Unwelcome Reminders of One's Mortality

[SueEllen]

Youth of today. Snowflakes the lot of 'em. We grew up with very present threat of nuclear war!

I didn't in a way I can remember.

I was going to be blown up by the IRA though. So glad I'm soo lazy and hate shopping.

[MrMarkyMark]

Still can be killed off though...

You've heard of Medusa though, right?

I didn't in a way I can remember.

I was going to be blown up by the IRA though. So glad I'm soo lazy and hate shopping.

Came fairly close in Brighton when I was walking on the West pier 20 minutes prior to them finding the bomb

[SueEllen]

You've heard of Medusa though, right?

[quackhandle]

Now, don't get me wrong. I'm happy to run a marathon for the British Heart Foundation and I recognise the sterling work such charities do but is there really any need for those depressing ads on Freeview?

One minute you're enjoying a bit of escapism watching Ken Masters and Jan Howard having a good romp on the deck of some gin palace in the Solent, the next you're suddenly presented with a rather unpleasant reminder that you could die soon. Horribly.

It puts me on a real downer.

I think the worst one at the moment is the BHF one where the bridesmaid dies at her sister's wedding and her voiceover intones the words "sorry to ruin your big day sis".

I watch freeview to escape all the depressing bilge on BBC; Eastenders etc. but it seems the tentacles of the miserabilists reach everywhere these days.

Damn those Sunday nights, with school following morning; hated that programme!

qh

[NotAllThere]

I didn't in a way I can remember.

I was going to be blown up by the IRA though.

Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street
Where you can speak out loud
About your doubts and fears
And what's more no-one ever disappears
You never hear their standard issue kicking in your door
You can relax on both sides of the tracks
And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control
And everyone has recourse to the law
And no-one kills the children anymore

[MrMarkyMark]

Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street
Where you can speak out loud
About your doubts and fears
And what's more no-one ever disappears
You never hear their standard issue kicking in your door
You can relax on both sides of the tracks
And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control
And everyone has recourse to the law
And no-one kills the children anymore

You're very musical and jolly today....



Did you get lucky last night

[SueEllen]

You're very musical and jolly today....



Did you get lucky last night

TMI

[NigelJK]

They disembarked in 45
And no one spoke and no one smiled
for there were to many spaces in the line.


They all agreed with hand on heart
to sheath the sacrificial knives.

[scooterscot]

This one came up in Google search results when I was quite concerned about a funny feeling in my chest one Sunday afternoon. As soon as I'd watched it I dialled 999, and it turned out I was actually having a heart attack, and within an hour I was having an angioplasty. So don't knock 'em

Is it just me or do you feel like your developing these symptoms just watching this advert?

Pah, watching this makes me want to get back out on that piste this weekend. Time is precious.

[BrilloPad]

The BHF L2B CUK ride was enormous fun. I think MS raised quite a lot for them.