When Bill met Helen

View · by **TottyMcGee** » 03 Aug 2007, 19:58

This past Wednesday I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Shipton at the Splosh studio for a natter. We discussed many things, from the WAM scene to the epic legend of the Rhumba Royale, though we were at one point forced to move bar tables when a loud businesswoman who appeared to have stepped out of a Coen Brothers movie set up on the next table with a laptop and a mobile phone which she barked into incessantly. There was me thinking Bill made up all these mad characters we keep seeing as fictional creations when in fact it seems they just appear spontaneously around him wherever he goes, like the cartoon characters that pestered Bob Hoskins in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". Who knew?

Here's a picture we took to commemorate the meeting, as you can see we were perfectly civilised and I was not shut in the stocks and covered in shaving foam or anything of the sort, as such behaviour would have been quite uncalled for.

View · by **DecadentDoll** » 03 Aug 2007, 20:11

Hahah, the attitude is hanging out of that pic

Love it!

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View · by **christh** » 04 Aug 2007, 07:40

It's a pillory.

View · by **TottyMcGee** » 04 Aug 2007, 08:34

Hmm, so it is.

View · by **ClownJulie** » 04 Aug 2007, 10:25

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View · by **BillShipton** » 04 Aug 2007, 12:02

Errr....if you didn't get messy how come the floor and the pillory are all covered in pie? Or perhaps I dreamed that bit!

Delighted to see my pisspoor camerawork inmortalised in your avatar. Hey that makes me a photographer!

Hope you are all having a good time in Leeds!

Bill

PS I like the Bob Hoskins allegory. Like him I was never sure whether the toons in my life existed or not.

PPS if anyone wants to see what REALLY happened to Miss Helen....I am sure she'll overcome her shyness.

View · by **andy250** » 05 Aug 2007, 19:19

Looks like Miss Helen is having a great time their. Wonder if we will get to see the rest of the pics. Come on Miss Helen you know you want to.

regards

Andy

View · by **TottyMcGee** » 05 Aug 2007, 19:39

Oh, go on then, twist me arm why don't you!

Full set also up on the Wamdrogony main set.

View · by **andy250** » 05 Aug 2007, 20:37

Looks like a riot!!! bet you both had a blast, love the pics in the shower. Bill is the new photo person for Wamdrogony. I will have to tell them in the job centre!!!! Big thanks to Bill for taking the pics on the day.

regards

Andy

View · by **Richard** » 06 Aug 2007, 00:36

Words fail me!

With all the combined experience of Miss Helen and Bill Shipton, they still manage to get the pictures in the wrong order! :roll:

Looks like a great meeting of sploshing 'greats' though!

View · by **BillShipton** » 06 Aug 2007, 10:44

Hi

Considering it was a totally spontaneous afternoon, fuelled entirely by tea, and using a camera I had never seen before (stills aren't really my thing) the pictures have worked out quite well. And it was a good laugh.

Fear not Andy, as I am sure Helen will tell you your job is safe!

However, let it be a warning to anyone who pops in to the studio in passing, nobody gets away without SOMETHING happening to them.

Bill

PS The order problem is down to Helen. I will alter the 'order of posting' software this week then everyone else will be confused as well!

View · by **DungeonMasterOne** » 06 Aug 2007, 22:34

Great pictures, and looks like great fun too! Love the pillory, that's a serious piece of kit.

Thanks to you both for posting them!

When Bill met Helen

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