Rooney exchanged smiles with England colleague Terry as he waited to run up but Chelsea's captain had the lastlaugh as the striker slipped as he took the kick and missed the target.
Deacon slotted the extras but Leeds had the lastlaugh when Sinfield's long pass cut out three Bradford defenders for Smith to score in the right corner.
But those who know him, such as the Conservative backbencher Claire Perry, say he can laugh at himself and has even found fun in last year's row about the pasty tax.
But I like to think I had the lastlaugh: When the place was threatened with destruction in 2004 to make way for a Peet's Coffee Shop, community outrage was so great it's one of the last iconic post-war hamburger stands on the old Route 66 that the city fathers decided to declare it a local landmark.