| Craig Fitzroy |
my (very) old mate and ex-colleague. |
| Martin S Taylor |
who had ulterior motives |
| Mathias Disney |
who had actually heard of Captain Beefheart |
| Dan Wilson |
who pointed out that some Akimbos were only Almosts |
| Brian Jones |
who couldn't help thinking about comely wenches and the dreaded
lurgy |
| Alan Norman |
who rode roughshod |
| Susan |
who first pointed out that Americans hold their arms akimbo |
| Solomon Wright |
who was driven UP THE WALL trying to think of some new
Akimbos |
| J Hussein |
who liked Indian food |
| Graham Williams |
who's no idiot - not even a blithering one |
| David Whiteland |
who reckons he has ears akimbo |
| Iain Edwards |
who though he smelt smoke |
| Hakim Cassimally |
who knew a thing or two about whammy bars |
| Les Carr |
whose scudding was the proof of the pudding |
| Steven Jones |
who is not a professor of genetics, but whose mind boggles |
| Roger Sigrist |
who thought the OED ungenerous |
| Mike Taylor |
an heir ap-arrant |
| Philip Draycott |
and his elk |
| Steve Baldock |
who went round the wend |
| Barbara Gruts (sic) |
who thought we might be related |
| The Guardian newspaper |
for pointing its readers to the Akimbo web site |
| Ivor Cutler |
for the wonderful poem, Gruts |