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There was a mobile network years ago called One2One, they got re-branded and are now called something different.
Anyway, one of their advertising campaigns asked "Who would you have a one to one with?" They basically offered free calls to one number from your phone.
The person you choose to have a one to one with can be either living or dead, famous or not. I can be anyone. But don't just give us a name, go into detail and tell us why, we might not know the person you want a one to one with.
To kick things off, I'll tell you mine.
Spike Milligan.
This guy is a legend in my eyes. He was comedian, a writer of poetry, writer of short stories and largely a writer of his times during the war.
He was a comical man, some would say insane. He suffered from manic depression (the same disorder I have) which was made worse by being sent to Italy during WW2. It was at this time he wrote a lot of his works.
During his life he became somewhat famous by working with several comedy troops, some you may know; Monty Python, The Goons. He was a good friend of Peter Sellers.
If you've ever seen The Life Of Brian you will have seen Spike in the gourd scene. He happened to be on holiday in that location at the same time as the film was being shot and he was offered a short roll. He's the guy looking confused after the other followers go off after the shoe and the gourd.
His work has two sides to it. The hilariously funny, light tales of the way he sees things, and the dark, twisted side of his mind which I can only assume was a manifestation of his illness.
Of his many books I don't think there are many I don't own or haven't read. My personal favourites are Small Dreams of a Scorpoin and Hitler; my part in his downfall.
Here's one his poems:
There is a lot more I could say about this unusual, genius of a man, but it may get a bit long winded.
I'd like to have a one to one with spike so I could enjoy his humour first hand, ask him how he coped with Bipolar disorder when it was a relatively unexplored illness. I'd ask him what it was like in Italy during WW2 as my great grandfather was there too, but refused to ever speak about the war.
Here's one more, one that shows the dark side of Spike:
R.I.P Spike.
Anyway, one of their advertising campaigns asked "Who would you have a one to one with?" They basically offered free calls to one number from your phone.
The person you choose to have a one to one with can be either living or dead, famous or not. I can be anyone. But don't just give us a name, go into detail and tell us why, we might not know the person you want a one to one with.
To kick things off, I'll tell you mine.
Spike Milligan.
This guy is a legend in my eyes. He was comedian, a writer of poetry, writer of short stories and largely a writer of his times during the war.
He was a comical man, some would say insane. He suffered from manic depression (the same disorder I have) which was made worse by being sent to Italy during WW2. It was at this time he wrote a lot of his works.
During his life he became somewhat famous by working with several comedy troops, some you may know; Monty Python, The Goons. He was a good friend of Peter Sellers.
If you've ever seen The Life Of Brian you will have seen Spike in the gourd scene. He happened to be on holiday in that location at the same time as the film was being shot and he was offered a short roll. He's the guy looking confused after the other followers go off after the shoe and the gourd.
His work has two sides to it. The hilariously funny, light tales of the way he sees things, and the dark, twisted side of his mind which I can only assume was a manifestation of his illness.
Of his many books I don't think there are many I don't own or haven't read. My personal favourites are Small Dreams of a Scorpoin and Hitler; my part in his downfall.
Here's one his poems:
Porridge
Why is there no monument
To Porridge in our land?
It it's good enough to eat,
It's good enough to stand!
On a plinth in London
A statue we should see
Of Porridge made in Scotland
Signed, "Oatmeal, O.B.E."
(By a young dog of three)
Why is there no monument
To Porridge in our land?
It it's good enough to eat,
It's good enough to stand!
On a plinth in London
A statue we should see
Of Porridge made in Scotland
Signed, "Oatmeal, O.B.E."
(By a young dog of three)
There is a lot more I could say about this unusual, genius of a man, but it may get a bit long winded.
I'd like to have a one to one with spike so I could enjoy his humour first hand, ask him how he coped with Bipolar disorder when it was a relatively unexplored illness. I'd ask him what it was like in Italy during WW2 as my great grandfather was there too, but refused to ever speak about the war.
Here's one more, one that shows the dark side of Spike:
The Soldiers at Lauro
Young are our dead
Like babies they lie
The wombs they blest once
Not healed dry
And yet - too soon
Into each space
A cold earth falls
On colder face.
Quite still they lie
These fresh-cut reeds
Clutched in earth
Like winter seeds
But they will not bloom
When called by spring
To burst with leaf
And blossoming
They sleep on
In silent dust
As crosses rot
And helmets rust.
Young are our dead
Like babies they lie
The wombs they blest once
Not healed dry
And yet - too soon
Into each space
A cold earth falls
On colder face.
Quite still they lie
These fresh-cut reeds
Clutched in earth
Like winter seeds
But they will not bloom
When called by spring
To burst with leaf
And blossoming
They sleep on
In silent dust
As crosses rot
And helmets rust.
R.I.P Spike.
), then most definitely C.S. Lewis. I'd love to hear him share his wisdom and how his views are of the current situation of the world.
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