Trump, climate change, war in Ukraine, Derek Hatton charged with bribery …. Wait … what???
Seems there’s life in the old dog yet. They’ll be stopping school milk next.
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Is Hatton far left or far right these days? It’s so hard to tell the difference
I’d forgotten he was even alive … I think I’ve woken up in the 80s
Ricky Hatton? He certainly got a big Left from Manny Pacquiao…
I notice Joe Anderson is from Knotty Ash. Definitely a Diddly Man.
He’s getting on a bit now. If you were unkind, you might even call him Doddery.
When he was on the go and big news and my son was small and we were getting ready to go out if it was cold we would look for his headgear which we called Derek as we had to put his hat on. Totally forgot until you’ve reminded me. Thanks.
See also Peters Satchel and Cushion.
And a scarf called Gerald.
We need a shilling for the gas meter. Have you got a Bamber?
Peed on his shoes once. Fact.
Bamber Gascoigne or Derek Hatton? And in what circumstances?
Taking a pee at half-time between filmings of University Challenge at the Granada studios – they film them two at a time, or at least did in his day – a bloke came into the loo and stood next to me at the urinal – my peripheral vision alerting me to a certain wild hairstyle, I glanced to my right, recognised the great man and inadvertently directed my stream towards his left shoe. He was a model of diplomacy and good natured decorum. I suspect he kept that pair of old brown suede loafers for just such a high risk purpose.
I seem to recall someone or other (possibly Michael Caine, maybe Sean Connery) remarking on a chat show that famous male celebs shouldn’t wear their good shoes if they’re going out anywhere they’re likely to be using a urinal, because if the person pissing next to you recognises you, they will probably turn slightly to gawk at you and your shoes will get sprinkled.
I came across that recently. Michael Caine recounted it as the advice he was given by John Wayne following the success of Alfie.
Are they also looking down when “gawking”?
I like John Major’s story of him and Michael Hestletine at a urinal. Major was PM at the time and Hestletine Deputy PM.
I don’t recall the details of why, but they entered a public urinal where there were three in a row, with a man using the middle one. Major and Hestletine went either side and the man clearly recognised them both. Sensing the man’s astonishment, Major said “no one is going to believe you”.
I once poured a pint over the Hush Puppies of Kenneth Baker MP, when he came on a lunchtime visit to our university bar.
Spoiler alert: he still brought in Student Loans, desipte my protest. And I got a bollocking from The Man.
It’s a hard job ignoring the grim news and politics these days, but it’s worth the effort.