Dead People: Dead

[Flosshilde]

I think Mandryka's regular 'death notices' are now a well-established and informative feature of this forum!

However, I part company with him when he says that those in the world of arts, entertainment, and indeed politics, are any more worthy of recognition than some of our premier sportsmen and women.

I'm rather with Scotty on this - what Mandryka calls "non-entities who have contrived to make a living out of kicking or throwing balls around a field, running in circles round a stadium, throwing themselves out of planes, or other such fatuous activities" are people who have developed a skill or talent to a high level & are just as worthy of notice as, say, Edmundo Ross (although I might draw the line at Formula 1 drivers ).

[amateur51]

I'm rather with Scotty on this - what Mandryka calls "non-entities who have contrived to make a living out of kicking or throwing balls around a field, running in circles round a stadium, throwing themselves out of planes, or other such fatuous activities" are people who have developed a skill or talent to a high level & are just as worthy of notice as, say, Edmundo Ross (although I might draw the line at Formula 1 drivers ).

How could you Flossie?

That nice Mr Hamilton is welcome to grace my breakfast table at any time of his choosing

That's if he can find a place to park around here

[Flosshilde]

I'm afraid he doesn't push my buttons (neither does Jenson). - not helped by the fact that he's prepared to act as poster boy (& no doubt get paid handsomly for it) for (probably) the worst bank in the world.

[mercia]

he doesn't push my buttons (neither does Jenson)

oh dear, oh dear, why am I laughing?

[Flosshilde]

That was the intention, Mercia (well, not just you - I wouldn't like you to think that I was singling you out )

[Ferretfancy]

How could you Flossie?

That nice Mr Hamilton is welcome to grace my breakfast table at any time of his choosing

That's if he can find a place to park around here

Spraying champagne all over the cornflakes ?

[Mahlerei]

Am51

Fancy some Vettel with your vittles?

[Mr Pee]

I'm rather with Scotty on this - what Mandryka calls "non-entities who have contrived to make a living out of kicking or throwing balls around a field, running in circles round a stadium, throwing themselves out of planes, or other such fatuous activities" are people who have developed a skill or talent to a high level & are just as worthy of notice as, say, Edmundo Ross (although I might draw the line at Formula 1 drivers ).

I'm never cease to be amazed at the way people seem to think that driving a Formula one car is equivalent to popping down to Waitrose in a Nissan Micra. Here's a typical F1 steering wheel:-

http://www.autoevolution.com/news-image/how-to-read-an-f1-steering-wheel-7154-6.html

Now, imagine driving the car at 200 mph, whilst at the same time controlling all the switches and adjustments on that wheel, whilst staying on track, avoiding other cars, being aware of the state of your tyres and the strategy for the race, and attempting to overtake where possible, whilst at the same time coping with extreme heat, whilst wearing 3 layers of fireproof clothing, and coping with G-Forces equivalent to those experienced in a jet fighter, for up to 2 hours at a time- without a half-time break for oranges- and then, on occasion, having to do all that in the rain when you can't see any further than the nose of the car.

There's a lot more skill and talent involved in that than there is in kicking a ball about for 90 minutes.

[Flosshilde]

Spraying champagne all over the cornflakes ?

Champagne?

[Ferretfancy]

Champagne?

Sure!
I have a vivid mental picture of amateur 51 sitting in the breakfast parlour, cornflakes at the ready ( with perhaps a few raisins) while Mr Hamilton, swathed in leathers and covered in zips shakes a magnum of Bolly, spouting foam. You can't achieve the same effect with orange juice!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I've reached the time of life when "a few raisin's" are all I can hope for.

[amateur51]

Sure!
I have a vivid mental picture of amateur 51 sitting in the breakfast parlour, cornflakes at the ready ( with perhaps a few raisins) while Mr Hamilton, swathed in leathers and covered in zips shakes a magnum of Bolly, spouting foam. You can't achieve the same effect with orange juice!

Cheers Ferret! Your imagination is so ... vivid! It's his smile I like - what's known in the dental profession as 'tuberosity-to-tuberosity' smile

Oh and he has wonderfully curved thumbs - and we ALL know what that means

[gurnemanz]

Sure!
I have a vivid mental picture of amateur 51 sitting in the breakfast parlour, cornflakes at the ready ( with perhaps a few raisins) while Mr Hamilton, swathed in leathers and covered in zips shakes a magnum of Bolly, spouting foam. You can't achieve the same effect with orange juice!

Appalling joke:

Did you hear about the man who drowned in a cake mix?
How was that then?
He was pulled under by a strong current.

[Mandryka]

I'm never cease to be amazed at the way people seem to think that driving a Formula one car is equivalent to popping down to Waitrose in a Nissan Micra. Here's a typical F1 steering wheel:-

http://www.autoevolution.com/news-image/how-to-read-an-f1-steering-wheel-7154-6.html

Now, imagine driving the car at 200 mph, whilst at the same time controlling all the switches and adjustments on that wheel, whilst staying on track, avoiding other cars, being aware of the state of your tyres and the strategy for the race, and attempting to overtake where possible, whilst at the same time coping with extreme heat, whilst wearing 3 layers of fireproof clothing, and coping with G-Forces equivalent to those experienced in a jet fighter, for up to 2 hours at a time- without a half-time break for oranges- and then, on occasion, having to do all that in the rain when you can't see any further than the nose of the car.

There's a lot more skill and talent involved in that than there is in kicking a ball about for 90 minutes.

Only a bona-fide copper-bottomed idiot would follow the routine described above.

[amateur51]

Here's a typical F1 steering wheel:-

http://www.autoevolution.com/news-image/how-to-read-an-f1-steering-wheel-7154-6.html

Where's the woggler for flashing your headlights??!