Like millions before, Paddy Power packed up and struck out westward in search of fame and fortune – or at least some comedy gold arising out of the Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder bout on Saturday night.
While the judges’ scorecards may have cornered the market there (provided you didn’t bet on Fury anyway), there was stll plenty of highlights beneath the Hollywood hills for our interpid crew.
Not surprisingly, the nuances and cadences of Scottish twitter were lost on some of the locals:
PaddyPower.com is loud and clear – great odds on your favourite sportsWATCH: Americans read Scottish Twitter – LA edition: pic.twitter.com/JWR2uTkbwu
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) November 30, 2018
Though the cultural crossed-wires cut both ways:
When you're in America and ask for the biggest pizza they do… pic.twitter.com/tRvidUryJB
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) December 1, 2018
Are you sure you don’t want that garlic bread?
And some of our efforts to fit in could’ve gone better:
Every Irishman in LA… pic.twitter.com/zExQrbLpPi
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) December 4, 2018
But, in the end, some valuable connections were made:
We went to Los Angeles to see if we could make it in Hollywood… pic.twitter.com/oBp8XboKRY
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) December 4, 2018
Hey, George Clooney had to do Return of the Killer Tomatoes.
We’ve all got to start somewhere.
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