Jeremy Hardy drops off this mortal coil
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Digby
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Jeremy Hardy drops off this mortal coil
I can't say I agreed with a lot of his views, but he made me laugh and he'll be missed
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kk67
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Re: Jeremy Hardy drops off this mortal coil
I must have been on holiday when this happened .
Nice bloke, I met/served him a few times when I was working for oddbins in Balham. Top bloke.
I met quite a few interesting people while working for Oddbins. Arthur Smith (Faustino rioja), Jack Dee (Pinot Noir) and while single handing in a very small branch in Wandsworth I had closed at 8:58pm and was cashing up when Alan Rickman tapped on the door. I mimed that we were closed and went back to balancing the tills only to hear another tap on the door and Rickman was tapping his watch to indicate I'd closed early.
A couple of nights later I'd finished my shift in a different store and we'd been in the cellar having a drink and a smoke. I got on my bike, cycled home and flopped out exhausted. That night I had a dream where Rickman had come back to the shop and this time he'd come mob handed with Peter O'Toole and Jos Ackland (doing his Saffer accent).
Jos was very much in charge and started out by saying:
'We understaand yoou wouldn't serve our friend, Mr.Rickman. Peter, do you have your penis knife..?'.
'Oh yes, Jos....I always have it'
This was my imagination utilizing an old Spitting Image sketch where Oliver Reed wakes up in the morning to discover his penis is missing. He phones O'Toole and says:
'Peter,...I can't find my penis'
'Oh yes, Oliver. You lost it to me over a game of cards last night'.
Nice bloke, I met/served him a few times when I was working for oddbins in Balham. Top bloke.
I met quite a few interesting people while working for Oddbins. Arthur Smith (Faustino rioja), Jack Dee (Pinot Noir) and while single handing in a very small branch in Wandsworth I had closed at 8:58pm and was cashing up when Alan Rickman tapped on the door. I mimed that we were closed and went back to balancing the tills only to hear another tap on the door and Rickman was tapping his watch to indicate I'd closed early.
A couple of nights later I'd finished my shift in a different store and we'd been in the cellar having a drink and a smoke. I got on my bike, cycled home and flopped out exhausted. That night I had a dream where Rickman had come back to the shop and this time he'd come mob handed with Peter O'Toole and Jos Ackland (doing his Saffer accent).
Jos was very much in charge and started out by saying:
'We understaand yoou wouldn't serve our friend, Mr.Rickman. Peter, do you have your penis knife..?'.
'Oh yes, Jos....I always have it'
This was my imagination utilizing an old Spitting Image sketch where Oliver Reed wakes up in the morning to discover his penis is missing. He phones O'Toole and says:
'Peter,...I can't find my penis'
'Oh yes, Oliver. You lost it to me over a game of cards last night'.