Influences and personal heroes - Page 9

**Sir Honkers** · July 21st, 2018, 11:51 PM

Two teachers that I had. Mr Davidson in form four who taught me the value of trying to be a decent human being and Mr Berthleson in Form five who gave me a love of Shakespeare.
I kept in touch with them after I left school and was genuinely saddened at their funerals. Never got their names in the paper or on the TV, but unsung heroes to me.
Also Peter (Captain) Kirk who owned a live music pub in the sixties and gave five kids who thought they were the next big thing in rock their first paying gigs. If there's live music venues in heaven, Captain's will be the one all the cool kids are at.

**bloke57** · July 22nd, 2018, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loosegoose

Two teachers that I had.

Me too loosegoose.

I and my friends say that we are a strange mixture of Messrs B.M. and G.L.

Both first class minds but contrasting characters indeed. Mr M was a classicist of the highest renown who could speak and read a number of obscure ancient languages with ease - often invited by the British Museum to help out with papyrus fragments (

). Yet he was also a Cambridge blue at cricket and five times national Fives champion.

He taught us rigorous thinking and to take pride in our intellects - in contrast to some of today's kids who hide their intelligence so as to avoid bullying. Strict but fair - and you could say humorous...if you ever understood the joke!

Mr L on the other has was a hard-drinking, Glaswegian English teacher who got us to think outside the box, see the myths that we were being sold and challenge accepted opinion. He too loved Shakespeare - and so good was our school production of Hamlet (which he directed) a correspondent was sent by the Daily Telegraph to review it for the paper. Not often that happens.

**Roubignol** · April 7th, 2019, 10:10 AM

Matthieu Ricard

A man who explained to me through his books and some of his speeches, how to better avoid the traps generated by dissatisfaction.

**Meini Again** · April 8th, 2019, 01:12 AM

* Arthur Lee
* Love - the band
* D G Rossetti
* Bob Dylan
* William Morris
* Elisabeth Siddal
* William Blake
* Jane Morris
* J D Salinger
* Elvis
* J Kerouac
* Beatles ~ all
* Alain Resnais
* Dante
* Tinto Brass
* 'UpHill' _ poem by Christina Rossetti

....................

My influences

Estreeter · April 8th, 2019, 01:19 PM

Dr Seuss

Everything he ever did made perfect sense to me as a kid and to this day

**Sir Honkers** · April 16th, 2019, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Estreeter

Dr Seuss

Everything he ever did made perfect sense to me as a kid and to this day

I don't think that's changed. My grandson loves him.

**vo1v0d** · May 3rd, 2019, 05:07 PM

Stephen Leacock. To be cited as an influence by a cynical bastard like Groucho Marx means high comedic stature.
Alfred.E, Neuman........I stopped buying Mad magazine when the ludicrous shit descriptions of what we would buy in the future started to become true. For example: Impress your friends with how expensive your clothes are by having the labels sewn on the outside.

**Roubignol** · June 2nd, 2019, 09:09 PM

French philosopher: Alain Badiou.

I'm extremely impressed by the brilliant and uncompromising logic of this man.

What I learned from him is that if you want to live a TRUE life, don't be afraid to revolt yourself against injustice. That's the only way to get a better society.

Estreeter · June 3rd, 2019, 11:09 AM

Andrew Dice Clay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdUxDoy5m3o

Filthy foul mouthed comedian who made a career comeback after having it wrecked by feminists and PC clowns

~~AlongCameASpider~~ · October 4th, 2020, 05:24 PM

It can be as easy as your mom dad or sibling but there are a lot of obvious ones every day.

CMM gave me this idea after she gave a homeless man twenty dollars to buy something to eat. There was a sandwich shop beside a liquor store and we debated which door he would use?

He chose the sandwich shop. Well done.

By the way I gave him the one hundred dollars that Kelli lost in our bet.

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Teachers	15	3.02%
Parents	65	13.10%
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School bully, as in i fought back	16	3.23%
Moving images on screens	9	1.81%
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April 7th, 2019, 10:10 AM	#83
Roubignol Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mice Planet Posts: 3,882 Thanks: 15,974 Thanked 29,726 Times in 3,826 Posts	Matthieu Ricard Matthieu Ricard A man who explained to me through his books and some of his speeches, how to better avoid the traps generated by dissatisfaction.

April 8th, 2019, 01:19 PM	#85
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Roubignol Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mice Planet Posts: 3,882 Thanks: 15,974 Thanked 29,726 Times in 3,826 Posts	Alain Badiou French philosopher: Alain Badiou. I'm extremely impressed by the brilliant and uncompromising logic of this man. What I learned from him is that if you want to live a TRUE life, don't be afraid to revolt yourself against injustice. That's the only way to get a better society.

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July 21st, 2018, 11:51 PM	#81
Sir Honkers Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Land Of Glorious Leader Posts: 30,335 Thanks: 286,765 Thanked 386,093 Times in 30,291 Posts	Two teachers that I had. Mr Davidson in form four who taught me the value of trying to be a decent human being and Mr Berthleson in Form five who gave me a love of Shakespeare. I kept in touch with them after I left school and was genuinely saddened at their funerals. Never got their names in the paper or on the TV, but unsung heroes to me. Also Peter (Captain) Kirk who owned a live music pub in the sixties and gave five kids who thought they were the next big thing in rock their first paying gigs. If there's live music venues in heaven, Captain's will be the one all the cool kids are at.

April 8th, 2019, 01:12 AM	#84
Meini Again Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: North Wales Posts: 3,637 Thanks: 32,358 Thanked 31,826 Times in 3,566 Posts	* Arthur Lee * Love - the band * D G Rossetti * Bob Dylan * William Morris * Elisabeth Siddal * William Blake * Jane Morris * J D Salinger * Elvis * J Kerouac * Beatles ~ all * Alain Resnais * Dante * Tinto Brass * 'UpHill' _ poem by Christina Rossetti .................... My influences

May 3rd, 2019, 05:07 PM	#87
vo1v0d Hideous By Nature Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: sarf eeeest lunden Posts: 8,221 Thanks: 42,164 Thanked 60,454 Times in 7,427 Posts	Stephen Leacock. To be cited as an influence by a cynical bastard like Groucho Marx means high comedic stature. Alfred.E, Neuman........I stopped buying Mad magazine when the ludicrous shit descriptions of what we would buy in the future started to become true. For example: Impress your friends with how expensive your clothes are by having the labels sewn on the outside.

October 4th, 2020, 05:24 PM	#90
~~AlongCameASpider~~ Banned! Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 51 Thanks: 154 Thanked 594 Times in 50 Posts	Who is your hero? It can be as easy as your mom dad or sibling but there are a lot of obvious ones every day. CMM gave me this idea after she gave a homeless man twenty dollars to buy something to eat. There was a sandwich shop beside a liquor store and we debated which door he would use? He chose the sandwich shop. Well done. By the way I gave him the one hundred dollars that Kelli lost in our bet.

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