George Best RIP

Queen Firey-Bou · 02 December, 2005, 11:29:21 PM

hey another class link from Mr stress.

** tempting Fate a bit i know but.......... "
Huh? Whassup? **

i skim read this as "touching up Fate" prehaps this sloppy reading is where it all goes horribly wrong, no-bodys actually diagreeing with anyone, Its just we're all to thick to read properly.

" no-one listens theyre just waiting their tur to speak "

Buddy · 03 December, 2005, 03:24:19 AM

Think I might pop along to the funeral tomorrow.

Look out for me on the telly, I'll be at the back with the Guinness.

Quirkafleeg · 03 December, 2005, 04:27:39 AM

Holy cow... the've just shown his coffine being piped of the plane on the news and there's live news coverage of the funeral tomorrow and a hightlights program later one. Did I miss something? Was Best a major statesmen and I never noticed? Has any other footballer had this (like someone who actually had a world cup winner's medal?)

Conexus · 03 December, 2005, 05:07:32 AM

Has any other footballer had this (like someone who actually had a world cup winner's medal?)

No, but their deaths weren't so damn easy to make a story out of, and they RIPed before the era of the non-celebrity being celebrated

Buddy · 03 December, 2005, 05:10:45 AM

Yeah, it all seems a bit OTT. I thought the minuites silence at EVERY football game last weekend was a bit much.

DavidXBrunt · 03 December, 2005, 05:33:39 AM

I bet there's none of this fuss when Nat Lofthouse pops his clogs - many years from now, hopefully - and he's a legendary footballer who has devoted his life to being a spokesman for his club. Probably something to learn from that.

And the thing about Dylan Thomas is interesting. I think the booze was worse for him than for Best as it stopped him writing poetry. The vast majority of his published work was written before he became famous. Once people started handing him pints creativity passed out the window. And I don't care what anyone says he was a genuinely great writer.

Art · 03 December, 2005, 05:38:27 AM

Dylan Thomas had a pair of trousers which he never washed which could stand up on their own. You can't say that about everyone.

DavidXBrunt · 03 December, 2005, 05:42:34 AM

Yes you can.

Conexus · 03 December, 2005, 06:08:58 AM

yeah, you can say it-just most of the time you'd be lying

Art · 03 December, 2005, 06:19:45 AM

Go on, say it about the Queen then.

Conexus · 03 December, 2005, 06:28:44 AM

The queen had a pair of trousers which she never washed which could stand up on their own.

Well that was amazingly easy and kindda fun in a stupid way.

You do know I'm a small r republican, don't you?

Conexus · 03 December, 2005, 06:37:01 AM

That being about the queen it's half true anyway (she hasw servants to wash her trousers)and the Queen gets gifts from all sorts, and from his latest film it's clear that Wallace doesn't have anything against the aristocracy

Noisybast · 03 December, 2005, 03:02:03 PM

"Dylan Thomas had a pair of trousers which he never washed which could stand up on their own."

He's also making a bit of a comeback with the live appearances. Sort of.

Link: http://www.virtualdylanthomas.com/" target="_blank">Virtual Dylan Thomas

Matt Timson · 03 December, 2005, 03:27:07 PM

Creepy...

Quirkafleeg · 03 December, 2005, 04:42:20 PM

>Dylan Thomas had a pair of trousers which he never washed which could stand up on their own. You can't say that about everyone.

I remember as a kid someone in the playground reading out from a book about Hell's Angels that every Angel had a pair of 'originals' - jeans that he wore when he went through the initiation ceremony (during which the rest of the gang pissed on him) and never washed again. A good pair of 'originals' could stand up on there own...

And Dylan Thomas wasnt the last person to piss away is talent... there was Larkin for a start