As I suspected, this rebounded on him when he was in the local pub, as two men who didn't understand the Peter Poppleton reference took the saying the wrong way as in gay sex, and started mocking him. I am so glad he didn't start a fight.
@oldrawgabbit
I start feeling awkward as people are looking at me in a suspicious manner — and suddenly I realise, there was this big soccer championship (I'm not into it) held in Russia, that evening was supposed to be a match Russia vs Egypt, and I — a Russian, am wearing an Egypt t-shirt — that felt weird 😱