Think I paid the same. I remember being outraged when it went up (to two bob; could have been two bob going up to half a crown but you get the drift). 1969.
I was with you up to there.
Aside from 'you may get hurt' I suspect the average pro boxer over the modern history of boxing has almost no idea of the impact of impact.
The fact that boxing is an arrangement between 'consenting' adults is all that's left of the thin ice that keeps it above water.
You are have certainly invited a wider discussion on the relationship between oxygen, publicity and gimp-fighting.
Perhaps we could get the discussion filmed and . . . .
Oh, hang on....
:facepalm:
I used to get mocked by the extreme right on here for suggesting that spotty 'Islamist' terrorist martyrs have mental health issues.
I will now perhaps enrage the extreme left and right by suggesting that 'chavvy' wanton mad dog-owning skunk-heads also have mental health issues, and are neither...
This came up on the iPod on the train yesterday. It gets me every time. Small onion not required.
I just pasted another version of this on the Madonna thread. In case anyone gets any idea this outrageous vocal talent is just a studio phenomenon.
Anyone who had a telly was watching it, sure. Waving their union* flags, and saying how topping/smashing/bleedin' marvelous it all was.
Just like we all watched the Coronation and the Grand National. And the boat race. A nation of rowers we were.
But this wasn't real interest and engaged...
Yeah, I heard it live.
I know all about the "we have won f*** all and talk is cheap" chat, but for me this praise is nice because it speaks of hope. Not recognition, but hope.
The hope that maybe we will win something before I shuffle off
(any excuse)
I would suggest the opposite. In 1966 hardly anyone cared, and you could have POTG for the final if prepared to queue of half an hour.
I would suggest there is more interest now than there has ever been.
Maybe not so much among the "Ingerland Ingerland, aint no Black in the Union Jack. Ten...