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Contents 1 Comment 2 What the hell happened to all the Parryisms? 3 As at Jan 2006 Mike has not had a heart transplant 4 Bogus Animal story 5 Recent Exploits 6 Sporting Parryisms 7 this article is a mess 8 Porky on Rugby League

[edit] Comment

can anyone remember, and add any of the topics for discussion that Mike used to do on the Breakfast show from 9 to 10, some of the early ones were particularly brilliant

[edit] What the hell happened to all the Parryisms?

Please advise.

[edit] As at Jan 2006 Mike has not had a heart transplant

Please note that Mike Parry is on the transplant list but has to date never had the transplant. He is back on the radio because his drug treatment has been successful. For more information check out thread on unofficial talksport forum with over 1,000 listeners. If you think otherwise then please cite an article which explicitly says something like "Mike Parry had a heart transplant last week" rather than "Mike Parry is on the heart transplant list". Thanks --PTSE 21:27, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bogus Animal story

No Mike Parry is not Animal from the Muppets. In the first place he is not even a drummer and his behavior is nowhere near as extreme as Keith Moon, the most commonly cited likely source. This type of thing should not be in the article without a cite, I have removed it as almost certainly spurious. --Gorgonzilla 14:39, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recent Exploits

This section of the article needs a re-write, if anyone is willing to remove the bias that it's been written with. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.128.240.77 (talk) 06:39, 8 December 2006 (UTC).

Anyone listening to the show in July, please keep an ear out for sporting Parry-isms. Thanks.

No, I kind of like the random way in which the article has developed.

Nonetheless, this section needs a re-write. Jppriest 00:21, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

The section on recent exploits is appalling and that is why I tried to get rid of it. The articles on wikipedia are not supposed to be reminiscent of the person or thing they are describing but unbiased, encyclopedia-esque articles.

In that case I suggest that the entire entry be deleted as it has clearly been written in a whimsical manner and edited in a deliberately biased way since its earliest iterations. A genuine encyclopedia-esque (sic) entry on Mike Parry would be no more than 5 lines long to reflect his achievements and relative importance in his chosen fields.

Suggesting Mike Parry's worth as being '5 lines long' is a terrible understatement of a man who entertains up to a million people a week.

This is not a question of the length of the article but rather how it is written. Of course, the more information the better, but any reader can do without the ridiculously subjective comments that littered this particular entry.

[edit] Sporting Parryisms

Anybody got any detail on other leftfield suggestion put forward by Mike for the Sporting Parryisms section.

[edit] this article is a mess

While I appreciate what Parry spurts out, this page is a complete mess and doesnt do him justice.Needs someone to tidy it up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.81.52.106 (talk) 19:09, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Porky on Rugby League

I concur with Mr Parry's idea here - if only Widnes could summon up Hagar the Horrible to play at full back, they'd be back in Super League like *THAT*. Doctorbob 22:34, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Doctor Bob, Mr Parry possesses rare insight that very few are attuned to. Clearly you are one of the fortunate few. Splendid. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.12.112.198 (talk) 12:58, 6 November 2007 (UTC)