rich. wrote: Mon May 29, 2017 5:50 pm
john noakes gets my vote as ive never heard of the other fellow.. that said i rarely listened to music since radio 1 went fm & i discovered the wonders of radio 4 lw..
I've heard of the Noakes fellow, but the other one is a complete mystery to me too, but then again I had to have Taylor Swift explained to me.
You might like this tale John. Back in the late 80's, early 90's, just before the rise of cheap mobiles, I was a general manager of Argos, that's the distribution warehouse not an Argos store. Actually I worked for Hays, but that could both distract and complicate the story.
All that morning I had been trying to get hold of our salesman, back then we would page whoever we were trying to contact and they would phone in, via the landline, on a reverse charge call.
The phones had been going mad that morning, everyone had a phone stuck to their ear, so just to shut it up, I answered the phone.
Operator: "Mr Gary Barlow is calling you from Northampton, will you take the charge."
Me: Holding hand over mouthpiece and speaking to everyone in general: "Have we got an agency driver out in Northampton today, name of Gary Barlow?"
Office staff: Silly grins all round.
Me: "What have I said that's so funny?"
Office staff: Yet more silly grins.
Me: "Hello, operator," I'm just about to tell her when.........
Salesman: "Robert, Robert, it's me Simon."
Me: "Simon? Yes, yes operator we'll accept the charge." "Simon, who the **** is Gary Barlow?"
Salesman: "You really don't know, do you?"
Me: "We'll talk about this back at the office, I'll see you later."
Me: To everyone in the office. "Someone mind telling me who the **** is Gary Barlow."
Nobody did, but my missus explained when I told her the tale. Mind you, I was non the wiser.
Some say that it has two heads, but only one brain cell and no genitalia. I saw it on a recent episode of BBC's "Pointless", the game show which involves staring at the telly for 45 minutes and counting how many times Xander Armstrong's baldy patch is picked up by the camera. The winner is the viewer who can provide the most provable sightings, which are checked after the show (so during the local news, which is dull by comparison) against the recording of the show saved to the TV's hard drive. Contestants? I have no clue where they fit in, but four pairs start and one pair ends up winning for knowing the least well known answers to a series of lists. A "pointless" score is sure to win as it means that the pair are really knowledgeable and that the Jedward is as thick as pygshyte.
I had to Google Taylor Swift, still no idea what she's for but hey, to each their own, etc. 
