Captain Tom

[Josef Svejk]

[Anubis]

19 minutes ago, Josef Svejk said:

Hannah? Is that you?

[Rico1304]

1 hour ago, Gnasher said:

Agreed. Made a cunt of himself purely on the basis they seemed nice middle class respectable people. 

 

 

The accounts were signed off. There was no irregularity with them.  
 

This is an IP issue that could potentially allow a third party company to profit off the brand.  

[Gnasher]

10 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

The accounts were signed off. There was no irregularity with them.  
 

This is an IP issue that could potentially allow a third party company to profit off the brand.  

 

If you say so.

[Section_31]

There's something perfectly modern British about this whole thing.

 

The guy decides to raise some money, his kid and her hubby - the kind of middle class dimwits who would have been trying to scam Who Wants to be a Millionaire 20 years ago, turn it into a grift, then take their dad on a plane to Barbados where he gets Covid and dies. 

 

All the while he's lauded by helmets like Piers Morgan and the gammon legions.

 

The British will monitize anything now, from pandemics to family, patriotism and compassion itself.

 

This is why I could never be arsed with it, or clap for carers, Britain is to sincerity what a black hole is to photons.

[Arniepie]

Thought this was all a vicious rumour invented by leftist types because he didn't vote Labour or some such?

[Arniepie]

2 hours ago, Section_31 said:

There's something perfectly modern British about this whole thing.

 

The guy decides to raise some money, his kid and her hubby - the kind of middle class dimwits who would have been trying to scam Who Wants to be a Millionaire 20 years ago, turn it into a grift, then take their dad on a plane to Barbados where he gets Covid and dies. 

 

All the while he's lauded by helmets like Piers Morgan and the gammon legions.

 

The British will monitize anything now, from pandemics to family, patriotism and compassion itself.

 

This is why I could never be arsed with it, or clap for carers, Britain is to sincerity what a black hole is to photons.

Once the likes of the mail and boris johnson jumped on board the great British public were fully behind it.

Wasn't there a petition to get a statue built at one point?

I remember anyone questiioning just why the family were jetting off to a all xs paid jaunt to Barbados in the middle of a pandemic, getting shouted down for being some type of jealous malcontent.

[Bjornebye]

He was just another distraction tactic to get everyone patriotic while they made mistakes that killed more than should have died and siphoned millions off the taxpayer

[Red_or_Dead]

[Bjornebye]

22 minutes ago, Red_or_Dead said:

What were you buying on Ebay mate? Gimp masks? 

[Rico1304]

12 hours ago, Gnasher said:

 

If you say so.

It’s not me saying so. It’s the CC. The accounts are fine. 
 

Maybe everyone should be handed their cash back?  

[Captain Howdy]

12 hours ago, Section_31 said:

There's something perfectly modern British about this whole thing.

 

The guy decides to raise some money, his kid and her hubby - the kind of middle class dimwits who would have been trying to scam Who Wants to be a Millionaire 20 years ago, turn it into a grift, then take their dad on a plane to Barbados where he gets Covid and dies. 

 

All the while he's lauded by helmets like Piers Morgan and the gammon legions.

 

The British will monitize anything now, from pandemics to family, patriotism and compassion itself.

 

This is why I could never be arsed with it, or clap for carers, Britain is to sincerity what a black hole is to photons.

Orwell was bang on. 

[Gnasher]

11 hours ago, Arniepie said:

Once the likes of the mail and boris johnson jumped on board the great British public were fully behind it.

Wasn't there a petition to get a statue built at one point?

 

I'd be signing that petition although imo it'd be more appropriate to have a statue of his daughter, big smile on her face, arm around the her kids one side, the other raised waving a wad of money. Not to leave Captain Tom out the plinth on which they stand  would be in shape of his coffin.

 

A symbol that far from being cowered by covid and the country's sky high rate of death the British entrepreneurial spirit was never broken and many rose up to make a nice few quid on the side. The statue would not only serve as a monument to modern Britain but imo it'd be quite touching at the same time. 

Quote

I remember anyone questiioning just why the family were jetting off to a all xs paid jaunt to Barbados in the middle of a pandemic, getting shouted down for being some type of jealous malcontent.

 

Indeed, another example of eyebrows not being allowed to be raised.

[Geoff Woade]

11 hours ago, Arniepie said:

Once the likes of the mail and boris johnson jumped on board the great British public were fully behind it.

Wasn't there a petition to get a statue built at one point?

I remember anyone questiioning just why the family were jetting off to a all xs paid jaunt to Barbados in the middle of a pandemic, getting shouted down for being some type of jealous malcontent.

That pissed me off so much, I wonder if BA did the same for anyone else who was raising money or if it was strictly for the one with the most publicity. Then parading him out for the pictures Weekend at Bernie’s style, in blazer and medals but with his shorts on. I’m sure the medals have definitely been valued ‘for insurance purposes only’.

 

[Rico1304]

If he’d been filmed walking round the garden of his mid terraced house in Speke this thread wouldn’t exist. 
 

Theres nothing so British as envy.  

[Section_31]

25 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

If he’d been filmed walking round the garden of his mid terraced house in Speke this thread wouldn’t exist. 
 

Theres nothing so British as envy.  

 

They don't have terraced houses in Speke, you'd know that if you were a man of the people. 

[Moo]

37 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

If he’d been filmed walking round the garden of his mid terraced house in Speke this thread wouldn’t exist. 
 

Theres nothing so British as envy.  

You call it envy when really it's a healthy dose of scepticism.

[Geoff Woade]

40 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

If he’d been filmed walking round the garden of his mid terraced house in Speke this thread wouldn’t exist. 
 

Theres nothing so British as envy.  

Did you type that whilst wearing your Captain Tom branded fleece and slurping down Captain Tom branded gin?
 

He wouldn’t have been filmed walking round his mansion in Surrey or wherever it is if he didn’t have a PR company owned by his fame hungry family behind him. If just the walking round the garden had been the end of it that wouldn’t have been an issue either. Constantly on tv, life story, the song, the statues, etc etc. Then even after he’d died the daughter tried to push having a ‘Captain Tom’ day every year.
It’s also not envy, it’s withering contempt. 
‘Old man walks round his garden (which is what old people do) and the doffers take leave of their senses’. Compare it to the likes of Speedo Mic and the relative reactions and I just find it baffling. Old people were always going to lap it up I suppose because they can give it the ‘we’re the greatest generation, we won the war’ shit that they love.

I don’t think even the most harsh critic is having a go at the bloke himself and I hope he enjoyed himself but the whole thing was and is ridiculous.

[Rico1304]

22 minutes ago, Geoff Woade said:

Did you type that whilst wearing your Captain Tom branded fleece and slurping down Captain Tom branded gin?
 

He wouldn’t have been filmed walking round his mansion in Surrey or wherever it is if he didn’t have a PR company owned by his fame hungry family behind him. If just the walking round the garden had been the end of it that wouldn’t have been an issue either. Constantly on tv, life story, the song, the statues, etc etc. Then even after he’d died the daughter tried to push having a ‘Captain Tom’ day every year.
It’s also not envy, it’s withering contempt. 
‘Old man walks round his garden (which is what old people do) and the doffers take leave of their senses’. Compare it to the likes of Speedo Mic and the relative reactions and I just find it baffling. Old people were always going to lap it up I suppose because they can give it the ‘we’re the greatest generation, we won the war’ shit that they love.

I don’t think even the most harsh critic is having a go at the bloke himself and I hope he enjoyed himself but the whole thing was and is ridiculous.

Totally agree.  Old man raising money is contemptible.  The people who gave money are worse.  Christ.  

[Gnasher]

1 hour ago, Rico1304 said:

If he’d been filmed walking round the garden of his mid terraced house in Speke this thread wouldn’t exist. 
 

Theres nothing so British as envy.  

If it'd been a family from Speke you wouldn't have been so quick to rush to defend them when it became plainly obvious they had been grifting.

 

There's nothing so British as snobbery.

[cloggypop]

Rico wears Captain Tom underpants

[Rico1304]

5 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

If it'd been a family from Speke you wouldn't have been so quick to rush to defend them when it became plainly obvious they had been grifting.

 

There's nothing so British as snobbery.

Plainly obvious? You’d better tell the charity commission they missed something. When you’ve stopped hate wanking over Ursula and huffing Farrow and Ball. 

[Rico1304]

3 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

Rico wears Captain Tom underpants

Inside out. 

[Gnasher]

2 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

Plainly obvious? You’d better tell the charity commission they missed something. When you’ve stopped hate wanking over Ursula and huffing Farrow and Ball. 

Oh come on Rico, they're fucking at it. You're letting the appearance of middle class respectability cloud your judgement 

[RJ Fan club]

If this thread has descended to lazy British tropes… I’m just here to say there’s no smoke without fire.

 

Ergo, they defo did it. Like that weird fella in Bristol, wrong uns