Monday, July 12, 2010

The great, the good, and me

If this is the same guy, and the fact that he's a mate of Hannam strongly suggests to me that it is, he was at university at the same time as me. I think I coined a nickname for him, but I can't remember what. Hmm, I thought this was going to make a more interesting post than it apparently did. Good to see all my contemporaries going bald though.
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10 comments:

  1. Richard J7/12/2010 05:08:00 AM

    Good to see all my contemporaries going bald though.

    This was, for me, the most satisfactory aspect of my college gaudy a few weeks back.

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  2. CharlieMcMenamin7/12/2010 06:09:00 AM

    Nickname?

    Assuming it was a printable one, you surely called him Eric.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSjwl8lHEVE

    But as he grew up to be a Tory MP perhaps it wasn't a printable one...

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  3. dd7/12/2010 07:44:00 AM

    I think it was "Rabies".

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  4. Anonymous7/12/2010 08:16:00 AM

    Ebola - kills too quickly to infect many others...?

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  5. Chardonnay Chap7/12/2010 01:08:00 PM

    I had the same thought as Charlie, though I didn't realise Eric did anything post-1978/8. And that video really does have Poly Styrene on bass (Nick Lowe played on the studio version) and Ian Dury on drums.

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  6. ejh7/12/2010 02:45:00 PM

    I'd rather have my teeth knocked out with a chisel than go to a gaudy.

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  7. Anonymous7/14/2010 01:34:00 PM

    I didn't know what a Gaudy was until I looked it up (they're called something different at the other place) but I agree completely with EJH. I didn't go to the dinners when I was there and I certainly wouldn't go back to attend one now. I'm in contact with those contemporaries who I want to be in contact with (who usually remark on my splendid full head of hair) but can think of nothing worse than a college reunion dinner.

    Guano

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  8. Term papers7/16/2010 05:15:00 AM

    Every week you can have me in your home as your personal chef and join me in preparing great tasting, good for you foods.

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  9. Anonymous7/19/2010 05:24:00 AM

    Jesus Christ, one of my old colleagues is an actual Tory MP!

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  10. Richard J7/19/2010 09:02:00 AM

    Alex> There's two from the year below me - one of whom was tipped for big things by Tatler, and the other has effectively succeeded to his dad's old seat. I think they're going to be well-known in a few years. Which is a shame, as they're actually quite decent folk, ISTR.

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