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#1 Mar 07 2007 at 2:38 PM Rating: Good
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes

  • Kicked out of the SAS for 'borrowing' high explosives to blow up the movie set of "Dr Dolittle" because it made his favourite village look ugly.
  • First man to walk to both poles
  • First man to walk to the South pole solo
  • 4 months after Heart Bypass surgery, at the age of 59, he ran 7 marathons in 7 consecutive days on 7 continents
  • Was shortlisted to take over from Sean Connery as James Bond

and coolest of all:

After his Antarctic expedition he was advised to wait a few months before having his frostbitten finger-ends amputated, but couldn't wait, so went into his garden shed and did it himself. He tried a hacksaw at first, but apparently it didn't work very well so he bought a cutting attachment for his electric drill and that did the job.

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This man is a FUcking Legend!
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#2 Mar 07 2007 at 2:57 PM Rating: Excellent
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Was he in the English Patient?
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#3 Mar 07 2007 at 2:58 PM Rating: Excellent
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Holy hell.

Summarily rejected for the Bond role because "his hands were too big and he had a face like a hammer."

Not sure I'd let that assessment get back to him, myself.
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#4 Mar 07 2007 at 3:01 PM Rating: Good
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Tare wrote:
Was he in the English Patient?
His Cousin (thrice removed) Ralph
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#5 Mar 07 2007 at 3:03 PM Rating: Good
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dooplyket

Edited, Mar 7th 2007 6:05pm by Nobby
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#6 Mar 07 2007 at 3:04 PM Rating: Good
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Nobby wrote:
Samira wrote:
Holy hell.

Summarily rejected for the Bond role because "his hands were too big and he had a face like a farmer."

Not sure I'd let that assessment get back to him, myself.
Did you like the bit about his frost-damaged toe "falling off" in the bath and him forgetting he'd left it in the bathroom until his wife found it?

I'm assuming they missed out the bit about him successfully ducking a Roundhouse Kick from ChUck Norris
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#7 Mar 07 2007 at 3:11 PM Rating: Excellent
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Nobby wrote:
Tare wrote:
Was he in the English Patient?
His Cousin (thrice removed) Ralph


I was kidding, but since we're talking about it, Ralph could sleep over.
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#8 Mar 07 2007 at 3:12 PM Rating: Good
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Tare wrote:
Nobby wrote:
Tare wrote:
Was he in the English Patient?
His Cousin (thrice removed) Ralph


I was kidding, but since we're talking about it, Ralph could sleep over.
I barely noticed him in the English Patient because Kristin Scott-Thomas was in it (DF's only serious rival Smiley: waycool)
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#9 Mar 07 2007 at 3:13 PM Rating: Good
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#10 Mar 07 2007 at 3:16 PM Rating: Excellent
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Gross! At least have me rival someone hot.
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#11 Mar 07 2007 at 3:55 PM Rating: Good
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Nice knowing you Nobby.
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#12 Mar 07 2007 at 3:59 PM Rating: Good
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Brill wrote:
Nice knowing you Nobby.
/doffs

Now back to Cyborz with DF
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#13 Mar 07 2007 at 4:35 PM Rating: Good
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LOL Is it possible for Nobby himself to get a Rack?
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#14 Mar 07 2007 at 6:14 PM Rating: Good
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LOL Is it possible for Nobby himself to get a Rack?


The man didn't invent them you ****. There are RACKs and there are NOBBY RACKs.
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#15 Mar 07 2007 at 7:20 PM Rating: Excellent
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Nobby has a rack? OMG /faints
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Mistress Darqflame wrote:
Nobby has a rack? OMG /faints
You have to turn on avatars to see it.
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#17 Mar 07 2007 at 8:01 PM Rating: Good
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Mistress Darqflame wrote:
Nobby has a rack? OMG /faints


A big one I hear.
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#18 Mar 07 2007 at 10:57 PM Rating: Decent
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After his Antarctic expedition he was advised to wait a few months before having his frostbitten finger-ends amputated, but couldn't wait, so went into his garden shed and did it himself. He tried a hacksaw at first, but apparently it didn't work very well so he bought a cutting attachment for his electric drill and that did the job.

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Interesting bit in the interview:

The only thing I fear is not fear itself, but a looming 400 foot tall bulletproof robot pimp.

At least he knows his place.

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#19 Mar 07 2007 at 11:30 PM Rating: Decent
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I think his middle name is (or should be) Well'ard.

And his full name is Sir Ranulph Twistleton-Wykeham Fiennes.

Anyone who joins the SAS with a moniker like that has got to be one well'ard b'stard, I reckon.

After reading his book about his trip accross the South Pole, I had a lot of admiration for his mate Mike Stroud. He's a doctor somewhere in London. It seems they always end up hating each others guts by the start of any expedition, but he keeps going back for more....


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"Definitely locating the lost city of Ubar. I did eight major expeditions to find it and eventually did in 1991. It was a great moment but frustrating. Because, well, perhaps you wouldn't repeat this. I had a base camp from which I had travelled hundreds of miles to look for it and it was actually within 300 yards of the camp. You know, in a way, having found it was a bit disappointing because, then, you couldn't go on looking for it."
- about his greatest expedition achievement
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#20 Mar 08 2007 at 1:27 AM Rating: Decent
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That's a bad mother fucker!
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#21 Mar 08 2007 at 7:52 AM Rating: Decent
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paulsol the Flatulent wrote:
I think his middle name is (or should be) Well'ard.

And his full name is Sir Ranulph Twistleton-Wykeham Fiennes.



Well'ard was the name of a dog in Eastenders, can't name a hardass after a german shephard!
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