Alphabet associations - I

[amateur51]

No. Sorry.

I was convinced, Norfs

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Nearly two hours on and I think a little "nudge" may be required.

The "chap" is a clue, and the third "element" refers to possibly his most well-known piece.

Off th watch Michael Wood's Britannia: shall be back in an hour.

[cloughie]

Couple of lobsters perhaps? Or, some octopusses? Did anyone see that documentary last night about Billingsgate Fish Market and how, after 400 years, they've done away with licensed fish porters? I thought cloughie might have been interested, being in Cornwall by the sea, with fishermen all around him.

Actually we had some very tasty pollock from Newlyn this evening, lightly floured and simply fried.

[vinteuil]

Actually we had some very tasty pollock from Newlyn this evening, lightly floured and simply fried.

hmmm. I tend to agree with Sam: Wollaston's tv review in Friday's Guardian -

"Thank you, Mark Morris, fish merchant, on The Fish Market: Inside Billingsgate (BBC2). Thank you for standing up and telling it like it is, saying what no one else has the cojones to say: that pollock's bollocks.
He says it better. A few years ago no one wanted pollock. You couldn't give it away. Then Gordon Ramsay and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall told us we had to eat pollock instead of cod, because it was more sustainable. And because these men were on the television we did what we were told. Now, as well as making more money than cod does, it's going short. Which is daft, says Mark.
"That's a pollock," he says, holding one up. "Lovely piece of fish, lovely bright colours, that sort of thing. Tastes like shit. Then you get cod [holds up a cod]. That's a fish that's been swimming in the North Atlantic, feeding on the right products, since the day it was born. If that's a human being, that goes to the gym every day, yeah? It eats all the right foods. It probably drives a Porsche, right? [Goes back to the pollock] This – pollock – is sitting at home on the settee, in a tracksuit, watching Jeremy Kyle, eating a burger."
I'm not sure I'd totally trust Mark on the environmental stuff. But he's dead right about pollock being flabby and rubbish and tasting like shit."

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Well, Mr Wood was as good as ever, though I'm not sure why anyone thought that his comments on Bede were best served by drowning them out with a rendition of Over the Rainbow accompanied by a ruddy Marimba, but there we go.

Way past my bedtime, so I'll leave you Fawkes on the night shift to ponder the puzzle.

'Night, all!

[cloughie]

hmmm. I tend to agree with Sam: Wollaston's tv review in Friday's Guardian -

"Thank you, Mark Morris, fish merchant, on The Fish Market: Inside Billingsgate (BBC2). Thank you for standing up and telling it like it is, saying what no one else has the cojones to say: that pollock's bollocks.
He says it better. A few years ago no one wanted pollock. You couldn't give it away. Then Gordon Ramsay and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall told us we had to eat pollock instead of cod, because it was more sustainable. And because these men were on the television we did what we were told. Now, as well as making more money than cod does, it's going short. Which is daft, says Mark.
"That's a pollock," he says, holding one up. "Lovely piece of fish, lovely bright colours, that sort of thing. Tastes like shit. Then you get cod [holds up a cod]. That's a fish that's been swimming in the North Atlantic, feeding on the right products, since the day it was born. If that's a human being, that goes to the gym every day, yeah? It eats all the right foods. It probably drives a Porsche, right? [Goes back to the pollock] This – pollock – is sitting at home on the settee, in a tracksuit, watching Jeremy Kyle, eating a burger."
I'm not sure I'd totally trust Mark on the environmental stuff. But he's dead right about pollock being flabby and rubbish and tasting like shit."

Sounds like codswallop vs a load of pollocks - you're entitled to your opinion and beliefs - I enjoyed my fish!

[Norfolk Born]

Well, Mr Wood was as good as ever, though I'm not sure why anyone thought that his comments on Bede were best served by drowning them out with a rendition of Over the Rainbow accompanied by a ruddy Marimba, but there we go.

Way past my bedtime, so I'll leave you Fawkes on the night shift to ponder the puzzle.

'Night, all!

Thanks for the clue!
Barry Guy: Whistle and Flute / After The Rain / Anna

[cloughie]

Thanks for the clue!
Barry Guy: Whistle and Flute / After The Rain / Anna

Never heard of him!

[Nick Armstrong]

All these Fawkes and Pollocks... Frenchie's robot will be coughing into life on its runway... "Woop woop ACTIVATE "Taste and Decency I" ACTIVATE "Taste and Decency I"

[Flay]

All these Fawkes and Pollocks... Frenchie's robot will be coughing into life on its runway... "Woop woop ACTIVATE "Taste and Decency I" ACTIVATE "Taste and Decency I"

Well if you must Associate with these Alpha types, you're bound to land in trouble!

[Anna]

That opinion about the merits of cod v pollock by the fish merchant in Billingsgate made me laugh out loud whilst I was watching. I shall always now think pollocks when I see Jeremy Kyle in the tv schedules. I do recommend that people watch whilst it's still on iplayer, it's more of a drama-doc (with a lovely operatic soundtrack) not a straightforward dry documentary, with some lovely, almost Dickensian, characters. (BBC2 24th)
Well done to Norfy for (I assume) cracking the puzzle correctly, like cloughie I'd never heard of him but there's been several solutions lately that I can say the same of.

[Norfolk Born]

Barry Guy is a British composer, teacher and double-bass player with wide-ranging interests that include early and contemporary music and jazz. Should my answer prove to be correct, I have an 'H' ready (or indeed even if it isn't! )

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Thanks for the clue!
Barry Guy: Whistle and Flute / After The Rain / Anna

Hover to Hyou!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Never heard of him!

That's okay; he's never heard of me!

[cloughie]

That's okay; he's never heard of me!

Is he related to the bass-player in The Seekers?