David Beckham

Sorry Mrs Mopp.

Well, he is wooden, so that's all good then..

Wooden he be perfect for the part?

Sorry I wooden go to see it/him.

Oh, very good trisher boom boom !

Casting could be interesting

Can't you get those padded underpants that are supposed to give you 'a butt like Becks' these days?

I am tempted to ask if they are padded fore and aft
But won't!

Which is worse? Abusive e-mails or padded underpants? Just asking

Did he send sbusive e mails Trisher?

offensive, rude, call them what you will Anniebach It's a joke. Try laughing sometimes it's good for you.

not funny Trisher sorry,

I notice you didn't question the padded underpants Anniebach do you have insider information or is it just wishful thinking?

Neither Trisher ,

Jalima, in reply to your post, I most certainly didn't build up Beckham, neither have I knocked him down. He'll carry on living his wealthy lifestyle in his many homes around the world, not troubled one iota by comments on Grandparent's forum.

I hardly knocked him down either. To my mind he is a pleasant but rather dense ex footballer, who, like all football players earns (or earned in his case) a disproportionate amount of money for kicking a ball about. Yes, the way of the world, and not his fault that players' wages are obscene.

I do believe it's ok to be critical on fora such as these. It's galling to be reprimanded for holding an opinion which is different from others. I don't hold the Beckham family in high esteem and never have, for many reasons. That, according to some posters is wrong, or mean. He is a public figure, and therefore people will have opinions about him.

Beckham's emailed tantrums have done him no favours but in my last post I did mention that having his email account hacked was unfair.

Yes, Schadenfreude Central right here.

You wrote long post about how much you dislike the Beckhams and seem glad they have got their 'come-uppance' by the sounds of it which is why I mentioned 'Tall Poppy Syndrome' because that is what it means.

It's galling to be reprimanded for holding an opinion which is different from others
Your opinion is very similar to others on the thread
and I did not reprimand you, I just likened your remark about Schadenfreude Central right here to the tendency of the British to indulge in Tall Poppy Syndrome.

Schadenfreude: the exquisite joy and smug satisfaction from contemplating and revelling in the misfortune of others. To see the mighty fallen. To see your competitors stumble and fall. To see your enemies get their “just come-uppance”.

Tall Poppy Syndrome: a tendency to disparage any person who has achieved great prominence or wealth

As I said, I neither like nor dislike them, I don't know them. But hacking of someone's private emails is despicable and criminal.

MawBroon

That's not the first time I have noticed that on GN - the nice watch, I mean!

Crikey. You sound just like me!

Yet another ancient thread….

February 2017

Need I say more?
Why on Earth resurrect it now?