Yesterday was the funeral of George Melly. He was carried to his final resting place in a coffin made of cardboard, on the sides his friends had painted cartoon pictures, there was a fishing line attached to the coffin, he loved his angling, and a jazz band played.
Earlier in the week, on the BBC TV, there was a hour where Bernard Manning presented his own funeral, filmed shortly before he died, pity that it was on so late but the language used decreed that. We were shown a different side to the man, a man that the public didn't know.
This is the passing of two "Characters", maybe you liked them, maybe you didn't, but, in these days of Political Correctness we need "Characters" to touch our lives.
Are there any "Characters" today?
franpal
You've hit the nail on the head there Jobangles, it seems as though we've all become very much like robots these days , it's as if no-one dares to be different any more and such expressions of 'character' seem to be stifled in childhood.