We’ve got wealthy (but grounded) friends whose son is a business partner with Gregg Wallace. Their son kindly arranged a private function for his parents for their wedding anniversary, to which he invited Mr Wallace to the gathering. Sometime later in the night, the celebrating couple asked ‘Gregg’ if he’s having a nice time, to which he sneered and said, Gregg??? It’s Mr Wallace.  

First and most definitely last invite for Mr Wallace.

Smallman1 was starting to feel a little sorry for him until I saw other stuff like this…..the excellent sign off by the chap doing the fund raiser was ‘Mastertwat’

    Smallman1 Rather than graciously obliging, Wallace huffily corrected his spelling, replying simply: “Gregg.”

    Pure Hugo move.

      A little monosyllabic for AutoHugo

      Wallace is of course a massive twat but I can’t help feeling that celebs can’t quite win here can they? He’s been solicited by a total stranger asking for help, and the stranger one ups him when he doesn’t get what he wants. They must get loads of these begging requests.

      Again to reiterate…Wallace is a massive twat!

      2 months later

      I’ve done some some stupid things when I was younger but this takes the biscuit.

        Mad_Cyril
        I can see where dangers are but I can also see where they’ve tied it in. I wish I could see how they’ve secured the ladder on the right hand side. That ladder on the roof looks very top heavy and could easily slide off. Mind you his weight is stopping it from moving.

          Dubman that’s some pretty dece’ pivot points to be fair!

          Best/worst thing I’ve ever seen was a labourer carry two buckets of muck up a ladder to the top of a 3 story gable, zero hands on ladder and fall backward off said ladder at the top. Lucky sod had an 8ft pile of sand at the bottom that he fell into. Dozy fucker dusted himself off, picked up the two buckets and went straight back up the ladder.

              On a site, back when we were 18, we were ripping out a gaff in Ladbroke Grove. We took a door off it’s hinges and my mate, who was a keen golfer, decided it would be a good idea to take a golf swing at the door knob to take it off whilst the door was lying on the floor - with an axe.

              I was standing behind him - trying to get a decent view of the spectacle and just before he swung he looked around and told me to stand back - which I duly obliged.

              When he swung the axe down it bounced off the top of the doorknob and as he followed through with his swing, the axe span around heading directly towards my face. Luckily I instinctively ducked my head back but I felt the whaft of it as it swing about an inch from my face.

              Had I not stepped back I’d probably be brown bread.

              Those were the days

              ScottBailey
              Lol
              The more I look. The more I’m fascinated by how that youngman is tired to that ladder.

              I’ve heard some nasty stories about scaffolders and 21ft tubes slipping out their hands.

                7 days later

                What can I say? I’m a psy guy. Up against Spicy Italian for the graveyard shift too. Bring it on.

                Edit

                Actually, I’ve got no chance

                2 months later

                Bound is available in Prime Video. Will probably have to watch it post haste after seeing this.