Neil Gibson
Website: None on
Record
Nickname(s): "Slap",
"G", "The Mad Monk", "Moose"
Known Catchphrases: "You're
pissing in the wind!" (learnt from Jamie Taylor)
Connections with the AXA Group (if any) : AEL, ASL
Likes: Video Games, throwing food
onto the roof of Hazlemere library (see below)
Dislikes: Food from 'City
Friends' chinese takeaway, Hazelmere Crossroads
Current Work / Activities : Still
reeling off the ingenious for ASL
Genuine historical contact with TDC: None on Record
Stuff that we have obtained or invented:
Neil used to be (when we were in the same place) a
great partner at video-games. 12:30 on the dot most lunchtimes for a couple of years, we
would play a couple of rounds of some of the most inane video games over at the social
club.
Three of the nicknames above probably stem from the
Jamie Taylor vocabulary modules. The fourth came from a section presentation where Steve
Perkins likened all of us to particular creatures. The name 'Moose' has become a sort-of
unwelcome callsign for Neil.
I helped Neil to move house back in 1993 (or was it
1992).....best check my old flexi-sheets to find out which day I took off to, literally,
get bruised to bits...... let me explain...... Neil used to live
on the outskirts(?) of Aylesbury - opposite the Esso Garage on the way in from Wendover
okay ???!!... right..... ??? All was going well until I found that there was no real room
in the front of this 7.5-ton truck that Neil and Kim had hired to move all their gear. As
a result, I decided to remain in the back !! The first bit of the journey was fine as it
was only a trek up the road up to the local McDonalds. (I must apologise to Neil and Kim
as my fee for the day was LUNCH). Andy + McDonalds = severe pigout !!!
After lunch, the journey back to Wycombe was a
nightmare !!! There were no retaining straps in the back of the truck (there was a light
though !). It was like one of those crazy-houses at the funfairs, except things had a
habit of falling and hurting. Forget the beds, washing machines and heavy stuff - I was
almost killed by a dolls-house ! I heard a clunk and looked up to see this box with 'Oh
Polly!' written on the side about three pico-seconds before it would have hit me. I
apologise to either Sarah or Gemma if I was responsible for not preventing the destruction
of their dolls-house although they are probably passed the stage of worrying about
anything but 'real houses' now !
Anyway, I digress. It is probably because of this
that I have never bought Laura a dolls house or have ventured anywhere near one !
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