Can a Herring change his spots?
Grrrr. It's Collings & Herrin Podcast Number 666 ... actually, 66, which is less significant. In what is a "small gift from London", we bring you breaking news of the latest Cabinet resignations which will inevitably be out of date by the time you hear them, but then again, it's not a news programme. We admire the leopard in Hertfordshire who licked the rat, indulge in pointless speculation about the sad but possibly fruity demise of Kung Fu star David Carradine, reveal how we voted in the Euro elections in order to influence indecisive people, fail to stop swearing in order to get back on the radio after last week's brief morning in the spotlight, and I am graciously allowed to tell an entire pencil-based anecdote. But no Mitfords.
posted by Andrew Collins @ 2:47 PM
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I'm sure I speak for many 6music listeners (and former listeners) in fully endorsing everything Richard said about the execrable George Lamb.
Ak. I had soy sauce in my one.
John and Ian x
Sorry, this is entirely the wrong place to ask this, but I wondered if you had seen (or even reviewed somewhere) The Hide? I saw it reviewed in the Guardian and thought it nicely combined 2 of your interests. An 82 minute 2 hander looks right up my street anyway, but I wondered what you thought.
Rachel: sounds great, haven't seen it.
Great podcast this week, just enjoyed it while I was walking the dog. Also listened to the News Quiz podcast where the panel did some stuff about shortening celeb names, Subo, Amanda Holden etc. It sounded just like you and Richard a few weeks ago but without the swearing and bumming. I fully expect cottaging grafetti in the British Library to pop up in next weeks News Quiz.
Out of interest Andrew, what colour was the pencil you gave your American friend? If you want to establish some sort of stationary code (and clearly you do to avoid this sort of confusion) then why not just transplant the well known handkerchief code to pencils?(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handkerchief_code)
Instead of left or right pocket, you can hand stationary out with your left or right hand to indicate what you're looking for.
I suggest you start popularising this new system immediately so that next time you hand out "a small gift" you are properly renumerated.
Jed (Long time lurker compelled to post on this matter - what does that say about me?)
You could factor in the hardness scale as well. If your "small gift" was 9H, then backpack man had every right to look worried.
I think you should of actually went back to the American packbacker and explained fully in the way you do that the gift of the pencil was in no way an attempt to get him into bed and that bumming was not what you were into. That would of cleared it all up.
lucas
Also maybe you could of taking this opportunity to explain further that you had given him your good pencil by mistake and that would he mind swapping for a lesser pencil.
This way the American Packbacker would be in no doubt what kind of man you actually are.
Lucas
You could factor in the hardness scale as well. If your "small gift" was 9H, then backpack man had every right to look worried.
Somehow Collings seems more of a 2B man to me.
The Daily Record in Scotland went with the snappier -
Kinky Thrill Kills Bill
There's nothing like a bit of dignity in reporting a death, this from the same paper who printed;
Beadles Not About
"Kinky Thrill Kills Bill"
I'm surprised they didn't go with 'Hung Fu'....
Pete
i was just in the doctor's and i pick up the readers' digest and there was mr collins talking about star trek - and a little tag at the bottom for the podcast!
Argh! Herring's interruptions became quite frustrating this episode. He simply doesn't value pencil anecdotes.
I thought Richard's interruptions were particularly great this week, especially building as they did to such a memorable final image.
I very much enjoyed the 'pencil story', Andrew.
Can you tell it every week?
Proper laugh out loud moment when after the pencil story you said - it was my best pencil.
Sorry for your loss, but this should be remembered as a classic along with the comments about the queen and your mam.
I believe when having an asphixiwank one is meant to have a lemon in the mouth so that the sharpness will bring you round if you drift off. An orange probably isn't as effective as Milligan found out to his cost.
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