Guys reading books in the queue at Wimbledon
Few things will get me out of bed at 4 am and Wimbledon is one of them. On Saturday morning we stood—sat—lay down—in the queue for tickets for three and a half hours in the blazing sunshine.
Three-and-a-half-hour queues and blazing sunshine are two of my least favorite things, but the experience was strangely fun. For starters this crowd (My number in the queue was 6,169 and I was in the middle) was probably the best-looking, most international one I’ve ever stood in. We figured it was because the people who travel all the way to London to watch Federer and company would tend to be serious tennis fans, probably play tennis themselves, and are therefore sporty/athletic/fit, properly-nourished, with massive doses of Vitamin D and calcium in their diets.
Amber brought up an interesting factoid: One is more likely to meet a potential partner in Wimbledon than on an Internet dating site. I believe that factoid. Warning: These guys are in the full bloom of youth and at the peak of their beauty, but they will pay for all that sun exposure and alcohol consumption eventually and may no longer look like that when they hit 30.
To take my mind off the fact that I was frying in the sun despite slathering on the sunblock and wearing my fabulous hat (When I left the house this morning my skin tone was yellowish cappucino and now I am a Cafe Americano with a teaspoon of milk)
I walked around the grounds and took pictures. A while ago Kermit introduced me to one of my favorite blogs: Hot Guys Reading Books, a site devoted to—hot guys reading books. The mere idea that there are attractive men out there turning pages always cheers me up. So I snapped photos of the guys I spotted reading books in the Wimbledon Queue, and I’m going to submit them to HGRB.
Not only is this guy reading a book, he’s reading in mid-crunch. Mind-blowing.
My favorite: Hot guy in Panama hat reading Cormac McCarthy!
More photos later, plus Fabio Fognini! PPLUN (Pangalan pa lang, ulam na).
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
June 27th, 2010 at 09:05
Might it be that the only reason they’re reading books is because there’s no wi freakin’ fi in the middle of that field?
June 27th, 2010 at 13:21
Dalawang extra rice, please. Mamaya na’ko o-order ng tatlong extra rice ‘pag lumabas na ‘yung picture niya.
June 27th, 2010 at 13:37
just want to share this link:
http://readtheprintedword.org/
thanks! have a wimbledon-y day!
June 27th, 2010 at 18:10
Is it me, or does Panama Hat Guy look like he could be a distant cousin of the Fed-a-like from the tube?
Speaking of hot guys with books, here’s a link to my favorite picture of an Attractive Male Celebrity Reading a Publication of Sorts: http://polaroidsofhotguysreading.tumblr.com/post/538323834/you-hugh-laurie
(It was either this or Barack Obama in the ’70s with a leather jacket, but I wanted to keep things non-partisan.)
Looking forward to more hot guys reading books in Wimbledon!
June 27th, 2010 at 18:14
Wouldn’t the world be a better place if there were more hot guys reading books! The man with the Panama hat surely heated up the queue.
June 27th, 2010 at 18:59
Thanks for the link. Now, I’m having feast. Nasira na naman ang diet ko.
June 27th, 2010 at 22:09
Do you have close-up shots of Fognini’s infamous eyebrows?
June 28th, 2010 at 00:49
Wow, they’re really hot without even trying.
June 28th, 2010 at 22:16
there are not a few hot guys where i am now. unfortunately, it’s rare to find one reading a book. guess you can’t have it all.
June 29th, 2010 at 21:18
When I see a hot guy reading a book I always pray that a.) he’s not gay. and b.)he’s not aware that he is hot.