Beachy Head

[goldstone]

Soul less.


It used to be really good, lots of character. The new one is aimed at day trippers.

Do not under any circumstances visit the pub or the cafe at Birling Gap.

Both real dumps.

 

[London Calling]

Do not under any circumstances visit the pub or the cafe at Birling Gap.

Both real dumps.

Which also aims to be a hotel?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

If they fenced off Beachy Head, those people who feel desperate enough to top themselves will only go to the next high point and do the same thing.

Sadly, it happens all over the place, it's just Beachy Head that makes the headlines because its traditional (and, I guess, the preferred spot if you want to go out in style).

I work in Brighton, and we get probably three or four calls a week relating to people threatening to chuck themselves off the cliff edge above the marina, or up towards Rottingdean.

Most of them, incidentally, are persuaded to come away from the edge, though often come back week after week.

 

[Trufflehound]

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Or maybe some trampolines.

Wouldn't it be a terrible irony if you bounced off the trampoline and then cracked your skull open on a low-flying seagull on your way back up again?

 

[Man of Harveys]

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Wouldn't it be a terrible irony if you bounced off the trampoline and then cracked your skull open on a low-flying seagull on your way back up again?

You may laugh - it's happened before! I read about it. Somewhere.

 

[Parson Henry]

I visited Beach Head last weekend with Mrs Stinkers. I had never really got very close to the edge until then, but I have to admit that as I edged closer to the sheer drop it did make my willy go a bit funny.

When it's really windy up there as well, I reckon it would be even more frightening.

What the drop or your willy?

 

[bhaexpress]

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Wouldn't it be a terrible irony if you bounced off the trampoline and then cracked your skull open on a low-flying seagull on your way back up again?

Im not sure if you or Riskit makes me laugh the most but by god you are the best things on NSC

 

[RexCathedra]

Where's the cliff over which the Vespa goes at the end of Quadrophenia?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

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Wouldn't it be a terrible irony if you bounced off the trampoline and then cracked your skull open on a low-flying seagull on your way back up again?

Have you been watching Wile E Coyote cartoons again?

 

[Croydonbloke]

What the drop or your willy?

What would worry you more.

 

[Parson Henry]

What would worry you more.

Sorry you will have to explain..

 

[Trufflehound]

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Have you been watching Wile E Coyote cartoons again?

Wile E Coyote has comedic timing that is second to none. The only human ever to push him close is Buster Keaton.

But what the word trampoline immediately brought to mind was this clip I saw on Discovery Channel a few weeks ago...:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dNnpxvIHZc&search=bear trampoline

(Disclaimer for animal rights activists: he did get up and walk away afterwards)

 

[Lady Whistledown]

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Wile E Coyote has comedic timing that is second to none. The only human ever to push him close is Buster Keaton.

But what the word trampoline immediately brought to mind was this clip I saw on Discovery Channel a few weeks ago...:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dNnpxvIHZc&search=bear trampoline

(Disclaimer for animal rights activists: he did get up and walk away afterwards)

It was either that or the Simpsons, which usually features people falling out of skyscrapers, only to land in an open roofed truck carrying pillows. Which then bursts into flames or something like that.

 

[Stinkers Bridge]

What the drop or your willy?

My winkle is always quite frightening - well, the stench more than anything is

 

[Parson Henry]

My winkle is always quite frightening - well, the stench more than anything is

There you are Croydon Bloke...your answer for you.

 

[Brovion]

Where's the cliff over which the Vespa goes at the end of Quadrophenia?

Beachy Head. Unsurprisingly it's featured in a lot of films.

 

[Hannibal smith]

"Anyway about 20 people a year leave their mortal souls at BH - Apparently the third most common suicide spot in the world, after the Golden Gate Bridge and somewhere in Japan. It’s so bad that taxi drivers in the area have code words to say over their radios to call the police if they think that someone’s going to jump. "

I wonder if Jumpers do a runner from the cab or whehter they give massive tips on the basis they wont need money where they are going?

If its the later, I wouldn't call it in.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Why should the Eastbourne cab drivers try to stop them? I bet the tips they get from jumpers are AMAZING.

 

[goldstone]

Which also aims to be a hotel?

We went into the bar at 11.50 on Saturday. Door was open. "We don't open until 12.00". Walked out ... crummy place anyway.

Went round the corner to the cafe. That was open (but crummy also). A few sandwiches lying in a plastic display cabinet. A menu behind the counter listing dishes available until 12.00. Tried to order something. "Kitchen doesn't open until 12.30". "But on the board it says that those dishes are available until 12.00?" "Que??" She was Eastern European with a very poor command of English. Seemed to be trained to say only one word ... "No". Walked out of there too!

Happened to see some people dragging suitcases across the grass (avoiding the litter) to the "hotel rooms" ... based on the standard of the bar and the cafe, I wouldn't personally recommend it!

Seems like a lost opportunity in that location.

 

[Hannibal smith]

Why should the Eastbourne cab drivers try to stop them? I bet the tips they get from jumpers are AMAZING.

'I'm calling in it, your going to jump'

'Here's a grand to keep it shut'

'Best place to jump is just down the end by the danger sign. Cheers, Good luck'