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Post by joshie on Oct 17, 2007 16:49:54 GMT 10
Well it was supposed to be a joke. Luckily he didn't see that banner.
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Post by adelwee on Oct 17, 2007 18:36:40 GMT 10
I apologise if I upset anyone in saying this, but I don't think it's a good idea to put "your fly's undone" on a poster and show it to Josh...I don't think he would find it amusing at all, and I think he would probably be very humiliated and embarrassed by it... I know it's easy to get carried away and forget that he's just a human being like the rest of us, but that's what he is, and we should treat him like one... By saying such a thing, especially in such a public place, I think he would be totally humiliated, and I wouldn't be surprised if it would make him angry either. He has expressed in the past that he hates when people refer to or even try to touch his privates...he's a human being (and a great one at that) - let's treat him with some respect... Again, I'm not trying to upset anyone here. well, i completely understand (don't worry i'm not upset) what you're trying to say but believe me, the banner wasn't meant to be derogatory or anything. josh seems like he has a good sense of humour and has always been rather witty with his responses plus we thought it would have been great to get the crowd going too.
josh made a few cheeky comments and i'm sure if he saw that sign, he would have said something funny too.
having said that, we'll keep that in mind for his future concerts. ;D
as loyal fans i know we all want what's best for him. ;D ;D
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Post by aussiegrobie on Oct 17, 2007 18:42:52 GMT 10
Now I'm worried Josh may have been offended by the sign I held up at Sunrise on May 3rd, which read -- 'JOSH, ADOPT ME?!'
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Post by teresita1897 on Oct 17, 2007 19:08:57 GMT 10
I wouldn't be worried Angela At one of the Sydney shows, someone called out, "Josh, can I take you home?" and he replied with, "What, now?? I still have a few songs to do..." and made a joke from it. I was just referring to jokes that are about his private parts or that can be taken offensively. I doubt that your sign could have been considered offensive to anybody
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Post by aussiegrobie on Oct 17, 2007 19:13:57 GMT 10
I see what you mean, Yvette. Yeah, treating him like a piece of meat is not cool.
I'll love to stay and chat, but I gotta met my sis for dinner. Let me know how the interviews went. Ciao, bella.
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Post by truckette on Oct 17, 2007 20:34:41 GMT 10
I second that Yvette. And I hope that I don't offend or upset anyone either but I don't think that the pregnancy sign was such a great idea either. I know that it was all in good fun though.
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Post by faerygirl on Oct 17, 2007 22:03:11 GMT 10
Yeh Yvette, I know where you're coming from.....I actually cringed a bit, on reading it too.....no one wants Josh to be embarrased.......
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Post by faridasavitri on Oct 18, 2007 1:51:28 GMT 10
Lighten up ladies! If anyone can laugh at anything, it's probably Josh. Australian Grobies are pretty tame compared to some others (I won't name any countries). As Yvette said, yes he is human but he's probably seen them all! We weren't throwing him any knickers or anything like that. He's in Manila now, hopefully having a good time. Let's just hope he gets that well-deserved rest after the 18th.
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Post by teresita1897 on Oct 18, 2007 9:55:15 GMT 10
We all enjoy a good joke here, so I don't think it's a matter of us lightening up, really...I think if a guy we don't know said something like "show us your t**s" I don't think many of us here would take it as a joke.
He has expressed anger before at this kind of thing, so I really doubt he would take it as a joke.
Besides, he does have a broad sense of humour, so why should we resort to smutty jokes when something so much better could get a good laugh out of him?
Just trying to get my point across, not trying to upset anyone.
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Post by faridasavitri on Oct 18, 2007 11:40:56 GMT 10
I don't think anyone was upset by your opinion, Yvette. Everybody has the right to voice their concerns, ideas, opinions, etc. Some feel strongly about things than others, that's life. Let's look at the bigger picture here; we're all in this togther and we should all stick together, we are, after all, the Australian Grobanites Unite. If it weren't for you, Yvette and Loretta, we wouldn't have all these wonderful people to talk to and throw ideas at and form opinions about (lol.....was that proper English?) As Josh would say: "Okay..........moving on" (after he gave that baby burp, and nobody seemed to notice). Cheers!
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Post by julieb on Oct 18, 2007 20:43:15 GMT 10
Well after three days of waitng for my activation code I'm finally getting to communicate with you Perth Grobanites. Firstly I'd like to say how wonderful it was to meet Farida, Sam and Sam's Mum and Dad at the concert. Sam, I hope your Dad's hearing has returned form all my yelling and screaming. Barry (my brother) and I had such a great time and sitting with die hard fans either side of me was so cool. I waited 6 years to see Josh in concert and I can honestly say that besides marrying my husband and giving birth to my twins I had the best time of my life, nothing could ever come close. I asked Barry on Friday morning if he would be embarrassed if a did a banner to take to the concert, he was quiet for a while and replied, "you do what you want sis" so I got to work and painted the banner on Friday, it said "Thank You For Coming To Perth. JULIE BELL LOVES YOU! I knew that Josh would talk to the audience after the second song so up went the banner and OMG! he started walking over to our side of the stage, stopped in his tracks and said "what have we here, he then proceeded to read my banner, after reading it he said, "thaaaank you Julie", I stood up and blew him a kiss....my heart was pounding. During the show my brother took photos and some video but because he was helping me hold up the banner we didn't get any video of Josh reading it...did anyone? ?? I'd pay dearly for a copy. When the music started for Machine I thought it's now or never to head down the front so I shouted to Farida come on let's go, so we went and stood at Josh's feet and did'nt move from that spot for the rest of the show, we were singing and screaming and yelling, we put our arms up to him and he finally made contact with us ( his hands are so soft). After the show Barry and I overheard a security guy say that Josh will be signing autographs if 4mins at the backstage gates, without hesitation Barry and I marched to the location and joined the line. After 10 mins Darren came up and gave us the rules, no touching, no individual photos, no kissing (bummer) no pinning anything on him, no contact at all and one autograph only. We were all cool with that. After 10mins he arrived and he proceeded down line, he was just wonderful, (even though he has long legs he's not very tall). When he finally go to me I said, "thank you for reading my banner, Hi I'm Julie Bell. He replied, "oh yes, I remember you". I thanked him again for coming to Perth. Barry has got a great photo of Josh looking at me and signing my program, he won't show it to me though, he's going to present it to me on my birthday next month...roll on November. When Josh got to Barry, Barry shook his hand and Josh thanked him for coming. I've framed my poster along with my concert ticket. I'm still on a high and never won't to come down. I hope to be able to catch up with you guys if you have a get together. And finally to Josh.......I'm on this musical journey with you for the rest of my life.
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Post by teresita1897 on Oct 18, 2007 22:01:13 GMT 10
awww Julie what a wonderful report I'm glad you had such awesome experiences at the concert! You'll never forget it, I'm sure We're hoping to organise a national get-together at some stage, not sure when, but it would be great to meet you if you can make it! There's an awesome bunch of grobies on this board, and it'll be well worth your while if you can come
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Post by faridasavitri on Oct 19, 2007 1:24:45 GMT 10
Yaaaaay Julie!!!! I'm so glad you're finally here. I was going to post something to get your attention so that you can join AGU. I had so much fun with you and your brother, Barry. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have the guts to go up during "Machine". It was unreal, wasn't it? I kept telling you 'Wow, this isn't happening.' I'm planning a Perth get-together soon, either at my place or picnic at Kings Park. I'll let you know.
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Post by aussiegrobie on Oct 19, 2007 13:25:00 GMT 10
Welcome to AGU, Julie!!!! Great concert report -- thanks for sharing it!!!! I hope to meet you one day (and the other WA grobies!).
Bummer though you have to wait until November to see the photo of you and Josh!!!! I'd be like ... 'give it to me ... NOW!!!!!' lol!
See you around.
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Post by adelwee on Oct 19, 2007 14:08:11 GMT 10
welcome julie! farida told me how wonderful both of you were and it's a pity i didn't get to meet you that night. hopefully, you'll join us when we have another perth m & g.
maybe this will help to ease the waiting pain...i took it when we were at the 'moshpit'
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