Sat down this evening to watch him in west Ireland (being Irish myself, thought it might be fun)..and switched it off because of his constant overvoice commentary in atone of voice subtext...this is hugely dangerous. The finish was when he started to swim over a loch...and I found myself wanting to shout at the telly...walk round it you p...ker....
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 It's entertainment, Simon. To be taken with a pinch of salt. Good luck to him; if I could get away with it I would 
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Fair point....maybe I'm just getting grumpy (er)
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Embrace your grumpiness. Lavish care upon it 
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.jpg) Simon, it just shows what rubbish comes on the telly that we accept because we,re either not competant or knowledgeable enough to criticise or moan about. Its quite nice to sit back and think what a prat is,nt it. Cheers
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 he does come across as a little over-eager, almost to the point of simple-mindedness... but i also with i had his opportunities to simple-minded for money
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 overinflated ego and puffed up twonk springs to mind I never watch him ever
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 It all seems a bit daft and unnecessary to me. My mate said he saw an episode when he hacked open a turtle/tortoise and starting eating it. Sounds a bit OTT for the sake of entertainment if that was true.
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The boy's done ok. I don't watch him, but I don't watch any TV really. But given a choice I'd rather watch him than some celebrity bolx. He's evidently a decent climber, and has climbed Everest, which is something a lot of the armchair knockers will most likely never do. Oh my 
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 Eton schoolboy. Alpha course christian. Say no more. 
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Oh don't start with the bloody class war stuff again, Mike. It'll only ends in tears
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The boy's done ok. I don't watch him, but I don't watch any TV really. But given a choice I'd rather watch him than some celebrity bolx. He's evidently a decent climber, and has climbed Everest, which is something a lot of the armchair knockers will most likely never do. Oh my
I'm sure he would have still climbed everest if he had grown up on a council estate or if his parent had normal jobs 
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Dinosaurs. Red in tooth and claw, the lot of yer 
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Eton schoolboy. Alpha course christian. Say no more. I'd forgotten about the alpha course stuff....  and...beforte anyone gets upset....I've got 4 vicars in my immediate family... 
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Dinosaurs. Red in tooth and claw, the lot of yer lol
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 It all seems a bit daft and unnecessary to me. My mate said he saw an episode when he hacked open a turtle/tortoise and starting eating it. Sounds a bit OTT for the sake of entertainment if that was true.
If you think that's extreme, check out the episode where he eats the peanuts from the minibar and doesn't charge them to expenses . What this guy doesn't know about extreme survival around the world (in hotels) isn't worth knowing.
I've no time for anyone who makes money on the back of their Special Forces experience. Do your blood pressure a favour and don't watch the programmes.
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Gosh we do have a tendency in this country to knock success. Unless it's our own of course
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yes, a real riches to riches success story........ 
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Oh come on, Dave. You don't buy into that bolx surely? A good proportion of the guys putting up new routes in the fifties and sixties came from fuck all. You don't need to come from money to be good at what you do. It may help, but if you don't have what it takes you'll eventually be found wanting. I'm not saying Mr Grylls is doing anything groundbreaking, but no way would you have strapped me to that propellor doobrie no matter how rich mummy and daddy are 
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