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It's a testament to human nature that it's a whole lot harder to compile this list that it is to compile the Punch list, but the premise is the same: 5 people you'd like to praise, shake the hands of, whatever. 5 people who you'd offer the opportunity to punch the people off the other list in your stead (not just because they can punch harder mind)

I'm fully expecting people off one person's Praise list to be on another's Punch list, so lets watch this dissolve into an argument when Alan puts Nigel Farage or someone on his. Keep it to people who are alive and reasonably famous please.

1. Terry Pratchett
2. Dr Ben Goldacre
3. Dennis Skinner MP
4. Andrew Fitton and Nick Watkins (I know, merging people again)
5. David Mitchell

That was irritatingly difficult, I'm sure I'll think of loads of people once I've posted this.

Mr Farage is a good speaker though.

Is Dave Mitchell the footballer or comedian?

Comedian. He's basically the grumpy old man I know I will grow up to be.

Farage was an example anyway. I suspect Alan is more likely to choose Daniel Hannan, who is a massive twat anyway. But that isn't really the point of the thread

Who is Dr Ben Goldacre ?

Bobby Charlton
Richie Benaud
Muhammad Ali
Jack Nicklaus
Steven Redgrave

(I'm quite keen on sport)

David Attenborough because, simply put, he is god.

DMR
DRS
JFL
The Queen
Queen

Good shout, he's on my list then.

Along with Warren Buffet, Darwin, David Ogilvy and Fitton.

Never heard of Goldacre before, but just had a butcher's at his Wiki page and despite writing for the guardian, i think he seems like the sort of bloke whose babies i could have.

Get his book, it's tremendous and wouldn't involve giving any money to the Grauniad.

Neil Young
Michael Owen
Tony Benn
Mark Smith
Jennifer Metcalfe

Lance Armstrong.

Good shout. Amazing man.

Absolutely number 1 for me.
Steve White
Fabio Capello after we've won the World Cup - otherwise he can fuck off and go on the punch list
Stephen Lawhead - author
Michael Palin

Sir Tim Berners Lee
Andrew Fitten
Lee Steele
Stephen Fry
Pele

Tim Berners Lee is a fucking genius.

Would be far more interesting if past people included, as the pickings are very slim, where are the Tesla's of modern times when you need them?

Clive Sinclair? You can do dead ones if you want, I'm not going to get arsey about it.

Bill Bryson
Franz Kafka (if we are allowing dead people)
John Lennon (ditto)
John Squire
[combination of] Andrew Fitton, Nick Watkins and Danny Wilson.

oh and Trevor Baylis not only inventor of the clockwork radio but also a great saying. "I don't mind people looking down at me as long as they don't expect me to look up"
oh and Patrick Moore a great Britsh eccentric

That's quite funny, pilfered computer and a crap 3 wheeled car  against the inventions of electricity, radio and xrays ;)

Oh come on, the C5 is a brilliant piece of kit :D

I've always fancied a go in one tbh, judging by my success with shopping trolleys, it would be carnage though.

Nigel Farage
Daniel Hannan
Stefan Molyneux
Dr Richard North
Fred Dibnah (still warm in his box)
Jeremy Clarkson
Charlie Veitch

I'm being picky I know, but surely they were discoveries and not inventions?

Oliver Reed  ;D

the only person i'd like to meet is my grandad who died when i was 2.sadly i have no memory of him.as i dont believe in god(neither did he)i guess my wish wont be fulfilled.

Not Clarkson  >:(

I am being picky - radio waves were probably a discovery radios were an invention.

Indeed. Tesla did invent the first radio, but I thought Sutton was talking about radio waves.

(Tugs forelock)

I only praise Allah

I think Tesla has got more recognition from this thread than he ever has anywhere else!

Karl Plkington
Ian McGeechan
Stephen Fry
David Mitchell
Andrew Fitton

Nelson Mandela
Steven Fry
Geoffrey from Rainbow
Don Rogers

Don Rogers
Don Rogers
Don Rogers
Don Rogers
Andrew Fitton

1.Mandela
2.Major Phil Packer.
3.Terry Waite.
4.Clive Stafford Smith.
5.Mark Steel.

Apart from Mandela,i've tried to suggest some other names to those already mentioned.

 :soapy tit wank:

Mandela can fuck off.

He's on my punch list.

Damn right, the bleating self-righteous fuck.

Fucking namby pamby "ooooohhhh i went to a special island and want a film made about me"


YOUR'RE NOT PETER PAN KNOB

And of course, he's a terrorist...

I've met both of them, sorry Alan  :)

Sad to read the negative stuff about Mandela above.  Without him South Africa would have disintegrated into violent chaos worse than Rwanda or Cambodia.

Agreed Robin.

 :hmmm:

Mandela was not the angel that many make him out to be.

"Without him South Africa would have disintegrated into violent chaos worse than Rwanda or Cambodia."

Do you have any idea how ironic that statement is?

Google is your friend.

Mandela was a terrorist...most white South Africans will agree,he will say however he had good reason to be one...thats another argument..he spent nearly thirty years in prison as a punishment and didnt show one ounce of bitterness.
In my opinion he is one of these special people,abit like Ghandi.
He did the crime and did his time...for countrys and communitys to move on people who resort to terror have to be reconciled and talk together,like Ireland many people are repulsed that former IRA and Protestant killers are having a big say in the country going forward...not back.
Was Boeta a terrorist?...to many blacks he was in the same way as Mandela is to the older Bok white brigade.

no, he likes his cricket too much

Ghandi was a cunt that has conveniently had decent PR. A bit like Mother Theresa to be honest.

Get a grip...all great leaders have good PR....Churchill was a cunt in many ways...but he was a great leader when we needed one.....so was Ghandi.

Depends on your definition of a terroist, yes mandela was a terroist if you think the ruling party was democratically elected and not at all fucking racist murderous fucks.