Saturday, 13 April 2013

ep 18 Involuntary Evacuations and Other Bollocks

Uncle Arthur’s Bollocks is a podcast hosted by Lancastrian, Nigel Boydell. The show’s format revolves around Arthur’s opinionated ramblings about whatever has irked him that week. Although Arthur comes across as a foul mouthed old lout who appears to want everyone fired out of a cannon, he is, in fact, a foul mouthed old lout who wants everyone fired out of a cannon. …………………………

Uncle Arthur’s Bollocks 

The story so far 

  Hey up! And welcome to this, the inaugural blog concerning all things ‘Uncle Arthur’. I think the best thing to do is to furnish our readers with a brief bio of our intrepid, if somewhat grumpy podcasting pensioner. ‘Uncle Arthur’ was born Arthur LloydGeorge Shufflebottom, to urine carbonator, Seth Shufflebottom and his child bride, Estonia, in the early to late parts of the 19th and 20th century. Arthur led a rather deprived childhood, only being allowed to eat solid food on the Sabbath, which was, unfortunately, a family fasting day according to the edicts of their obscure religious beliefs, and therefore, of double the inconvenience. He was put to work at the tender age of 10 as a Tripe Bleacher’s Monkey, on Bury Market, but was soon spotted by the editor of the local newspaper The Arseington Liar whilst spouting vitriol from the steps of the town’s Salvation Army mission, and was rescued by the aforementioned editor before the hostile crowd that had gathered could carry out the lynching they deemed the young Arthur so richly deserved. Our hero went on to become the newspaper’s editor, after implicating his employer/rescuer/benefactor in a sordid ménage a trois involving the then Prime Minister and a leading member of the Catholic Church. Arthur married, Gladys Outhouse, in the summer of 1954 after a whirlwind romance and a rather dubious curry, and they are still together to this day. After a long and rather turbulent career, during which Gladys was forced to live, for long periods, in a shed on the outskirts of Barnoldswick in Lancashire, Arthur retired to take up whippet breeding, flat-cap detailing and podcasting. It is to the latter that we will remain eternally in Arthur’s debt.

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Episode 18

Involuntary Evacuations and Other Bollocks


 April 9 2013


Arthur settles back in his chair with a glass or three of something intoxicating and makes us all squirm as he draws our attention to something that most of us have experienced at differing levels, and with varying regularity.

(You know what it’s like, don’t you? Fuck me. You have a shed full of ale, get of yer tits big time and stagger round to the kebab shop for a boatload of shit food. It’s fuckin great! I love it, me! …. Arthur April 2013)

Yes, my friends, it is that familiar drunken visit to the kebab emporium after a nights excessive carousing.

He describes the ‘anchor leg’ phenomenon that keeps us in a vertical plane and the ‘wobbly head’ syndrome that threatens to reduce us to the horizontal. We hear about the hilarious ‘uncontrollable acceleration’, caused by the head’s alcohol induced gravitational vagaries  that inevitably ends with the victim viewing the world from a spot some three inches above ground level.

(You do that acceleration thingy when yer fuckin head’s centre of gravity goes to shit. You can’t do fuck all cos you’ve got yer hands in yer pockets and you’re too pissed to take them out. …. Arthur April 2013)

Arthur almost loses control as he regales us with a rather graphic account of the involuntary bowel evacuation that is the ultimate humiliation, but also the ultimate right of passage that elevates ‘The Drinking Boy’ to ‘The Drunken Man’.

(And you’re in the bathroom with shit down yer legs, washing yer underpants in the sink. And you evacuate yourself like a fuckin nuclear warhead! …. Arthur April 2013)


Listen to episode
http://unclearthur.podbean.com/2013/04/09/ep-18-involuntary-evacuations-and-other-bollocks/   
   

Enjoy ‘Uncle Arthur’ responsibly, and please be aware, ‘Uncle Arthur’s Bollocks’ contains very strong language.

He can be found at:
http://www.stitcher.com
http://www.iTunes.com
http://www.unclearthur.podbean.com
http://www.wickedradionetwork.com

ep 17 A Night of Random Bollocks

Uncle Arthur’s Bollocks is a podcast hosted by Lancastrian, Nigel Boydell. The show’s format revolves around Arthur’s opinionated ramblings about whatever has irked him that week. Although Arthur comes across as a foul mouthed old lout who appears to want everyone fired out of a cannon, he is, in fact, a foul mouthed old lout who wants everyone fired out of a cannon. …………………………

Uncle Arthur’s Bollocks 

The story so far 

  Hey up! And welcome to this, the inaugural blog concerning all things ‘Uncle Arthur’. I think the best thing to do is to furnish our readers with a brief bio of our intrepid, if somewhat grumpy podcasting pensioner. ‘Uncle Arthur’ was born Arthur LloydGeorge Shufflebottom, to urine carbonator, Seth Shufflebottom and his child bride, Estonia, in the early to late parts of the 19th and 20th century. Arthur led a rather deprived childhood, only being allowed to eat solid food on the Sabbath, which was, unfortunately, a family fasting day according to the edicts of their obscure religious beliefs, and therefore, of double the inconvenience. He was put to work at the tender age of 10 as a Tripe Bleacher’s Monkey, on Bury Market, but was soon spotted by the editor of the local newspaper The Arseington Liar whilst spouting vitriol from the steps of the town’s Salvation Army mission, and was rescued by the aforementioned editor before the hostile crowd that had gathered could carry out the lynching they deemed the young Arthur so richly deserved. Our hero went on to become the newspaper’s editor, after implicating his employer/rescuer/benefactor in a sordid ménage a trois involving the then Prime Minister and a leading member of the Catholic Church. Arthur married, Gladys Outhouse, in the summer of 1954 after a whirlwind romance and a rather dubious curry, and they are still together to this day. After a long and rather turbulent career, during which Gladys was forced to live, for long periods, in a shed on the outskirts of Barnoldswick in Lancashire, Arthur retired to take up whippet breeding, flat-cap detailing and podcasting. It is to the latter that we will remain eternally in Arthur’s debt.

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Episode 17 

A Night of Random Bollocks 

April 5 2013

After a preamble about a recently purchased microphone stand, Arthur launches into a passionate assault on the culture of allowing children into public houses. Especially when he is trying to relax with a pint of real ale and an overcooked carvery.

 (And there’s this bloke jumping around like a fuckin cabaret star with his arse in me face. I’ll tell you what. It was like something off the Jeremy fuckin Kyle Show! ….Arthur April 2013)

  His next subjects for careful consideration are the self-service checkouts that every supermarket in the country now has for our service and convenience. Needless to say, they wind him up considerably.

 ([“Unknown item in the bagging area. Take it out, you twat. Get Flossie over here, now. I’m not wearing this, you tosser”.] Checkout talking to Arthur. ….Arthur April 2013)

Petrol Stations are next. Arthur misses the days when some menial in a uniform and self-deprecating manner came to the car to pander to your every whim, and you could fill your car up for 10 shillings.

 (It’s different in America. You sit in your car while some little gimboid comes and checks your oil and cleans your windows and gives you a fuckin blowjob and gives you an enema! ….Arthur April 2013)

And if you are one of those people who goes around saying, “I’m mad, me. Me and my mates, we’re mad we are. We sit up till midnight eating biscuits and drinking coke, then expect Arthur’s final tirade to cause some offence.  

(I’d fuckin shoot them into space, I would. I’d cover them in fuckin mirrors and shoot them into space, then you could watch the light reflect of them as they orbited the Earth. And they’d be waving and shouting. “I’m mad, me. Me and me mates are orbiting the Earth cos we’re mad, we are. ….Arthur April 2013)

  Listen to episode
http://unclearthur.podbean.com/2013/04/06/a-night-of-random-bollocks/

 Enjoy ‘Uncle Arthur’ responsibly, and please be aware, ‘Uncle Arthur’s Bollocks’ contains very strong language.

He can be found at:
http://www.stitcher.com
http://www.iTunes.com
http://www.unclearthur.podbean.com
http://www.wickedradionetwork.com

Thursday, 11 April 2013

ep 16 Juice Bar Bollocks

Uncle Arthur goes off on one as he voices his opinion of Juice Bars and the people who frequent them. We also hear about Juice Bars in such diverse locations as the Arctic and the Masai Mara. It's all just bollocks.

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Saturday, 6 April 2013

The VHS Years

A change of pace, as I do a personal reflection of the 70s and 80s, when I was in my youth and young adulthood. We talk about student protests, personal heroes, drugs, music, films, and of course VHS tapes.

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A History of Contraception and Other Bollocks

Uncle Arthur gives us a lesson on contraception through the ages. We hear about sheepskin sheaths, crocodile shit diaphragms, mercury birth control and loads of other old tosh. We close with a quick rant about televised Easter homage. Enjoy.

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Saturday, 23 March 2013

ep 14 Ikea and Ikea’s Bollocks

Uncle Arthur takes us on a virtual tour of Sweden's biggest export. We hear about the plight of lost families and the perils of eating Swedish meatballs.

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ep 13 A Nigerian's Bollocks

Uncle Arthur relates some tales from his time working in Nigeria. We hear about crazy airline passengers, the madness of drinking Star beer, life on the oil rigs and much, much more. Listen and enjoy.

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Sunday, 10 March 2013

ep 12 Food, Glorious Bollocks

Uncle Arthur gives us his opinion on the people who sit in judgement on television cooking competitions. He also expounds the merits, and otherwise, of drinking warm beer and rounds up with a bit of Tennyson culture.

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Listen, Fatso! and Other Bollocks

Uncle Arthur really lets fly at those more gravity challenged members of society. .... Eat less, get more exercise. That's what he thinks!

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