By Chris Wright
Having learned that Nicklas Bendtner was due to start against Cardiff in lieu of the injured Olivier Giroud, Twitter-based Arsenal fan James ‘Raul’ Stokes (@_ArmchairGooner) made an outlandish wager in a fit of incredulity – promising to smother himself head-to-toe in Hartley’s finest if the Dane managed to trouble the scoresheet…
If Bendtner scores the winner, I will cover myself in jam and tweet the results. You can hold me to that.
— James ‘Raul’ Stökes (@_ArmchairGooner) January 1, 2014
Of course, Nicky Bendts then went and prodded home the Gunners’ first goal of the evening in the 88th minute (his second goal in his second successive home game) and our friend James suddenly found himself in need of a trip to Tesco…
That jam tweet was a really, really bad idea. I’m a man of my word. Picture to follow a bit later.
— James ‘Raul’ Stökes (@_ArmchairGooner) January 1, 2014
I keep my word. I will take jam pictures. At present, I don’t have enough jam in the house… :) — James ‘Raul’ Stökes (@_ArmchairGooner) January 1, 2014
A promise is a promise – even if Bendtner technically didn’t score the winner — James ‘Raul’ Stökes (@_ArmchairGooner) January 1, 2014
Only the finest. pic.twitter.com/UcQ28upPEr — James ‘Raul’ Stökes (@_ArmchairGooner) January 1, 2014
Dear @101greatgoals Nicklas Bendtner scored, so here is me covered in jam. Please RT pic.twitter.com/nTBKtDSlRY — James ‘Raul’ Stökes (@_ArmchairGooner) January 1, 2014
And for any of you budding preserve-smothering fetishists out there, James has a word of caution…
Word of advice; don’t ever cover yourself in jam. After 5 mins it goes sticky.
— James ‘Raul’ Stökes (@_ArmchairGooner) January 1, 2014
Okay pal, duly noted.
(Via 101GG)