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A Coventry fan in his late teens is touring America, and winds up in a dark, dingy bar having a quiet drink. Out of the corner of his eye he sees a native American sitting in the corner alone, but there's a steady stream of people going over to have extremely short conversations with him & the visitors always leaving wide eyed and open mouthed.
The Coventry fan's curiosity gets the better of him, so he asks the bartender what it's all about. The bartender explains that the native American is renowned for having an infallible memory and excellent knowledge on pretty much any subject. The fan walks over and feeling pretty confident asks who scored Coventy's second goal in their FA Cup victory in 1987; the native American stares him straight in the eye and gives an instantaneous response: "Keith Houchen".
The fan is stunned and is unable to utter another word. He continues his travels and on return to England all he can talk to people about is his encounter in the bar. His family and friends all humour him at first, but none of them believe him and over time the man starts to doubt himself. He vows to save up and return to that bar to prove to himself that he didn't imagine the whole thing.
Life gets in the way of this plan - mortgages, children, and so on, but some twenty-something years later he's finally able to make the trip again.
Walking into the same bar he can't believe his luck as he sees that the native American is still seated at the same table, albeit with his heavy eyes weathered by the years that have passed. The Coventry fan decides that he should show his respect to the native American by giving him a traditional greeting. He walks over, raises the palm of his hand and says "How". The elderly native American slowly raises his head, squints at the man through the gloom, before responding "Diving header from the edge of the six yard box".
The Coventry fan's curiosity gets the better of him, so he asks the bartender what it's all about. The bartender explains that the native American is renowned for having an infallible memory and excellent knowledge on pretty much any subject. The fan walks over and feeling pretty confident asks who scored Coventy's second goal in their FA Cup victory in 1987; the native American stares him straight in the eye and gives an instantaneous response: "Keith Houchen".
The fan is stunned and is unable to utter another word. He continues his travels and on return to England all he can talk to people about is his encounter in the bar. His family and friends all humour him at first, but none of them believe him and over time the man starts to doubt himself. He vows to save up and return to that bar to prove to himself that he didn't imagine the whole thing.
Life gets in the way of this plan - mortgages, children, and so on, but some twenty-something years later he's finally able to make the trip again.
Walking into the same bar he can't believe his luck as he sees that the native American is still seated at the same table, albeit with his heavy eyes weathered by the years that have passed. The Coventry fan decides that he should show his respect to the native American by giving him a traditional greeting. He walks over, raises the palm of his hand and says "How". The elderly native American slowly raises his head, squints at the man through the gloom, before responding "Diving header from the edge of the six yard box".
