The RIP thread...

Poppy Barlow

Condolences Gary and Dawn.

Sir Bernard Lovell - aged 98.

Great bloke.

Chavela Vargas

Truly great singer

Sir Bernard Lovell - aged 98.

Great bloke.

RIP indeed, at least his name lives on in this mighty bit of kit

Robert Hughes - Art critic

"The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is given to the less talented as a consolation prize"

Marvin Hamlish
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19162758
Composer of some of the best film music ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TZXw45V9CE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGwG21NaRSI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSvl0ZNpuf8

Thank you Robert Hughes. Your writing got me started and your scrutiny kept us on our toes. What will we do without voices like yours?

RIP Sid the voice of darts and much more. great sports journalist author historian and Geordie.
Sid Waddell Classic Quotes - YouTube

No!

Yep he's been really ill over the past years i think. Very sad

RIP Sid, what a legend.

Just came here to post that

One of the voices of British sports commentary

RIP

RIP Sid, my favourite quote of his is:

"When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer... Eric Bristow's only 27"

The aptly named Helen Gurley-Brown RIP

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/business/media/helen-gurley-brown-who-gave-cosmopolitan-its-purr-is-dead-at-90.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

She reminded us that women love sex too

We all need reminding now and then

Women who sleep with me seem to go right off sex.

Can't think why.

Some classic Waddellisms:

“Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength.”

“Jocky on the oche looking cocky”

“He looks about as happy as a penguin in a microwave.”

“If we’d had Phil ‘the Power’ Taylor at Hastings against the Normans, they’d have gone home”

“He’s about as predictable as a Wasp on speed.”

“That was like throwing three pickled onions into a thimble”

“It’s like trying to pin down a kangaroo on a trampoline.”

“His eyes are bulging like the belly of a hungry chaffinch”

“Look at the man go, its like trying to stop a water-buffalo with a pea-shooter.”

“That’s the greatest comeback since Lazarus.”

“The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips… you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them.”

“The players are under so much duress, it’s like duressic park out there!”

“There hasn’t been this much excitement since the Romans fed the Christians to the Lions.”

“Well as giraffes say, you don’t get no leaves unless you stick your neck out.”

RIP, mighty wordsmith.

Women who sleep with me seem to go right off sex.

Can't think why.

Some classic Waddellisms:

“Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength.”

“Jocky on the oche looking cocky”

“He looks about as happy as a penguin in a microwave.”

“If we’d had Phil ‘the Power’ Taylor at Hastings against the Normans, they’d have gone home”

“He’s about as predictable as a Wasp on speed.”

“That was like throwing three pickled onions into a thimble”

“It’s like trying to pin down a kangaroo on a trampoline.”

“His eyes are bulging like the belly of a hungry chaffinch”

“Look at the man go, its like trying to stop a water-buffalo with a pea-shooter.”

“That’s the greatest comeback since Lazarus.”

“The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips… you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them.”

“The players are under so much duress, it’s like duressic park out there!”

“There hasn’t been this much excitement since the Romans fed the Christians to the Lions.”

“Well as giraffes say, you don’t get no leaves unless you stick your neck out.”

RIP, mighty wordsmith.

Waddell has been reincarnated as Scoble.

Thatcher

Bastard. I actually thought that was true.

Fucking fake Twitter accounts

Thatcher's on twitter? Mind you, TeenSlain is...

So did I. Nerged