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  • Re: Ogri down.

    From Tim@nobody@home.co.uk to uk.rec.motorcycles on Sat Jan 31 10:43:06 2026
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    On 30/01/2026 15:24, Lone Wolf wrote:
    Wotcha.

    Apparently Paul Sample has passed away.

    I did enjoy reading Ogri in Bike magazine all those years ago.


    He was also the illustrator who drew the covers for Tom Sharpe's books. According to the Ogri page on FB he died on the 27th.
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  • From YTC1@ytc1@ytc1.co.uk to uk.rec.motorcycles on Sun Feb 1 10:20:34 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.motorcycles

    On 31/01/2026 15:30, Mark Olson wrote:
    YTC1 <ytc1@ytc1.co.uk> wrote:
    On 30/01/2026 15:24, Lone Wolf wrote:

    Apparently Paul Sample has passed away.

    I did enjoy reading Ogri in Bike magazine all those years ago.

    And his nemesis, Nerg Nail!

    Life imitating art, the Wikipedia entry for Ogri says this about Ogri's sidekick Malcolm:

    He [Ogri] gave him most of an engine to de-coke; Malcolm put it in the washing machine, destroying both the engine and the washing machine.

    https://groups.google.com/g/uk.rec.motorcycles/c/2CoSE1ju464/m/d39sxEMvAQAJ

    :-)
    Yep, he loved telling that tale, in front of Anne.
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  • From YTC1@ytc1@ytc1.co.uk to uk.rec.motorcycles on Sun Feb 1 10:21:42 2026
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    On 31/01/2026 16:43, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
    On 31/01/2026 10:43, Tim wrote:
    On 30/01/2026 15:24, Lone Wolf wrote:
    Wotcha.

    Apparently Paul Sample has passed away.

    I did enjoy reading Ogri in Bike magazine all those years ago.


    He was also the illustrator who drew the covers for Tom Sharpe's
    books. According to the Ogri page on FB he died on the 27th.

    Yes I'm familiar with Ogri, but I just can;t get past the name:
    -aP. Sample

    Did his parents adopt the 'Boy Named Sue' approach to naming him?
    Were they having a laugh?
    Or did they just not realise?

    Maybe that's how he came to be a cartoonist?

    Chris


    I worked with someone called Andrew Ness. His brother was Phil.
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