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Post by corkwing on Mar 17, 2015 16:54:59 GMT
Yes, it's the grumpy old git, again, complaining.
Our local paper ran a story about someone who'd been killed in a house fire. It was, apparently, really tragic because the victim was "young, beautiful and talented".
For some reason, this really does stir up my grumpiness. Is it any less tragic, I want to rant, if the victim is middle-aged, ugly and a bit of a mediocrity?
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Post by serrakunda on Mar 17, 2015 17:23:00 GMT
Well, speaking as a dumpy, grumpy, middle aged old bat, I would join you in that rant
I was speculating at work today if I sent back a camel from Morocco to sit in my chair, would you notice
I do believe some of the bright young things actually thought about it for a minute
Then they remembered who supplies the Hobnobs, I have my uses
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Post by lilyofthevalley on Mar 17, 2015 20:01:21 GMT
I occasionally watch the reconstructions of American murders on TV (sad, I know!) and every time without fail the victim is described as 'beloved' in the community. It really annoys me too. They can't all have been 'beloved'!
Lily x
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Post by larsti on Mar 17, 2015 22:34:18 GMT
You are quite right Corkwing. You'd probably be lynched though if you expressed that view in public.......you're safe with us though!
Actually I just had a thought....your comment was a bit Clarksonesque...do you fancy a new job on Top Gear. There may be one going ;-)
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Post by esty (archive) on Mar 17, 2015 22:53:15 GMT
Like, like, like! If I died in a housefire there would be no mention in the papers at all!
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Post by pluto on Mar 18, 2015 9:48:41 GMT
De mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est!
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Post by larsti on Mar 18, 2015 9:56:10 GMT
Just to save everyone else a couple of minutes checking in Google Translate! Unless you are all better educated than me ;-)
'We must say nothing but good about the dead'
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Post by damson on Mar 19, 2015 20:17:44 GMT
No... we will all be described in ultra saccharine terms as saintly dearly beloved mothers/ fathers ... Get your haloes burnished fellow travellors as your obituaries reveal you could turn snot into love  x D |
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