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I saw Co Stompe at a Sainsbury's in Crawley yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a prick and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Dairy Milks in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical inferference,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
Vile man.
Re: Darts articles in the Media thread
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:35 pm
by Greipel
Brainbox, who is currently on your ignore list, made this post.
"Yes, of course. It's just the same in billiards, but because we had world-class players there that was hushed up. That was not a pub sport and darts was. I can't stand that. In darts there is drinking, but it is controlled. I even advised an ex-topper to drink quietly while training. If you don't and you go to a tournament on the weekend where everyone is drinking, you are at a serious disadvantage. Nobody says you have to be ladder-sat at the oche, you choose how far you go in that,'' concludes the three-time Belgian champion.
"Yes, of course. It's just the same in billiards, but because we had world-class players there that was hushed up. That was not a pub sport and darts was. I can't stand that. In darts there is drinking, but it is controlled. I even advised an ex-topper to drink quietly while training. If you don't and you go to a tournament on the weekend where everyone is drinking, you are at a serious disadvantage. Nobody says you have to be ladder-sat at the oche, you choose how far you go in that,'' concludes the three-time Belgian champion.
Co Stompe has a less serious sense of humour compared to a lot of Dutch players. Raymond van Barneveld, and even more so Vincent van der Voort, can really sulk when things go wrong. A lot of Dutch are notorious for falling out over silly things, and it's the old Calvinist culture of "always be true to yourself" as well as the sense of destiny mindset that Barney always seems to have during big events of his career.
Re: Darts articles in the Media thread
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:24 pm
by sennafan24
PT13 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:18 pm
Co Stompe has a less serious sense of humour compared to a lot of Dutch players. Raymond van Barneveld, and even more so Vincent van der Voort, can really sulk when things go wrong. A lot of Dutch are notorious for falling out over silly things, and it's the old Calvinist culture of "always be true to yourself" as well as the sense of destiny mindset that Barney always seems to have during big events of his career.
Stompe and Barney were close friends at one point IIRC.
So I assume their friendship had peaks and troughs.
PT13 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:18 pm
Co Stompe has a less serious sense of humour compared to a lot of Dutch players. Raymond van Barneveld, and even more so Vincent van der Voort, can really sulk when things go wrong. A lot of Dutch are notorious for falling out over silly things, and it's the old Calvinist culture of "always be true to yourself" as well as the sense of destiny mindset that Barney always seems to have during big events of his career.
Stompe and Barney were close friends at one point IIRC.
So I assume their friendship had peaks and troughs.
+1. Vincent seems to dislike Co a lot more. Barney might sulk for a period, but then he's usually fine. Barney did have a long term rivalry with Fordham, which Fordham detailed in his autobiography, but most players have a good or a hot-cold thing with Barney. A lot of players are just baffled by Barney's odd sulky attitude at times on the oche, where he didn't seem to be enjoying playing darts even. I think I understand Barney's attitude, which is admittedly very complex. Barney plays to be the best and to win the biggest tournaments, and he has seldom done that from 2008 onwards (only 2 TV events won from 2008 onwards, i.e. the 2012 Grand Slam and the 2014 Premier League), yet Barney also has that Calvinist sense of destiny, so he believes that by playing on he will inevitably get some more big moments in his career and the ultimate would be another World Championship.
Vincent said the early 2000s was when Barney and Co didn't get on. That's when Barney wasn't winning Embassy titles at Lakeside, so he would be sensitive to certain senses of humour.
