Any TV show that teaches wilderness survival skills
They are all so dreadful, and some of them give totally conflicting advice, but I can't tear my eyes away from them just incase I find myself lost in the forest with only my wits and a big fucking knife to survive with.

My favourite was "The Bush Tucker Man" from the late 1980's, I even remember the blokes name (Les Hiddins). He was an absolute legend, an ex-army major who would charge around the Australian outback in a suped-up landrover pointing out edible plants and animals, and if he found himself in crocadile country he would strap on a Magnum to blow the brains out of any croc that had the balls to take him on.

What do we get nowadays? Ray "Fat Cunt" Mears and Bear "I spent the night in a hotel" Grylls.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 14:26, 5 replies)

.

What do we get nowadays? Ray "Fat Cunt" Mears and Bear "I spent the night in a hotel" Grylls.
unquote

Amen!
(Biff..., Thu 13 Mar 2008, 14:32, closed)

What about
Les 'Slightly Useless' Stroud?!
(SurferRosa causing the lamentation of the womenfolk since, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 21:34, closed)

Major Les. pedant correction.
Les Hiddens was an army major and a survival specialist tasked with documenting bush foods in the north of australia for use by the australian army as a survival tool. (If you search youll be able to find the manual he wrote, with detailed descriptions of these bush foods). His Landrover was australian army issue. he never wresteled crocodiles, generaly speaking he was respectful of the environment. he resigned from the army after making the bush tucker man TV series. The series was an ABC documentary and a far cry from crocodile hunter or dodgy bush survival shows! sorry, couldnt help myself. i just like correstions.
:-) ps; who wants to correst my spelling and lack of Capitals?:
(lazy killer robot found that beer tastes better when your older, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 3:36, closed)

I never said that he wrestled crocadiles
but he DID strap on a revolver if he was in crocadile country. That and I was writing from memory about a TV show from almost 20 years ago.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 9:21, closed)

Big clicky's from me.
I just thought about 'Bush Tucker Man' last week while watching another boring Ray 'Fat Cunt' Mears prog.

I loved that everything could be "Mash it up, boil it up" to produce either food or some type of substitute for a cup of tea!


Off to PooTube to seek him out....
(Greencloud Wanted to go fishing on, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 13:31, closed)