I thought then fishing cap and shorts he was sporting was the height of
hilarity too.
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From: Tom Robbins/Tom Magic Feet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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.
>
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