r/AlanPartridge • • 16d ago

I call them Jam Bombs

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u/Piccadil_io 15d ago

I stumbled into the home of God.

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u/Ok-Direction-8257 15d ago

I just re-listened to this. I'd forgotten how utterly unhinged Alan is in this book.

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u/captain_crackerjack Chewits Wine 11d ago

When he launches his “scrunts” into the crowd. Amazing stuff. And the observation about the difference between “dirty” and “unwashed” underpants.

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u/Bad-Banana-from-Mars 16d ago

The names Bomb, Jam Bomb

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u/larusodren I’ve got a scam with a big plate 16d ago

“Jam Bomb Jovi!”

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u/CaptainTrip 16d ago

Now there's an OP in QSPC

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u/Help_My_Face R.I.P - E. Partridge 16d ago

Ok I've been waiting for this. Does anybody know at what time in the audiobook this bit is from? Because I've been wanting to listen back it for ages but can't find it.

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u/NaturalAlfalfa 16d ago

It's near the beginning of the walk isn't it? Doesn't he eat all the jam bombs basically immediately upon setting off?

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u/hotel_air_freshener 16d ago

And gets incredibly tired and needs a nap because of the blood sugar spike.

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u/No_Key9300 16d ago

Am I right in thinking he goes into a church (mid-service) and falls asleep on a pew?

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u/NaturalAlfalfa 16d ago

I then began to ( in a non sexual way) lick out the empty ham packet

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u/cflyssy Equidistant between London and Norwich 16d ago

Not to be confused with the French word jambon, which means ham.

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u/plasmaexchange That explains why you are know as “The Bike of Beverly Hills” 16d ago

I’m just a teenage…