Doris Lessing dies

[Tangled up in Blue]

http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/national/10815074.Nobel_winning_author_Lessing_dies/

RIP to a great feminist and a wonderful author.

 

[Bielzibubz]

I'm obviously not worthy because..............................................WHO?


And more to the point. Who actually gives a toss?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I'm obviously not worthy because..............................................WHO?


And more to the point. Who actually gives a toss?

You've never heard of someone who won the Nobel prize for literature just six years ago? :stunned:

In answer to your question, I care, (and I'm sure other people do too).

When did philistinism become so acceptable in the UK? :unsure:

 

[steveo]

Gutted. .

 

[Berrichonne shrimper]

Also gutted she was a great Medium or was that Doris Stokes.

 

[steveo]

Also gutted she was a great Medium or was that Doris Stokes.

I think she was probably an XL

 

[Berrichonne shrimper]

I think she was probably an XL

A great joke that i have used on a Medium at a church once,but to be fair it was nice to hear from my mother..

 

[Ricey]

I'm obviously not worthy because..............................................WHO?


And more to the point. Who actually gives a toss?

I would hazard a guess her friends and family are probably pretty upset about it so they 'give a toss'.

 

[Berrichonne shrimper]

I would hazard a guess her friends and family are probably pretty upset about it so they 'give a toss'.

I think he meant more who on here apart from the OP giving a toss,everyone who posts on here knows you through your posts and if you shrugged off this mortail coil then most if not all of us WOULD give a toss but who has heard od dear old Doris,not me.
P.S. please dont die Mr Rice.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

I think he meant more who on here apart from the OP giving a toss,everyone who posts on here knows you through your posts and if you shrugged off this mortail coil then most if not all of us WOULD give a toss but who has heard od dear old Doris,not me.
P.S. please dont die Mr Rice.

I wouldn't give a toss :winking:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Some of you could benefit from having a look at this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24979129

Whatever happened to respect for the dead?

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

Some of you could benefit from having a look at this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24979129

Whatever happened to respect for the dead?

Like Margaret Thatcher?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Like Margaret Thatcher?

Thatcher was a divisive,right-wing politician.Doris Lessing was a well-respected,first-rate author.

I'll be interested to see what some neanderthals on here have to say, when Nelson Mandela (and particularly Tony Benn), pop their cloggs.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Thatcher was a devisive,right-wing politician.Doris Lessing was a well-respected,first-rate author.

I'll be interested to see what some neanderthals on here have to say, when Nelson Mandella (and particularly Tony Benn), pop their cloggs.

As an aside, the man is pretty much a vegetable by all accounts. Seems as though SA are afraid to let him die.

 

[Uncle Leo]

As an aside, the man is pretty much a vegetable by all accounts. Seems as though SA are afraid to let him die.

Along similar lines (and we are veering way off topic here) I was surprised to see the other day that former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon is still alive. Been in a coma for years, but still hanging on.

 

[steveo]

Thatcher was a divisive,right-wing politician.Doris Lessing was a well-respected,first-rate author.

I'll be interested to see what some neanderthals on here have to say, when Nelson Mandella (and particularly Tony Benn), pop their cloggs.

Margaret Thatcher was a well respected by millions first rate politician. Because she took your Union mates on and kicked their arses you don't like her. If that was one of the reasons you deserted your home nation then more credit to Maggie.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Margaret Thatcher was a well respected by millions first rate politician. Because she took your Union mates on and kicked their arses you don't like her. If that was one of the reasons you deserted your home nation then more credit to Maggie.

Thatcher was certainly not well respected by millions in Scotland or in the North of England.

Nor was she well respected by many ordinary working people,trades unionists and Socialists,throughout the UK.

(Actually, I first left the UK when Callaghan was PM in 1978 so unfortunately, I can't claim that as a reason why I left.

Having returned for a year in 80/81, I was quite happy to go back abroad after that,though).

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

Thatcher was a divisive,right-wing politician.Doris Lessing was a well-respected,first-rate author.

I'll be interested to see what some neanderthals on here have to say, when Nelson Mandella (and particularly Tony Benn), pop their cloggs.

So, what you're implying is it's ok to not have respect for the dead, but only if they're someone you don't like? Bloody hell, do you ever listen to yourself? As for Mandella/Benn, I seem to recall that people were respectful when Michael Foot died, so I see no reason why Benn shouldn't be the same. As for Mandella, I think for the majority he'll be seen as someone that is above party politics. Pity you can't be really

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Thatcher was a divisive,right-wing politician.Doris Lessing was a well-respected,first-rate author.

I'll be interested to see what some neanderthals on here have to say, when Nelson Mandella (and particularly Tony Benn), pop their cloggs.

Please show some respect whilst he is alive and spell his name correctly. It is Mandela.

 

[steveo]

So, what you're implying is it's ok to not have respect for the dead, but only if they're someone you don't like? Bloody hell, do you ever listen to yourself? As for Mandella/Benn, I seem to recall that people were respectful when Michael Foot died, so I see no reason why Benn shouldn't be the same. As for Mandella, I think for the majority he'll be seen as someone that is above party politics. Pity you can't be really

And shouldn't us Neanderthals have been given a capital N?