portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
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portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
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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 only 16...and they want the vote, god give me strength...) when a collection of relatives died and life carried on without schools coming to a standstill, town criers calling for silence, all night vigils, roadside tributes being laid, campanogosts called up etc etc just because e.g. MY cat had died (which is where this is heading)!!!
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
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If you don't know WHO the greatest generation are then you must be SNOWFLAKE-SHEEP
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 only 16...and they want the vote, god give me strength...) when a collection of relatives died and life carried on without schools coming to a standstill, town criers calling for silence, all night vigils, roadside tributes being laid, campanogosts called up etc etc just because e.g. MY cat had died (which is where this is heading)!!!
What a great post. As someone mentioned earlier, Diana's to blame. Before her death the British "stiff upper lip" was in rude health, but then suddenly thousands of people decided to grieve for a rather silly lady they didn't even know.
Hardly Diana's fault.....she was, er, dead. It was Tony B Liar that fuelled the outpouring.
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
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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
Moshe Gariani
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- Mar 10, 2005
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"GET THAT BOARD DOWN...!!" was a good joke at Withdean.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
At The Goldstone there had been some logic to people near the front of the terraces shouting out as their view of the pitch was obstructed. To carry on the tradition when seated in the Sputh Stand at Withdean was good work ...
portslade seagull
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Agree with this.
Lush
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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 only 16...and they want the vote, god give me strength...) when a collection of relatives died and life carried on without schools coming to a standstill, town criers calling for silence, all night vigils, roadside tributes being laid, campanogosts called up etc etc just because e.g. MY cat had died (which is where this is heading)!!!
Yes. Or you might build the Taj Mahal.
Impossible to get Planning these days.
Had Mumtaz Mahal died in recent times she'd have been lucky to get a single storey extension with external access and a dormer window in her memory.
JamesAndTheGiantHead
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When I die I'd like to be fired from a cannon on the halfway line into one of the goals as part of the halftime entertainment.
As it's unlikely that I'll ever get round to writing up a formal will, would any attorneys please accept this post as my final wishes.
As it's unlikely that I'll ever get round to writing up a formal will, would any attorneys please accept this post as my final wishes.
drew
Drew
Really? My first memory of a public outpouring of grief and an apparent desire to create a memorial was probably Hillsborough. Started out as a few flowers left at the gates of Anfield and then the whole of the Kop. Doubt anyone orchestrated it, was just spontaneous and then more and more people joined in. As for Diana, you might not have liked her but whilst we never all met her, she was hardly, thanks to the British press, someone we didn't know.
And why can't you grieve for someone you've never met? It's not the same level as family and close friends but you can still feel a sense of loss. Example could be when David Bowie died or other famous people that you may have a connection with through you life.
Jimmehh
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Generally...You appear not to be the norm I.e you're 'normal'!!!
i like to think so - fed up of clapping for people i've never heard of before.
Save it for a tragedy, or when Knocky goes around the whole Newcastle back four and puts a blinder into the top corner.
lawros left foot
Glory hunting since 1969
This with knobs on.
I don't grieve in public, to me grief is a private thing. I also wouldn't cry in public, not that I cry much anyway.
I heard a women on the radio the other day, describing herself as a survivor of being childless, she had, had children, but not until her thirties.
For Christ's sake, it's all gone a bit far now, please, can we get back to a stiff upper lip, and stop emotting (whatever that is), all over the place, and yes, that includes some on here shedding tears for Knockys Dad.
Publius Ovidius
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My first real memory of a nations outpouring if grief was winston Churchill's funeral. I was 8 at the time and distinctly remember getting very upset as everyone was around our house in Wakefield listening to the radio. First time I ever saw my grandfather cry...really affected me.
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
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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. It's just me me me, narcassism again: how can I get maximum attention blah blah blah! I sometimes think it's because people's vocabulary is so poor, maybe they think there aren't other words for e.g. Being chased for payment, being told off at school, not getting into university, being pickpocketed!!! You are NOT A SURVIVOR, this s hit has and will always go on daily. Lord give me strength, for there are more gormless than there are not these days...!
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
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About THE only occasion in living memory this island should and did openly grieve. Diana...? PAH!
pearl
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i was on holiday when she died (fortunately), think I got back day of the funeral, thought something really really bad had happened, like a massacre. What stuck in my mind was before I went away politicians were slagging her off for getting involved in land mines etc.
Moshe Gariani
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- Mar 10, 2005
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Thanks to NSC I had a dream about Diana last night...