Desert Island discs

[tomsk]

Warwick Davis is the person on DID next week,
should be interesting..

[Icey]

Tell us about it.

[tomsk]

Well what I love about him and people like him who are the way they achieve so much in the face of adversity..

[Icey]

It's the same with most disabilities, T. I used to go the sports days of a special needs school, where every person had some disability to contend with. Their fierce desire not to be beaten by their deformities and whatever, was humbling. People who had no legs - they sat in wheelchairs and were dab hands at archery, tennis, table tennis and so on. People with no functioning arms played a type of football with their legs and heads. It was amazing what folk could do, and the pride on their faces when they went up to receive their trophies always made me cry.

[tomsk]

adversity maketh the human..

[Icey]

It certainly makes them stronger, yes.

[tomsk]

Like Ian Dury, he had polio but got on with it,
His autobiography is well worth a read..

[Icey]

Good entertainer, and I agree. He struggled against the odds but managed to get noticed for his talent, not his disability, but .... oh dear. Read this from the London Standard ..... It paints a somewhat different picture of the man to how his fans see him, and it's not pleasant.

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/end ... 01525.html

[tomsk]

It's not so bad,

[Icey]

I disagree. He took it out of people and took pleasure in their discomfort. He also wasn't good to his wife and children, and made them struggle on benefits. I don't call that a good man, tbh, but I love his music!

[tomsk]

He had a tough upbringing and ...
His family must be feeling the benefits of royalties today..

[Icey]

Well I don't know about that. He found himself a girlfriend that he lived with, so maybe SHE reaped any money that rolled in. His kids're grown up now anyway, but they speak quite bitterly of their father, which's sad.

[tomsk]

well it's not my fault..

[Icey]

LOl- well of course not!

[tomsk]

you depress me 007...
I'm glad you've gone to bed!

[Icey]

Oh cheers. You get very moody don't you, especially if you're faced with not very nice facts.

[tomsk]

Fiddlesticks..



Who's on Desert Island discs
Tomorrow..
will let you know...

[Icey]

That's jolly nice of you! : )

[tomsk]

Matthew Winthrop Barzun is the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He is a business executive who is known for his work with CNET Networks and for his volunteer work on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Wikipedia
Born: October 23, 1970 (age 45), New York City, New York, United States
Spouse: Brooke Brown Barzun (m. 1999)
Political party: Democratic Party
Siblings: Lucy Barzun Donnelly, Charles Barzun, Mariana Mensch
Children: Jacques Barzun II, Eleanor Barzun, Charles Barzun
Education: Harvard College

[Icey]

That sounds.... riveting.