{"id":122060,"date":"2023-12-06T12:09:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T12:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=122060"},"modified":"2023-12-06T12:09:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T12:09:35","slug":"gran-roped-into-boozy-wetherspoons-game-overwhelmed-at-becoming-viral-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/gran-roped-into-boozy-wetherspoons-game-overwhelmed-at-becoming-viral-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Gran roped into boozy Wetherspoons Game overwhelmed at becoming viral star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A gran who was roped into a boozy Wetherspoons Game where she ended up with a table covered in pints and glasses of wine has said she is &quot;overwhelmed&quot; at becoming a viral star.<\/p>\n<p>Brits fell in love with 77-year-old Josephine, or Nanna, from Sandbach, when her daughter Belinda and her partner Mark got her involved in &apos;Wetherspoons the Game&apos;, where strangers buy drinks for you via the Spoons app.<\/p>\n<p>Josie, as she is also known, and husband Geoffrey were treated to what they thought would be a quiet &quot;nightcap&quot; at The George Inn in Sandbach, Cheshire, by son in law Mark Hamlet, but the evening quickly took a turn as the couple was plied with pints, wine and shots.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Hammered Wetherspoons nan and grandad bought drinks for locals they had so much booze<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Josie&apos;s daughter Belinda, who was also at the pub during the unexpectedly heavy drinking sesh, told the Daily Star her family had no idea how many drinks they&apos;d receive and added that while her mum didn&apos;t really &quot;understand the technology&quot; she revelled in the newfound fame.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31609550.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Screenshot-2023-12-05-at-124920.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Josie herself told the Daily Star: &quot;I\u2019m overwhelmed by the reaction. It is raising awareness of Wetherspoons The Game and how that supports bringing people together. I hope others see how amazing this is and a way to spread happiness and joy.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>Belinda told the Star yesterday (December 5) that her mother would be donating quite a chunk of money to Wetherspoons The Game&apos;s charity drive to feed homeless people in Brighton on December 11.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The game itself is providing meals for the homeless and I\u2019m delighted to support this through their next event. I encourage you to get involved!&quot; Josie added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31609552.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/407470772_7105379562859559_6804152550375553014_n.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31606800.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_Russian-President-Putin-accepts-credentials-from-21-newly-arrived-ambassadors-Moscow-Russian-Feder.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> &apos;Sickly&apos; Putin stands 70ft away from UK ambassador &#8211; comes up with mad excuse<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Belinda said she and her group got so much booze they spread the joy across the pub and handed it out.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Lots of stuff arrived so we turned it [the game] off quite quick! However, there was an elderly couple sat next to us and a gentleman sat on his own so we passed on some of the drinks to them,&quot; she said, adding the family stayed for &quot;a couple of hours.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>&quot;[Mum] had a couple of wines but avoided the shots. My goodness me, she&apos;s 77! We got her home safely anyway.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;She didn&apos;t do the shot, I can absolutely confirm.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31609676.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_GAfXt2BWcAAmeEJjpeg.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31606409.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_China-Chongqing-Crowded-Hospital-23337240403178.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Mystery Covid-like China virus could actually be deadly 1800s &apos;walking&apos; illness<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chris Illman, creator of Wetherspoons The Game Facebook group, explained what will happen at the unique charity event in Brighton on December 11.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We will head to the pub and upload a game at 18:00 asking for food, sealed soft drinks and snacks to be sent to our table, the food will all be brought out to us in take away boxes,&quot; he explained on the page.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Then the food will be distributed amongst the homeless community and take food to local hostels.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking <\/i><\/b><b><i>here<\/i><\/b><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/gran-77-roped-boozy-wetherspoons-31609076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gran who was roped into a boozy Wetherspoons Game where she ended up with a table covered in pints and glasses of wine has said she is &quot;overwhelmed&quot; at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gran roped into boozy Wetherspoons Game overwhelmed at becoming viral star - cottontailsonline.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/gran-roped-into-boozy-wetherspoons-game-overwhelmed-at-becoming-viral-star\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gran roped into boozy Wetherspoons Game overwhelmed at becoming viral star - cottontailsonline.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A gran who was roped into a boozy Wetherspoons Game where she ended up with a table covered in pints and glasses of wine has said she is &quot;overwhelmed&quot; 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