Fuhrerin Merkel ist vorbei! Gott sei dank.

[Sir C]

By the sound of things, it was entirely out of control and he couldn't 'steer' anything.

Helicopters strike me as fundamentally unsound and un-airworthy objects. What was it someone said? 'All the aerodynamic qualities of a housebrick' or similar?

I also wonder whether the multi-millionaire community have ever done a proper risk assessment on the whole business of flying about in helicopters. They do seem to drop out of the sky with relative regularity.

"A million nuts and bolts vibrating in close formation."

"Helicopters only fly because they are so ugly the ground repels them."

Real pilots tend not to like them much. Nasty, inelegant beasts.

[Burney]

"A million nuts and bolts vibrating in close formation."

"Helicopters only fly because they are so ugly the ground repels them."

Real pilots tend not to like them much. Nasty, inelegant beasts.

The best thing about the crash is that it's totally overshadowed Hoddle's disgraceful attention-seeking.

[Sir C]

The best thing about the crash is that it's totally overshadowed Hoddle's disgraceful attention-seeking.

No, the best thing is that his son might get over his father's hissy fit with Philip Morris and allow his shops to stock Marlboros, for fúck's sake!

Wait, I don't smoke ant more

Fair enough, as you were, the best thing is the Hoddle thing.

[Burney]

I don't smoke any more

Which is more than can be said for our late Thai friend.