riverghost's useless b3ta fact of the day. Bob was the first James Bond.

( riverghost www.b3ta.com/questions/imagechallenge/post262552, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:26, archived)

on the radio
edit: also, bob holness definitely DIDN'T play the saxophone on gerry rafferty's 'baker street'
( mictoboy b3ta.com/questions/imagechallenge/post240894, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:27, archived)

In South Africa:P

( riverghost www.b3ta.com/questions/imagechallenge/post262552, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:28, archived)

indeed

( mictoboy b3ta.com/questions/imagechallenge/post240894, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:29, archived)

Whilst up a telegraph pole eating water biscuits.
Which was new to me as I didn't know telegraph poles ate water biscuits
( riverghost www.b3ta.com/questions/imagechallenge/post262552, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:29, archived)

haha yes, this was a fact invented by Stuart Maconie as a joke
in NME and for some reason caught the public imagination.
( brianftang Bring on the trumpets!!, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:30, archived)

I knew both of these facts
As I am Simon Quinlank; Lord God of all hobbies!
( riverghost www.b3ta.com/questions/imagechallenge/post262552, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:31, archived)

now drink your weak lemon drink!

( brianftang Bring on the trumpets!!, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:35, archived)

I believe it was
DRINK YOUR WEAK LEMON DRINK NOW!

:P
( riverghost www.b3ta.com/questions/imagechallenge/post262552, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:38, archived)

*knods knowingly*

( prodigy69 something..something Board Sig, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:29, archived)

actually he was second. The first was some unknown actor in the US
(saw QI the other night and this was one of the questions)
( brianftang Bring on the trumpets!!, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:31, archived)

Yeah but that doesn't count as he was a seppo:P

( riverghost www.b3ta.com/questions/imagechallenge/post262552, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:32, archived)

lies!!

( prodigy69 something..something Board Sig, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:36, archived)

Met Bob Holness on the set for Jon Culshaw's ITV show
We had to stand next to a pile of pyrotechnics that they set off occasionally, showering us with dirt.
Happy days.
(colonelboris We're going in in the first wave..., Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:40, archived)