clubs of LA? Doesn't anyone ever see him at the supermarket or DAIRYQUEEN, for heaven's sake? Perhaps just stopped at a stoplight?
    Anonymous -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @07:43PM (#17847)
  • I don't know. I thought the recently deleted message was quite hilarious in a rather deviant sort of way. I think Morrissey would have enjoyed it too. But, I wonder how much time that took...that's the scary part.

    "I have fallen victim to the starlit wanderlust that dooms poor boys to the grave...or perhaps, the bottle"
            -Blake
    Anonymous -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @09:37PM (#17856)
  • "oh..it reminds me of when Jake used to throw up all over me!"

    *sniffle*
    suzanne -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @10:58PM (#17860)
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    I scare dead people.
  • From the AFU & Urban Legends Archive (www.urbanlegends.com)

    What is an urban legend?

    Peter van der Linden and Terry Chan seem to think in their alt.folklore.urban FAQ:
    "An urban legend:

    appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in varying forms
    contains elements of humor or horror (the horror often "punishes" someone who flouts society's conventions).
    makes good storytelling.
    does NOT have to be false, although most are. ULs often have a basis in fact, but it's their life after-the-fact (particularly in reference to the second and third points) that gives them particular interest."
    Anonymous -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @11:30PM (#17863)
  • I don't believe this one. It seems like something I'd turn into my Creative Writing teacher, and it's too well described especially after several tequila shots.
    alero -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @11:30PM (#17864)
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    the youngest was the most loved...
  • I took a walk in a cematary the other day and saw a tombstone with a man by the name of A.E. morrissey who died in the 1800/s.
    1840-1932
    what is the value of this story?
    nothing but at leat its true. p.s I also see him in the clouds sometimes.
    javelin <www.whateverulike.com> -- Wednesday August 29 2001, @01:33AM (#17868)
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  • why would they not give the name of the bar on sunset strip. What's the big deal?
    Anonymous -- Wednesday August 29 2001, @10:16AM (#17884)
  • A videotape of the encounter?
    A certified letter from all parties involved including the bathroom attendant?

    I believe the story, but do not understand why anyone would even feel inclined to share the experience with anyone other than a few close friends. Inevitably someone decides to share his/her encounter they might have had with Morrissey, and then the nay-sayers and non-believers come out swinging. So the debate that goes nowhere continues and fills up space on a great website.

    For those that question David's judgement in posting this story, I challenge you to start your own site and become the chief editor, gather stories and news from all over the globe and keep hundreds of people checking in daily waiting for an update. Good luck!!

     
    Johnny Marr -- Wednesday August 29 2001, @10:17AM (#17885)
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    Going Underground
  • Might I add that, with no real concrete evidence either way, that choosing not to believe this story (BELIEVING that it did not happen) is exactly the same thing as choosing to believe it?

    As if picking a particular side somehow gave this story more or less credibility...
       
    syn <[email protected]> -- Wednesday August 29 2001, @12:29PM (#17893)
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  • What a bunch of crap, and the simpletons who have fallen for this rubbish...I pray that one day you will be blessed with the capacity for rational thought.
    MozTroll -- Wednesday August 29 2001, @03:24PM (#17900)
    (User #3342 Info)
  • New York isn't dismal!
    Anonymous -- Wednesday August 29 2001, @08:07PM (#17913)
  • This story sounds like a load to me

    But if it's true, this guy was obviously

    stalking Morrissey in a bathroom.

    Which makes him a star-effing loser.

    Anonymous -- Wednesday August 29 2001, @09:21PM (#17918)
  • I have in my possession a petition signed by all the loyal mozz solo followers that this story should...."get off the stage".

    By the way my friends mate's, brother's, uncle knew mozz when he was at school.

    Apparently he was good at art but his time-keeping was poor and he spent a lot of the time in the toilets.

    Still awaiting the signing of a deal.
    Still............
    inlovewiththepast -- Thursday August 30 2001, @05:35AM (#17933)
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    truth rest your head there is more than a life at stake here..she may well sell sanctuary but she'll also sell your soul
  • I actually have a urine sample of Moz from that night. I was in the stall next to him and got it right after he came out. He did not flush. This would look great next to the cereal box that some jackass one on ebay. Look for this on ebay very soon!
    Anonymous -- Thursday August 30 2001, @07:37AM (#17935)
  • Personally, I don't think Moz would be amused over anyone pukeing under any circumstances. However, be it true or not, When Morrissey was here in St. Louis during the 97 Maladjusted tour, I had some drinks with the radio DJ's whose station was sponsering the concert. They were good friends of two other guy's I was with. We drank together until we recognized the Smoking Popes were done and Moz came out singing Boy Racer. Then, I dashed away from them only caring to see Moz with my floor wrist band. The next day I talked to my friend and he stated that the DJ's attemted to exchange a few short words with Moz but they said he quickly walked away and was crying and wanted to be left alone. I'm unsure of the validity, but it wouldn't suprise me. They were told by someone afiliated with Moz that he pours his heart out when he sings and that he was physically and emotionally drained. The concert was wonderful. Towards the end when he sang "Now my heart is full", I could feel tremendous emotion in his voice.
    Anonymous -- Friday August 31 2001, @09:27PM (#18075)
  • I like hearing some of these rumours, but this one makes me sick. It is written in such a fabricated way. Please people lets get on with our lives. I love Morrissey as much as anybody. But these sighting stories are getting outlandish.
    Anonymous -- Friday September 07 2001, @11:37PM (#18641)
  • told me that he was in the bathroom in one of the stalls that night and overheard the exchange. But my brother told me that when that boy asked Moz if he was crying Moz reared around and belted the drunk little shit. That kid after being belted in the stomach started to puke all over the place and Moz ducked out of the bar laughing his ass off.
    Anonymous -- Friday September 07 2001, @11:50PM (#18642)
  • Enough is enough really.
    Anonymous -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @02:14PM (#17822)
  • You are truly demented and suffer from a disgustingly mean and rotten heart.
    hand in glove -- Tuesday August 28 2001, @06:05PM (#17841)
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    "Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together" - Marilyn Monroe
  • Anthony Burgess is rolling over in his grave

    Then again, he requests a turn every few months anyway...
    green crooner -- Wednesday August 29 2001, @10:46AM (#17886)
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    "I'm chilled to the bone, and I'm going home--alone"
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