I thought then fishing cap and shorts he was sporting was the height of hilarity too.
----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Robbins/Tom Magic Feet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 313 mailing list <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 5:55 PM Subject: [313] Mills & Peel - the dirty truth revealed on UK TV > Anybody in the UK see 'Room 101' on BBC2 last night? For those that don't > know it, the show is all about well-known people talking about their pet > hates in an effort to persuade the presenter (Paul Merton) to consign them > to oblivion in the imaginary Room 101. > > Anyway, last night John Peel was the guest celebrity and at one stage he was > talking about - and I forget why - beards. What he said went something like > this (from memory): > > "Usually I look much better with a beard, but there's a terrible photo of > me, which I think I have the only copy of, fortunately. You see, there's a > wonderful DJ called Jeff Mills and last year I was at a festival in > Barcelona - Sonar, it's called, a dance music thing - and I had my photo > taken with my arm round Jeff's shoulders. He's quite a short man, you see. > But I'd had a few drinks and somehow my beard looked so dishevelled that in > the photo I look like some kind of sex tourist with my arm round my latest > 'find'. I look like I'm about to say something like 'Look at the little > poppet I picked up!'" > > Well, it made me laugh anyway. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]