- Hello there Mr Riley. - Hello, you alright, yeah, yeah. - My name’s Dr. Beddi...
- Right. - and I’m the... - Right.
- ...psychiatrist.
- Right I come and see you cause my GP sent me to see you didn’t he?
– Yeah, yeah. – He said come and see a trick cyclist cos then you'll be alright.
- Come and see a…? - A trick cyclist…a psychiatrist, yeah. - Oh right, ok.
- Yeah you must know that one. - Yeah. - He said come
and see you cause you have time to listen to me. – Yeah.
– He’s not had time to listen to me you see... - Ok. - ...cause he’s a GP, he's a doctor...
- Right. - ...but I don't think he’s very clever.
- Can I just... - He’s not very clever cause he’s not, he's not, he's not...
- Ok. - ...get, get, getting to this you see, he won't let me talk about this.
– Right, ok, well... – He sort of listens to it sometime but then sometimes he doesn’t.
- Right. Can I just clarify why you are here and why I’m here, I’m the psychiatrist...
- Well I've come to see you. - ...in the emergency clinic today...
– Right okay. – ...and your GP has asked me to see you.
– Right so that’s why I’m here. – Is that right? – Yeah cos I got to tell you about this.
– Ok, ok. - And this cos there’s important stuff in there
- Ok. - really really important stuff... – Ok, well before we start with that...
- ...come to see you - ...can I just ask you what would you would...
- Yeah, yeah. - ...like me to call you Mr Riley? – What names?
- Yeah. - Name names a game, I don’t bother with
names that’s just too good... - Right, ok. - ...call me John.
– John. - Yeah ok, what’s your name?
- I’m Dr Beddi John. – No you’re proper name? – My name is Dr...
– No you’re proper name, your proper name is not doctor.
– At work I am Dr Beddi... – You’re not doctor, Doctor Who, Doctor
Who, diddly dang, woddly dang.
- [Laughter from John] It's good that innit, do you watch that it’s fantastic that programme?
- Ok. - Now what is... – John...can I ask you how old are you John?
- How old, I, oh don't, you’re only as old as the woman you feel aren’t you aye?
[Laughter from John] – Right ok.
– You know the way to a man’s heart is through is stomach ooh yeah fantastic.
- Right ok, so how old would that make you John?
- Food for the soul, a nice bit of sole, yeah, aye...
- Right. - a bit of fish, ah fantast, I aint half hungry. - Right.
- You got any food? Any food round here? Oi down, there you got any food, I’m starving nah?
– They won’t be able to get you any food, lets… - Nah, oh, aww.
- Shall we perhaps, I tell you what... - Ok, now let’s get back to this, this is
important. – Yes that’s a good idea, yep ok.
- This is why I’m here to talk to you about this...
– Right ok. - ...to tell you what's going on.
- Ok tell me a bit about this then. – Well this is, this is the work I’ve been doing...
- Right. - ...and it’s really important and it’s my cure for cancer.
– Ok. – That's what it is you know, it’s all written down here...
- Right. - ...well it’s not written down it's here
and it’s at home, in my books at home. - Right.
- What I get from the papers I get is, I get sort of clues...
- Right. - ...as to what I’m supposed to do and how
I’m supposed to get the other clues to hone it down...
- Ok. - ...and come up with a final thing.
- And how long has all of this been going on would you say?
– It’s been for ages now. – How long would you say?
– Absolutely ages now.
– Well I’ve been up all week mostly. – About a week?
– Well this week I’ve been working really hard at it.
- Because before... - It’s been going on longer than a week... - Right.
- ...but I’ve been working really hard on it for this week...
- Because you normally have another... - ...it’s the numbers you see...
- Right. - It’s the numbers you have to find out.
- Am I right in thinking you normally do a different job?
– Yeah I’m a mechanic. - You're a mechanic. - a car mechanic yeah.
- Ok. - Manic, Manic Mechanic they call me.
– Manic Mechanic? - Yeah it was my mate... - Who calls you that?
– My mate Dave, I bought, I show him this and he told me to go away cos I was bonkers...
- He said you were bonkers? - ...in fact he didn’t say go away he told me to fuck off. [John laughs]
– My goodness ok, ok. - He did, he said "Fuck off, you're bonkers." - Did he?
– Anyway... - Ok. - ...so he did that. And er, so I said yeah
I didn’t think he was clever enough really. - Right.
- You know not..and well I went to see the doctor about it.
- Ok. - Cos I thought I'd show him cos he’s a
Doctor, you know he’s been to University,
he’s done stuff... - Yeah.
- ...nah thick as shit. He didn’t, he said he didn't have time...
- Right. - ...I thought how can you not have time to
hear about the cure for cancer... - Right.
- ...y'know what I mean, yeah, yeah? - Ok.
- So that’s why he sent me here to see you to tell you all about it.
- Right, ok, tell me about it, tell me what’s going on.
- Ok, right well it's, I’ve got my various bits and pieces here I find in the papers
like y'know the football results... - Right.
- ...they need adding together.... - Ok.
- ...and then I have to find some other information on this page. There’s some pages and page
numbers there... - Right. - ...add those together and take it away from
what’s on there. - Right.
- So, so, I do that and you find you find other things.
– And then what does that number do then? - That number corresponds to numbers I’ve
got on my, on my chart at home. I’ve got a big chart on my wall...
- Right. - ...and I find that number - Ok.
- ...and that adds up to something else. - Uhuh.
- It’s, it's, it's all there, I mean that’s, that's, that's really good, I’m gonna get one of those.
– What’s that? – That’s, that's really good, that’s,
that's a phone, it does the internet... - Right.
- ...and everything... - Ok. - ...so I’ll be able to find out more stuff...
- Right. - ...you know, that way, when I’m out and about. - And, and...
- So there’s numbers you see, I’ll use those numbers there...
- Right. - ...y'know they’ll need adding up...
- Ok. - ...and taking away from something else.
- And John, when you’ve done all this with all the numbers...
- Yeah. - ...and the chart... - Yeah.
- ...where will that leave you? What is it you're headed for?
– Well, it’s the cure for cancer innit, that's what it is.
– The cure for cancer?
- The cure for cancer, yeah. - Ok, so how’s that going to work then?
– Well, how it works is God tells me you know, that er, I’m doing a really good job...
- Right. - ...and how great I am and how fantastic
it is I’m working at this you know... - Ok.
- ...and I just keep going at it... - Ok.
- ...you know I don’t stop, I don;t stop.
- Ok, can I just take you back a step... - Yeah sure.
- ...because you said God tells you...
- God tells me, go on. - ...can you tell me a bit more about that?
– Well he, he, he tells me, he just talks to me, yeah.
– He talks to you? – Yes, he talks to me...
- Ok, alright. - ...and tells me - Right.
- I’m doing a really good job... - Ok. - ...and I’m fantastic...
- So God talks... - ...and I'm really wonderful... - Uhuh.
- ...and I’m great, you know I'm doing...
– Ok, and when God talks... – ...and I have to show this to people... - Right.
- And that's why I've come here to show you. - And John, when God talks to you... - Yeah.
- ...can I just clarify this with you. - What?
- Does he talk to you like I’m talking to you, with the voice coming through your ears
or does it feel more like...
– Voice doesn’t come through your ears it comes out of your mouth, voice comes out
of your mouth and goes in your ears. – That’s right.
– Yeah I get...you should know that cos you know you’re a doctor as well aren't you.
- Yeah. - So you should know these things, yeah.
- And is that how the voice seems to you John?
– I hear him in my ears... - You hear him in your ears?
- ...because that's what I'm used to hearing...
- Right, Ok. - ...and he talks to me with his mouth cos
he's, he's... – So the voice that seems to come through your ears
rather than from inside your head? – It’s quite loud cause he’s a big bloke...
- He's a big, is he a big bloke?
- ...he’s a big bloke yeah, yeah and he’s got a big beard.
- What’s he like then? – Well he's a big bloke with a big beard, yeah.
- Right. - I called him? Beardy Beardy once he didn’t
like that he got a right hump... - Right, ok.
- ...Christ he, I called him Beardy Beardy. – Yeah I can imagine.
– Yeah cos I just... - And what kind of... - ...so I, I, I just call him Sir.
- You call him Sir? - He likes to be called Sir yeah.
- Ok, and what kind of things, when he’s talking to you, what kind of things does he
say to you John? – He tells me I’m fantastic... - Right, ok.
- ...you know, how great I am for doing this... - Uhuh.
- ...and getting stuck into this and keeping at it and that I should show it to people.
- Right, ok. - And that's what, that’s what I do, I come
out and I show it to people. There's some stuff...
- So who have you been showing it to?
– Well, ok, who have I been showing? I’ve erm, I've sent copies of stuff to the Pope...
- Right. - ...and the Archbishop of Canterbury, none
of them have written back, you’d think they would you know...
- So no replies yet? - ...cos they’re close to God, they probably know him.
- Right, ok. - They probably met him and stuff. - Yeah.
- Well I mean the Pope, he claims to have met him...
- Right. - ...I mean you don't know...- Yeah.
- ...I would assume the Pope knows God... - Right.
- ...he knows, he's got his address, his telephone number, everything like that.
- Right. - But then you know, er, see the Archbishop
of Canterbury, I think he’s just rude, cos he’s not written back at all.
– Right.
- And there’s Tony Blair. – So you’ve written to Tony Blair as well?
– Yeah, yeah, he’s a right wanker,you see he didn't...
– Ok and what did he say? - What? - What did Tony say?
– Nothing, nothing, I got a letter back, well I didn’t even get a letter back from
him, I got it back from somebody else. - Right.
- Not him...
- Ok. - ...could’ve got lost in the post and somebody
could have got it by mistake but... - Ok, so...
- ...just hoping nobody has stolen my ideas really...
- Ok, it sounds John as though... - ...cos that's what it is.
- Sorry to interrupt. - It's ok.
- It sounds John as though this has all been keeping you really busy.
– Really busy, really busy – Have you been sleeping at all?
– No I aint had time to sleep nah...
- No time to sleep? - ...nah, nah, nah
– When was the last time you had a good night’s sleep would you say?
– Pfft. Don’t need it. - Don't need it?
- Don’t need it, I got all this enthusiasm from God...
- Right... - .. you know... - ...so what's your...
- ...it's there it’s the energy inside me, it's there to make me do work.
– So you feel as if you’ve got a lot of energy?
– Yeah, tons of it, tons of it. - And how are your thoughts, are they going
fast? Are they, are you thinking lots? Lots of ideas?
– Well yeah you have to think very intensely, you look at stuff down here, there's, there's,
I got that in the door the other day, you know...
- Ok. - ...there's lots of numbers on there that need adding up and taking away.
– And John how are you feeling about yourself? Your self-esteem, how do you feel about yourself
as a person at the moment?
– Fantastic. - You feel fantastic?
- I feel fantastic, you know cos God’s telling me...
- Right. - ...I am yeah... - Ok.
- ...and that I’m doing a really really good job...
- Yeah. - ...and it’s all there and it’s all happening.
- And tell me this John, because I couldn’t get it from your GP letter, have you ever
had anything like this before in your life? Where you have felt full of energy and lots
of bright ideas? – No, nah. - It's not happened before...
- Nah, but this has been going on for so long that I can’t really remember anything else you know.
– And have there ever been any times in your life where you've kinda been the opposite John?
- Where you’ve been a bit down in the dumps, not much energy?
– No, nah, nothing like that. - Nothing like that?
- No, nothing like that no.
- Ok, and what about any family history, does anyone in your family have things like this?
– No, no it's just me its really, well they’re not really that clever you know.
– Who’s not that clever? – My family.
- Your family? - You know, that’s why I have to come see
doctors, places, hospitals and things like that because they have clever people, you're a clever person...
– Right, so do you feel as if you’re more clever than perhaps other people?
– Well, well, well yeah. - Right.
- You know I’m certainly more clever than those people at work...
- Ok. - ...you know cos they’re a bit thick.
– And John, I guess I’m wondering what might have happened to start all this off
for you, have you any thoughts yourself what’s brought this on?
– Well, well God. Yeah. - God, yeah, yeah.
- Ok. - And he just came to me one day... - Right.
- ...one day he just came to me you know... - Ok.
- ...and I started noticing connections with numbers and things.
- Right, yeah, I wonder... - It’s, it's, it's all there you’ve just
got to find it. - Ok, I wonder John...
- You’ve got to dig deep and look for it you know what I mean, yeah yeah?
- Right, ok. How have you been feeling physically in your physical health? Any problems there?
– Physically, fine, I’m, I'm, I'm fine yeah, absolutely.
– And have you been taking any prescribed medication...
- No, no, no, nothing like that...
- ...any drugs that aren’t prescribed, any substances.
– I just need everything that's within me now, I don’t need anything else.
- And you know how you were saying that your mate at work...
- Yeah. - ...said that you were... – Who Dave?
- Yeah. - Yeah he said rude things... – He said rude things...
- ...and I don't like repeating it... - ...he kind of suggested you might be... – I told you what he said didn't I...
– Yeah you did, you did. - ...he used the F word and I don't like that. - No, no.
- No. – It sounded like he thought you weren’t very well at the moment.
– No I’m fine. - What do you think to that because? – Now look can we look at this now, cause
this is what I want to talk about? - Right.
- It's just that I’ve come here to talk about this and you seem to be going off on one for some reason...
- Yeah. - ...and you’re not really paying attention to me.
– Yeah I guess what it... – Do you want to do that now, can we talk a bit more about this now?
– Well I guess before we get back into that I guess what...
– Well no I don’t want to get back in, I want to talk about it now, can we talk about it now please?
– I guess John what I’m wondering is whether
t his might be a sign that you’re not very well at the moment?
- No I’m fine I want to talk about this, you seem to want to change the subject...
- Yeah.
- ...so I don’t want to talk to you anymore. I’ve had enough of you and I’ve had enough
of being here. I want to talk to somebody else, I want to talk to the boss. I want to
talk to your boss... - Right.
- ...where’s your boss? – John, I am the boss, I'm a consultant...
– Well you’re a shit boss and I want to talk to somebody else, there must be somebody
else I can talk to? – There isn’t John. - I want to talk to the headman, I’m fed up
with talking to the oily rag, I want to talk to the engineer, no more monkeys. The organ
grinder for me, I want to talk to the top man, top boss, top cat, that’s who I want
to talk to. Top cat, top cat, top
cat, yeah, ohh, ee, doo, lup, dup, ah.