tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post2888388298057410192..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: TEENAGE TALES: A DEATH IN THE FAMILY...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-36293625730955064492017-03-14T01:10:35.299+00:002017-03-14T01:10:35.299+00:00What gets me, JP, is that everybody laughs at thes...What gets me, JP, is that everybody laughs at these guys, but it doesn't seem to make any difference to them. You'd think that, after a while, it would sink in that people only see them as figures of ridicule and scorn, and that nobody believes anything they ever say. Then the saddos convince themselves that the lies they tell ARE true, and just can't understand why nobody believes them.<br /><br />******<br /><br />Everybody wants to be a hero I suppose, CJ, even if it's only in their own mind. It's definitely some sort of psychological disorder these people suffer from, but the trouble is that they sap the life from people with their ridiculous fantasies, until no one wants to be near them, never mind listen to their dreary p*sh. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-89972331305990645492017-03-14T00:52:08.995+00:002017-03-14T00:52:08.995+00:00My Billy Liar friend was called Roy and he was onl...My Billy Liar friend was called Roy and he was only a few months older than you, Kid. He joined the army in 1978 and left in 1981 (I met him in 1988). He had a medal for serving in Northern Ireland, which they all got, but that wasn't good enough so he bought a couple of second-hand medals and put them on display pretending they were his ! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-69582188219707008632017-03-14T00:30:01.036+00:002017-03-14T00:30:01.036+00:00Whereas my billy had previously been the president...Whereas my billy had previously been the president of a chapter of hells angels!!<br />Some people used to hum the tune to Jackanory once he started!<br />"NO,NO! It's bloody TRUE!", he would angrily protest!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-54880075098374971662017-03-14T00:05:13.614+00:002017-03-14T00:05:13.614+00:00He sounds a total plonker, JP. The guy I knew clai...He sounds a total plonker, JP. The guy I knew claims today that he was fast-tracked through the Navy and became an officer on HMS Sheffield and other ships, and is a Falklands war veteran. However, in 1981, he was a porter in Haslar Hospital in Gosport, having been given a 'landlubber' job because he wasn't fit enough to continue as a sailor. And, before that, he used to carry a crash helmet and visit bars where bikers hung out, even 'though he didn't yet have a bike. Told them he had 'though, but that it was in for repair or some such nonsense. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-18910218533320247572017-03-13T22:43:17.879+00:002017-03-13T22:43:17.879+00:00Ha ha, lovely last sentence, McS!Ha ha, lovely last sentence, McS!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-37742293082873148722017-03-13T22:42:17.590+00:002017-03-13T22:42:17.590+00:00We all SHOULD, if we were perfect people ourselves...We all SHOULD, if we were perfect people ourselves feel sorry for an individual with such mixed-up problems, but these are so extreme that it would exasperate the best of us! I think that humouring him would probably be the approach that I would have taken, rather than being truthful, which would probably have hurt his feelings.<br />Anyway, he's out of your life now ( "Thank goodness!", I hear you cry! )<br />As for Colin's and McScotty's experiences, well, all I can say is, "You never know?" Stranger things have happened! <br />As for my own "Billy Liar", he is rather tame in comparison to yours. He used to be like this:- he would brag to Tom about his heroism in the army and along comes Dick and Billy then proceeds to tell Dick ( whilst Tom is still stood there! ) about how he got sunk in the Navy and rescued everyone, single-handed! Then along comes Harry and Billy tells Harry, in front of Tom and Dick about the planes he used to fly in the RAF! All this and he was only 20!!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-59738176654728308282017-03-13T20:13:49.567+00:002017-03-13T20:13:49.567+00:00If you wake up and see a female figure at the end ...If you wake up and see a female figure at the end of your bed, PM, it more than likely means you never put your slippers on and walked the burd you picked up at the dancin' to the bus stop before going to sleep. (And she's probably going through your trouser pockets looking for loose change.) And yes, the Scottish Power aspect of that story is astonishing. It's obviously a once-in-a-lifetime event, never likely to be repeated. As for Billy Liar, I haven't spoken to him since 1981, but going by his Facebook page (which me and another pal looked up about three-odd years ago for a laugh) and comments he's left on School friend sites, he's still as full of sh*t as he ever was - if not more so.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-71998459211950070582017-03-13T19:36:08.557+00:002017-03-13T19:36:08.557+00:00Even although this guy sound a bit of a pima donna...Even although this guy sound a bit of a pima donna he was only a teenager and maybe his family were not giving him the sympathy he was looking for , losing someone so close can affect people in all sorts of ways even if it was more of the same - he sounds a bit of a sad person is he still the same?.<br /><br />That’s strange Colin my mum passed away in 2013 and whilst I never heard my name being called, 3 days after my mum was cremated my house lights etc started flashing on and off erratically for quite some time. Obviously thinking it was no more than an electrical issue I called Scottish Power to come look and showed them the video I took of it (it was so bad the guy switched off all my electric immediately and called the board to come dig up the road that very day) they worked on this for over a full week and said they couldn’t find anything (luckily for me it happened when they were in my house) nothing has happened since then - Im not saying it was spiritual or paranormal but a few months later I swore I saw a female figure (probably not my mum to be hoenst) at the end of my bed( I will admit that like Colin I hadn’t been sleeping well for weeks so was probably overly tired with an overactive mind) BUt I am still amazed by it all I mean, Scottish Power coming out the same day to do a repair ............spooky or what.<br /><br /> paul Mcscottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982725171182221096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-30052100205625059522017-03-13T14:26:14.291+00:002017-03-13T14:26:14.291+00:00Except you didn't know this guy, CJ - although...Except you didn't know this guy, CJ - although you should by now, 'cos I've written about him often enough. First of all, he wasn't asleep. I knew this because I wasn't asleep, and I could tell by his breathing, even 'though I was on the other side of the room. What's more, he knew I wasn't asleep for the same reason. Also, his 'cry out' was delivered in a very self-conscious, theatrical manner - just the way a person would do if they wanted to give the impression they were talking in their sleep. Plus, his asking me if he talked in his sleep (as I'd anticipated he'd ask) was him fishing for a reaction so that he could tell me how much he missed his dad, to the extent that he thought he was still alive and could hear him talking to him. Trust me, I'd known the guy for most of my life at that point, so I knew what he was about. Incidentally, I also believe he DID feel some genuine grief (just not as much as he made out), but he also viewed, in a calculated way not normally part of a typical teenager's reaction, both his parents' deaths as opportunities to be exploited in pursuit of eliciting attention and sympathy. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-11189914682582144002017-03-13T13:44:57.350+00:002017-03-13T13:44:57.350+00:00My father died in 1999 and soon after I was lying ...My father died in 1999 and soon after I was lying in bed, half asleep, and I heard him call "Colin !" from downstairs. I was obviously dreaming but it seemed so real it was unnerving. I can believe your friend also heard his father calling him. Perhaps he was milking his parents' deaths a bit for sympathy but that doesn't mean he didn't feel genuine grief. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com