Bill Oddie Mystery Solved
Close readers of the comments on my post My Guilt Lifts...He's Back! will have been wondering what happened to Bill Oddie (a fat bearded television birdist). He appeared in a list of celebrities in the epic Jeffrey Archer post Snowdon one night, but had vanished by the next morning. I put the question to Jeff via a comment, cunningly concealing my identity by deploying the entirely accurate pseudonym An Admirer. Now, to my delight, Jeffrey has responded - 'an admirer - I'm afraid I was thinking of a different night and a different event that week when I'd seen Bill.' Hang on, hang on. The gist of the Snowdon post was how inept some journalists had been in not spotting how many celebs there had been at this jolly. But here's Jeff mixing up his events. Never mind. Homer has been known to nod and Jeff is very busy.
# posted by Bryan Appleyard : 10:05 AM
11 Comments:
At September 27, 2006 4:01 PM,
Andrew said…
I'd been wondering if it had been perhaps a Bill Oddie impersonator who'd been unmasked. There's alot of them about you know.
At September 27, 2006 4:09 PM,
Bryan Appleyard said…
I know, I see them all the time. I'm wondering of they're stalking me, isn't that what birdists do? And by the way, there's a rather teasing comment on Jeffrey's last post by one David. I hav afeeling it's our very own correspondent.
At September 27, 2006 4:23 PM,
Andrew said…
I feel like I'm part of a gang! We should probably stick to guerilla tactics though cos I think Jeffrey has probably too many admirers to take on in open battle. Sadly I think we're the side of moral misfits even though, to my knowledge, our leader hasn't done time.
At September 27, 2006 4:35 PM,
Bryan Appleyard said…
No, never been to the big house, Andrew. Luck, I guess.
At September 28, 2006 12:27 AM,
Jack said…
Guerilla tactics it is then, Skip...as Eve de Harben once wrote to Sir John. Personally, I think I deserve a gong.
Ungazetted, of course. As befits the valorous deed.
(And yet...and yet...why do I, too, feel distinctly miserable & mean, sir? We're supposed to hate our beastly enemies, are we not? Perhaps I need PTS counselling...)
At September 28, 2006 7:10 AM,
Bryan Appleyard said…
Jack, you are an anarchist. I spotted your comment on Jeff's Snowdon at once. This may be getting out of hand.
At September 28, 2006 7:12 PM,
David said…
Not I - I wouldn't stoop so low. Or would I? Hmmm... maybe I would. He does need a toady filter though.
At September 28, 2006 8:45 PM,
David said…
I know that the guardians of public morals and morales need to be ever vigilant, but, do you ever sleep ?
At September 28, 2006 9:55 PM,
Bryan Appleyard said…
Sleep? No. Good night.
At September 28, 2006 10:00 PM,
Jack said…
He'd do better to hire an acrostician first, David. Bevis Hillier is available, I understand.
At September 29, 2006 7:33 AM,
Bryan Appleyard said…
Jack! You are the most devoted Jeff-poker on this team. A fine acrostis as I now realise. Will this never end. Will Jeff ever read Thought Experiments? Perhaps he has.
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