Exactly! (And I'm giggling at it again now. 
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Mark Speight then Page 11
Just listening to the radio - and there are now rumours his body was at Paddington for a week undiscovered...
Almost certainly, Ellie. And like I said yesterday, I've probably been going under it twice a day, if it was where I think it would be. Yay. 
That's really scary! 
Poor guy... hanging around all that time.
RIP Mark, I feel sorry for the guy.
Quote: EllieJP @ April 14 2008, 5:59 PM BSTThat's really scary!
Poor guy... hanging around all that time.
Indeed. Sent a chill down my spine. According to today's Lite though, he wasn't there (I would say thankfully, but that's a bit selfish, considering). In fact, sounds like he was in some offices which are barely part of the station at all, and not particularly "remote" either!
Still, y'know, . Poor guy.
This subject obviously touches a nerve for some people more than others. You can guarantee NR and TS will be putting in sketches on it, there'll be text jokes on-line jokes you name it it'll come. It's the British sense of humour like it or loathe it.
And we laugh until it affects you or you don't find that particular subject funny. Tis the way of comedy. Tis the way of anybody who dies in this way and was in the public eye.
As a personal note I think it's fine to to create comedy out of tragedy. It's a well worn path. But then this doesn't affect me as it may others.
Well said Roscoff. I think we joke about scares us, what we laugh at we don't fear so much.
Interesting thread. I also found some of the jokes tasteless, but not all that many in comparison with some other threads I could mention. If you look back, a lot aren't actually jokes at the expense of Speight or any other suicide victim, they're just people playing with words (myself included). Drug death and ensuing suicide are tragic events, no doubt, but humour can be derived from tragic events in many ways, and that can be a valuable release. This close to the event my personal view is that gags where the victim is the victim (so to speak) are dubious, but that probably won't stop me from laughing if I'm told a good one down the pub tomorrow night. Double standards? Sure. We've all got them.
Quote: Badge @ April 14 2008, 11:02 PM BSTThis close to the event my personal view is that gags where the victim is the victim (so to speak) are dubious
Yeah, I thought about mentioning that myself. I thin the general situation is probably fair game, but to make jokes at the expense of Mark himself is a bit tasteless. He was obviously suffering severe mental issues to do such a thing, but I can't see "spaz", "retard", and attacks on specific high-profile (or low, for that matter) mental patients going down that well.
Oh come on, some of you people are talking about your lame jokes as if it's some sort of coping mechanism for you, and that if you weren't doing it, you'd be crying instead. It's bullshit. Jokes like that are just for shock factor. I personally don't find anything remotely funny about premature death. An OAP dying? (eg: Charlton Heston) Yea maybe a few wise cracks about the life they've lived and what they got up to. But Mark Speight? Nah, out of order if you ask me. 
Haha! An old man died the other day! Oh how we laughed! Good times!
Aw. Every forum I've read where there's been a thread about him, most people have been really nice - including this one, as despite what some people seem to think, this has been mostly nice. (Very unlike internet people).
Warms your cockles.
Wish it had warmed his a bit.
Aye, well, now sounds like he was actually on the roof from what I've read this evening. Far from warm.
You!
With your... puns!