The Final Selection

Can Art Save Us? - A plug for work. This is our latest exhibition at Museums Sheffield: Millennium Gallery. Link

Quit your jibba jabba - Everyone should have a Mr T in there pocket. Marge does. Link

What's he building in there? - Every man should have a shed. I have several. I suspect Tom Waits knows what I'm doing in there. Link

I'll have a pint of Adnams - Specifically at the Nelson or in the back bar of The Crown in Sothwold. Link

There's fruit - Would you like pudding? What is there? There's fruit. Strictly speaking fruit's dessert. Link

Withdrawing in disgust is not the same as apathy - One of Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies quoted in Slackers and sampled by Faceless. Link

Knock & Wait - A great name for a company. Neil and I never made any money but we had fun.

That's Amore - I was part of a great club night called Con Brie-O!, we always finished the night with Dean Martin. Apart from the week when all my CDs had been stolen. Link
Here Comes the JCB - The reason why I applied to be on the plinth.

Bye g'night - A family phrase picked up from a chip shop assistant in Gosport.

Thank You for watching.

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I think it needs salt - I love cooking but am rarely happy with anything I've cooked.

Where's my cup of coffee? - The sound of my alarm clock. But until the dog has learnt how to put the kettle on it looks like I'm making the coffee.

Don't be so pendantic - The setup line to a great joke. Exactly.

Fatboy - I DJed with Tom & Al from Faceless as Club Fatboy (he smells of sandwiches). We dropped some great breaks and had a fridge on stage.

No, it's not made of cardboard - As owners of a Trabant we are used to all the put downs and joke. It's actually made of recycled cotton waste and phenol resin. Link

Norfolk 'n' Good - I lived in Norwich for 15 years. A Fine City. Link

This One's Yours - What the breeders said to us when we went to collect our puppy six weeks after choosing her. The puppy we left with wasn't the one we'd chosen. But that doesn't stop us loving Daisy. Link

Calm Your Life Down - I 'mangaged' a band in the mid 90s, this was part of the promotion for Faceless' first album. Maybe it's time for a reissue?

Driving round with my very best friend - A line from Julian Cope's song Sunspots. Link

I Didn't Vote Tory - My friend Patrick sent me a Leeds Postcard with this on in 1983. I have had it on my wall ever since. Link

Eleven to Twenty

That speaks volumes to me - Who else but John Peel could say that of a recording of a lift in Debenhams. He's very sadly missed.

Ban Comic Sans - Just stop it. Use a proper typeface or ask someone who knows what they are doing. Link

He looks more German than French - When I first met my mother in law she was sure I was going to be French but I had bleached hair at the time so she thought I was probably German.

Is it the sparkplugs? - It usually is, or the fuel, or the ignition, or... The joys of classic car ownership.
Golf Sale - The inspiration for these signs Link

Tageous Todoso - An 80s band who never had the success they deserved. Probably because apart from an album title we never actually made any music.

This needs doing - I'm married to an excellent project manager.

You are clever - My mother says this pretty much whenever I've done something, usually to her computer.

Up The Arts - My favourite toast when drinking with fellow arts marketeers.

Great Lift Journeys of Norwich - A silly idea that got out of hand. The Anna Ford interview with Alpha 7 on the Today Programme was probably the highlight of the whirlwind of press we did for the CD. Link

The First Ten Signs

Reg Tubby - In 1981 I decided Dominic wasn't a very rock and roll name and started calling myself Reg instead. I added the Tubby surname in 1995.
Fun With Historical Projects - In 1970 my friend Margaret and I featured in a book of this title by the great Tony Hart. A huge inspiration to many, Tony not the book.

Farm Fresh Eggs - My mother has habit of reading aloud signs she sees whilst driving. I am sure that she'll be saying these signs aloud while I'm on the Plinth.

Have you got it in orange? - A timeless colour that never goes out of fashion. It's claimed that I look to see if they have it in orange before seeing if they have my size.

Go Trabi Go - We are on our second Trabant. The first we drove to the Gambia for charity the latest is my daily drive. It's just gone to Hungary and back. Link

How did you get on? - Well, how did you?

Here Hare Here - I've been watching you, especially you. I could have chosen any number of great quotes from Withnail & I. Link

Don't call me Dom - Apart from a couple of exception I absolutely hate being called Dom. My name is Dominic.

Hit The North - The Mighty Fall cha cha. Link

Idiot Hole - An Adam & Joeism. I am part of the Black Squadron. Link

Registered

Has signed away his moral rights and is about to be interviewed for an oral history.

Then onto the JCB.

Reg Tubby on the Plinth

I am on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square today, 2 October 14.00-15.00.

I will be holding up 40 signs about things that mean something to or say something about me.

I will be posting here at 14.15, 14.30, 14.45 and 15.00 explaining what they mean. If you are interested.