The Late Sir Jimmy Saville: National Treasure, Charity Saint and Sexual Predator - Page 3

ZenGum · 12-25-2012, 02:18 AM

So today's Christmas cracker, as well as a lame joke, had a trivia question.

Quote:

Which British TV music presenter also had over 100 bouts as a professional wrestler?

Well, the crackers were bought at a sale last February, so we can't blame the makers, but ... oyyyy....

DanaC · 12-25-2012, 05:32 AM

ouch.

[eta] as a kid I never noticed that he was actually a physically imposing guy. Looking at some of the interviews from when he was young, I can imagine him being a bit of scary bastard if he wanted to be.

Sundae · 04-23-2013, 09:09 AM

Rolf Harris.
Deary me.

And people talk about the good old days when it was safe for kiddies to play outside because there were no paedos and you never even had to lock your doors.
Turns out the kiddie fiddlers didn't have to raid council estates back then - they just got drunk on power and took what they wanted as perks of the job.

DanaC · 04-23-2013, 11:35 AM

I know! I saw the news of it last week, i was like Nooooooo!

That said: he's not in the same tranch as Savile. This sounds more like the Hairy Cornflake - jailbait rather than kiddies, and one individual rather than a litany.

Aliantha · 04-23-2013, 11:44 AM

My mum loved rolf harris and as kids we were brought up on his music and shows. He still does the voice over in one kids show (olive the ostrich).

Anyway, life will go on regardless. Still, its a shame.

DanaC · 04-23-2013, 11:47 AM

If Tom Baker ends up involved in any of this Imma break something up.

They should change the name from Operation Yewtree, to Operation Dismantle 70s Childhoods.

Undertoad · 04-23-2013, 01:02 PM

Bruce Forsyth, no!!!!

Sundae · 04-23-2013, 02:24 PM

No, not Brucie.
Not yet.

ZenGum · 04-23-2013, 07:03 PM

Rolf Harris's songs are, with hindsight, a bit of a clue ... Two Little Boys, Jake the Peg (with my extra leg...), Tie Me Kangaroo Down ...

footfootfoot · 04-23-2013, 08:57 PM

Tie the little boys down, sport
tie the little boys down
there's no one around sport
so tie the little boys down...

I don't even have to try, Rolf left that one wide open.

Plenty of room in this handbasket!

xoxoxoBruce · 04-23-2013, 09:47 PM

There appears to be a lot of show biz perverts in the Brit commonwealth.
Here we try to restrict them to Washington, DC, if we can.

Aliantha · 04-23-2013, 10:05 PM

Harris hasn't actually been charged with anything yet has he?

footfootfoot · 04-23-2013, 10:13 PM

only by the media

Aliantha · 04-23-2013, 10:14 PM

Yeah, that's what I thought.

I hope he isn't guilty, just so I can go on thinking he's a good person. I hate having childhood illusions smashed. It happens way too much.

footfootfoot · 04-24-2013, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Yeah, that's what I thought.

I hope he isn't guilty, just so I can go on thinking he's a good person. I hate having childhood illusions smashed. It happens way too much.

A wise man once told me, "There are three things you will never find in this life: A perfect dry martini, a hooker that makes love with genuine emotion, and your lost innocence."

04-23-2013, 09:09 AM	#33
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Rolf Harris. Deary me. And people talk about the good old days when it was safe for kiddies to play outside because there were no paedos and you never even had to lock your doors. Turns out the kiddie fiddlers didn't have to raid council estates back then - they just got drunk on power and took what they wanted as perks of the job. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

04-23-2013, 11:44 AM	#35
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	My mum loved rolf harris and as kids we were brought up on his music and shows. He still does the voice over in one kids show (olive the ostrich). Anyway, life will go on regardless. Still, its a shame. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-23-2013, 02:24 PM	#38
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	No, not Brucie. Not yet. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

04-23-2013, 07:03 PM	#39
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Rolf Harris's songs are, with hindsight, a bit of a clue ... Two Little Boys, Jake the Peg (with my extra leg...), Tie Me Kangaroo Down ... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-23-2013, 08:57 PM	#40
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Tie the little boys down, sport tie the little boys down there's no one around sport so tie the little boys down... I don't even have to try, Rolf left that one wide open. Plenty of room in this handbasket! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

04-23-2013, 01:02 PM	#37
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Bruce Forsyth, no!!!!

04-23-2013, 09:47 PM	#41
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There appears to be a lot of show biz perverts in the Brit commonwealth. Here we try to restrict them to Washington, DC, if we can. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-23-2013, 10:05 PM	#42
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Harris hasn't actually been charged with anything yet has he? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-23-2013, 10:13 PM	#43
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	only by the media __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

04-23-2013, 10:14 PM	#44
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yeah, that's what I thought. I hope he isn't guilty, just so I can go on thinking he's a good person. I hate having childhood illusions smashed. It happens way too much. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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