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Weird crushes - not Hancock/Whitty/Raab

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SuckingDieselFella · 07/07/2020 18:19

lighthearted

Do you have a weird crush which isn't covid 19 related?

In no particular order, mine are:
James May
Mark Owen off Take That
Lawrence Fox
Neil Oliver
The guy on the Microsoft Teams ad who works for the Met Police

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Sherloidbaisherloid · 09/07/2020 17:15

Martin Lewis, does anyone watch below deck? The English chef guy (can’t mind his name) he has the filthiest laugh

seekingwaxwings · 09/07/2020 21:20

Ooh the filthy laugh comment has reminded me - Grayson Perry! His laugh is amazing and he's so full of joie de vie and intelligence, and seems to have a lovely relationship with his wife. All very attractive qualities to me.

Needhelp101 · 09/07/2020 21:31

Richard Ayeode is very good looking! And also talented and clever, not weird at all.
Yes to Danny Dyer. Watched Severance again the other day and he was bloody hilarious in it.
I might have the weirdest one, MP Tobias Ellwood. Yes, he's a Tory but he's very intelligent and brave (he's the one who ran to try and save PC Keith Palmer in that terrorist attack at Westminster).

SauvignonBlanketyBlank · 09/07/2020 21:39

@feesh me too

JustHavinABreak · 10/07/2020 00:44

@SuckingDieselFella Oh dear God...that's 20 years of a crush wasted. Oh well...

NotNowPlzz · 10/07/2020 00:56

I don't know if these are weird.

Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen
Jason Isaacs (but only as Lucius Malfoy)
Orlando Bloom (but only as Legolas)
Bobby from TOWIE even though he's gay

Chienloup · 10/07/2020 01:10

Richard Ayoade and Keir Starmer are both very attractive men - nothing weird about them.

Mine is Max from EastEnders - it actually pains me that I can never be with this fictional character!

Chienloup · 10/07/2020 01:14

My dealings with Mark Kermode tell me that he may be intelligent (not entirely convinced), but he is also a self-important arse. (Ex was a film reviewer, we were at a lot of the same press screenings).

Magentastorm101 · 10/07/2020 01:19

Jeffery Dean Morgan
Tim Minchin
Russell Howard

🤤🤤🤤

TheId · 10/07/2020 01:20

Agreed on Jay Rayner
Weird enough that I'd not admit it apart from anonymously but a man who loves good food, good wine and can sing and play the piano I can definitely go for. I like his voice. Love him on kitchen cabinet on R4.
I like big guys. Usually more muscley ones but rather fat than skinny.

Along those lines Eddie Hall or Thor Bjornsen from Worlds Strongest Man or any of those strong men types really.

allthewaterinthetap · 10/07/2020 01:28

Keir Starmer, and the Mountain guy off Game of Thrones.
Separately or at the same time, I'm not fussy.

Tillygetsit · 10/07/2020 02:36

Gordon Buchanan
Lawrence Llewelyn Bowan
Bob Mortimer
Guz Khan

mellowww · 10/07/2020 03:33

@sm40

The professor on money heist!!
👌
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SuckingDieselFella · 10/07/2020 11:32

@Chienloup

My dealings with Mark Kermode tell me that he may be intelligent (not entirely convinced), but he is also a self-important arse. (Ex was a film reviewer, we were at a lot of the same press screenings).
Doesn't he have a PhD?

@Tillygetsit @NotNowPlzz
Laurence Llewellyn Bowen???

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SuckingDieselFella · 10/07/2020 11:51

@Needhelp101

Richard Ayeode is very good looking! And also talented and clever, not weird at all. Yes to Danny Dyer. Watched Severance again the other day and he was bloody hilarious in it. I might have the weirdest one, MP Tobias Ellwood. Yes, he's a Tory but he's very intelligent and brave (he's the one who ran to try and save PC Keith Palmer in that terrorist attack at Westminster).
Tobias Ellwood isn't weird at all.

He's a proper hero.

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merryhouse · 10/07/2020 12:53

but @RosieLemonade we haven't done it.

Remember when you were about 22, and listening to the self-absorbed conversations from sixth-formers who all thought that nobody else had ever discussed these things before? And you rolled your eyes and thought "yeah, I remember doing that" and got on with your life?

This is like that.

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SuckingDieselFella · 10/07/2020 13:12

Yesterday a boy accused me of hitting him with my umbrella in the street because he wasn't social distancing and walked too close. As he was shouting abuse he informed me that I look "about 60". (I am nowhere near 60).

Great to hear that I'm a sixth former today. Thanks for that! Grin

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IloveConkers · 11/07/2020 17:34

Phil Spencer all the way

BlueThursday · 11/07/2020 17:53

Patrick Kielty.

Now on paper he’s not weird to fancy: good looking, funny and smart but he just never appears on peoples “lists”

Maybe he’s just too devoted to the beautiful Cat to even contemplate

Jeeperscreepers69 · 11/07/2020 18:15

Ted hankey the dart player 😬🎯

Toadstool52 · 11/07/2020 18:41

Ray Mears
😍😍😍

GertieBassett · 11/07/2020 19:19

Wayne Lineker 🙈

Frownette · 11/07/2020 19:21

If you ever find my sex drive, please post it back to me

GertieBassett · 11/07/2020 19:42

@Frownette

If you ever find my sex drive, please post it back to me
2nd class stamp? 🤣
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SuckingDieselFella · 11/07/2020 20:58

@GertieBassett

Wayne Lineker 🙈
That's an obscure one.

Are you his wife? Grin

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