From The Guardian...
Accountant sorry for new year antics
The Millennium: special report
Thursday January 20, 2000
An accountant has taken out a newspaper advertisement so that he can
publicly apologise for his behaviour on New Year's Eve.
Howard Potter said he wanted to say sorry to everyone he had
"castigated, vilified, insulted, embarrassed or, worst, bored" during
his celebratory night out.
The 52-year-old, who lives in Dinas Powys, near Cardiff, said he had
taken out the advert after finding out what he had done from those who
were still prepared to "speak civilly" to him.
Mr Potter, who runs an accountancy firm in his home village, was out
drinking champagne in Cardiff on the eve of the new millennium. In the
advert, taken out in the Western Mail, he addressed his apology "to
whom it may concern".
He went on to say sorry to "the entire staff of the Cardiff Hilton
hotel, several city centre landlords, the beadle at Cardiff Castle,
the residents of Prospect Drive in Llandaff, a man called Toni at a
fish bar in Caroline Street, two passing police constables he met and,
finally, the cleansing department of Cardiff city council".
Mr Potter ended the note by denying he was sponsored by Veuve Cliquot,
the makers of the £25-a-bottle champagne he was drinking.
His wife said that Mr Potter was a "larger than life" character who
was quite well known in Cardiff.
They "broke the mould" when they made him, she commented.
Mrs Potter added that family and friends had been amused by the
advert.
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