Name of the game
Friday, January 4, 2008 How typical is that? Having finally been featured in one of those ubiquitous "Quotes of the Year" lists (compiled, in this instance, by the Daily Telegraph's Spy column), they got my name wrong!! It's even more galling because, had they got it right, I could have basked in the company of (among others) Brian Sewell, Michael Buerk, David Cameron, Zandra Rhodes, Ann Widdecombe, Daryl Hannah, Elle Macpherson and Hugh Grant.
Here's the "offending" item:
Simon Richards [sic], director of the smokers' group Forest, on BBC health fascists banning Sherlock Holmes from smoking a pipe in their new dramatisation: "How is he going to solve all those dastardly crimes if he's denied the opportunity to think, ponder and reflect while lighting his briar? Fictional detectives need their nicotine."
Full article HERE. Oh well, there's always next year.
Reader Comments (2)
Think they wanted you to be Keef Richards, who they have heard of.
Simon, is not our beloved Prime Minister Stalin McBean's New Year utterance worthy of some comment? The one about depriving smokers/drinkers/eaters the NHS care we've all paid for... I think a lot of us are feeling just a little miffed, not to sat threatened by this cheery New Year message from aforementioned portly PM.
Is this not the time to stop whispering and start shouting?
Simon, if it is any comfort, at least your name didn't appear alongside Brian Sewell, who was beaten on Celebrity Mastermind last week by a disc jockey called Spoony.