I was in the local paper on Thursday. It was an article about myself and a very lovely woman called Helen being appointed as new Trustee’s of the Joseph Salmon Trust.
The story focused on Helen more than myself, which is fine by me – I’m not sure I could cope with the celebrity anyway. I have enough trouble answering the fan mail I get from being featured on the letters page of Whizzer and Chips back in 1985 without adding to my fame further. Plus there is that infamous “I’m a very sweaty man” incident on Radio Leeds last year.
But what tickled me most was the photo (excuse the shoddy scan quality):
Is it me or do I look like some Hagrid like giant, too huge for mere page boundaries to contain? I’m surprised that on publication there wasn’t panic on the streets, with people fleeing their homes in fear of me crushing them with my gigantic feet.
You can see the full article on the Huddersfield Examiner’s webpage here. amd of course you can donate to the charity here.
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Ah, but everyone loves Hagrid…you’re in good company!
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they wanted to be sure the photo would be able to contain your ego :P
They wanted a shot that captured the size of your heart.
I’m just glad you were on Page 5.
Two pages earlier and I would have been able to cope.
.-= Rol´s last blog ..My Top Ten Comic Characters =-.
Did the photo editor take a little too much off the top? On the plus side, you do look very trustworthy, and isn’t that why it’s called a Trustee?
Ho, Ho, Ho. That’s a hilarious thought. Now if you were only green.
Do you have the jolly green giant across the pond?
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When I worked at the newspaper writing wedding announcements, I had the wife of a pro basketball player send in their wedding photo to be published. She actually had to upgrade the size announcement they were going to buy because he was way too tall to fit into the normal size photo. That is, when I cropped it to fit the original size, all that was visible of her was the top of her head.
On the plus side, you can always get a gig fighting Mothra…
Word of caution… do NOT look at that picture wearing 3-d glasses!
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Wonderful stuff, Dan. Keep up your wonderful work for such a worthwhile and emotional cause. Get those walking boots on! I would join in the walk but I have no-one to look after my daughter, but I’ll help out in any way I can.
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