100 people who are heroes to nerdy, middle-class, english teenage boys

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35. John Julius Norwich

Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 23:55 (sixteen years ago) link

36. The starting lineup of the 1997 San Antonio Chomskies

Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 23:56 (sixteen years ago) link

37. Eddie Waring

Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 23:57 (sixteen years ago) link

38. national treasure Stephen Fry

DG, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 23:57 (sixteen years ago) link

39. Included in the present classification

Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 23:57 (sixteen years ago) link

41. A-rab
42. Mr Collipark

Not Soulja Boy, though. Too commercial.

Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 23:57 (sixteen years ago) link

43. Viktor Yushchenko

Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 23:58 (sixteen years ago) link

44. http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/4107/cowboyvaguesj5.jpg

Noodle Vague, Thursday, 14 February 2008 00:00 (sixteen years ago) link

45. P.G. Wodehouse

bidfurd, Thursday, 14 February 2008 00:00 (sixteen years ago) link

what teenage boys have heard of Mark Hollis?

Many, but only if "teen"—like in porn—is taken as a genre rather than the actual age of the participants.

fields of salmon, Thursday, 14 February 2008 00:05 (sixteen years ago) link

46. Chris Langham

Noodle Vague, Thursday, 14 February 2008 00:06 (sixteen years ago) link

47. Alan Moore

chap, Thursday, 14 February 2008 00:54 (sixteen years ago) link

48. George Best

whatever, Thursday, 14 February 2008 00:57 (sixteen years ago) link

49. Tolkien pre-2001

February Callendar, Thursday, 14 February 2008 04:27 (sixteen years ago) link

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

Noodle Vague, Thursday, 14 February 2008 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link

64. Jöns Jacob Berzelius

Noodle Vague, Thursday, 14 February 2008 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link

65. Einar Wegener

Noodle Vague, Thursday, 14 February 2008 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link

66. The horse you rode into town on

Noodle Vague, Thursday, 14 February 2008 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link

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

Bodrick III, Thursday, 14 February 2008 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link

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

list lack ian mcewan is he too old
?

Arms, Sunday, 17 February 2008 13:13 (sixteen years ago) link

or is he gay like late lethem

Arms, Sunday, 17 February 2008 13:13 (sixteen years ago) link

hardhead dense what about che

Arms, Sunday, 17 February 2008 13:14 (sixteen years ago) link

hoffman et al

Arms, Sunday, 17 February 2008 13:16 (sixteen years ago) link

wheres the envy not to be british part of the fourth reich subverted by who

Arms, Sunday, 17 February 2008 13:17 (sixteen years ago) link

114. Jenny Agutter

-- Jarlrmai, Saturday, February 16, 2008 11:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

haha. do they still show 'walkabout' in schools i wonder.

That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 17 February 2008 13:28 (sixteen years ago) link

More like "Wankabout" lol amirite?

Noodle Vague, Sunday, 17 February 2008 13:46 (sixteen years ago) link

119. Mr Biffo

Dom Passantino, Sunday, 17 February 2008 13:48 (sixteen years ago) link

120. Adorno

121. Stockhausen

I know, right?, Sunday, 17 February 2008 15:02 (sixteen years ago) link

116. Little fat, baldy bloke from Mogwai

this is 2008

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 17 February 2008 17:51 (sixteen years ago) link

They are a nerd evergreen.

Bodrick III, Sunday, 17 February 2008 18:49 (sixteen years ago) link


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