An altogether better class of tramp in Solihull

Posted on November 29, 2006 by bobpiper

I’m off to Solihull today to do some interviews for the Primary Care Trust. I have taken particular care to get ready after my experience there last week. After a gruelling 9-hour session of interviews I set off to get the car out of the MCP car park to dash back over to Sandwell for another meeting. As I approached I noticed a ‘knight of the road’ sitting near the cash machine and presumed he was getting ready to tap me up for a contribution to his next two litre bottle of cider. But no… as I put my ticket in the machine he bawled over, "Oi, you, you want to press yuour bloody trousers, you do." So, there you have it, I’ve sunk so low I’m now getting my sartorial advice from a sodding tramp!

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8 Responses to An altogether better class of tramp in Solihull

  1. Scrybe says:
    November 29, 2006 at 11:51 am

    you should also never wear a button down shirt with a tie (since the buttons are to keep the collar in place while the top button of the shirt is open); only wear cufflinks with fold back cuffed shirts; and make sure a little of your shirt cuff is visible below the end of your jacket, although only a small portion. the signs of a true gentleman. or so my three years in oxford has taught me. the tramp probably would have divulged all of this to you, had you bought him a cheao bottle of Diamond White for his services. ;P

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  2. Michael Oakeshott says:
    November 29, 2006 at 12:53 pm

    Trade Union Studies?! Hahaha!!! No wonder you got a bit prickly when I mentioned Mickey Mouse courses at our universities! Part-time? Dear oh dear.
    I expect this will be deleted, because socialists generally can’t take criticism, but rest assured that I have had a right laugh out of this one. Trade Union Studies!!

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  3. Gary Elsby stoke says:
    November 29, 2006 at 2:01 pm

    If you look around the blogs, Michael, I think you’ll find that statement to be completely wrong.
    Iain Dale: is a perfect example of a spoilt brat. I complemented him and suggested he could make a worthwhile choice for Conservative London Mayoral candidate. In his small minded world, he saw this as a slur upon his good name and he abused me around the blogs. I have no idea why this offended him but then again, I am neither him nor a Conservative.
    Nick Starling: A total prat who dislikes anything on his blog that disagrees with his thoughts. I’m not a Liberal either, and refuse to be sat on his fence of indecision.
    Each and every one of his blogs is factualy flawed and it’s no wonder he gets angry when people pick him up on it.He keeps on putting it about that I abuse him and ‘edits’ them out.
    Trouble is, I don’t. I just disagree with his daft views and ask him to stop being silly and put up the evidence of my abuse. He won’t, of course.He always ends his blog by attacking Labour.
    Conservative Home(Tim Montgomerie-WASP)
    I’m banned from here by order (W.Hague)This brought the house down in Stoke Central.
    My proudest moment.
    I claimed the Tories were obtaining illegal funds and profit from sales should be investigated(Virgin Islands/CCO)-True.
    Were lining up with women haters/Nazis outside the EEP in Europe-True.
    That UKIP and BNP held the same views as Conservative membership-True.(Based in Birmingham).
    That The Tories ‘loaned’ £22M and peerages given out by IDS/Howard 2004-5 should give rise for concern.
    I’ve always taken the fight to the front line and take careful notes of the wider picture. Blogging only tells half the story due to the other half being made up with no right of reply. Censorship is in the hands of the Tories (as usual) and the occassional socialist swamped by power and delusion.The enemy is over there *****!
    Nobody is fooled Michael as well you know.
    Gary

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  4. Bob Piper says:
    November 29, 2006 at 2:21 pm

    Not at university, Micky, but at a college of further education. I don’t work with ‘students’ but people who work bloody hard for a living each day, often on low pay, and who are prepared to work within the trade union to improve their lot, and those of their fellow workers.
    I wouldn’t expect you to have the faintest idea about any of those concepts. Part-time is my choice, I have neither the time, nor the inclination to do it full-time.
    In any event, please don’t confuse me with someone who gives a twopenny toss what you think about this or anything else, so I’m hardly likely to get prickly about it.
    It is nice to see though, that like that floater in the toilet, you have re-emerged.

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  5. Ernesto says:
    November 29, 2006 at 3:24 pm

    Oh, Mickey, and there was I thinking you were a big cheese in NOBS (National Organisation of Brush Salesmen).
    Sorry for the mental picture, everyone.

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  6. Michael Oakeshott says:
    November 29, 2006 at 4:12 pm

    Ernesto certainly laboured for that joke. Been saving that one for a while eh? Alas not even worthy of a response.
    Judging by the venom Bob, that one stung. I won’t kick(again) a man when he is down.
    Gary – I am quite sure you are actually a parody. Very good. I particularly like way you write your address at the top, and then sign it “Gary” at the bottom(in case we forget). I won’t say anything to you Gary, because you work hard to make yourself look ridiculous, and I wouldn’t even know how you could do a better job. I also love the way you include deliberate spelling mistakes. Quality. It is either a parody. In which case, well done, very funny. Or you are real. And thus a loony. That would be sad. Either way, keep it up.

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  7. Bob Piper says:
    November 29, 2006 at 4:37 pm

    You call THAT a kicking! Join the real world sonny. I have no venom, Micky. If I wanted to I could snuff out your comments at my whim, but why should I stop you making a figure of fun out of yourself.
    I’m supposed to be DOWN? Three elections and still going strong. I can live with that. How are you coping with failure, that’s the real question?
    Please come back for more… you know how much you like having the p taken out of you..

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  8. Gary Elsby stoke says:
    November 29, 2006 at 6:20 pm

    Michael, my spelling mistakes are not deliberate, they are my ignorance coming to the fore.
    They belong to me in my own small world, but the socialism within me cries out for freedom and asks to be set free.
    This I do on a daily basis.
    Ah.. Socialism, the conqueror of the Tories and all things Tory.
    Enjoy.
    Gary
    As above

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