Ripper Conference 2009: London

[Glenn Lauritz Andersson]

Glenn,

Thomas was awesome. Such a lovely man. Spoke with him on Saturday.

Monty

Yes, he is great. I am happy on his behalf that he finally got the chance to meet you all and to be a part of this.

Hope he emails me soon with an account of the experience in his own words.

[George Hutchinson]

Paul has shaved off his beard because Chris George was there as well and the similarity between a bearded Begg and a generic George was too close for comfort.

Yeah, Rob gave an emotional speech and seemed genuinely shocked (which he shouldn't've done - the shock, not the speech). He was soon back to his usual piss-taking self, though.

PHILIP

[Jake L]

Thanks, Gareth.

Aah.. so there was also a rave party at the erstwhile Swallow Gdns!
I'm speechless!

Rob, please stop teasing! )

[Rob Clack]

And guess who had to point out the right spot and the water spout.

[Sam Flynn]

And guess who ended up inside Swallow Gardens.

...speaking of which:

[Jake L]

Thanks for all the pics, everyone! Seems like good times were had

I am still dazzled by Rob's shiny award. Was there an emotional acceptance speech as well?

One thing puzzles me though... Did John really nick Paul's beard?

[Ally]

Congratulations to Rob on a well-deserved win!

[Rob Clack]

Courtesy of Gareth.

[Monty]

Glenn,

Thomas was awesome. Such a lovely man. Spoke with him on Saturday.

Monty

[Glenn Lauritz Andersson]

Sarah,
Glenn,

Im not joking. Put Martins name in the search.

Monty

Oh dear, I just watched it.

[Glenn Lauritz Andersson]

Hi Glenn,

Shame you weren't there it would have been good to see you, and thanks for the copy of your book it was worth the wait.

All the best

Rob

Would have been great to see you too, Rob.
And congrats again to the award. You deserve it, mate.

Don't mention it, and thanks; I gave you both the paperback copy from this year since it is more updated with new stuff (the chapter in the end with new revelations made since 2008 was the idea of the publisher that made the paperback; they wanted something new added espacially for that edition). And it actually looks just as good as the old hardback original.

Hope you guys had a good chat with Tomas. I'd told him all about you so I guess he looked forward seeing you.

All the best

[Jenni Shelden]

Hi guys,

glad you all had a great time. looks like it was a fab one. I demand a dvd!

Rob,

good on you man! But couldnt you have thrown that cat over the wall in my absence!? Yes I am just jealous you all had your pics with it!

Jen

[Nurse Sarah]

Cheers Monty

[Monty]

Sarah,

Yes, there will be a review in the upcoming Rip. I know cos I was sitting next to Eduardo who was taking notes,

Andrew,

It went down brilliantly. And John even threw in a Paulo Begg impression, brutor.

Glenn,

Im not joking. Put Martins name in the search.

Monty

[Andrew Firth]

Just joking on my part, John's expression was open to interpretation. It rounded the weekend of perfectly I think.

Rob

Splendid stuff. It's good to hear it went down well. It has to be one of my favourite comedy productions ever!

Trouble is, everytime I read the phrase "Buck's Row" now, I hear "Melvyn Fido" in my head saying "BUCKS row"...

Oh, and many congratulations on the award Rob!

All the best
Andrew