51. i never really got the bill hicks thing. he's funny, but eh.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 14 February 2008 04:31 (sixteen years ago) link
50. when they remember/ed their childhood, before they went mockney, Anthony Buckeridge (more historically than now though)
― February Callendar, Thursday, 14 February 2008 04:34 (sixteen years ago) link
40. (we missed that one out as well) Mos Def, if they lean that way (that was me, in the late 90s)
52. Sean O'Hagan (the High Llama not the hack) if they lean that way (again, I'm turning autobiographical here)
― February Callendar, Thursday, 14 February 2008 04:43 (sixteen years ago) link
53. Morrissey, sometimes (he's got that Hot Northern Action while at the same time satisfying their essential conservatism: nobody else does both)
― February Callendar, Thursday, 14 February 2008 04:46 (sixteen years ago) link
54. Dave Brubeck, once upon a time
55. Emma Thompson (viz. the theme to her 1988 BBC series)
― February Callendar, Thursday, 14 February 2008 04:54 (sixteen years ago) link
(fir the record I don't think I was ever particularly nerdy. and my middle-class status was, at best, dubious. but when I listen to 1Xtra I obviously seem so.)
― February Callendar, Thursday, 14 February 2008 04:58 (sixteen years ago) link
(fuck me I was a wanker 10 years ago - if you thought you'd seen me at my worst on this forum, you really didn't, hard though that is for even me to believe)
― February Callendar, Thursday, 14 February 2008 04:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Genuinely cool people were never wankers, even once in their life.
― CaptainLorax, Thursday, 14 February 2008 10:07 (sixteen years ago) link
That is biologically impossible.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 14 February 2008 10:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Jeremy Clarkson
― Ste, Thursday, 14 February 2008 11:15 (sixteen years ago) link
56) Rich "lowtax" Kyanka
― Jarlrmai, Thursday, 14 February 2008 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
57) david "low tax" cameron
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 14 February 2008 14:57 (sixteen years ago) link
58. Max Gogarty
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 14 February 2008 15:04 (sixteen years ago) link
59. Sean Penn and his shit-is-deep movies.
― DavidM, Thursday, 14 February 2008 15:12 (sixteen years ago) link
60. Stewart Lee
― DavidM, Thursday, 14 February 2008 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link
61. Chris Cunningham
― Mr. Goodman, Thursday, 14 February 2008 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
62. Ricardo Reis
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 14 February 2008 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
63. Brian Glanville
64. Jöns Jacob Berzelius
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 14 February 2008 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link
65. Einar Wegener
66. The horse you rode into town on
67. the guy from the muller rice ad with his fucking backpack
― DG, Thursday, 14 February 2008 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
If we're gonna get all personal like February Callendar, then:
68. Jeff Mills
69. Dave Clarke
― Bodrick III, Thursday, 14 February 2008 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
70. William Gibson
how many teenagers in 2008 know who jeff mills is??
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 14 February 2008 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
unless he's become mega-famous in the decade since i was a teenager who had heard of him!
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 14 February 2008 20:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Because February was listing his personal faves as a teenager, I thought I'd shoehorn a couple of mine in. ;)
― Bodrick III, Thursday, 14 February 2008 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
71. Russell Watson 72. Simon Amstell 73. that guy who's doing the Tropic of Capricorn documentary, I can't remember his name 74. Russell T Davies 75. Paul Morley
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 14 February 2008 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^Britain's five favourite homosexuals
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 14 February 2008 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^number six HAW
― DG, Thursday, 14 February 2008 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link
okay maybe not Simon Amstell
72. Clive Anderson
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 14 February 2008 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
73. george orwell
― DG, Thursday, 14 February 2008 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Good call, should have thought of that. See, this is what I'm talkin' about.
They would hate Simon Amstell for his flippant, carefree demanour.
― Bodrick III, Thursday, 14 February 2008 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link
74. Some beat generation guy like Kerouac or Ginsberg or summat.
― Bodrick III, Thursday, 14 February 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
and poor jokes xp
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 14 February 2008 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
The Police (yes, still)
― DG, Thursday, 14 February 2008 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
75. Richard Dawkins 76. Ian Curtis 77. Joss Whedon
― AlanSmithee, Thursday, 14 February 2008 22:03 (sixteen years ago) link
78. Matt Groening 79. J Michael Straczynski
― Trayce, Thursday, 14 February 2008 22:46 (sixteen years ago) link
80. and shit, Gary Gygax!
81. Some fucking poker player or other
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 14 February 2008 22:47 (sixteen years ago) link
82. Seth Macfarlane then
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 14 February 2008 22:49 (sixteen years ago) link
83. Len Ganley
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 14 February 2008 22:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I like Clive Anderson. Oh.
Is that pasted from LJ's Facebook, Dom?
― caek, Thursday, 14 February 2008 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
84. Paul Rose/Mr Biffo
85. Wes Anderson 86. That Indian guy in all the Wes Anderson films 87. Owen Wilson
― caek, Thursday, 14 February 2008 22:54 (sixteen years ago) link
88. Owen Hargreaves
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 14 February 2008 22:56 (sixteen years ago) link
89. every female host of Blue Peter
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 14 February 2008 22:59 (sixteen years ago) link
90. Peter Jackson 91. Jack Sparrow 92. Genial Harry Grout
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 14 February 2008 23:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm a huge Hicks fan, I didn't know he had a name in England. He did some hilarious riffing on the English a few times though.
― Bill Magill, Friday, 15 February 2008 15:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Heh, yeah, one of the worst English accents I've ever heard though. I guess he was OTM re Australia "I'm Jack the Ripper".
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 15 February 2008 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link