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A co-worker met The Edge

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I think I would ask him for a smoke.  Then I would buy him a beer, tell him that U2 was pretty cool, comment on his latest hat, and then talk to someone else.  Then when I got home, I would crap in my pants!

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Being Irish, and having grown up in Dublin, It is interesting to see how other people (ie Americans) say the would react to seeing Bono and the boys. There is a primary school around the corner from where I live, and a french school besied it, and almost every morning Adam used to drop some child off to it. It was no big deal. He would drive up, open the door, get out, open the back door, help the child get his bag etc out of the car, say goodbye, get back into the car, and drive away. Geeez, they are just humans, like the rest of us! Only once have I been in a frenzical, hysterical situation about U2. They were in RTE (Irish TV), doing an interview with Pat Kenny (Irish TV host). I saw it on the telly and went down to RTE studios. There were about 20-30 other peeople there in the cold of night. After an hour or so, Bono and Edge came out the front door and were swamped by fans. It somehow seemed allright to act like a hysterical fan then, because they were in showbiz mode. They were acting for the public. But when you see them in town, or in the pub, they are just being normal, and people let them get on with being normal. Thats what the Edge said in an interview, which was recorded on a public train, like the underground, in Dublin (DART)). He said that he wished people would just treat them for what they were – rock and roll stars, not gods or gurus. Just a thought, DOnal http://forth.stir.ac.uk/~dm065

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A co-worker of mine met the Edge over St. Patty’s day in Dublin a couple of years ago. Lucky bastard. He met him at Edge’s pub in Dublin. The only thing he said to him was "Hey, aren’t you The Edge?" and Edge answered, "uh, yeah". Pretty cool, huh? He said everyone in the pub treated him like one of the guys. No one asked him for his autograph or nothing. Paul V.

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writes: A co-worker of mine met the Edge over St. Patty’s day in Dublin a couple of years ago. Lucky bastard. He met him at Edge’s pub in Dublin. The only thing he said to him was "Hey, aren’t you The Edge?" and Edge answered, "uh, yeah". Pretty cool, huh? He said everyone in the pub treated him like one of the guys. No one asked him for his autograph or nothing. Paul V.

Bono and Edge are out on the town all the time.  I literally ran into Bono and Ali coming out of a phonebox one day, saw Bono again later in the same week, and then found Edge was standing right behind me and my mates at pub!  No one pays them any mind because that’s the way the most Irish are about all celebrities…only the tourists chase after them and ask for autographs and photos.  I’m sure you wouldn’t see very much of them if the locals did that!!!!!!

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Bono and Edge are out on the town all the time.  I literally ran into Bono and Ali coming out of a phonebox one day, saw Bono again later in the same week, and then found Edge was standing right behind me and my mates at pub!  No one pays them any mind because that’s the way the most Irish are about all celebrities…only the tourists chase after them and ask for autographs and photos.  I’m sure you wouldn’t see very much of them if the locals did that!!!!!!

Do you get any sort of a fanatic rush when you bump into them like that? I live in Dallas, Texas and last Sunday I was at a dance club and Emmit Smith of the Dallas Cowboys walked in the door (I don’t know if he’s known in Ireland or not, but he’s one of the best runningbacks in American Football). One of my friends I was with almost had a cow and I told her than he was human just like anyone else. I still thought it was cool that I saw someone famous (at least famous in Dallas), but I didn’t make a spectacle of myself. I don’t know what I’d do if I were to "bump" into Bono and Ali. I’d probably make a complete wanker of myself and say something like "lookin’ good Ali" and piss Bono off. Of course, if Edge happens to be with his ex-wife Aislin, then I would most certainly complement her. She was a babe. Poor Edge. No wonder he took his divorce so hard. Anyways, I think I would become one of those "tourists" you were talking about and make a complete idiot of myself. But if it’s any other celebrity besides U2, I wouldn’t make such a big deal of it. Paul "Ramblin’ as always"  Villalba

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