I have just realised why they call him PROFESSOR Brian Cox

[freddiemisagreatshag]

Yes I am that thick. There's another one and he's old and doesn't play keyboards.

Shall we confuse things the op even more and discuss that fella from Blur who now has Afars & makes cheese?

Oh god I hope she's not Mavis.

Mrs Professor Brian I am very very very very sorry

Afars? a farm !!!!

he played keyboards according to something I saw on youtube the other day.

And no, I couldn;t recognise him either

He played keyboard

Dont' worry freddie I'm sure she wonders why he is constantly called prof too!

Gosh, he's a good advert for the Paul McKenna hypnotic gastric band then isn't he? I'm off to find another video of the song. I would never have guessed...

The muso turned farmer: is that Alex Petridis? He also writes on fashion for the Guardian

Goddamed confusing Renaissance men...

Please someone say Emma Watson is going to become head of something random like the Dept for Work and Pensions?

my first experience of Prof BC was when he was on Any Questions \link{http://menmedia.co.uk/accringtonobserver/news/s/1074437_panellists_given_big_anniversary_welcome\in Accrington 4 years ago} - DH & DD1 were in the audience or I wouldn't even have noticed

I thought he was fab then; the appeal has waned somewhat due to his ubiquitousness since then though I still love the youtube clip about the Mayan time thing "you would have to be a twat to believe that"

I was watching Top Gear on Dave. They said Brian Cox was going to be the Star in the Reasonably Priced Car. It was the wrong Brian Cox it was the other one.

And then I realised that was why they made a point of always calling him Professor Brian Cox.

Dear Professor Mrs Partner-of Cox
Actually I think he's been a great role model for a younger generation who might have considered particle physics kinda got in the way of having a great time while you're young.

Blimey, think of what Cliff might have achieved if Una Stubbs and her Big Red Bus hadn't got in the way.

To be totally honest. Not right then, it took me a minute or two. To realise.

freddie really now, shush, it's an easy mistake...really,...

I'm fond of the Brian Cox references on Horrible Histories...

Haha op you are making me howl. They call him PBC because that's his title and name! They are introducing him in a professional capacity. I'm sure Bob down the Crown and Anchor just calls him Coxy.

This thread has made me

Professor Brian Cox has icky big teeth and gives me the creeps. Don't get the whole science-boff crush on the guy at all.

And while we're at it, that Dr Gillian McKeith wasn't a real doctor and was told to stop using the title Doctor. She was just a poo pervert

It says on the original sleeve notes for the D:Ream CD that he plays piano on it.

That means he plays the intro to Things Can Only Get Better.

He is better than the Disappointing Brian Cox I think.

No, HolidayArmadillo, EVERYONE calls him Professor Brian Cox all the time.

He INSISTS on it.

Once, his small child called him "Daddy" and he hit.the.roof.

Am I honestly the only person to have thought he was just being pretentious?

Wow, every day is a school day on MN! I knew that Prof Brian Cox was a professor... But he was in D:ream?!? You learn something new every day! I remember dancing to "Things Can Only Get Better" at my dance lessons when I was about 9!

I love the impression that they do of Professor Brian Cox on VIPs.

"Eiya, it's meee, Professor Briiian Cox!"

What about Gilliam McKeith?

Didn't she pretend to be a doctor to flog jars of bird seed in Holland & Barratts at £7.99 a pop?

So Smelly he might not really be a Professor?

You're such a card freddie!
You know and I know you knew it all along. In your usual manner you just wanted to spread a little sunshine.

[Loyal friend smile, I am the one who always says 'Bum - big? No way!]

I thought Anthony Hopkins was Hannibal lector

Here he is:

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Should we get the Style & Beauty ladies over to critique his suit?

Am I honestly the only person to have thought he was just being pretentious?

yes you were

(from Accrington Observer, Oct 2008:
'Manchester University physicist Professor Brian Cox, one of the principal scientists working on the CERN Large Hadron Colider in Switzerland')