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Jamie Reed MP
Posted: 21 Oct 2012, 22:57
by Pooka
Jamie Reed, he of the "got stuck in Ariadne's Lair unfairly" Series 2 fame, is now an MP - I'm pleased to confirm a Labour MP. He mentions Knightmare on his Twitter feed if you scroll back enough -
@jreedmp.
Re: Knightmare references
Posted: 29 Oct 2012, 19:19
by Drassil
Pooka wrote:Jamie Reed, he of the "got stuck in Ariadne's Lair unfairly" Series 2 fame, is now an MP - I'm pleased to confirm a Labour MP. He mentions Knightmare on his Twitter feed if you scroll back enough -
@jreedmp.
For those who haven't looked into this: after taking in quite a number of people, including a well known professional writer, Jamie Reed tweeted that he was never on Knightmare. He was just having a laugh, it seems. I must admit, I saw 'Jamie' and 'spider' and had believed him initially too. More fool me for thinking, even for a moment, that politicians don't make things up and journalists check facts. The next time I catch myself giving Twitter credence, I plan to cover myself in barbecue sauce and wait in Festus' basket.
It turns out that before Brother Mace, there were the Mace Brothers: an American group who recorded songs about Christianity in the 1970s. Some of the songs are on YouTube. I also found
this news story from last year about a Coventry woman in a tavern who attacked her brother with a mace. She may well have added "pax vobiscum" to her vocabulary since then.
Re: Knightmare references
Posted: 30 Oct 2012, 16:08
by Canadanne
Drassil wrote:Pooka wrote:Jamie Reed, he of the "got stuck in Ariadne's Lair unfairly" Series 2 fame, is now an MP - I'm pleased to confirm a Labour MP. He mentions Knightmare on his Twitter feed if you scroll back enough -
@jreedmp.
For those who haven't looked into this: after taking in quite a number of people, including a well known professional writer, Jamie Reed tweeted that he was never on Knightmare. He was just having a laugh, it seems.
Looks like this may run and run, like Bob Holness and Baker Street... I'm already wondering if it's earned a place in the
urban myths thread! Quite amused by the lesson it teaches, though - don't even joke about being on Knightmare! People so desperately want it to be true, it's not something you can easily take back.
