sun newspaper then.

A rag for the braindead.

yep.
bought it for the crossword.
to kill time at dentist's this morning.

tbf most papers are full o shite

yep.

Oscar Wilde called them 'The devil's sermon sheet' didn't he?

fucking shirt-lifter he was.

erixter wrote:fucking shirt-lifter he was.

whats that got to do with anything

well it might just colour his view of society.

i'm not bothered really.
just talking for talk-sake.

erixter wrote:well it might just colour his view of society.

well i expect it did

missj wrote:

erixter wrote:fucking shirt-lifter he was.

whats that got to do with anything

Oscar Wilde was a very special human being imo.

wouldn't argue with that tony,
what do they call it?
flawed genius.

erixter wrote:wouldn't argue with that tony,
what do they call it?
flawed genius.

I don't think he was flawed....just born in the wrong era....a bit like me.

Nobby Cheese wrote:

erixter wrote:wouldn't argue with that tony,
what do they call it?
flawed genius.

I don't think he was flawed....just born in the wrong era....a bit like me.

what flawed cus he was gay eric ?

Nobby Cheese wrote:

erixter wrote:wouldn't argue with that tony,
what do they call it?
flawed genius.

I don't think he was flawed....just born in the wrong era....a bit like me.

yeah,
me to.

I was born in 1949
I would love to have been born in 1849 instead.

Nobby Cheese wrote:Oscar Wilde called them 'The devil's sermon sheet' didn't he?

Nye Bevan used to read them avidly. It was his one form of continuous fiction.

i used to think that i would like to have been a bit earlier to have fully appreciated the 60s.

but on reflection,
it's best that i missed that,
a more austere world would have suited me.