Glad someone else has picked up on this 'survivor' nonsense too. Until recently it meant you'd be in Auchwitz or Belsen. And that was about it. Now, as you say, all sorts of weirdos are banding it about when their lives weren't remotely on the line let alone even traumatic in many instances...
Ow this is tooooo good! GET THAT BOARD DOWN, can't see a bloody thing! I miss those days. Always made me chuckle...if I were chairman, I'd bring him back. Pay an employee to walk round with the raffle numbers and take good natured 'abuse' from generations of fans :)
To be fair, it must be stupid people only then. When I grieve I don't think hey, let's contact the football golf, tennis, social etc clubs and ask thousands of random people to join in my grief publically. I also realised this during primary school (before everyone jumps in saying this lad was...
Absolutely this. The clue is that they requested about their 'grandad', suggesting they're a 20 something tops. The trouble is, there's now an entire generation that believes it's 'the norm' to do this. No it F UCKIN ISNT! It's just further 'generation snowflake' me me me narcassism which...
I'm demanding the game is postponed when I go. It's the only proper way for thousands of strangers to pay their respect to me as a Hereford 'survivor', and when the game is replayed I demand players wear black armbands too and my picture is on the front page of the programme with a giant stand...