tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.comments2023-05-02T05:03:44.926-07:00The Scrawl Of The WildChris Ripplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04309925109835747804noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-8793398493326302972014-12-11T19:02:48.823-08:002014-12-11T19:02:48.823-08:00Hi Chris. Barry Woolhead here. I'm returning t...Hi Chris. Barry Woolhead here. I'm returning to Stevenage in January after 19 years of teaching in Singapore. I was involved with Parnassus in the early 90s and remember especially emceeing a Parnassus gig at Knebworth House. I'd really like to get involved with Parnassus again when I return. Could you send me some info please? My email address is woolly98@gmail.com<br /><br />Thanks! Keep scrawling!<br /><br />BarryMr Woollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999971973419131217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-70216833244675467852014-06-25T09:30:33.067-07:002014-06-25T09:30:33.067-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-77784984212280166812014-06-25T09:29:49.987-07:002014-06-25T09:29:49.987-07:00Absolutely beautiful and spot on Chris, thanks for...Absolutely beautiful and spot on Chris, thanks for this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-370501109112928352014-02-07T10:05:17.435-08:002014-02-07T10:05:17.435-08:00I think I'd probably agree with that, but then...I think I'd probably agree with that, but then I can't think of a really bad one ? Been doing the damn things since when, 1994 I think, from the back of a truck, and they all tend to turn into mental gloop when you try and differentiate ?Chris Ripplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309925109835747804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-85813161108708765772014-02-03T14:22:39.312-08:002014-02-03T14:22:39.312-08:00I guess that just about sums it up, all in all I t...I guess that just about sums it up, all in all I think it was a good show, not our best but then again nowhere near our worst!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-30969773703688105492013-10-30T14:26:22.756-07:002013-10-30T14:26:22.756-07:00Why thank you kind sir. I have to admit that it wa...Why thank you kind sir. I have to admit that it was a bit difficult being on my 'best behaviour' for the whole event with not a single 'swearie' being uttered, but everybody who commented on it to me after the event thought it a cracking wheeze and were glad they turned up. Chris Ripplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309925109835747804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-33240431125623355492013-10-28T14:06:10.335-07:002013-10-28T14:06:10.335-07:00Splendid write up, it was one of those gigs that i...Splendid write up, it was one of those gigs that if you were there you were not only part of it but will always remember it, if you weren't there, well you missed a very special event.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-17354613787637672802011-09-02T04:04:21.791-07:002011-09-02T04:04:21.791-07:00I don't mind the coffee ones, it's the one...I don't mind the coffee ones, it's the ones with nuts in that tend to stick...Chris Ripplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309925109835747804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-17984549368013344842011-09-01T14:48:27.036-07:002011-09-01T14:48:27.036-07:00Life is like a box of chocolates, but without the ...Life is like a box of chocolates, but without the bit of paper that tells you what flavours they are, and sometimes we keep getting the coffee/strawberry/orange ones.Nuzz Prowlin' Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631422073676125402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-6057551856595501902011-07-28T11:07:43.576-07:002011-07-28T11:07:43.576-07:00Hi Grant
Cheers for the comment.
I dunno ?
We all ...Hi Grant<br />Cheers for the comment.<br />I dunno ?<br />We all say the world is getting smaller and all that, with instant communication worldwide, but some things are still very far away and not really understood.<br />I can't say I understand (from any context) why Ebou' couldn't be taken to a hospital or even to the local pharmacy ?<br />It's a FAMILY thing. That much I do know... But it's not enough.<br /><br />Don't worry, there will be more at some point...Chris Ripplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309925109835747804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-611559338866300602011-07-16T12:12:01.715-07:002011-07-16T12:12:01.715-07:00The thing is...
It's a Muslim country.
Obvious...The thing is...<br />It's a Muslim country.<br />Obviously this fact doesn't absolve the bloke from charges of assault, but you have to remember that in a predominently Christian society that we live in here, that sort of male importance doesn't exist.<br />It's quite odd really, because the Gambian Parliament has about 40% women members, so therein lies a rather large paradox.<br />If it had been his own wife, then he could have done what he did without anybody really being able to argue about it.<br />But it wasn't his wife, it was mine that he assaulted and that still counts as an arrestable offence.<br />The fact that I smacked him however, probably negates it somewhat ?<br />Back in the village everybody said I'd done the right thing, so who knows ?Chris Ripplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309925109835747804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-59182264859968549582011-07-12T23:25:51.265-07:002011-07-12T23:25:51.265-07:00Hi Chris, what an absolutely fantastic tribute and...Hi Chris, what an absolutely fantastic tribute and exceptionaly good read your latest blog is. Your continued support for your friends and family in The Gambia is a real credit to you and reading about it all is such a pleasure, friustrating at times (Many times) I know but please keep them coming.<br />Cheers<br />GrantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-42138247881301047802010-12-21T10:03:22.072-08:002010-12-21T10:03:22.072-08:00Having now read this blog several times, I've ...Having now read this blog several times, I've been amused, appaled, astounded, Chris, you did what any right minded man with any sense of justice should and probably would do, certainly it's what I would have done, bullies always get their come uppance in the end, I just hope that he didn't take it out later on those closer to him, or, if he did, next time it won't be an angry fist but a baseball bat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-34274878493899420692010-08-09T10:31:10.828-07:002010-08-09T10:31:10.828-07:00Hey Compadre
Cheers for that.
I've never had ...Hey Compadre<br /><br />Cheers for that.<br />I've never had an audience like that one in London, ever.<br />They listened, they got what we were on about, they got the analogies, they even applauded and narry a cross word after...<br />Oh that all audiences were the same, but I reckon we'll be back to the usual chips on shoulders misery guts soon enough ?Chris Ripplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309925109835747804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-22390588015376597572010-08-09T09:25:24.345-07:002010-08-09T09:25:24.345-07:00Oh yes indeed, Pullens was more than just good, it...Oh yes indeed, Pullens was more than just good, it was excellent, it's fair to say that Chris, you understate it in your blogg, despite being up against some mighty performers, who we love and respect, they were good but we were exceptional that night, and, to be fair, so was the audence bless them. Oh I'd jump at the chance of going back to do another, we Shire folk, not Hobbits you understand, can belt out a good poem or several when we have to!<br />Cheers<br />GrantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-61258830653049524712009-04-16T18:44:00.000-07:002009-04-16T18:44:00.000-07:00Cheers man... and you named him ?
Tell ya what, th...Cheers man... and you named him ?<br />Tell ya what, that name fitted him like a glove. He could never have been anything else 'cos it just wasn't him.<br />He WAS just Cozmic.Chris Ripplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309925109835747804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-25056628416334987272009-04-12T06:39:00.000-07:002009-04-12T06:39:00.000-07:00Shit maan,sorry to hear that.Shit maan,sorry to hear that.Nuzz Prowlin' Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631422073676125402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-71969220979261011252008-11-29T01:56:00.000-08:002008-11-29T01:56:00.000-08:00Looking forward to part TwoLooking forward to part TwoNuzz Prowlin' Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631422073676125402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-39915462221023407422008-08-06T11:21:00.000-07:002008-08-06T11:21:00.000-07:00The DVD rawks like a rabid rabbit on ritalin, but ...The DVD rawks like a rabid rabbit on ritalin, but it messed my computer up trying to convert it, well the program I tried to load in to convert it did, any ideas? It needs to be seen, to be believed.Nuzz Prowlin' Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631422073676125402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-47549403100268714872008-07-16T11:57:00.000-07:002008-07-16T11:57:00.000-07:00Hey Grant, You survived it all then ?Yeah, I have ...Hey Grant, You survived it all then ?<BR/>Yeah, I have to admit 'Absolutely Feral' !<BR/>Who'da thought it, and us being old geezers (sorry Joy) an' all ?Chris Ripplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309925109835747804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-45340890306057314062008-07-16T11:41:00.000-07:002008-07-16T11:41:00.000-07:00We woz feral 'an for real, innit!That to me is wha...We woz feral 'an for real, innit!<BR/>That to me is what I call a fucking compliment!Tnarghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705665985879029547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-72284354087626398182008-07-16T09:43:00.000-07:002008-07-16T09:43:00.000-07:00Cheers Highlander for the nice words... The record...Cheers Highlander for the nice words... The recording came out shite but the film is brilliant...<BR/>I'll let the N.P.W. do the hosting 'cos he knows more about it than me and I don't want to screw it up.Chris Ripplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309925109835747804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-52864501833098450252008-07-15T13:51:00.000-07:002008-07-15T13:51:00.000-07:00'Feral' is a good thing in my book. Good work all!...'Feral' is a good thing in my book. Good work all!Highlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071300726235352555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-73819818731276314672007-07-14T01:22:00.000-07:002007-07-14T01:22:00.000-07:00Nice wun, it's looking good. Told you it wern't r...Nice wun, it's looking good. Told you it wern't rocket science. Keep On Blogging In The Free WorldNuzz Prowlin' Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631422073676125402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064030766943733412.post-51784567091154269952007-07-05T23:44:00.000-07:002007-07-05T23:44:00.000-07:00Ya got it sorted then.Ya got it sorted then.Nuzz Prowlin' Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631422073676125402noreply@blogger.com