Did anyone else notice the thinly veiled message displayed at the England v Germany U21 international the other night. Just in front of a huge advertising banner for a firm with the magnificent name of Spenge, Dudenhof & Sohn was a smaller sign with the single word Toto. Now surely that's more than a coincidence!!!!!
thanks for all the lovely messages, you;ve made me feel very happy! !
steenbeck - thanks for the cool post, it was a top suprise when i woke up this morning
I'm at work today (well, it's called that...) but hopefully will get some cake when i get home.
as for the identity of Speng - i know most people assume it's me - i can assure you it's not. i have my suspicions, speng has a gmail account as his registered email, and because of this I think it must be......
Well I had to log in to wish Blimpy a joyeux anniversaire! Well done, you made it through another year. Also I am not Speng, but I have my suspicions too, and I don't think it's Blimpy.
Blimpy, Happy Birthday - sorry not to come up with something more memorable as a birthday wish but I'm distracted by that bombshell (or bombspeng) from sourpus.
I've always had a thing for creating characters. Brian Speng the 70's office lothario just dropped onto my plate fully formed. I took one look at him and boom.
So Viz.
I had him retire to Mallorca so he would never get too far away. I even had plans to bring him back someday, perhaps with a weekly blog (entitled either 'Brian Speng - Lounge Lizzard' or simply 'Andy's Cock'; I have a great picture of Andy Williams holding a chicken I was hoping to use) or even a podcast (why not?) playing 'hot hits' from the 70's easy listening bin. Wouldve done it too if the technology had been easier to obtain out here where I am and if I was more intent on settling here.
Trust no offence is taken. Only the hardest of hearts would convict me.
Speng is utterly convincing, and somewhat creepy in his apparent authenticity. I was one of those who had absolutely no bleedin' idea who it was, and to be honest was a little disturbed by that. From that viewpoint, it is a relief to have him/you outed.
Fair enough DD. He was always intended to be a kind of 'Sven from Swiss Cottage' idea, a la Peter Cook (not that I am fit to clean his royal slippers) If you had damned me with faint praise, I would have considered B Speng a total failure. Im glad he wasn't.
Happy Blimpday Birthy and I mean that most Spengseriously ... gosh you must be ancient ... considering all your adventures ...
ReplyDeleteor maybe you're just hyperactive; I mean. having a lot of adventures in a short space of time. Are you still a teenager?
No offence ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Happy Birthday, mate.
ReplyDeleteNow if you don't mind, there's a bed upstairs calling me most seductively ...
ZZZZzzzzzzzz.....
Plus one more!
ReplyDeleteHave a good one, Blimpy!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!!
Cheers from Holland!!!
TonNL!!!!
and a hearty "otanjobi omedeto" from Japan too!
ReplyDeleteI think that brings us level
Happy Blimpday Birthy.
ReplyDelete(Still convinced that Proudfoot is Speng - where has he got to, by the way?)
Happy birthday to you,
ReplyDeletesquashed bananas and stew,
you look like a Blimpy
and you act like one too.
Many happies, Blimpo the Great!
ReplyDeleteWoo! Happy Birthday, oh Blimpmeister.
ReplyDeleteDid anyone else notice the thinly veiled message displayed at the England v Germany U21 international the other night. Just in front of a huge advertising banner for a firm with the magnificent name of Spenge, Dudenhof & Sohn was a smaller sign with the single word Toto. Now surely that's more than a coincidence!!!!!
Aw, have a wonderful day Blimpy! x
ReplyDeleteAw, have a wonderful day Blimpy! x
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Mr McFlah! Enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteYou're a legend Mr McFlah.
ReplyDeleteH Birthday, sir!
Happy birthday, Blimpmeister
ReplyDeleteMnemonic has just posted EXACTLY what I wanted to!
ReplyDeleteBirthday donds!
hi everyone!
ReplyDeletethanks for all the lovely messages, you;ve made me feel very happy! !
steenbeck - thanks for the cool post, it was a top suprise when i woke up this morning
I'm at work today (well, it's called that...) but hopefully will get some cake when i get home.
as for the identity of Speng - i know most people assume it's me - i can assure you it's not. i have my suspicions, speng has a gmail account as his registered email, and because of this I think it must be......
either.......
sourpus, ejaydee, or snadfrod!!!
Belated happy returns.
ReplyDeleteBlimpy - a very smelly birthday to you, big man!
ReplyDeleteAs for Speng, alas, I wish I could channel such a sophisticate, but it is not I. The search goes on...
The Stig was 'unveiled' Sunday.
ReplyDeletemight as well out speng and zorro and the tooth fairy - oh wait, thats George Michael
Happy birthday Blimp. You've greeted so many of us with open arms - it's appreciated.
Now I shall go wipe this sap out of my mouth with a leaf of romaine lettuce
Happy Birthday Blimpy.
ReplyDeleteCheeeeeeeeeeeeeeers!
ReplyDelete(speng - reveal yourself! no....not like that!!!)
When I said a few weeks back that this was a group of friends, this is what I meant.
ReplyDeleteThis is a classic distraction technique. Don't let him throw you off the trail ...
ReplyDeleteBon anniversaire Monsieur Blimpsteur!!
ReplyDeleteWhere's the fun in that then, eh?..
ReplyDeleteHave it large my friend Mr Blimpy
Brian
Curse you Speng!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell I had to log in to wish Blimpy a joyeux anniversaire! Well done, you made it through another year.
ReplyDeleteAlso I am not Speng, but I have my suspicions too, and I don't think it's Blimpy.
Thanks, ejay! -but who do you think Speng is? !
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahahahahahahahaha....
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahahahah....(choke..cough)
Blimpy thinks im Speng!!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah....
Its a fair cop, I suppose
Blimpy, Happy Birthday - sorry not to come up with something more memorable as a birthday wish but I'm distracted by that bombshell (or bombspeng) from sourpus.
ReplyDeleteUnless of course, he's double-bluffing.....
Did that just happen? Is that what I think it is?
ReplyDeleteI need a lie down...
SOURPUS FINALLY ADMITS IT!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAT LAST!!!
I knew it wasn't me!!!
no double bluff.
ReplyDeleteI've always had a thing for creating characters. Brian Speng the 70's office lothario just dropped onto my plate fully formed. I took one look at him and boom.
So Viz.
I had him retire to Mallorca so he would never get too far away. I even had plans to bring him back someday, perhaps with a weekly blog (entitled either 'Brian Speng - Lounge Lizzard' or simply 'Andy's Cock'; I have a great picture of Andy Williams holding a chicken I was hoping to use) or even a podcast (why not?) playing 'hot hits' from the 70's easy listening bin. Wouldve done it too if the technology had been easier to obtain out here where I am and if I was more intent on settling here.
Trust no offence is taken. Only the hardest of hearts would convict me.
"Sayonara my young friends!"
Brian/sourpus
And I tip my hat to you, sourpus.
ReplyDeleteSpeng is utterly convincing, and somewhat creepy in his apparent authenticity. I was one of those who had absolutely no bleedin' idea who it was, and to be honest was a little disturbed by that. From that viewpoint, it is a relief to have him/you outed.
Most excellent work, just don't do it again, OK?!
:o}
Fair enough DD. He was always intended to be a kind of 'Sven from Swiss Cottage' idea, a la Peter Cook (not that I am fit to clean his royal slippers) If you had damned me with faint praise, I would have considered B Speng a total failure. Im glad he wasn't.
ReplyDeleteBack to being a plain old 'pus then, I suppose.
OK - I was utterly convinced it was Blimpy. In fact I had no doubt whatsoever. Just goes to show how little I know ...
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, sir.
ReplyDeleteThat's a clear bluff above, though. It's like The Usual Suspects. Speng will be the guy with a limp.
And is sourpus one of those admins who can edit other people's posts and pix?
ReplyDeletetincan, not me mate. There's a definite limit to my IT skills
ReplyDelete@garethL - I've never limp, sir!
ReplyDeletesourpus - speng was frighteningly real, well done!
ReplyDelete