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December 2nd, 2009

Questions about my appearance

Questions have been raised about my appearance on Simon’s Dark Side of the Moon Chaplaincy blog.

Also has anyone ever actually met Dave Walker, in his photos he looks tall and thin…is he? There is a reason for my asking.

I have been trying to work out what these reasons might be. Either the chaplaincy students are planning to knit me a jumper, or the Diocese of Winchester are seeking information about me for a soon-to-be-released photo fit ‘wanted’ poster after my Church Times Blog posts (1,2,3) about the fact they are ceasing to fund Simon’s post. This will mean that unless other initiatives are taken (which they are being) Southampton University will more or less the only university in the UK to be un-pastorally*-cared-for by the Anglicans. Read the whole saga on Simon’s blog and if you want to support his cause join the Facebook group from where news is being posted.

Back to what I look like: So far responses on Simon’s blog suggest that I am “grey-looking and two-dimensional” or, by the Mad Priest: “Dave Walker looks like a geek from a Hollywood teen movie.”

In order to lay these allegations to rest I submit a recent self portrait that proves I am indeed tall and thin:

my appearance

Whilst I’m here: Thanks for not giving up on this blog. I haven’t been writing it for several reasons. Partly because I’m currently in a continual state of being behind schedule with my diagrams and I’m convinced that the people to whom I owe the work will be continually scanning the internet to see that I’m not frittering my time away. My time therefore needs to be frittered away in other less public ways. There are other reasons too. But I need to remind myself that i do actually quite enjoy writing here, so I will endeavour to post a bit more, starting, I think, with a calendar giveaway in the next day or two.

*Probably not a valid phrase

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  1. Ann says:

    We miss you when you don’t post.

    December 2nd, 2009 at 4:30 pm
  2. Dave says:

    Ann – thank you, most kind.

    Should I be worried that within two hours of writing this post it had attracted some spam entitled ‘hair loss advice’?

    December 2nd, 2009 at 4:57 pm
  3. Richard Hall says:

    We do indeed miss you when you don’t post, Dave. But — and how can I put this delicately? — we’d miss you more if you, err, disappeared completely.

    Thing is, I have it on good authority that many diocese in the CofE secretly employ a small number of “Button men” who are charged by their bishops with handling difficult problems. If enquiries are being made about your appearance, I’d say you have cause to be nervous.

    If you start seeing clerics with strangely bulging cassocks hanging around in your street, go inside and get a pencil and paper and keep it to hand. You might well need to be quick on the draw.

    And if the Methodists come round offering protection, don’t pay them under any circumstances. Use that boyish charm to buy some time and move to your safe house. You do have a safe house, don’t you?

    December 2nd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
  4. Sarah B says:

    Good to read you again. I do like your highly accurate cartoon though I’ve always considered you VERY TALL!

    December 2nd, 2009 at 6:20 pm
  5. ferijen says:

    :) am amused

    December 2nd, 2009 at 7:35 pm
  6. susan s. says:

    You’re not the Grey Bloke on Youtube, are you?

    December 2nd, 2009 at 7:37 pm
  7. Chris Clark says:

    As someone who has seen Dave I can vouch for the uncanny accuracy of the sketch. I’m pretty sure the other two are Ronnie Corbett and Sandi Toksvig

    Bad news for Winchester Diocese and particularly for the students and others losing their pastors. I fear it is the shape of things to come for a lot of Diocesees as ageing congregations die off and the replacements either don’t exist or don’t really get giving as a concept.

    December 3rd, 2009 at 12:53 pm
  8. Pam Smith says:

    Dave Walker looks like a slightly etiolated Adonis.

    Can I have my free calendar now, please?

    December 3rd, 2009 at 4:02 pm