For whatever reason the poor chap has decided to end it all and shuffle off this mortal coil. The chances are, unless he left a note to his wife and kids (let's hope he has) we will never know what drives somebody to carry out the ultimate act of taking your own life.
The airwaves both Radio and TV are full of tributes etc etc.
He lives on in at least a couple of celeb doppelgangers.
The real Gary.
Eric Bana - Actor.
And, Jose Mourinho - football impresario.
I, personally, have never heard of him, i honestly cannot recall ever hearing of him and i listen to Radio 5 a lot and do not live in the Tora Bora cave system. Mind you, anything to do with the Welsh football team would hardly be worth listening to anyway so maybe it just did'nt register enough to make my ears prick up?
Below - the familiar view from my cave system.
I have to declare an interest, i am not the slightest interest in groups of over-rated millionaires kicking a fucking football about for a couple of hours or so. The 'beautiful' game became tarnished with too much money, too many games, drug-taking etc a long time ago, for me anyway.
Oh, and do'nt start me off on that cunt Sepp Blatter - the Jabba the Hutt of F.I.F.A..............
Below - SeppJabba.
Not to be confused with a Set Platter (something to which he is not unfamiliar with).
Or a StepLadder, something which he is probably totally unfamiliar with.
F I F A = Fuck, It's Football Again.......................
Of course Sepp Blatter is not just a 'soundalike' he also has his own Doppelgangers.
Below, left - the real Sepp and right, doppelganger Mohammed al-Fayed with Tony Curtis...
Who looks like a Voldemort body-double who is not unlike........Sir Patrick Stewart who....
Bears a resemblance to Sir Ben Kingsley who is a Ralph Fiennes-a-like?.........
Back to the topic of the post!
Nicky Campbell, he of Radio5 presentational fame is dedicating his 9-10 phone-in, this morning, for people to ring in if they have had somebody commit suicide or they have lost somebody close to them and how they have coped.........
You could have that phone-in any old day of the week.
Let's have a dedicated phone-in every time that a British soldier is killed in Afghanistan and the effect that it has had on his/her family, friends and fellow soldiers. That might make the MP's who send them out there a little bit more uncomfortable in their or their mistresses' beds!
Below, Wootton Bassett - 'lest we forget'.
Aaaaaah - MP's and mistresses, the height of indulgence to have a Currie in bed!
Unfortunately because it's a 'Sleb' it is considered newsworthy - Yes 'it's sad but it's also a fact.
More suicide facts....................An estimated 4,000 people commit suicide every year, an estimated 1 Million worldwide, that is a minimum, the true figure is not known.
That is, an average of, 109 people a day - obviously there are peaks and troughs, there is probably somebody who actually has thrown themselves off a peak and ended up in a trough!
75% of suicides are committed by men.
Females between 15 and 19 attempt the most suicides.
Self-poisoning is the most common method of attempted suicide at over 3/4.
The Golden Gate bridge in California is the Worlds' most popular 'destination'. England, however, can 'boast' 2 out of the top ten, namely - Beachy Head in Sussex. One notable incident involved the local Lifeboat that had been called out to pick up somebody who had just jumped and was still alive in the water when somebody else drove off in a car and nearly hit the Lifeboat! You could'nt make it up!
Clifton suspension bridge, in Bristol, is also a popular venue with attempts well into double figures but has now been much reduced by new safety restrictions. One notable attempt was in 1885, a 22-year-old woman named Sarah Ann Henley survived a fall from the bridge when her billowing skirts acted as a parachute, and subsequently lived into her eighties!
The best view, in my experience is usually from the top of the bridge, not the bottom.
At the time of writing mystery still surrounds the circumstances of his death and why he hung himself in his garage, statistically very few people use this location and method as garages are usually so full of non car-related crap there is'nt fucking room!
R.I.P. but do'nt forget another 108 did the same thing yesterday.
StourbridgeRantBoy is also a fan of dogs.
Just say 'no'.....................to minarets!
