Anubis the Jackal 76 Posted February 6, 2006 Ah bugger. Sorry about that. Still hungover I'm afraid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted February 6, 2006 Some nice hairpieces here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
One shot Paddy 1,142 Posted February 6, 2006 Some nice hairpieces here Cpt. Caveman, now that takes me back!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cerberus 273 Posted February 6, 2006 Ah, Elton John ... the only man to have more hair than he had 30 years ago. Apart from a few 30-year-olds of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slave to the Grave 22 Posted February 6, 2006 No Problem Starcrossed. Do you have any good 'Syrup-shots' you could share with us? Happy to oblige. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted February 6, 2006 Hmm, thought it was him! He was featured on a programme shown last year, where he an a younger guy were vying for the "Britain's fattest man" title? I seemed to recall that the conclusion was that the younger guy weighed more than him, and he was really pissed off by this and refused to accept it. Have I got this wrong? Has the younger guy died or gone on a diet? We need to be told!!! Are "fattest" and "heaviest" the same thing - the latter would appear to be more definitive - discuss. Hopefully someone can enlighten me by the time I get back from the chippy with my jumbo fish and chips! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuclear Nick 0 Posted February 6, 2006 Hmm, thought it was him! He was featured on a programme shown last year, where he an a younger guy were vying for the "Britain's fattest man" title? I seemed to recall that the conclusion was that the younger guy weighed more than him, and he was really pissed off by this and refused to accept it. Have I got this wrong? Has the younger guy died or gone on a diet? We need to be told!!! Are "fattest" and "heaviest" the same thing - the latter would appear to be more definitive - discuss. Hopefully someone can enlighten me by the time I get back from the chippy with my jumbo fish and chips! You're right - the bloke pictured is called Jack and referred to his hairpiece as "Jack's Creation". He lived in a grim flat and kept his dead mother's room as a shrine to her etc. When he was weighed, he didn't weigh as much as he thought and started swearing at the TV crews for rigging the scales. Must be one of the greatest fly-on-the-walls of all time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuclear Nick 0 Posted February 6, 2006 Mr Taylor, who weighed more than 50st (320kg), had rarely ventured outside his front door for 30 years other than for hospital appointments. He spent his days watching videos and eating. But that quote from The Times isn't true - it turned out he was only about 28 stone, I seem to recall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuclear Nick 0 Posted February 6, 2006 Jack also lost his trademark headgear. A neighbour said: "They had to take off his hairpiece in hospital and they never ended up giving it back to him. "I believe his hair was made up of black gaffer tape, but nobody ever asked him about it." You've got to love the Daily Record. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted February 6, 2006 Jack also lost his trademark headgear. A neighbour said: "They had to take off his hairpiece in hospital and they never ended up giving it back to him. "I believe his hair was made up of black gaffer tape, but nobody ever asked him about it." You've got to love the Daily Record. They should bury him in it ... then in a few hundred years time the equivalent of Time Team will unearth a skeleton will gaffer tape on it's head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 1,861 Posted February 8, 2006 Ruth Eastwood, Clint's mother, who a few years ago was present at the Academy Awards with him, died Saturday, aged 97.Link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest iain Posted February 8, 2006 (edited) Clint Eastwoods mum has died at 97 . She looked so well at last years oscars awards too! Edited February 8, 2006 by Magere Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 93 Posted February 8, 2006 Ruth Eastwood, Clint's mother, who a few years ago was present at the Academy Awards with him, died Saturday, aged 97.Link That would have been one that would have fallen under "people I was surprised to find were still alive" if I had known about this earlier... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 107 Posted February 10, 2006 Ruth Eastwood, Clint's mother, who a few years ago was present at the Academy Awards with him, died Saturday, aged 97.Link Figured she wouldn't last long..... Although it seems son Clint did infact lie about her age as I would say only a year ago he claimed she was what 94? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted February 21, 2006 Peter Mandelsons mother Mary Mandelson has died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 93 Posted February 27, 2006 World War II fighter ace Robert L. Scott, writer of the book "God Is My Co-Pilot" Was going to post in near misses, figured he wasn't famous enough in the UK. I'm sure iain will get to it soon enough though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted March 1, 2006 Brrrrrrrrr Not a very observant taxi driver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted March 1, 2006 Brrrrrrrrr Not a very observant taxi driver. Not very observant? The RAC route planner calculates the distance between Edinburgh and Berwick as 57 miles. No self-respecting taxi driver (especially a Scot!) is going to refuse that fare! I'm sure he will have charged for empty the return journey too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted March 1, 2006 Chinese Teenager... Death By ROCK! (sorry, could only get The Suns' take on this) A TEENAGER bounced off his bed and out of a third-floor window to his death during a wild impression of a rock guitarist. Excited Li Xiao Meng was jumping around with his guitar in the bedroom of a Singapore students' hostel when he made the fatal mistake. The 16-year-old business student, from China, was "hyped up with exhilaration" when he rebounded off the bed and out of the window, coroner Tan Boon Heng told the Straits Times newspaper. “He was jumping up and down on the bed placed against an open window while imitating a rock guitarist,” Mr Tan said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,469 Posted March 1, 2006 (edited) Jan Raniecki Chairman of Polonia Warszawa has died at the age of 70 Edited March 1, 2006 by Magere Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,840 Posted March 1, 2006 Elsie Gelling the oldest person on the Isle of Man died on Monday aged 105. Imagine living on IOM for 105 years. Poor woman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempus Fugit 212 Posted March 1, 2006 Maj. Gen. Charles Frederick Leonard Jr. who set an Olympic record in the shooting section of the penthathlon, at the 1936 Berlin games. This record stood for more than four decades. Died aged 92. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempus Fugit 212 Posted March 2, 2006 Nobel Laureate Owen Chamberlaine, has died aged 85. He was the co-discoverer of the Anti-Proton. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 93 Posted March 2, 2006 Nobel Laureate Owen Chamberlaine, has died aged 85. He was the co-discoverer of the Anti-Proton. Ack, you beat me to it. I heard he was quite a brilliant and entertaining man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M Busby Airlines 7 Posted March 2, 2006 Nobel Laureate Owen Chamberlaine, has died aged 85. He was the co-discoverer of the Anti-Proton. Ack, you beat me to it. I heard he was quite a brilliant and entertaining man. Compared to? Truman Capote/Ronnie Barker/Tallulah Bankhead/Roy Chubby Brown. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
