davieG Posted 12 May 2016 Posted 12 May 2016 Former Labour leader, Michael Foot: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/mar/03/michael-foot-obituary Another leg end gone. Gone and long forgotten
Alf Bentley Posted 12 May 2016 Posted 12 May 2016 6 years ago Alf Well aware of that, Facecloth. It was an attempted joke ("another legend" v. "another leg end" v. foot ). I was quite sad when he went, having spent every evening for a month persuading the voters of Norwich to make him PM in 1983. Started off with 2 Labour seats, ended up with 2 Tories.
davieG Posted 12 May 2016 Posted 12 May 2016 Well aware of that, Facecloth. It was an attempted joke ("another legend" v. "another leg end" v. foot ). I was quite sad when he went, having spent every evening for a month persuading the voters of Norwich to make him PM in 1983. Started off with 2 Labour seats, ended up with 2 Tories. He had a bit of a raw deal with the media focussing on his 'dress sense' rather than his policies, good or bad, bit of a deja vu re Corbyn
Alf Bentley Posted 12 May 2016 Posted 12 May 2016 He had a bit of a raw deal with the media focussing on his 'dress sense' rather than his policies, good or bad, bit of a deja vu re Corbyn With hindsight, that 1983 manifesto could never have won an election. Foot was a much better speaker than Corbyn, Cameron or almost any current-day politician, though. In his later years, my Dad often used to see him in local second-hand bookshops - and once saw people helping him up after he'd fallen over on Hampstead Heath. To me, Corbyn seems to have quite a nice line in "smart casual", but then I'm a notorious scruff! I don't trust people who dress too smartly. I wonder what they're up to.
MC Prussian Posted 20 May 2016 Posted 20 May 2016 Beastie Boys co-founder and guitarist John Berry (with the group for only a year or two between 1980 and 1982) has died after a long battle with dementia: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/20/john-berry-dead-founding-beastie-boys-member
MC Prussian Posted 23 May 2016 Posted 23 May 2016 Former Megadeath drummer Nick Menza has died on stage early into a set with another band. He was 51: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/22/living/nick-menza-ex-megadeth-drummer-death-trnd/
johnny the fox Posted 23 May 2016 Posted 23 May 2016 Former Megadeath drummer Nick Menza has died on stage early into a set with another band. He was 51: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/22/living/nick-menza-ex-megadeth-drummer-death-trnd/ big loss to easy listening....
Rincewind Posted 24 May 2016 Posted 24 May 2016 Former Megadeath drummer Nick Menza has died on stage early into a set with another band. He was 51: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/22/living/nick-menza-ex-megadeth-drummer-death-trnd/ Went out with a bang - Boom boom crash bang bang crash.
Alf Bentley Posted 24 May 2016 Posted 24 May 2016 Went out with a bang - Boom boom Shit, ISIS haven't blown up Basil Brush now, have they?!
DJ Barry Hammond Posted 24 May 2016 Posted 24 May 2016 Bert Kwouk has died aged 85 - possibly best known for being on Harry Hill!
rico Posted 24 May 2016 Posted 24 May 2016 Bert Kwouk has died aged 85 - possibly best known for being on Harry Hill! More famous for Pink Panther movies
Jimothy Posted 24 May 2016 Posted 24 May 2016 Bert Kwouk has died aged 85 - possibly best known for being on Harry Hill! Probably more famous for the Pink Panther, like Rico said, the Last of the Summer Wine, a couple of Bond films and Banzai than he was Harry Hill.
DJ Barry Hammond Posted 24 May 2016 Posted 24 May 2016 More famous for Pink Panther movies https://youtu.be/uk_2-ib3ENc Well yes... But I figured I was catering for a much younger audience!
Rincewind Posted 24 May 2016 Posted 24 May 2016 Shit, ISIS haven't blown up Basil Brush now, have they?! It was more of a visual pun. He was a drummer which involves hitting things with sticks to make a noise.
Alf Bentley Posted 24 May 2016 Posted 24 May 2016 It was more of a visual pun. He was a drummer which involves hitting things with sticks to make a noise. Yes, I got your joke. I was just piggybacking it to make my own. Surely both jokes are auditory, not visual, though? Oh! Nevermind! As Kurt Cobain said to Dave Grohl.....
Webbo Posted 31 May 2016 Posted 31 May 2016 Carla Lane, writer of the Liver Birds, Bread and other tragically unfunny scouse comedies .http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36421543
separator Posted 31 May 2016 Posted 31 May 2016 Carla Lane, writer of the Liver Birds, Bread and other tragically unfunny scouse comedies .http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36421543 one day writing Bread.... next day brown bread
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 3 June 2016 Posted 3 June 2016 Reports that Muhammad Ali could pass away over the next few hours.
Unabomber Posted 3 June 2016 Posted 3 June 2016 Reports that Muhammad Ali could pass away over the next few hours. Cheers sky news
johnny the fox Posted 3 June 2016 Posted 3 June 2016 Reports that Muhammad Ali could pass away over the next few hours. He ain't gone yet mate.. wrong thread.....wrong time... Ali was always THE fighter....
Webbo Posted 4 June 2016 Posted 4 June 2016 He ain't gone yet mate.. wrong thread.....wrong time... Ali was always THE fighter.... He has now. RIP
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