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Post by marinerbhoy on Oct 12, 2005 0:55:27 GMT 10
did you know his brother lives in woy woy. spike said of woy woy that it is the best above ground cemetry.
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Post by Dan on Oct 12, 2005 7:06:41 GMT 10
Thats right. Bloke had a unique outlook on life. very very quick witted.
He wanted " I told you i was ill " engraved on his headstone, but i think his family blocked the idea.
Shame.
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Post by dru on Oct 12, 2005 7:48:32 GMT 10
actually he called woy woy the worlds only above ground cemetry. and they put the "i told you i was ill on but it's in gaelic i think.
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Post by Dan on Oct 12, 2005 8:25:37 GMT 10
Ah! Thats right. Thats the only way the fam would allow it. Took 2 years apparently, a lot of infighting. Bloody hell, if spike wanted it they shouldve granted his wish straight away.
Testamant to the blokes wonderful outlook on life, that he still wants people to have a laugh when he's gone.
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Post by marinermick on Oct 12, 2005 9:17:46 GMT 10
did you know his brother lives in woy woy. spike said of woy woy that it is the best above ground cemetry. That's why Woy Woy holds the Coast's only internationally recognised festival every year - Spikefest His mum lived there as well. Spike used to visit the Coast often. |
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Post by marinerbhoy on Oct 12, 2005 10:32:59 GMT 10
actually he called woy woy the worlds only above ground cemetry. and they put the "i told you i was ill on but it's in gaelic i think. thats right. did you watch the show on abc? |
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Post by marinermick on Oct 12, 2005 10:53:34 GMT 10
actually he called woy woy the worlds only above ground cemetry. and they put the "i told you i was ill on but it's in gaelic i think. thats right. did you watch the show on abc? no |
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Post by dru on Oct 12, 2005 10:56:30 GMT 10
actually he called woy woy the worlds only above ground cemetry. and they put the "i told you i was ill on but it's in gaelic i think. thats right. did you watch the show on abc? saw a little bit of it, but once they started talking about the infighting i gave up |
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Post by Pete on Oct 12, 2005 11:23:06 GMT 10
Spike had troubles with depression and really fought some gremlins in his personality all his life. But I am glad he will be remembered for his fantastic wit, eccentricity, and putting Woy Woy on the map!
"I told you I was ill" is a fantastic epitaph IMHO.
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Post by striker9 on Oct 12, 2005 12:05:49 GMT 10
maybe I'm lucky - I've never seen Woy Woy (I guess it was named by someone with a stutter?)
I'll have to drive by on Sunday when I come to the game!
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Post by Golden Boy on Oct 12, 2005 12:48:58 GMT 10
I saw the show on abc, and in my opinion it was incorrectly titled. It was barely about Spike Milligan, rather his daughter and family. I, being a young fella, don't know much of Spike's work. I've never heard the Goon show or read any of his books and was hoping to get an idea of how funny the bloke was but unfortunately the show didn't give me any insight into the man's comedy.
1 and a half stars for me. What did you think Margaret Pomeranz?
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Post by sacko on Oct 12, 2005 20:43:50 GMT 10
I read "Hitler my part in his down fall" years ago which I seem to remember was pretty interesting...
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Post by Ursus on Oct 13, 2005 12:06:24 GMT 10
I read "Hitler my part in his down fall" years ago which I seem to remember was pretty interesting... Interesting! I still cannot stop laughing out loud at parts of it. Well worth anyone tracking a copy down if they haven't read it. |
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