It was more
the 3 mile walk in army surplus boots and bare feet at 5am (soaked to the skin having passed out on someone's lawn under their sprinkler, with an entire bottle of blue Smirnoff inside me) than the socks themselves, good though they were.

I do concede that the 3-day hangover and near-hypothermia were not O'Connell's responsibility, but I have a million and one other ancedotes to illustrate why the helmet only had about two friends at the time. In hindsight the perfect 'radio personality': hideous to look at, a repugnant personality and absolutely no knowledge of music whatsoever, as his frankly embarrassing appearances on 'Buzzcocks' amply displayed.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 17:41, 1 reply)

I think my sister put it best
When she simply said,
"He's really got the face for radio, hasn't he?"
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 11:10, closed)