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!