Omar Sharif RIP

[Shaker]

Well, I don't know

Precisely - my point exactly.

but I suggest he would not make such comments in print, without some knowledge..

If this is an exercise in showing how little you know about journalism and its practices, you're doing incredibly well.

What knowledge do you have to refute his comments?  Please tell, and just an opinion is not enough.

It seems to be enough to get it into a newspaper, or even the Torygraph.

[BashfulAnthony]

Tom Leonard is a brilliant poet, but he is not the Tom Leonard who wrote the article for the Mail

Mea culpa.  But he is still a respected journalist of some standing:

Daily Telegraph New York correspondent Tom Leonard is set to leave the paper to take up a similar role at the Daily Mail.

"Leonard has been at the Daily Telegraph for more than a decade, where his roles have included feature writing and media editor.

Prior to that he was at the Economist and the Evening Standard."

[Rhiannon]

I don't know. This is a direct quote from Sharif.

"Gambling became a thing because I was bored. I never liked it."

Full article here.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/omar-sharif-hits-and-misses-436715.html

[BashfulAnthony]

I don't know. This is a direct quote from Sharif.

"Gambling became a thing because I was bored. I never liked it."

Full article here.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/omar-sharif-hits-and-misses-436715.html

He seems to have been a rather sad, and weak man, for the most part.  He certainly doesn't give the impression of being very happy.

"The man did what he enjoyed doing, whether in his particular case it was acting or contract bridge, and did it as long as he was able. There isn't much of a better epitaph than that."   " He enjoyed it, and was good at it."   Seems you assumed wrongly, then ,Shaky.

[Shaker]

You must have know him well. My condolences on the death of your friend

[Shaker]

I don't know. This is a direct quote from Sharif.

"Gambling became a thing because I was bored. I never liked it."

Full article here.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/omar-sharif-hits-and-misses-436715.html

He seems to have been a rather sad, and weak man, for the most part.  He certainly doesn't give the impression of being very happy.

"The man did what he enjoyed doing, whether in his particular case it was acting or contract bridge, and did it as long as he was able. There isn't much of a better epitaph than that."   " He enjoyed it, and was good at it."   Seems you assumed wrongly, then ,Shaky.

So it strikes you as likely that a man once ranked in the world's top 50 bridge players, who authored several books about it, wrote a newspaper column about it, didn't actually like it?

I know credulity is your thing, but this is taking the piss.

[BashfulAnthony]

I don't know. This is a direct quote from Sharif.

"Gambling became a thing because I was bored. I never liked it."

Full article here.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/omar-sharif-hits-and-misses-436715.html

He seems to have been a rather sad, and weak man, for the most part.  He certainly doesn't give the impression of being very happy.

"The man did what he enjoyed doing, whether in his particular case it was acting or contract bridge, and did it as long as he was able. There isn't much of a better epitaph than that."   " He enjoyed it, and was good at it."   Seems you assumed wrongly, then ,Shaky.

So it strikes you as likely that a man once ranked in the world's top 50 bridge players, who authored several books about it, wrote a newspaper column about it, didn't actually like it?

I know credulity is your thing, but this is taking the piss.

Then why did he give it up?  You haven't read Rhiannon's link, have you?  Read it before digging yourself any deeper.

[Shaker]

Yes, I have.

If you had too you would have read that it said "reportedly" given up, which with your ignorance of journalism is shorthand for "I'm making this shit up as I go along."

[BashfulAnthony]

Yes, I have.

If you had too you would have read that it said "reportedly" given up, which with your ignorance of journalism is shorthand for "I'm making this shit up as I go along."

Can't ever accept you are incorrect, can you.   And that last comment is unsubstantiated, total tosh.   Another, "if I say it three times, it's true," twaddle.

[Shaker]

The facts are there. I prefer to stick to what can be reliably ascertained rather than concoct fictions about somebody I didn't know and trying to pass it off as fact.

[BashfulAnthony]

The facts are there. I prefer to stick to what can be reliably ascertained rather than concoct fictions about somebody I didn't know and trying to pass it off as fact.

I am quoting written opinion, whether it is factually correct is not for you to decide, unless you can actually disprove the comments made.

[Shaker]

It's written down, therefore it's true? Yeah, sounds about right

[BashfulAnthony]

It's written down, therefore it's true? Yeah, sounds about right

Lame one, Shaky.