tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post2183682714826141134..comments2024-03-18T10:29:46.055+00:00Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: A Bit Like That Fella off The Ipcress FilesKen Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-65832040854116199352016-05-07T12:12:52.699+01:002016-05-07T12:12:52.699+01:00If it did it would be great but alas no it dosnt, ...If it did it would be great but alas no it dosnt, maybe that's why I don't wear it!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529233976248190117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-35265230348320997362016-05-07T11:49:00.581+01:002016-05-07T11:49:00.581+01:00John: So long as yours says 'Sullie'. :)
...John: So long as yours says 'Sullie'. :)<br /><br />Karen: Wouldn't name badges be just great? :)Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-29855185330018652732016-05-02T13:39:15.884+01:002016-05-02T13:39:15.884+01:00I know this syndrome SO well. I find it most dread...I know this syndrome SO well. I find it most dreadfully embarrassing. I can remember not only people's faces but also can often repeat conversations that we'd had years ago verbatim and even remember their car registration numbers and land line telephone numbers. All useful/useless information is there except the one at the very top of the list of useful column. A name. I reckon it's some sort of reverse synaesthesia. I would like it to stop. Or I would like the entire human population to wear name badges.Karen Redmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18368078023802765569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-20043819152027238112016-05-02T11:20:59.081+01:002016-05-02T11:20:59.081+01:00Ha I have the same problem, I always had,but I fin...Ha I have the same problem, I always had,but I find its much easier here in Australia, they love name badges, its a bit of a giveaway but you do have to learn to be able to glance at their name badge while saying hello and not being too obvious and just to keep the mystery I hardly ever wear mine!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529233976248190117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-87060052857498976642016-05-01T15:36:04.960+01:002016-05-01T15:36:04.960+01:00Hi G. Thanks. I did know this story about the unna...Hi G. Thanks. I did know this story about the unnamed character from Deighton's books. It's one of the reasons I name checked him in the post. What I had forgotten was that there was a fourth 'Palmer' novel that was never filmed, called Horse Under Water. I'll have to seek that one out. Always liked a bit of Deighton.<br /><br />Jim: We loved Community here. I was going to correct you on Abed but you beat me to it. I think the final series went astray (and so did I) but it was so self aware and funny and Annie had a charm all of her own. :)<br />Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-89293616946688775122016-05-01T14:51:19.873+01:002016-05-01T14:51:19.873+01:00Even before my memory started to go I was the same...Even before my memory started to go I was the same, Ken. Perversely I have an <i>excellent</i> memory for faces. At least I think I still have. The main way I get to test that is with the TV. One of the things that both Carrie and I get a great kick out of is spot-the-actor. Whenever a new show comes on we both try to identify where we’ve seen the actors before. Their names aren’t especially important. For example, Carrie and I have just finished watching the latest series of <i>Happy Valley</i> and there was a (can we still use ‘retarded’?) character who we both recognised: Pythagoras from <i>Atlantis</i>. The bad cop was Mr Molesley from <i>Downton Abbey</i>. In <i>Doctor Thorne</i> last night Annie from <i>Community</i> made an appearance. It doesn’t matter that Alison Brie’s been in another fifty-odd films and television shows she’s Annie from <i>Community</i>.<br /><br />The names of characters are quite another matter. Let’s think, who from <i>Community</i> can I remember after five seasons? Jack, Pierce, Sanjay, the guy who’s in <i>Dr Ken</i> now, the guy who’s in <i>Master of None</i> now, the girl who reminds me of the girl who was in all those <i>Police Academy</i> films only it’s not her… You see what I mean. It’s not Sanjay, it’s Abed. And it’s not Jack, it’s Jeff. Well at least I got Pierce although I thought that was his last name to be honest. Sanjay is from <i>The Simpsons</i>. I probably wouldn’t do much better with <i>The Big Bang Theory</i> although I could probably name the crew of most of the Enterprises (including the Enterprise-C); I just checked and the captain was Rachel Garrett and here I thought it was Lesley Garrett who’s actually an opera singer. <br /><br />In the real world I tend to call women ‘pet’ which saves having to remember anyone’s name. Men I don’t call anything. I always hated starting a new job when you were suddenly faced with twenty or thirty names you pretty much had to get down within a couple of days to save offending anyone. I can’t recall having any real trouble in that regard. Having an extension list as an <i>aide-memoire</i> is always a help.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-71078362592322558412016-05-01T14:19:47.763+01:002016-05-01T14:19:47.763+01:00Nice post Ken, an ironic if trival fact springs to...Nice post Ken, an ironic if trival fact springs to mind re 'The Ipcress File. Initially the lead character of the book was never named. Michael Caine & Harry Saltzman over lunch discussed a name, Caine proposed Palmer ,as he was at school with a guy of that name, couldn't remember him much or his 1st name, Saltzman wanted the name to be very ordinary to which Caine added What about Harry , Harry Palmer. Hope your keeping well Sir <br /> GHseoirse mac enrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11894305600071657649noreply@blogger.com