Death Watch Beatle 41 Posted April 20, 2005 Found this article about the Archbishop: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&cl...63139116C303910 It isn't too serious yet, but certainly worth a watching brief over the next few months. DWB 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Custard 0 Posted April 20, 2005 He will be a great lost to students. They will have to think of some other form of Cockney slang for a 2:2 other than a Desmond. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Oates 21 Posted April 20, 2005 He will be a great lost to students. They will have to think of some other form of Cockney slang for a 2:2 other than a Desmond. Mr/Ms Custard, Are you a ballet dancer? Hope you enjoy DL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 126 Posted April 20, 2005 And is your Avatar Mr. Claypole from "Rentaghost"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted April 21, 2005 And is your Avatar Mr. Claypole from "Rentaghost"? I think the evidence is quite clear! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted April 21, 2005 Mr/Ms Custard [goes to look] no, I'm still a Mr, even after the ballet accident DL looks fun, thanks. I'll stick around and share the madness....or infect you all with mine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Custard 0 Posted April 21, 2005 Damn, I got logged out for some reason. Anyway, yes, that's Mr. Claypole from Rentaghost. I wonder if he's still alive?! There is a greater chance that one of the two people inside Dobbin has died.....but, regardless of what my older brother says, I still think that horse was real. I'm sure I saw him fall at Beechers Brook in the National the other week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Four Horsemen 26 Posted April 21, 2005 I would advise anyone who wonders what on earth this is all about to try here. Sadly, Michael Staniforth who played Mr Timothy Claypole died in 1987 of an AIDS related illness. There aren't too many left from the Rentaghost glory years........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest One Man Jury Posted April 21, 2005 There aren't too many left from the Rentaghost glory years........ Yes, but they could be real ghosts now of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 7, 2011 Archbishop Desmond Tutu probably deserves inclusion as well. He was first diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1996 and last month he announced it has returned. Statistically speaking you are more likely to die of cancer the second time around... The Most Reverend turns 80 today. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,056 Posted April 24, 2013 In hospital for an infection Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,682 Posted April 24, 2013 In hospital for an infection He stands a good chance of getting one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrian0719 224 Posted December 9, 2014 Cancels travel plans for the rest of the year to battle cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,700 Posted December 9, 2014 Cancels travel plans for the rest of the year to battle cancer. He's been "living with" his prostate cancer for 15 years. Serious enough now - maybe - to put him in the frame for serious picking next year, good spot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,226 Posted December 9, 2014 Ive always liked Tutu, didn't need to resort to necklacing to make a point like Mandela. He wont get the plaudits and the arse licking that Nelson did in death but, I reckon, he is a giant of a man where Mandela was a bit of a cunt. Mandela was South Africas Bobby Sands ( albeit without dying in jail) or summat. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,700 Posted December 10, 2014 Ive always liked Tutu, didn't need to resort to necklacing to make a point like Mandela. He wont get the plaudits and the arse licking that Nelson did in death but, I reckon, he is a giant of a man where Mandela was a bit of a cunt. Mandela was South Africas Bobby Sands ( albeit without dying in jail) or summat. Been missing your pithy contributions LFN, but sticking "Mandela" and "cunt" in the same argumentative point is fearless no nonsense of the highest order, or summat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 10, 2014 Ive always liked Tutu, didn't need to resort to necklacing to make a point like Mandela. He wont get the plaudits and the arse licking that Nelson did in death but, I reckon, he is a giant of a man where Mandela was a bit of a cunt. Mandela was South Africas Bobby Sands ( albeit without dying in jail) or summat. Been missing your pithy contributions LFN, but sticking "Mandela" and "cunt" in the same argumentative point is fearless no nonsense of the highest order, or summat. Certainly would have been if he said a year ago... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,226 Posted December 10, 2014 Ive always liked Tutu, didn't need to resort to necklacing to make a point like Mandela. He wont get the plaudits and the arse licking that Nelson did in death but, I reckon, he is a giant of a man where Mandela was a bit of a cunt. Mandela was South Africas Bobby Sands ( albeit without dying in jail) or summat. Been missing your pithy contributions LFN, but sticking "Mandela" and "cunt" in the same argumentative point is fearless no nonsense of the highest order, or summat. Certainly would have been if he said a year ago... Aye, I did and always have. Mandela was not the lovely old uncle he was portrayed as, not much went on without his say so and plenty of people were murdered on his watch. You could well imagine, in an era now gone, him being told ( in the same way a young starlet is told to drop her long term boyfriend by the film studio) to drop Winnie like a sack of shit off of a quayside because it would damage his carefully cultivated image as South Africas Ghandi. Im not saying that the cause wasn't just or worth fighting for but I admit to being a cynical old twat, with good reason. Mandela wasn't the genius, the people that puppeteered him were. I even reckon the man had been dead for far longer than the official announcement but, then again, I do love a conspiracy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 10, 2014 Ive always liked Tutu, didn't need to resort to necklacing to make a point like Mandela. He wont get the plaudits and the arse licking that Nelson did in death but, I reckon, he is a giant of a man where Mandela was a bit of a cunt. Mandela was South Africas Bobby Sands ( albeit without dying in jail) or summat. Been missing your pithy contributions LFN, but sticking "Mandela" and "cunt" in the same argumentative point is fearless no nonsense of the highest order, or summat. Certainly would have been if he said a year ago... Aye, I did and always have. Mandela was not the lovely old uncle he was portrayed as, not much went on without his say so and plenty of people were murdered on his watch. You could well imagine, in an era now gone, him being told ( in the same way a young starlet is told to drop her long term boyfriend by the film studio) to drop Winnie like a sack of shit off of a quayside because it would damage his carefully cultivated image as South Africas Ghandi. Im not saying that the cause wasn't just or worth fighting for but I admit to being a cynical old twat, with good reason. Mandela wasn't the genius, the people that puppeteered him were. I even reckon the man had been dead for far longer than the official announcement but, then again, I do love a conspiracy. Loads of people were murdered on his watch (1994-99) it's South Africa for fuck's sake! Murder is a national sport! Unless of course you mean his "terroristic activities in the 1960s. His opponents were hardly paragons of virtue, were they? I mean, let's face it, you wouldn't invite them round for tea and cakes... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,226 Posted December 10, 2014 Ive always liked Tutu, didn't need to resort to necklacing to make a point like Mandela. He wont get the plaudits and the arse licking that Nelson did in death but, I reckon, he is a giant of a man where Mandela was a bit of a cunt. Mandela was South Africas Bobby Sands ( albeit without dying in jail) or summat. Been missing your pithy contributions LFN, but sticking "Mandela" and "cunt" in the same argumentative point is fearless no nonsense of the highest order, or summat. Certainly would have been if he said a year ago... Aye, I did and always have. Mandela was not the lovely old uncle he was portrayed as, not much went on without his say so and plenty of people were murdered on his watch. You could well imagine, in an era now gone, him being told ( in the same way a young starlet is told to drop her long term boyfriend by the film studio) to drop Winnie like a sack of shit off of a quayside because it would damage his carefully cultivated image as South Africas Ghandi. Im not saying that the cause wasn't just or worth fighting for but I admit to being a cynical old twat, with good reason. Mandela wasn't the genius, the people that puppeteered him were. I even reckon the man had been dead for far longer than the official announcement but, then again, I do love a conspiracy. Loads of people were murdered on his watch (1994-99) it's South Africa for fuck's sake! Murder is a national sport! Unless of course you mean his "terroristic activities in the 1960s. His opponents were hardly paragons of virtue, were they? I mean, let's face it, you wouldn't invite them round for tea and cakes... Yes, it would seem that murder and mayhem did follow him around like a fart clinging to your ring piece. I was referring to his "freedom fighting" activities which, as you say, didn't necessarily involve the murders of nuns or owt, however, setting yourself up as somesort of judge and jury isn't really part of the democracy game, is it. I suppose, in a way, he was no different to the Adams/Mcguiness scenario we now have. The difference being though, the leaders of the World haven't exactly been licking said ex Provos arses clean in the way that they did with Mandela. I know Im a fuddy duddy but I found that all a bit, well sick used to rise in me throat, aye. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 10, 2014 I think it would be fair to say that Gerry Adams' demise will not interrupt TV programmes, unless he decided to stick a knife in the Prime Minister's head or something! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guylevesque 18 Posted July 14, 2015 Admitted to hospital for 'persistent' infection http://news.sky.com/story/1518978/archbishop-desmond-tutu-admitted-to-hospital Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,700 Posted July 14, 2015 If Tutu continues to totter and Mugabe meanders towards the finish line, we should set up a race thread. Maybe calling it the Ailing African Award, or summat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,700 Posted July 14, 2015 Oh aye, and if an elder clergyman interfered with him during his training would that be a case of a Vicar in a Tutu? If you're struggling with the above, check out The Smiths' Queen is Dead album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,653 Posted July 29, 2015 Desmond has started the hospital hokey-cokey Clearly he is making a play to ensure his inclusion in everyone's early 2016 draft lists. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
