Thursday 10 April 2008

The Team

It occurred to me that many of you don't know some of the team taking part in the European Odyssey. Allow me to introduce your drivers:






Quentin Webb


Age: Old enough to know better
Occupation: Occupations data engineer (– excuse me?)
Special talent: Taking things apart
Most likely to: Get himself into (and out of) a sticky situation
Last seen: Dangling from a rope somewhere




Bob McCaffrey


Age: Told the reporter he was 34, but add a few on to that.
Star sign: Ferret
Occupation: Self Employed Blind Fitter (cue gags)
Most likely to say: "I'm not doing that just because you tell me to"
Most likely to: Succumb to a challenge set by the rest of the team, just because they tell him to.





Richard Patterson


Age:
36 ½
Occupation: Sells spectromagneto-fluxcapacitational spirographs – and test tubes.
Special talent: Can sprout a light fitting from the top of his head at will
Star sign: Guinness
Most likely to: Blow the back window of the BMW out with his 1000w subwoofer





Tim Gowing


Age:
26
Star Sign: Mountain Goat
Occupation: Market research (questions, questions)
Special talent: Hedgehog Wrestling – South West Herts Silver Medallist 1997
Most likely to: Finish the route on a bike when the van breaks down





Jon Wall


Age:
23
Star Sign: McLovin
Occupation: IT Recruitment
Special talent: Spoon bending
Favourite drink: Baileys and Lemonade
Most likely to: Break the Slovakian ladies' hearts





Ed Sylvester
Age: 34, but looks a few years older
Star Sign: Vertigo
Occupation: Something to do with the Internet - no-one really knows.
Special talent: Annoying people
Most likely to: Annoy people







James Pratt
Age: Twentysomething
Star Sign: Penguin
Occupation:Something to do with the law
Special talent: The Law
Most likely to say: “It’s perfectly legal to dance naked in Hungarian pubs”
Most likely to: Misinterpret Hungarian law and get us all locked up

3 comments:

Helen said...

I will send you a different photo of Quent. I don't want to be missing the rest of the team more than my husband. ;o))

Andy W said...

£5 says the Chevy has a mattress in the back before the end of the trip!

Norbert Panhandle said...

You underestimate the Chevy - it already has a double bed in the back!