tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post3009961774701804336..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: Steakhouse GryllStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-29875146806127258912008-05-31T21:09:00.000+02:002008-05-31T21:09:00.000+02:00Hey Steve !How are you? I have actually been follo...Hey Steve !<BR/><BR/>How are you? I have actually been following the Alaska weekend on discovery and Born Survivor series. It appealed to me after reading "Into the wild" by Jon Krakauer. I have seen the film of the same name of course. <BR/><BR/>The photography is amazing and the challenge they put themselves through. Sometimes I have to look away when Bear Gryll is eating raw animals...despite his soft tone and looks lol<BR/><BR/>Great post as always. I am sure it is not too late to change allegience...lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-76658569774939044092008-05-22T15:43:00.000+02:002008-05-22T15:43:00.000+02:00Thanks for the extra info, Rol. I wonder if it's t...Thanks for the extra info, Rol. I wonder if it's too late to swap my allegience to Bear?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-29276675652794792752008-05-22T14:57:00.000+02:002008-05-22T14:57:00.000+02:00It was playing on a loop in the local post office ...It was playing on a loop in the local post office yesterday - I've not seen it on TV yet. It's one of those ads starring the fat Northern bloke who used to be in the cop series on BBC2 (there's another one on TV featuring Keith Harris & Orville). I wouldn't have known it was Ray Mears but for the caption saying "LOOK OUT FOR RAY MEARS IN OUR NEW ADVERT".<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's not shown on TV yet.Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-63172714157716716802008-05-21T15:24:00.000+02:002008-05-21T15:24:00.000+02:00What is this advert of which you speak, Rol? I mus...What is this advert of which you speak, Rol? I must admit I haven't seen it and Google has let me down. Is it really Ray Mears? Or someone slighly overweight who looks like him? I can't believe Ray would hang up his bush knife just to sell a few stamps. Tell me it isn't so.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-63055892695225604762008-05-21T14:39:00.000+02:002008-05-21T14:39:00.000+02:00Is that the same Ray Mears who's currently starrin...Is that the same Ray Mears who's currently starring in an advert for the Post Office with Bungel from Rainbow?<BR/><BR/>Sorry.Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-19430726209498818872008-05-21T12:18:00.000+02:002008-05-21T12:18:00.000+02:00Indeed, Brother Tobias, I'm sure he's a great advo...Indeed, Brother Tobias, I'm sure he's a great advocate of Gryll Power...!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-14109356622605707582008-05-21T11:44:00.000+02:002008-05-21T11:44:00.000+02:00I'd read somewhere he was Edward too. As in Edward...I'd read somewhere he was Edward too. As in Edward - Teddy - Bear. If he ever goes on the after-dinner speaker circuit, he could call his act 'Grylls Aloud'.Brother Tobiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14298549883526952305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-68341931071679379582008-05-21T04:54:00.000+02:002008-05-21T04:54:00.000+02:00According to that fountain of all knowledge (Wikip...According to that fountain of all knowledge (Wikipedia) his real name is "Edward". He also looks rather like an American we had stay with us once...shudder!The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-3190487661707819512008-05-20T21:00:00.000+02:002008-05-20T21:00:00.000+02:00A "definite edge", or a slightly podgy, well round...A "definite edge", or a slightly podgy, well rounded edge...? Especially around the nether-gut region. But as you rightly point out, Ray's extra fat reserves are in themselves a carefully maintained survival tool. However, given Bear Gryll's culinary antics he'd be liable to eat Ray with a side-order of cockroaches...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-48556201003894164072008-05-20T20:17:00.000+02:002008-05-20T20:17:00.000+02:00I'm definitely excited by the prospect of a Grylls...I'm definitely excited by the prospect of a Grylls/Mears 'survive off'! Of course Ray would cope with both starvation and cold by using up his copious fat reserves, which gives him a definite edge...Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14235856654790610822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-92067914284905311162008-05-20T14:02:00.000+02:002008-05-20T14:02:00.000+02:00Hi Gina, apparently that is his real name. I do se...Hi Gina, apparently that is his real name. I do seriously wonder whether he has animal named siblings... Elk, Wolverine and Sheep perhaps?<BR/><BR/>I saw the trailer for the disabled trek / expedition and just thought it looked too fraught and full or screaming, angry, worthy people for me to be able to cope with it so I watched a DVD of Jeeves & Wooster instead. I don't do worthy. I do calm.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-10299535428225909032008-05-20T12:24:00.000+02:002008-05-20T12:24:00.000+02:00He can't really be called that surely???? He is r...He can't really be called that surely???? He is rather attractive to look at though.<BR/><BR/>I'm not really into all this survival stuff though - far too much of a girl. <BR/><BR/>I did catch some programme the other day though about people with disabilities on some trek or other. That was rather enthralling and inspiring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-91216487093714169582008-05-20T11:25:00.000+02:002008-05-20T11:25:00.000+02:00Ha ha, Mixt indeed! Thanks for stopping by lucyfis...Ha ha, Mixt indeed! Thanks for stopping by lucyfishwife... I must admit for an ex SAS guy he is surprisingly softly spoken with pretty boy looks. Not your average Ross Kemp kind of guy at all. He doesn't float my boat (or indeed his own raft) but I can see that others might view him as eye-candy. I'll stick with Ray and his pasty white knobbly knees though... he's a man's man.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-5389925368254452892008-05-20T11:05:00.000+02:002008-05-20T11:05:00.000+02:00His brother's actually called Mixt. I ran the trav...His brother's actually called Mixt. I ran the travel wwriting section in a Large Chain Bookstore and we found that if you put his books face out you could sell shedloads because he's so photogenic..Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-60686045960466679792008-05-20T10:31:00.000+02:002008-05-20T10:31:00.000+02:00I'd like to see him strap a few more logs together...I'd like to see him strap a few more logs together to make another raft, Amanda... ;-)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-85012172628398554532008-05-20T10:26:00.000+02:002008-05-20T10:26:00.000+02:00Make him flushed with success eh Steve?Make him flushed with success eh Steve?The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-30598425386294877462008-05-20T08:41:00.000+02:002008-05-20T08:41:00.000+02:00TimeWarden, nobody is as nice as Michael Palin. Ex...TimeWarden, nobody is as nice as Michael Palin. Except maybe Ray Mears. <BR/><BR/>Toilet seats are dangerous places, Amanda... the scene of many a relationship break-up. We'd better send Bear Gryll's onto this one ASAP... only he can handle it!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-4568306757255235592008-05-20T05:46:00.000+02:002008-05-20T05:46:00.000+02:00Wow, can anyone join this party?Haven't see nt he ...Wow, can anyone join this party?<BR/>Haven't see nt he programme but it seems a tad "Boys Own Annual" so that means I probably wouldn't watch it. Mind you, my idea of adventure is putting the toilet seat back up....The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-64080510072205949122008-05-20T04:22:00.000+02:002008-05-20T04:22:00.000+02:00He's, obviously, traversed a lot of difficult-to-r...He's, obviously, traversed a lot of difficult-to-reach places purely for our televisual entertainment...<BR/><BR/>He's gone without proper nourishment in order to captivate the nation...<BR/><BR/>He's even educated us in the pitfalls of water sports...<BR/><BR/>But... is he as nice as Michael Palin?!!TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-59659576918977858552008-05-19T18:11:00.000+02:002008-05-19T18:11:00.000+02:00The thought of them both rubbing their legs togeth...The thought of them both rubbing their legs together to make a spark jump into a little pile of tinder is not a particularly appetizing thought...!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-38246231872469219462008-05-19T18:05:00.000+02:002008-05-19T18:05:00.000+02:00As Harry Hills would say 'But who is the best, Ray...As Harry Hills would say 'But who is the best, Ray Mears or Bear Grylls? Only one way to find out - FIGHT!!!!'<BR/><BR/>I look forward to seeing what they'd make of each other - campfires probably.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.com