Me too. Couldn't stand it on the radio either. Nothing funny about a drunk idiot.
He's not drunk. He's just an idiot. It was just about bearable on the radio but on TV it becomes painful.
Me too. Couldn't stand it on the radio either. Nothing funny about a drunk idiot.
Well he's certainly a "marmite" taste - and even his fans were unsure about the TV series.
It's an odd thing personal taste - especially around comedy it often seems to me.
Personally I can't stand Michael McIntyre and have to leave the room when he's on TV, but loads of people seem to think he a comedy genius.
Well he's certainly a "marmite" taste - and even his fans were unsure about the TV series.
It's an odd thing personal taste - especially around comedy it often seems to me.
Personally I can't stand Michael McIntyre and have to leave the room when he's on TV, but loads of people seem to think he a comedy genius.
There is nothing worse in the world than 30 mins of Mrs Brown's Boys, Nothing. But I'll wager half our chums on this here site will shoot me down in flames while proclaiming it the funniest thing since Cannon & Ball.
There is nothing worse in the world than 30 mins of Mrs Brown's Boys, Nothing. But I'll wager half our chums on this here site will shoot me down in flames while proclaiming it the funniest thing since Cannon & Ball.
Anything or anybody that gets people off their jaxy and out and about doing constructive stuff is a positive thing in my opinion. I haven't read the article linked in the OP as I'm not really interested in the tittle tattle to be honest.
As to Mr Ray, I see him as a positive influence in promoting people to get out there in a constructive way. Media hype and spin for the most part, but just a cursory scan of the various posts on this forum demonstrates the huge influence this type of media production has, and has on such a diverse bunch of people as can be found here.
I don't use the term "bushcraft" to describe what I'm about. I see the term as a media creation, at least as far as we'd use the term today to describe a common theme. Still, it's a handy catch all term despite the term meaning different things to different people, as can clearly be seen in the individual narrative posted within these many pages.
The thing that attracts me to Mr Ray's many productions is the focus, for the most part, on the cultures that many of the methods originate. For me it doesn't go far enough though, likely from a fear of upsetting our modern sanitized, squeamish, sensibility. I want to see the real stuff, like the sami making treats of dried ptarmigan hearts & livers, for example.
Or these guys from Ness on Lewis, the last non marine natural harvest within a far reaching cultural context in existence within these islands;
http://www.intrepidcinema.com/Intrepid_Cinema/The_Guga_Hunters_of_Ness.html
The right for this traditional and cultural venture is protected in law by the very act that protects the gannet in UK waters and limits the lewis people to an annual allowance of 2000 juvenile birds. This is the last remaining window into wild "non sporting" traditional fowling in these islands. The last community to depend on fowling as a way of life was the community on St Kilda who evacuated in 1930. Modern day Guga hunting is on the extreme side the whole venture is fraught with difficulty uncertainty and no small amount of danger for those venturing out to the rock
The mountaineer Doug Scott talks about "being out there" in his book "Big wall climbing" (I think thats the title I don't have my copy anymore). "Being out there" means pushing or finding oneself beyond ones comfort zone and coping, Doug asserts that anyone can "get out there" regardless of their operating level. For Doug it's all about the doing.
The guga hunt is out there, for me it's just a pity our collective squeamishness precludes making more of it in the mainstream media. I'd like to think a guy like Ray could focus more on the immediate past and whats left of our fragile traditional present. As a media presence he could certainly sell it to another wise detached and squeamish population.
I've had recent dealings with a former veteran of some 11 trips out to Sula Sgeir, he tells me there's uncertainty as to the viability of the venture continuing after Dod, the present leader of the operation, hangs up his ropes. One of the main reasons St Kilda was evacuated was due to the fact they ran short of manpower to man/woman the various harvests on the lofty island heights. It would be a pity for the Sula Sgeir hunt go the same way.
Well, I wouldn't say that there was nothing worse, but certainly it has less pleasurable entertainment value than, say, a good solid kick in the face.
That's all well and good but who's better, Ray or Bear?
If you have to ask that question you miss the point of my post.
I rather fancy that he was making a joke.
I'm just a woodsman... We're all woodsmen and women, really.
Referring back to the guy that was forced to eat his dog in the Amazon, It does make me chuckle about how people are with dogs I wonder how they would react to the survivors of Flight 571 forced to cannibalise their fellow passengers to survive lol probably wouldnt bat an eyelid most of them!
Slightly/deliberately missing the point of my post, I was making a light hearted joke about the relationship some people have with dogs and used the aircrash to exaggerate it. If the animal that crossed his path was a tapir, or sloth or pretty much any other of the 450 or so species of mammal it wouldn't have raised an eyebrow.
But it was HIS dog, therefore he owed it a duty of care and loyalty. He didn't take enough food and plainly wasn't capable of living off the land, or couldn't be bothered to, and then compounded it by telling the story as though it made him into some sort of macho man rather than a... well I don't want to get the post deleted so I won't spell out what he is. But I'm sure you can guess my opinion on that one.
@Uilleachan
he would need to go back to bbc 2 to popularise it i think.
Also, are the hunters in Ness forraging or not? i think not myself. Too organised and like your manpower statement says, lots of people too. I know its illegal for commoners like me to kill them.