A sad loss
Jan. 19th, 2010 07:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mistletoeI like a lot of sports as you know, but rugby union is not one of them, unless the All Blacks are playing of course. However, sad news today at the death of one of the people who made it entertaining: Bill McLaren OBE, MBE, CBE, ace BBC commentator of the 70s, aged 86. He was from Hawick (pronounced hoick) in the Scottish borders and never lost that gentle Scottish burr. Even when things got exciting he never got overly excited or unable to pitch his voice like the current possessor of the microphone Ian Robertson.
Here is a medley of some of his phrases which show the infectious joy he felt for the game and its purveyors. Even when something went wrong in the box or on the field he had something amusing to say, rarely denigrating the teams.
In other news today I went shopping wearing shoes. That is the first time I have had shoes on outside since December 16th. That's a month! It may snow tomorrow but not this far north.
Here is a medley of some of his phrases which show the infectious joy he felt for the game and its purveyors. Even when something went wrong in the box or on the field he had something amusing to say, rarely denigrating the teams.
In other news today I went shopping wearing shoes. That is the first time I have had shoes on outside since December 16th. That's a month! It may snow tomorrow but not this far north.
