George Best

[mcquiggd]

P.S What is with some footballers... 'Roasting' is a term I hadnt heard until mentioned in conjunction with some football team.


Graham Rix - a convicted paedophile on the sex offenders register is now manager of a major league club...

Gary Glitter - not yet convicted of actual sex with a minor, is vilified and chased around the world.


Glitter should have approached a football club - hed be welcomed.

[Board Game Geek]

The world is a better place for the likes of George; he didnt go around [B]judging others [/B] or trying to tell them how they should lead their lives and nor was he sanctimonious like losers like you tend to be. 

DA.....please can I send you a copy of the OED ? I really think your copy has the works "irony" and "hypocrite" missing

[mcquiggd]

Funnily enough I spent 4.5 years at Oxford University Press - the publishers of the OED back in the days when SGML was the format of choice... very, very talented people worked there. Leofranc Holford Strevens was a odd chappie, but spoke so many languages he was a world authority - I had the opportunity to meet many eminent people, and I actually loved working there..

He used to walk around with his trouser zip undone, and giggle when he stood next to Jane (another tech support analyst at that time) until one day we noticed his zip was done up, and it was due to the fact he had managed to marry someone...

An example of what sort of person he is:

Dithyrambs for Athens | 17 February 2005 [ literature, theory and criticism ]

[wendigo100]

Leofranc Holford Strevens was a odd chappie, but spoke so many languages he was a world authority - I had the opportunity to meet many eminent people, and I actually loved working there.

I bet you'd rather talk to him than George Best as well.

MQ, I didn't like George Best the person much either, as far as anyone can know him from TV and news.

But Dodgy is right about him being an icon for millions. He was probably the best player these islands have ever produced and became part of the swinging sixties thing. In that sense, he was part of many people's lives, a bit like Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Muhammed Ali.

[wendigo100]

P.S What is with some footballers... 'Roasting' is a term I hadnt heard until mentioned in conjunction with some football team.

Money. They feel indestructible.

Rix is not a bad man. He once shagged a 15 year old who was going on 25. There is no comparison with Gary Glitter.

[DodgyAgent]

I bet you'd rather talk to him than George Best as well.

MQ, I didn't like George Best the person much either, as far as anyone can know him from TV and news.

But Dodgy is right about him being an icon for millions. He was probably the best player these islands have ever produced and became part of the swinging sixties thing. In that sense, he was part of many people's lives, a bit like Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Muhammed Ali.

What we fail to appreciate is that these people though very talented are human beings with all the frailtiesand weaknesses that the rest of us have. George Best could quite easily have adopted a quieter life (and how many with his skills have done so?) and become a plumber or .Net developer. But they didnt , they chose to go for it. They endure pressures that most of us would not be able to cope with, so why do we expect them to cope?

George Best should be judged on his football skill, and his ability to entertain. To judge him in the context of people described by mcq is irrelevant.

[wendigo100]

What we fail to appreciate is that these people though very talented are human beings with all the frailtiesand weaknesses that the rest of us have. George Best could quite easily have adopted a quieter life (and how many with his skills have done so?) and become a plumber or .Net developer. But they didnt , they chose to go for it. They endure pressures that most of us would not be able to cope with, so why do we expect them to cope?

Good point, many of the most talented people go off the rails. In football alone, look at Gascoigne, Maradona, even Rooney. I believe their tendency to "go for it" is what made them great players in the first place.

George Best should be judged on his football skill, and his ability to entertain. To judge him in the context of people described by mcq is irrelevant.

If that were true, then he wouldn't be in the news any more. He is what he is now. Having been a great footballer does not make him a great man.

[lORD lUCAN]

I just feel sorry for the family of the liver donater.

What a waste.

Someone else may have had a real chance.

[wendigo100]

I just feel sorry for the family of the liver donater.

What a waste.

Someone else may have had a real chance.

Ah, there you are Lucan. They've been looking for you.

BTW, it's donor

[Dundeegeorge]

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I just feel sorry for the family of the liver donater.

What a waste.

Someone else may have had a real chance.

Yeah, you wonder why they bother transplanting hearts and livers, I mean it's not as if the recipient is going to live for ever is it? What a waste!