Whatever happened to the Heroes….
Do you have Heroes?
No not the chocolates,
Or the album by David Bowie,
Heroes as in people you look up to, want to emulate,
Role models of how to conduct yourself.
My hero as a nipper was Muhammad Ali,
A black Muslim.
Then I added Evel Knievel .
The Montana stunt rider who broke his bones for our entertainment.
Then came John Noakes,
Northern, game little fucker, funny, outdoors with Shep,
He had it sussed.
Then as a teenager Johnny Rotten, sarcastic, determined, sneering, original.
Then…….nowt.
No more heroes anymore,
Indeed!
No one inspired me
No one impressed me
No one shook the world
All useless!
A man should have Heroes.
A target to strive for,
I’m gonna be heavyweight champion of the world
I’m gonna jump 10 double decker buses
Nominated by: Miserable northern cunt
Explaining the actions of Captain Oates RM to the current self absorbed cunts would not be easy.
‘ ‘e did what? That’s , I dunno ,init’
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Wouldn’t be easy explaining his actions to me either….if Scott had led me into that position,I’d have tapped him on the head and used his frozen corpse as a sledge for the others to pull me to safety…..failing that,I’d have at least left the igloo door off the latch when i went outside…sauce for the goose,sauce for the gander.
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Hahaha 😂👍
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I second the great Fred Dibnah👍
The closest we have today is probably Guy Martin. A working class British lad with enthusiasm, a taste for birds, beer and engines and massive balls👍
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CG@ – Afternoon General – check out Guy Martins crash and hospital bed interview at the TT – that lad has one serious pair!
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Goes without saying, but Al Jolson for me.◉_◉
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My dad
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I think this is for many children Insignificunt.
Trouble is many find it difficult to tell their Dad it is the case. I know I never managed to tell my Dad he was my hero before he died last year. Hopefully he had an inkling.
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It is a bugger Paul. Back in 1982 my pa was dying. I wanted to tell him yet again how much I loved him but he did not want to hear people saying such things as he refused to believe that he was on the way out.
The worst time of my life.
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My mum is my hero.
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This.
The most honest and trustworthy person I have ever known.
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Sgreed, but how do you know her, C-F?
😺
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My mum for me too.
Would take a bullet for her (and the Mrs) with a smile on my face.
Although with cunts I don’t know? ‘Women and children first’? Get to fuck, I’d be throwing women other people’s kids out of my way to get to the lifeboat first.
Fuck off.
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Who would have thought that a man, given a state funeral in 1965, would have his statue attacked on the streets of London.
A British Hero, inspired a country to fight the Nazi war machine attacked in the country he helped to save.
The country doesn’t deserve heroes any more, it has been infiltrated with weak woke and foreign cunts.
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Role models and heroes for the instagram generation are just vacuous, attention seeking cunts like the beckhams, kardassians, etc. Sprogs these days just aspire to being a “celebrity” and will stoop to any depths to appear on some god fucking awful reality TV in the vain hope of achieving that aim, rather than actually doing something productive and meaningful with their lives. In fact, I’d like to cunt reality TV in general, for being responsible for the decline in morality, personality and, society in general.
But, I’d like to put Sir Ranulph Fiennes into the hero category though, a truly inspirational bloke and, a bit of a rogue to boot. But, generally, as the song goes, heroes are hard to find these days.
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John Surtees for me.
Was so versatile and fearless.
Let’s see Lewis Cameltoe win a TT title, or even complete a 100mph lap.
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Dvd@ – John Surtees was probably the best racer the UK has ever produced – I saw a documentary on him some time ago – a nice, humble, cheerful and decent Man.
Good lad he was, and a gentleman from a better age.
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Got his autograph when I was a kid.
Nice bloke.
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Former football manager, pundit and lothario, Malcolm Allison, for throwing a porn star into the team bath as a reward for a victory.
I somehow doubt Gareth Wokegate would ever do that. Although he might throw a fucking tranny in, the fucking bignosed woke twat.
Also Big Ron ‘I forgot my mic was still on’ Atkinson for his, ‘I don’t know what all the fuss is about this Totti. He looks like a twat to me. Oi! Are there any more of these sandwiches left love?’
And his ‘i don’t know why we’ve got so many Chinese people in the world. Their women are so ugly you’d think it’d be a guarantee of celibacy Brian.’
Oh, his Desailly is a ‘big useless lazy …’ lol.
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I don’t know his name, but that Cop who knelt on that scumbag George’s neck. He should have a Medal as big as a dustbin lid.!
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Yes, I’d even pay for the commissioning for the medal.
It would make an olympic medal look like a thrupenny bit.
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Norman Tebbit is one of my hero’s because he changed the way I thought. 16 years old, and a snot nosed wannabe rebel and a total obnoxious cunt. I thought the world owed me something. Then I heard the ‘get on your bike’ speech and I never looked back. Another hero is Commander Jim Lovell, the astronaut. 250,000 miles away from Earth in a fucked up space capsule, looking imminent Death right in the face and he stays as cool as a fucking cucumber and steadied his two crewmen, and landed the fucking thing. The word hero is given to everyone and everything these days, for just doing their job! That includes NHS, sportsmen/wimminz TV personalities and other assorted cunts!
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Lovell is a good shout.
Sad that p er vs like Schofield are labelled heroes instead, for lying to his wife for years and bumming teenage studio runners (allegedly).
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Absolutely, absolutely! That fucking Marmite Badger only came out because he was about to be outed! Ok, in a man’s world, by that I mean old fashioned men, as in the ones who were born with a cock and two balls, admitting to being a homosexualist might be a bit brave, but not heroic by any fucking means. I think for them coming out is just a way of advertising for more cock!
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Apollo 13 – my favourite movie. I can watch it again and again.
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I’ve actually met Gene Kranz.
A very warm, engaging and humble bloke.
It was quite a thrill to meet a genuine American hero.
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Long story but the the two Americans I adopted as my parents kept a boat in Wisconsin and it was two berths down from where Jim Lovell kept his boat. They had met and chatted with him tons of times and said he was also a regular but very humble guy who didn’t like any fuss or drama. I was trying to get a pic of them with him but sadly they both passed before it could happen🥺🥺
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Foghorn-I met a lad who had worked as a gardener for Lord Tebbit.
He told me that he had rats living in clay pipes, near his large pond and would stand their with an air rifle saying:
“Come out Tony, come out Gordon!”
Fucking legend👍
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My hero is Hunter Biden.
His status as son of a Democrat politician gives him protection and liberties that are unbelievable. If I were him I could live like a rock star without having to do anything at all and my messes would be cleaned up behind me. What an enviable life he gets to lead.
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Right up until he crosses the line where no amount of political clout can save him, and he either has to fall in his sword or spends the rest of his life in a 2 bed, 6 x 10 with Big DelRoy!
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Hero’s; the pilots doing one way flights to Butlins holiday camp Rwanda, braver than I
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Churchill. Awful Man, but the only one with the arrogance, spite and bullish attitude of “fuck with us and see what happens” to stand up to the nazi (now called “liberal”) menace.
Eddie Lawson – dragged an unrideable Z1 round the AMA championship tracks to win, then World Champion on Yamaha and subsequently Honda 500CC GP bikes (the REAL machines, not the glorified road bikes “GP racers” use these days) – broken arm? Tape it in place. Broken ribs? Grit your teeth. Painkillers? “Fuck off!”.
Last of the old school hard Men.
Simon Weston, for obvious reasons.
99% of the people I ever admired are dead.
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Am I glad you don’t admire me.
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Moggie@ – I have great respect for you Moggie, but try and refrain from dying, there’s a good sort! 😀
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Jimi Hendrix
Slade
Jon Pertwee then Tom Baker as Doctor Who
Gordon Hill, Sammy Mac, and Stuart ‘Pancho’ Pearson
James Hunt
Tommy ‘The Doc’ Docherty
The Sweeney
Bruce Lee
The Professionals
Clint Eastwood
The Jam
Bryan ‘Robbo’ Robson
What have kids got now? Ed Sheercunt, Marcus Rashford, Sam Smith, the daft woman or black poove Doctor Who, Rylan Clark Cunt, Benedict Cuntberdinck, Raheem ‘Weasel’ Sterling, Daniel Twatcliffe, Gareth Wokegate. Absolutey horrendous. Even Star Wars is now shite. At least in 1977, Harrison Ford was cool as fuck as Han Solo. Now it’s that luvvie shithouse, Ewan McGregcunt. Bloody awful.
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Harrison also got to give one to Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) on the set of The Empire Strikes Back. He really did, he was straight in there. What a hero….
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Personally, I’d have liked to have tubbed Karen Allen on the set of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Ornella Muti from Flash Gordon. My first lob on to her in 1980.
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A threesome with Carrie F & Ms Allen👍
With a Linda Lusarid chaser😋
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Guys like Simon Weston and thousands more war wounded. Stoic, brave men and women.
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Mine remains Albert Schweitzer. First read a paperback about him in 1-ry school, was mightily impressed.
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Roger Moore
Patrick Macnee
Lemmy
Sochiro Honda, for giving us the best motorcycles (fuck off Harley Davidson, you’re not even close)
Douglas Bader, for going up against the luftwaffe with no fucking legs.
And for saying to a group of German veterans “I didn’t realise we left so many of you bastards alive”
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Oh and of course me old Dad, without whom it might have been impossible to extricate myself from the clutches of the evil first baroness bastard (without incurring an extended stay at Her Majesties pleasure)…
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Of course, I have always respected the foremost ladies men and fanny magnets of our times.
George Best
Rod Stewart
James Hunt
Errol Flynn
Warren Beatty
Richard Harris
Pablo Picasso
Clark Gable
Jack Nicholson
John .F. Kennedy
David Niven
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David Niven was especially ace. 🙂
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Thing was, we had proper blokes we could look up to. Dennis Waterman (RIP), Henry Cooper, Lewis Collins, Phil Lynott, Lemmy, Oliver Reed, Lee Brilleaux, Ian Gillan, Martin Buchan, Tom Baker, and many others.
Now, white straight heroes are banned. Any men (for want of a better word) who are seen as heroes now are pathetic woke worms or softarses like Harry Hewiit, Daniel Twatcliffe, Ed Sheercunt, Benderdict Cuntberdinck. Or they are waiting to come out fairies like Harry Styles and Lewis Hamilton.🤢
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I saw a brilliant Evel Knievel t-shirt once. Nice piccy of him with the slogan:
“Evel Knieval – Compared to him we’re all gay”.
Thought that was funny. Can’t find it anywhere now. Probably been cancelled.
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Evening IY👍
I watched a documentary about Evel and his life .
A right orrible cunt!😁
Cantankerous as fuck,
Stubborn, a old school man’s man who liked a drink and was quick to take offense.
He’d fit right in on ISAC!!
Brave as fuck, goes without saying but not the nicest of blokes .
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Evening Mis.
Didn’t know that. Ta for the intel. I agree he’d fit right in with the ISAC crowd.
I can’t imagine what made him want to do those crazy stunts, but fair dos. He went all in.
Hope all is well in the Mis universe.
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Yes thanks IY👍
Evel went to prison for beating Sal Saltman a vice president of 20th century fox with a baseball bat,
Because he didn’t like what Saltman had written about him.
A loose cannon type.
But the man was a born entertainer and a American icon,
As a 7yr old I’d nearly piss my pants with excitement watching his jumps🙂
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I remember the wind up EK stint-motorcycle with action figure.
1970’s toys were fucking brilliant:
Leather footie
Scalextrics
Mechano
Skate board
Train sets
Toys and games to really engage the brain or keep kids fit👍
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Ernest Shackelton – stranded with his crew in the Antarctic, sailed over 800 miles in stormy seas to South Georgia then walked over icy mountainous terrain to get help and finally saved all of his crew. One of the great survival stories of all time.
As for movie heroes – anyone who describes tiny Tom Cruise to me as a hero gets the reply “Lee Fucking Marvin!” Joined the marines at 18, saw combat in the Pacific, before being wounded.
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Grumpy Badger@
How about Audy Murphy?
One of the most decorated soldiers of WW2,
Film star Murphy held of a battalion of German soldiers single handed till help came,
Then led a successful charge despite being out of ammunition and wounded.
He was awarded the medal of honour.
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Captain Robert Nairac (RIP).
Lived dangerously an died dangerously.
Now that was a hero…..👍
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