15 April 1989, Hillsborough football stadium, Sheffield
Can't even bring myself to joke about how it was the best day of my life. That was when I realised that some things are more important than football.

Obviously that ludicrous notion elapsed pretty quickly, but it was still a fucking horrible day
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:11, 5 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

things more important than football:
1. everything
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:12, Reply)

SPORT OF QUEENS

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:14, Reply)

Tennis.
www.queensclub.co.uk/
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:14, Reply)

Not linking the image again
Just close your eyes and imagine it.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:14, Reply)

2. everything else

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:14, Reply)

Well said sir!

(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:14, Reply)

I was trying to make light for fear that I be called a melodramatic bastard
but as that hasn't paid off, you fucking well imagine watching dozens of people lying dead on a football pitch at the age of ten

You SHIT
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:16, Reply)

Darth you utter bender

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:17, Reply)

I'm aware that is must have been horrible
but it's not the only time people have died in horrific circumstances. They don't get any extra sympathy.

That's something that fucked me off about recent coverage of disasters. The BBC were reporting as if it didn't matter a damn that other people had died or lost their homes or whatever, they only wanted to know about the British.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:22, Reply)

I fucking hate that
I heard a report about the Christchurch quake that stated how many dead were British FIRST. Fucks sakes. Unless you have family out there (I do, different island though) you're not going to know them whether they were British or not.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:26, Reply)

I don't like that either
"80,000 forrins were killed in an earthquake, but none o' the Queen's citizens died so here's Tom with the weather."
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:28, Reply)

+ on 9, Hillsborough football stadium, Sheffield 4, The London Pallaium was the scene of Tommy's show once more
It was a full house and he had the crowd eating out of his hand once more
Everything, as usual, seemed completely unplanned
And in what seemed like a finale Tommy dropped to the floor
Causing the room to erupt into laughter and rapturous applause
the curtain closed, lights went up and there was no encore
Everybody left there seats and headed for the door
Unbeknownst to them they had witness Tommy Cooper's death
He had given his all until he had nothing left
Now please note that at th moment that this entertainer died
Even with a room full of people not one tear was cried
Much less, they rose to their feet as they lauged and clapped
Now tell me one fucking thing that's more beautiful than that...
Cos' im sure i cant think of one.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:16, Reply)

Hahahhaha

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:16, Reply)

Dan le Sac?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:16, Reply)

...and Scoobius Pip.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8zi7vcnjVc
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:35, Reply)

*stands up*
*applauds vigorously*
*sits down, awaits next salvo*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:18, Reply)

I thought it was fucking brilliant.
I wish that happened across the nation every fucking weekend.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:16, Reply)

Your comment has been noted

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:21, Reply)

see also
The Herald of Free Enterprise
That boat with the party on it
WWII
The Hindenberg
Michael Ryan

etc etc
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:26, Reply)

Wanna buy a lorry?
It fell off the back of a ferry.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:26, Reply)

*chortles*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:28, Reply)

Next time you're whinging, son...

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:32, Reply)

This

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:36, Reply)

You don't count, you're a peasant who buys Ferrero Rocher with your own hard-earned cash.
If you'd got some quail eggs 'on tick' he might respect you.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:40, Reply)

I don't expect respect from any B3tan
I doubt this comes as a shock
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:44, Reply)

I was showing you respect right there! ^
You fucker!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:47, Reply)

It's so difficult to keep up with what's sarcasm and what's not
Er... thank you :-)
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:49, Reply)

I'm not surprised
That must have been fucking awful
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:16, Reply)

My mate was there and he was in that pen, but he escaped, and his mum couldn't find him. he was only about ten.
And my cousin's cousin died. He was eighteen. My dad was pretending to have a shave but he was sobbing, but I kept staring at him, and eventually he said "I babysat him, and I still think of him as little like you." and I felt like I'd done something wrong.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:20, Reply)

That's horrible
Every time I think about that day it chills me to the bone to imagine how much worse it must have been to be at the other end.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 12:27, Reply)