On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:03:28 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 18 Jun 2008 11:53:00 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>> That's a whoosh! Way over my head ???
>>
>>Richard MacDuff (though I'd actually have to check to see it if it
>>really was "MacDuff" rather than "McDuff", but I'm fairly certain the
>>'A' is there), one of the principal characters in "Dirk Gently's
>>Holistic Detective Agency".
>>
>>
> He was the most obvious when I googled Richard MacDuff but I could not
> see the relevance. But then I come from a place where MacDuff is not
> uncommon. I remember the local band, Fred MacDuff and the duffers :)

There was no connection other than the name tripped that memory in my 
mind. :-)

>>At least I didn't say "Billy Boyd". :-)
>>
> The Northern Ireland Labour Party activist? No? The Scottish footballer?
> No? maybe the actor?

Yes, the actor. ;-)  Played Richard in the radio version of DGHDA. :-)

Jim

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