I was going to walk through the moors and shout Moaty it's me
This will be the highlight of the subsequent motion picture
― A prog venn diagram for you to think about (Matt #2), Friday, 9 July 2010 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm sure he's aware of the guy, but come on, a mentally ill man turning up pished thinking he's the guy to talk down a suicidal gunman with a KFC bargain bucket and a six-pack of beer? Having never mentioned his connection to him before right now? Don't think he's promoting anything, he's already been sectioned under the mental health act for delusionary behaviour.
― ailsa, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
You know Gazza's mental. If he had his wits about him he'd have turned up earlier this evening in time to get on the front page of all tomorrow's papers.
― James Mitchell, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48313000/jpg/_48313102_009775526-2.jpg
― colnagl (cozen), Friday, 9 July 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Police cutbacks mean that armed police are issued with water pistols...
― ninjas and lasers and gold and (snoball), Friday, 9 July 2010 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
some photographer's in real trouble!also, shouldn't that copper be looking elsewhere?
― not_goodwin, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:39 (thirteen years ago) link
arshavin pleasehttp://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48312000/jpg/_48312872_009775538-1.jpg
― colnagl (cozen), Friday, 9 July 2010 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
dont think i'd like a 50,000 volt taser gun fired at me
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 9 July 2010 22:42 (thirteen years ago) link
better that that what other copper's holding.
― not_goodwin, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Old guy looks like he's wandered in from an episode of Heartbeat...
― ninjas and lasers and gold and (snoball), Friday, 9 July 2010 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Kudos to person on Digital Spy for this: "Not sure why Gazza has turned up. England players are historically shit in shoot outs"
― ailsa, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh hooray, Kay Burley's on dis ting now.
― ailsa, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Eyewitness Susan Ballantyne, from Riverside, who is 100 yards from the scene and watching the drama unfold from an upstairs window in her house, said: "Everyone's going on like I should be frightened but it's very exciting. It's normally boring around here. First I see the ginger lad lying around for 2 hours with a shotgun in his mouth, and then I see Gazza being sick on my garden gnome. This is absolutely immense."
― James Mitchell, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Gazza's had problems with hie elf...
― ninjas and lasers and gold and (snoball), Friday, 9 July 2010 22:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Where's that from? Xp
― stet, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Susan Ballantyne both sad and lolworthy in the space of a sentence.
― ailsa, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I wonder if the guy has run out of bullets.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 9 July 2010 23:20 (thirteen years ago) link
who is this awful woman on sky news?
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Friday, 9 July 2010 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Kay Burley? (I have finally switched off)
― ailsa, Friday, 9 July 2010 23:55 (thirteen years ago) link
It is her
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 9 July 2010 23:58 (thirteen years ago) link
"It's a standoff. It's dramatic. It's live, here on Sky News".
― The referee was perfect (Chris), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
"it's a standoff, it's dramatic, it's live on Sky News" and it's gone to adverts for the first time in ages.It's just on in the background though, im listening to music. I don't expect anything to happen tbh. When it does there wont be any pictures or anything. So it's anything but exciting.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
haha xpost
She is pretty much the reason I hardly ever watch Sky News (except for tonight because (1) it was more batshit roffleworthy and (2) she wasn't on).
That and the fact that it's a terrible terrible channel.
― ailsa, Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
ha brilliant. did you hear her ask the reporter "why are they waiting?!" like she wishes they'd just go "ah fuck it let's do him and fuck off home".
― The referee was perfect (Chris), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
haha yeah
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
really ailsa? I much prefer sky news to bbc 24
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Its not like its fox news or anything
"a single tomato was stolen". that shouldn't be funny, and i know this is really serious n all, but, wow!
― The referee was perfect (Chris), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
imagine being on the run for a week, coming out of hiding in a drain, breaking into a greenhouse, and only finding 1 fucking tomato?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Im amazed that they took a day to investigate the old lady who said he saw him burgling her kitchen. They obviously thought "oh shes 89, shes making it up" and hes been in a drain a 100 yards away for a good few days since.I wonder if they checked the drain before he hid in it, or if they didnt check it at all.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:09 (thirteen years ago) link
no sign of gazza in the early editions of the papershttp://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Newspaper-Front-Pages-For-Saturday-July-10-2010/Media-Gallery/201007215662465?lpos=UK_News_Left_Promo_Region_0&lid=GALLERY_15662465_Newspaper_Front_Pages_For_Saturday%2C_July_10%2C_2010
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I managed to miss the tornado fighter plane fitted with an infra-red device that was apparently flying about up here...for some reason..or something.
― dead flower :( (Pashmina), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:11 (thirteen years ago) link
something
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:12 (thirteen years ago) link
happening
ohh a shots been fired
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:12 (thirteen years ago) link
eek!
― The referee was perfect (Chris), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:14 (thirteen years ago) link
fucking hell this is bizarre.
wonder if he's shot himself
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
they seem to think its over anyway
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:16 (thirteen years ago) link
"probably the shot from the shot gun".
― The referee was perfect (Chris), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, surely if he'd fired a shot at someone else, one of the 8 zillion armed cops would have fired back. One shot = someone's shot him, or he's shot himself, surely.
Fucking hell, Kay Burley's annoying. BBC News haven't noticed this shot yet.
― ailsa, Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Pretty sure he will have shot himself, since as you say, if he aimed his gun at the police , there would have been multiple shots
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:21 (thirteen years ago) link
police jumped on him?
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:21 (thirteen years ago) link
an eyewitness said they crowded around him and jumped on him
maybe the shot just fired as they jumped him and he's not dead?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:22 (thirteen years ago) link
why on earth would they jump him, if he had a gun. that doesn't make much good sense.
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:23 (thirteen years ago) link
or they crowded round after he shot himself?fuck knows
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:23 (thirteen years ago) link
they could have jumped him if he had fallen asleep?
I'm sure we'll find out in due course. If he's been jumped on, he's presumably at least in custody, so game over anyway. I fucking hate myself for watching Sky News, btw.
― ailsa, Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:24 (thirteen years ago) link