Forget. By Uncle Monty.

FORGET HIS LIFE: It's Not Worth

The Toilet Paper It's Written On.
By Uncle Monty at Libya's Tripoli.
Writeovers By Alex Albion.

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It was the fourth e-mail of five about John
Bird of The Big Issue that caught my immediate
attention. The anonymous writer was among

those first responding to my call for information

and titbits about the odd life of the Bird guy.

That’s so I could write his life story to coincide

with this year’s upcoming 20th anniversary

of his co-founding of The Big Issue with his old

and now reclusive friend Gordon Roddick set

for September, 2011.
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The e-mail that caught my attention was blunt
enough and right to the point. It said in

red capital letters: “FORGET HIS LIFE ~

IT’S NOT WORTH THE TOILET PAPER

THAT IT’S WRITTEN ON.”

I must say I was bowled over from the brutal

honesty of the anonymous writer and the fact

that what was stated was a perfect headline

for me to now use for this my first story
of all about The Big Issue at 2011.
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The same writer detailed the reasons why I

shouldn’t even waste my time writing any

kind of book about John Bird or anybody to do
with him - period. The tone and texture of the

e-mail clearly indicated he or she knew John
Bird personally and upfront although the
writer gave no indication of what his or her
relationship was, or may still be, with him.
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After reading the full and revealing e-mail, I
began to mull over in my mind whether or not

is was really worth writing a book about the

oddball and redneck Bird or his long-troubled

Big Issue or about his little vile peewee brother

Peter Bird and/or about those closely associated
with the Bird Brothers during the scam lifetime

of The Big Issue.
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Calling herself “Catty” was another e-mail writer

who suggested that John Bird’s own autobiography

- "Some Luck" – was full of BS or bullshit. I don’t

know since I’ve never read his stuff, although at

one point I did sell some copies of his bio when he

asked me to do so at some Big Issue do a few years

back. He made money and I made money off

those copies I sold.

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Bird's own book is vanity publishing by him.

Whatever, I’ve come to the conclusion that

writing a book or an unofficial biography about

him would only play in to his ever big and

self-centred head. Plus, I suspect few folkz

would want to buy such a book anyway since
he’s lower than a B-rated dude at best.

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Perhaps the only time worth doing a book is
if some major scandal should erupt regarding
him and The Big Issue in the future. Or if

somebody sends me a full chronology of

John Bird that has never been made public

before. Then I may re-consider writing a

unflattering book about The Big Issue sod.

As for peewee Peter Bird, he is even worse

than his bloated brother. Therefore, I think

it's best to also take peewee and forget his

life: It’s not worth the toilet it would also be

written on. But I personally will not forget

what he's done to me - never, never!!

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With such said, don't expect then to see any

kind of book by me about John Bird at time

soon. Frankly the sooner we can all say

"good riddance" to him and his sterile

brother Peter, the bloody better.

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Happy New Year, Uncle Monty.

+The Epiphany, 2011.
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(The above story caption herein shows the front

cover of Bird’s autobio “Some Luck” with him
as a UK post-war little lad in London. The

second image, below, of him is pretty much

the same. The writeovers were added to

each of the two images for my online story.)
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Catty suggests AJB's book is "full

of BS or bullshit." If you've read

it, let us know ...

:: AJBird's Blog ::

http://Johns_Blog_94.php

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Steve Farrell Wood - A Big Issue Street Coodinator.

But he's really just another Big Issue jerk! And,

also a foul-mouth git and hack poet. The posed

image of him, below, is about as fake as you could

get. It was done for The Big Issue Xmas Appeal

a couple of years ago. They had to find someone

to pose so they dragged weirdo Steve Farrell

to pretend what he was not ...

The lousey image of the jerk, shown above, by Cecilia

Hallin – which I’ve now cropped and cleaned up by

removing all the noise and clutter in the original

photo - was printed on a coloured 8¼” by 5¾”

insert inside The Big Issue a few Christmases ago

with the Big Issue Foundation logo in the far right-

hand bottom corner begging for Xmas donations

from the UK public. On the overleaf, the insert or

flyer declared “The Big Issue Foundation has al-

ready made huge differences to many people's

lives.” How true, indeed!! That why Peter and

John Bird have made huge differences in the lives

of many vendors that they’ve thrown or tossed

away at their own whim and callousness like

they done to me. I am a living example of all

that’s wrong with the The Big Issue’s cold and
arbitary Bird Brothers, who are a law unto

themselves and have been so for all too
many years. There is no due process or
appeal against them, expect to sue them
in a court of law. Such may come sooner
or later than they think. In the meantime –

DON’T EVER DONATE TO THE BIG ISSUE,

NEVER!! If you want a reason not to donate,
just look above at the jerk Steve Farrell ....

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Below: He's delivering The Big Issue for ven-

dors to buy at its distribution point outside of Boots

at Covent Garden's James Street in Central London ...

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Out of Crude & Cruel Africa.

By Uncle Monty.

http://thebiggerissue.org/

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