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Simply the Best...

Nov 27, 2005 00:23

Too much driving today.

I HATE driving. :P

In better news...Arsenal won today 3-0 against Blackburn Rovers... which moves us up to second place in the league.

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Re: What a waste! gorbag_orc November 27 2005, 12:03:44 UTC

Yeah Penn, a real shame.
I'm afraid I can't bring myself to have any sympathy for him as a person. 3 years ago he was given a new liver and told if he drank again he would die.
He stayed on the wagon for a couple of years but then started drinking again, eventually leading to Friday's outcome.
So essentially he was given a second chance in life and chose to throw it away... that liver he was given could have gone to someone else in need, maybe saved a life that wouldn't then have wasted it.
So no, I can't feel sympathy for him.
But I can celebrate how great he was in his prime and mourn the waste of a sporting genius. :)

Oh, and you can tell your husband that George used to be known as the 5th Beatle back in his pomp. :D

Re: What a waste! pennquelle November 27 2005, 15:35:51 UTC

Yow, he really was gorgeous!! :D

Liver transplants usually aren't approved for people with alcoholism, because it is such a difficult disease to get over. I tend to hold people accountable for the choices they make in life, but if you think of alcoholism as a disease and not just a choice, it's easier to be somewhat sympathetic. I struggle to see those illnesses that we bring on ourselves in the same light as those that strike through no known cause. But, alcoholism is a terrible way to live your life and a horrible death. So, I feel sorry for him. He can't have been happy if he was willing to waste what he had.

Re: What a waste! gorbag_orc November 27 2005, 20:10:54 UTC

Well, he always insisted that he loved life and enjoyed it to the fullest.
So who knows...
I suspect he got a new liver due to him having lots of money... :/

At the West Ham vs Manchester United match today (George played for Man Utd), they held a one minute Applause rather than a one minute silence. :)
I think that's a better way to go.

Re: What a waste! dirnaf November 27 2005, 21:24:22 UTC

Yow indeed! There goes one of those inarticulate, lustful moments....those lips...those bedroom eyes...that hairyness!!....But the reality I guess may well have been a different picture. Alcoholism is a terrible thing to be damned with and although many manage to recover and stay off the booze, many sucum (dang, I have trubble with dat word!) to it again and again even after genuine attempts to stay clean. And I always think, "there but for the Grace."

Dir, who is having a Riddley Walker morning. '~'

Re: What a waste! glass_moth November 28 2005, 02:16:51 UTC

I am having a lustful moment also. Oh dear, the eyes, the lips the hairyness.....swoon..
Alcholism is a horrible horrible thing. It destroys the person and their relationships with those around them. I feel very sorry for him :(

football glass_moth November 28 2005, 02:19:26 UTC

Oh and excuse me Gorb, Penn is not the only Yank who knows about football :P

Re: football gorbag_orc November 30 2005, 00:04:45 UTC

Of course...I forgot you were a big Michael Owen fan. :D

(Well....LITTLE Micahael Owen strictly speaking :D )

Re: What a waste! pennquelle November 28 2005, 05:27:58 UTC

Dir, I don't use big words like succumb. :p I don't need to, I misspell little words like foul. :D

Re: What a waste! gorbag_orc November 30 2005, 00:06:09 UTC

I just remembered another favourite George Best quote... :P

"I spent a lot of money on booze, women and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."

:D

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