Matt 236 Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 The chances of there not being another celebrity death before the end of 2016 are the equivalent of me holding my breath for an hour and being absolutely fine afterwards. I.E unfortunately Prince most certainly won't be the last celebrity death of 2016, not to mention we still have 8 months of the year to go through as well. That said, 2016 has been the worst year for celebrity deaths by a country mile. Having already lost: David Bowie Alan Rickman Terry Wogan Frank Kelly George Martin Frank Sinatra JR Ronnie Corbett Victoria Wood Prince Emerson Lake pianist guy And many more I've embarrisngly perhaps forgotten about. Rest In peace to all of them. Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 BREAKING NEWS - FAMOUS PEOPLE NOT IMMUNE TO DEATH stretchy, Kerfuffle, Tom and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Victoria Wood was a massive shock, to me she seems like a very current figure in comedy drama. Prince, however, I couldn't believe. Despite him being before my time I feel like he has had a direct influence on every piece of music I listen to. Bowie & Prince. Musical greats. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 POPULAR 80'S ICONS IN DEATH 30 YEARS LATER SHOCKER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Shall we do what Towers Street used to do and have a bet on who is next. I'm gunning for Brucie. I shouldn't laugh as death isn't funny but I said yesterday "my money's on Bruce Forsyth going next" Mer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Don't forget the last PG Tips chimp who passed away yesterday too. Where will it end?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 So that was two celebrity ch..... Nope, let's not go there. My money is on Brucie as well, Duke of Edinburgh an outside shot too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 So that was two celebrity ch..... Nope, let's not go there. My money is on Brucie as well, Duke of Edinburgh an outside shot too... "Two celebrity ch.." Please don't tell me that's subtle racism from you there Ian. L7123456 and CharlieN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Racism is not tolerated on Thorpe Park Mania Stem-completion 'jokes' are not exempt just because you're not spelling out (literally) the end of the 'joke' Graw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graw Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 So that was two celebrity ch..... Nope, let's not go there. this ain't the britain first forums.. CharlieN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Britain First wouldn't have been so polite. It wasn't so long ago that racism was when you descriminated, prejudiced or generally suppressed someone of a different race because you felt your race was superior in some way, cracking a joke didn't fall into that, having said that, I apologise to any members of the forum if my humour offends them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 The place for that humour may not be on a forum where the demographic differs vastly from the time that you're referring too Also online there is more chance to offend as posts are interpreted very differently I'm sure your humour is well recieved by others, but not on an internet forum I suggest! Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Slightly ironic that a joke attracts so much protesting, yet when a member decided to start a witch hunt the other week against the disabled RAP users at parks, barely anybody speaks up in their defence. Hope you don't edit this post either, suppressing a persons view just because you don't like what they say is, err, very ironic too, given the subject matter. On a personal note, if you think my humour is bad, best be glad my fathers generation hasn't yet worked out how the internet works, now I hope we can draw a line under this, you let this post stand and the forum can move on from it like the adults we're supposed to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 If you head back to that topic you'll see that I for one did speak up in the defence of those who disabilities are not visible; I can quote several posts if you like. At the time of that discussion many people spoke up in defence of certain RAP users whilst also admitting the RAP system has faults which enable it to be 'abused' by a small minority. As a moderator it is part of my role to 'keep the peace', so when a post is reported it is dealt with seriously. In regards to editing posts, as stated in the forum rules (which you agree to adhering to when registering), the mania hub team have the right to amend any posts. In this case the post was amended by one word in order to resolve the situation quickly and easily, and the reasons were explained to you clearly over personal message. Any problems with my moderating style can be reported to any other member of the team. The 'humour' of your fathers generation is irrelevant to this discussion, as I'm sure posts that nature would also be reported and dealt with similarly to yours pognoi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 I didn't say nobody spoke up, I said barely anybody, point still stands though, it being fine for someone to witch hunt the disabled but not OK to make a racist joke. Descrimination is descrimination, regardless, and as discussed, that post is the first time you've told me the original post was reported. Similarly, as you know I'm not going to go running to your fellow mods because I don't like your style or views, or whatever, we can continue to discuss it in private, or on the forum, your choice, or you could just ban me and I won't bother you again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 My views are irrelevant to how I deal with reported posts, there is no need to discuss further, the PM was simply to tell you why your posts have been changed And just to clarify, we operate a strike warning system, and nothing you have said or posts warrants a strike let alone a ban - All healthy discussion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Last post I promise, the changing/deleting of my posts took away the context to others that you were so fond of telling me about in PM, they may not have liked what I said afterwards, but it gave context as to why I said what I said, if my original comment was so offensive, then perhaps it would have been better to delete it all and given me the wrist slapping in private, rather than just leave the original comment in place and suppress the followup. Yes the joke was in poor taste, but as I tried to explain before, that was my generations humour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Perfect Edited April 23, 2016 by Tommy Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mah boi Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 With recent events, a video came to mind which is quite funny. I guess its a nice way to lighten up the situation of the passing of the celebs. Han30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 That video is brilliant I used to love watching Spitting Image back in the day - the John Major was probably my favourite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Not massive, but I actually saw one or two of these protests today so http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-36451861 EDIT: Also saw the Skinhead reunion and was very close to it when we saw the protesters. Lots of police and saw most of it from the pier too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 If anyone is planning or going on holiday in the next few months, now might be the time to get your money. With Leave now ahead in the yougov polls, our economies heading for a lull so top up whilst you can. pognoi and Graeme 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Didn't YouGov have a Labour landslide majority prediction at the last election? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Actually multiple polls now have brexit ahead. I suspect it's because of Camerons terrible performance on sky while Goves was pretty good. The remainiacs endless economy doomed is wearing off as no one believes it to be anywhere near as bad as they are saying. Meanwhile Leave is focusing on immigration which is an argument they clearly win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Yeah I know, I was just being facetious. I didn't watch the Sky debates but I get the general feeling from talking to Joe Public that most people are getting fedup with the doom and gloom from the stay in side, it's like they either think it doesn't matter, or they generally don't have any good viewpoints to backup their in stance, so just keep droning on about how life will be worse if we leave, insteasd of pushing the benefits to staying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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