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SKIP HUNK – January 2009

As well as this month’s Skip Chick, our January Skip Hunk is also from Buchanan Skip Hire, in Livingston… and is also in some immensely strange attire! It’s not unusual to have the occasional fantasy about indulging in a bit of doggy style in the workplace, but this is not typically what comes to mind. Let’s say hello to Les.
Q. Hello Les. What’s your role at Buchanan’s? Does it happen to involve eating massive sandwiches, then chasing bad guys around disused amusement parks with your pesky friends, by any chance?
A. Not quite. I am a Manitou driver at the waste sorting plant.
Q. Oh well, close. So what do your colleagues make of your unique style?
A. My boss does not encourage us to dress up when we’re working and thinks we are daft!
Q. In fairness, your boss has quite a strong case there, but we think there should be more daftness in the world so good on you. What’s the best thing about your job then, Les?
A. My workmates are the best thing about my job, and I have a great boss too. Friday is fish and chip day here and we all love it!
Q. Brilliant! Friday should be fish and chip day everywhere. So, what’s your life like outside of work?
A. When I’m not working, I play on my quad bike and look after Moira and my daughter Emma.
Q. That sounds like a lot of fun (as long as you’re not trying to do all these things at the same time, I suppose – that might not be so fun!) Have you ever found anything unusual in a skip?
A. I found a cat in a skip once.
Blimey, I hope you weren’t dressed up as a six foot cartoon hound at the time! Well, thanks for being our first Skip Hunk of 2009, Les. Reward yourself with a Scooby snack, you’ve been a real ‘character’! (Although Scooby Doo is actually a fictional character, but hopefully you’ll overlook this technical inaccuracy in the interest of a cheap gag!)
The Skip magazine is currently on the lookout for more Skip Hunks to grace its pages.
If you’d like to appear in a future issue please email your photo to pr@theskip.net

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Skip Hunk – December 2008

MERRY CHRISTMAS! A skip hire treat for all the ladies out there…
Who’s popping out of Santa’s sack for your Skip Hunk pleasure this month? It’s Adam from Ipswich, who enjoys hanging around skips with burglary tools whilst sporting a classic “I’m not doing nothing, honest, Guv” look.
Q. Please tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do.
A. My name is Adam, I’m 30 years old and have lived in Suffolk all of my life. I work as a site manager, and am responsible for looking after all aspects of the building and the yard – including our all important skips! At the moment I am single, but if I get to be Skip Hunk of the Month then who knows!
Q. (Form an orderly queue, Skip Chicks!) So, what do you enjoy most about your job?
A. The fact that every day can be different and, of course, all of my lovely colleagues.
Q. What do you like to do when you’re not working, Adam?
A. I like playing golf and watching football. I also like fishing.
Q. So you’re the bloke they make all those birthday cards for! What do you like about The Skip magazine, then?
A. The Skip Chicks!
Q. What’s the oddest thing you’ve ever seen in a skip?
A. That would probably be a female shop mannequin, wearing a bright red ball gown – that was pretty disturbing!
Q. Sounds fairly disturbing, but at least Chris de Burgh wasn’t hiding in there singing to it, or you could have been mentally scarred for life. Thanks Adam, do you have any parting words of wisdom for our readers?
A. Keep on trucking!

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One for the Laydeees…

This month’s Skip Hunk is Dave ‘The Pie’ Haskins from 5 Star Skip Hire. You may have difficulty picking him out, what with his face being as red as his truck!
Q. Hi Dave. I’ll ask the obvious question to start with – what’s ‘The Pie’ bit in your name all about?
A. Well, it’s quite easy to explain really. I always have at least one pie a day – have done since I was about 15 I think. (Apart from one time at my Nanna’s in Whitley Bay when the chippy closed early due to a potato theft).
Q. Wow, that’s an impressive claim! So what’s the best thing about working at 5 Star Skip Hire then?
A. There’s an absolutely cracking pie shop two minutes from the yard. Second best is Amanda in the office – partly because she’s a cracking good laugh, but mainly cos she loves pies. Sometimes we eat lunch together on a wall.
Q. So, have you been busy recently then – it looks like you’ve caught the sun on your rounds.
A. Yeah, I’ve been busy. This isn’t sun burn though. My blood pressure’s shot from all the pies.
Q. Oh, right. There’s a down side to all things enjoyable I suppose. So, what’s your favourite thing about The Skip magazine, Dave?
A. The logo. It looks a bit like a cross-section of a pie.
Q. I suppose it does, when you think about it. They say beauty is in the pie of the beholder! Do you have any other hobbies besides pastry products, then?
A. Yes, I’m part of a Band Aid tribute act, actually. We play round the local pubs every Christmas for charity.
Q. Oh great. For a minute there, I thought everything about you was going to be pie related! What’s the band called?
A. We’re called ‘Do They Know It’s Ginsters?’
Blinking heck, that’s enough for me. Pie pie everyone!

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SKIP HUNK OF THE MONTH

Davro, Ball and Brown – stand aside! There’s a new Bobby in town and not only that – he’s our skip hunk for September!!!
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Bobby’s a happy, chatty, beer drinking Stockport guy and a big Manchester Uni…oops, I mean ‘City’ fan.
So then Bobby tell us a bit about yourself and what you do?
I’m a Class 2 Skip Driver and a footie fan – but I don’t do the two things together or I’d crash the wagon!!!
And what do you like most about your job?
Finishing work at the end of the day and the boss buying us all beers in the local pub in Edgeley (what a nice guy! – Ed)
Apart from football what are your other hobbies?
Beer and Skip Chicks!!!!
Good selection. So, do you consider yourself a bit of a ‘catch’ with the women then, Bobby?
Nah, I’m not really that hunky – the lads have put me forward for Skip Hunk of the Month, it’s a good laugh though innit!!
And how do you think this interview and your picture will go down with the lads at work?
They’ve all said they are gonna take loads of copies and put my picture up in all the pubs around Stockport and Edgeley – ESPECIALLY the Prince Albert!!!!
Good luck then and thanks Bobby!
Looks like our September Skip Hunk is going to become a local celebrity!!!
LOOK OUT FOR HIM ALL YOU STOCKPORT LASSIES OUT THERE!!!