Worthy, just for that top lip.

who are those people under the tree BTW FFS ?

it's not the London Broncos fan club holding their AGM is it ?

Freddie Mercury.

a) dream on

b) transported to Oz and sent back to play RL in the SL

c) agreed

wouldn't the lot from Peterloo be classed as 'heroes' for fighting for the rights of man ? just as much as that lot in Dorset did ?

and how about people like William Wilberforce and John Howard and others who did so much for social reform ? surely they would be classed as real 'heroes' ?

We'll induct him seeing as he was born in Hull.

This will probably earn me some flak, but my ultimate hero is Jesus Christ.

He came to Earth, lived a sinless life and taught us invaluable moral lessons.

But most importantly he was responsible for the most heroic gesture one could imagine – he laid down his own life so that we might live. He was lashed, beaten and humiliated. He was made to carry the instrument of his death through the streets of Jerusalem whilst men and women spat horrendous abuse at him. He was then nailed to a cross and taunted by his tormentors. He suffered in this fashion for several hours before eventually succumbing to death.

And what did he say whilst he was being murdered? [i“Father, forgive them”.[/i

Jesus may not have played the guitar well, acted in a few good films or have flown into space. But he had more courage than the rest of this sorry list of suggestions put together.

Judas Iscariot wasn't a bad old stick, agree?

...and the thing is he was just "ordinary", he wasn't a big tough lad, quite the opposite really but what was important to him in those last few weeks was taking a trip into the dales to have dinner in a pub with his wife, having just two more nights out with us, going to Elland Rd one more time, and he couldn't have enjoyed any of that being filled full of chemicals in the hope that it would buy him one more week of being filled full of chemicals and feeling like crap.

As someone else has mentioned you can find that sort of heroism in many people with terminal diagnosis, I know my own mother wouldn't ever talk about the cancer that eventually killed her, didn't let it stop her doing anything until the very last week, you often wonder how you would cope but it would appear that its a common thread through many lives.

I like to be lashed, beaten and humiliated - but I pay for that.

Good call. I met Pat Wall and Dave Nellist at a conference once and these guy's were of the same mould, only interested in serving and not accumulate money, unlike todays crop of 'socialist' parliamentarians.

I know a film is not always an accurate portrayal of facts, but I liked the bit at the end when they sang 'always look on the bright side of life'

Same here, which is what made it terminal by the time it was caught. She went for the chemo option and had a reasonable quality of life until the last month, but never complained about her lot. She mentioned the pain, but not moaning. I guess people affected like that just try to get on with things, which is pretty heroic really.

Thanks! Nice one.

Quote: kirkstaller "This will probably earn me some flak, but my ultimate hero is Jesus Christ. He came to Earth, lived a sinless life and taught us invaluable moral lessons. But most importantly he was responsible for the most heroic gesture one could imagine – he laid down his own life so that we might live. He was lashed, beaten and humiliated. He was made to carry the instrument of his death through the streets of Jerusalem whilst men and women spat horrendous abuse at him. He was then nailed to a cross and taunted by his tormentors. He suffered in this fashion for several hours before eventually succumbing to death. And what did he say whilst he was being murdered? [i“Father, forgive them”.[/i Jesus may not have played the guitar well, acted in a few good films or have flown into space. But he had more courage than the rest of this sorry list of suggestions put together.'" Read this ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Crean_(explorer) And then come back and tell me why it's a sorry suggestion.

Quote: kirkstaller "This will probably earn me some flak, but my ultimate hero is Jesus Christ. He came to Earth, lived a sinless life and taught us invaluable moral lessons. But most importantly he was responsible for the most heroic gesture one could imagine – he laid down his own life so that we might live. He was lashed, beaten and humiliated. He was made to carry the instrument of his death through the streets of Jerusalem whilst men and women spat horrendous abuse at him. He was then nailed to a cross and taunted by his tormentors. He suffered in this fashion for several hours before eventually succumbing to death. And what did he say whilst he was being murdered? [i“Father, forgive them”.[/i Jesus may not have played the guitar well, acted in a few good films or have flown into space. But he had more courage than the rest of this sorry list of suggestions put together.'" Read this ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Crean_(explorer) And then come back and tell me why it's a sorry suggestion.