Quote: AdmiralHanson "On the whole it was ... With 17K in there, you could actually hear the birds singing in the trees behind the scoreboard.
Having said that, after the John-Holmes-Dont-You-Dare-Let-Your-Mobile-Phone-Go-Off 'advice' that went out for his silence ... It seems there are quite a few people with serious lung problems considering the amount of coughing that was going on.
Whilst I'm not saying is that there should be no coughing (and I know there is a bit of a chest infection going around at the moment), it seems that the use of terminal hacking during a silence is now the vehicle of some of the attention seeking muppets.'"
Perhaps they were getting practice in before the World Snooker Championships commence at the Crucible?
On the topic of reluctant hero John Holmes, that was a far more appropriate context for an arranged minutes silence.