Thursday
Apr192012
Meet Sir Les Chapman, lifestyle guru
Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 9:24 
Yesterday, in response to my previous post, anti-tobacco campaigner Simon Chapman tweeted that he has a "life-size" Les Patterson in his office. "Photo tomorrow," he promised.
Well, Forest can better that. In our office we have a life-size Sir Les Chapman (right). We use it to stub out discarded cigarettes and dispose of old chewing gum.
Reader Comments (8)
Smoking in your office!!!
Shock Horror - his picture will die.
Phone the Smoke Police
Probably how Chapman would look if it wasn't for the taxpayer funds he sponges off.
The head doesn't fit the image. More in place in some medieval church. Gargoyle? Rex Mundi? Can't see the holes where the darts have landed.
His brains appear to be leaking down the front of his jacket – quick roll up a fake epidemiological study and plug his ears.
May I have permission to use this image on my blog, please? It's fantastic!
Can you believe that Chapman's only 60!? Must be that devilish SHS.
Jay, I tracked down the copyright holder (who took the photograph of Barry Humphries many years ago) and asked his permission to use it. We have also paid him a small fee because he is a professional photographer. Some photographers take a dim view of their work being used without permission so you have to be careful.
No problem -- I thought FOREST may have created the image. I will merely link to this page to avoid any copyright / licensing issues. I used to work in IP, so I know the drill.
Brilliant article on Chapman by Carl Phillips includes
"......he claims personal credit (i.e., blame) for the ban on low-risk alternatives to smoking in his country, making him the person responsible for the most pointless deaths of his countrymen since the guy who ordered the army to Gallipoli."
http://ep-ology.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/primer-on-buffoonery-simon-chapman-for.html