Captain Sir Tom Moore RiP

[Wilf]

It begins:
Piers Morgan confirms special GMB episode tomorrow dedicated to Captain Sir Tom Moore - Mirror Online

 

[weltweit]

I thought he had been promoted to Major or Colonel or something.

 

[Yossarian]

I mean, nobody seems to be mentioning that visiting relatively low infection countries from a horror show like Britain is deeply inconsiderate to the people living there

Looks like it was a bad idea for anybody of any age to go to Barbados over the holidays.

 

[JTG]

Looks like it was a bad idea for anybody of any age to go to Barbados over the holidays.

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Influx of tourists was it?

 

[ska invita]

I mean, nobody seems to be mentioning that visiting relatively low infection countries from a horror show like Britain is deeply inconsiderate to the people living there

exactly, was talk about this on the boomer vaccine thread.

 

[Cid]

I'd never seen anything like it.

Mass outpourings of grief, sure (Hillsborough springs to mind as one I experienced) but nothing like the spectacle of Diana's death.

Nelson, 1.5m people.

And of course you've got your Churchill, various monarchs and the like...

For a bit of balance, Bobby Sands:

 

[Cid]

Anyway, apologies for going back down that derail, RIP.

 

[David Clapson]

100 year olds don't live long, pandemic or no. Not sure why this is such a huge news story. Unless it can become a lightning rod for getting rid of Johnson, in which case let's have maximum wailing and gnashing of teeth.

 

[SpookyFrank]

100 year olds don't live long, pandemic or no.

By definition they live at least 100 years which ain't bad.

 

[A380]

'Nation's hearts... the Queen.... £33m.... ' the daily mail has already hit the vinegar stroke. I look so you don't need to.

If only he had made house prices go up...

 

[Petcha]

three hours of it tomorrow morning with piers. set your watches.

 

[A380]

I thought he had been promoted to Major or Colonel or something.

Honorary Colonel of the Army's Foundation College in Harrogate, which is, like honorary.

 

[A380]

By definition they live at least 100 years which ain't bad.

I know we do't always see eye to eye but this is brilliant and made my evening!

 

[ElizabethofYork]

three hours of it tomorrow morning with piers. set your watches.

Fuck sake.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

People on Facebook are changing their profile pictures to a Capt Tom RIP one.

 

[Aladdin]

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margaret payne with staircase

Quite a dangerous staircase at that

Fair play to her.

 

[A380]

People on Facebook are changing their profile pictures to a Capt Tom RIP one.

Forts and Preyers. PM me Hun.

 

[Espresso]

There is an hour long special on ITV tonight, I see.

 

[moomoo]

People on Facebook are changing their profile pictures to a Capt Tom RIP one.

This sort of thing completely baffles me. On Twitter all the celebs are posting how sad they are. It’s almost like they are worried that they’ll be thought badly of if they don’t. It’s like Diana all over again.

 

[Aladdin]

I’ve seen calls for a statue and also a clap for him on Thursday. I’m going to have to quit social media for a couple of weeks I think. Sick of it already.

Maybe its time to tear down a few of Victoria's statues and make room for someone who lived his 100th year raising funds to help frontline nurses and doctors.
A man with no hidden agenda. Just someone who wanted to help others.

Surely he is as deserving of
a statue as a pug faced mini monarch who pretty much detested most of her "subjects"..

 

[JTG]

Nah, fuck statues tbh

 

[Looby]

Maybe its time to tear down a few of Victoria's statues and make room for someone who lived his 100th year raising funds to help frontline nurses and doctors.
A man with no hidden agenda. Just someone who wanted to help others.

Surely he is as deserving of
a statue as a pug faced mini monarch who pretty much detested most of her "subjects"..

How about we don’t have statues at all, that would be my choice.

 

[Aladdin]

How about we don’t have
statues at all, that would be my choice.

Sure. They're all ludicrous.
Plant a hardwood tree instead.

 

[A380]

.... It’s like Diana all over again.

What, Prince Phillip ran him over in a white Fiat Uno?

 

[WouldBe]

Nah, fuck statues tbh

Use plenty of lube if you do.

 

[Wilf]

For every Cat Bin Lady there is a Major Tom.

 

[Wilf]

For a bit of balance, Bobby Sands:

Are you suggesting 3 men in combats and balaclavas will fire their Berettas and then melt back into the crowd at Tom's funeral?

 

[JTG]

Are you suggesting 3 men in combats and balaclavas will fire their Berettas and then melt back into the crowd at Tom's funeral?

One of them's gonna be Keith roadtesting the new patriotism and flag shagging policy. He's going to be terrifically well dressed

 

[Wilf]

One of them's gonna be Keith roadtesting the new patriotism and flag shagging policy. He's going to be terrifically well dressed

'When I was DPP, everything I did about [insert random legal thing here] was for people like Sir Tom. In fact I'll have a walk round one of my gardens tonight in honour of my fellow Sir'.

 

[krtek a houby]

Fair point. This is a rest in peace thread though..


This man and every person dying from covid will get my tears.

Just covid deaths? Any other deaths get a tear?