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Re: "Speaking Ill Of The Dead"

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Dave BFeb 28, 2011

I wonder what Lionel would be like as a guest on Just a Minute. He is know for his dancing and charades (both physical) and music (Name That Tune), l but many years ago I used to hear him giving interviews about his past career. Lets have him on Just a Minute!

From: Dean <dbedford@...>
To: just-a-minute@...
Sent: Mon, 28 February, 2011 8:22:51 PM
Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: "Speaking Ill Of The Dead"

I think it should be noted that according to the quote we started with, Lionel Blair did NOT say he was glad Humph is dead.

Here’s the quote again: "You should always speak good of the dead. Good.”

I read it as him saying he wouldn’t say anything other than the one word “good” about Humph himself, not that he was necessarily saying it’s good Humph is dead, or that he was glad about it. It sounds like he was implying there was lots he could say about Humph but as the rule is to say only good of the dead, he would say only the word “good”. I think it sounds like a joke that misfired myself.

Also it was on a live programme so it couldn’t be edited out.

As a journalist myself, it gets a bit tiresome to have “lazy journalism” blamed for any quote someone doesn’t like...

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