With the news that Sir Clement Freud has been exposed as a paedophile, can we now expect him to be airbrushed out of popular history, as happened with Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile?
So, will Macca change the cover of Band On The Run (Freud is pictured above Linda) and if so who should replace him?
Perhaps some of our more Photoshop literate members can have a go at this?
http://i.imgur.com/fgAxfWn.jpg
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/14/sir-clement-freud-exposed-as-a-paedophile-as-police-urged-to-pro/
Calling @h-p-saucecraft and @gcu-grey-area —>
Alas, I don’t have Photoshop, just “Paint”, which is Pants. As you can see:
http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t642/burtkocain/botr_zpssmybgbcj.jpg
Oops – forgot to add “MODERATED EDITION”.
Oh well.
Nicely done sir!
LOL. Seriously !
Could you change the title to ‘Banned on the Forum’ while you’re at it?
An alternative might be to have all the slebs featured replaced by, um, others, unless their similar predilections could be demonstrated. That would add a little more insoubriance still to the title of the record.
If someone could replace him with the Afterword Man pic I posted the other day, that’d be great.
We haven’t seen the Afterword goat for some time either.
Nor yet the Afterword tardigrade.
I’m trying to find a gag based on those awful “Minced Morsel” adds he did. “Henry loves it” etc. but nothing springs to mind…..
I would love to oblige, but I came out of hospital yesterday after an op. Be a few days until I’m Photoshop-bothering again.
Get well soon GCU xxx
Yes, I second that emotion.
It’s all about you, isn’t it, GCU?
Yep. Me, me, me. Never the greater good.
Cheers JC and mini. This place has done much to keep me on an even keel in recent weeks.
Get well soon, GCU! Wishing you a speedy recovery.
But blimey, I’m astonished this place keep you on an even keel. Which seas are you navigating?
I find it rather like being lost in the Sargasso with Captain Blackbeard and his scurvy pirate crew who keep threatening me with the plank if I don’t learn how to dance the hornpipe.
Cheers, KFD.
Same seas everyone else sails, I expect, only I find more like-minded souls here than anywhere else I socialise on the web.
Skippin’ over the ocean like a stone…
Read that as dance the hosepipe, a different prospect altogether.
Speedy recovery GCU.
Cheers, hubes.
But that’s so easy, KFD, there are dozens of hornpipes on youtube and, together or separately, elsewhere, no doubt.
God speed Area and his Areas.
Hornpipe.
Ouch!
Sending healing vibes and energy GCUdude )))))))) _/\_
Bless you, Rob. Receiving soft and clear.
Intriguing. What kind of op stops you using one finger? Only joking, Grey. Hope your clicking and dragging finger recovers quickly.
Thanks, Tigs. It’s concentration and tiredness, rather than finger problem that’s stopping me from putting hand to keyboard and Wacom tablet.
“It’s concentration and tiredness, rather than finger problem that’s stopping me ”
– the times I’ve said that.
PS. GWS GCU.
Yes, get well soon GCU. I trust there were no grey areas in the ICU?
So I suppose repeats of “Just A Minute” are looking fairly unlikely…?
Drawls – ‘fairly unlikely, not probable, implausible, inconceivable, unlikely, rare …. [continues for 55 seconds before Kenneth Williams buzzes with a screeching and indignant objection]’
IT’S A DISSSSGRRRACE!
I’ve come all the way from Great Portland Street.
I’m a cult, you know.
Buzz:
Repetition of ‘unlikely’.
Droll. Very.
1 point for a correct interruption. JohnH, you have the subject
The report uses words like “unmasked”, “exposed” and “discovery”, whilst there’s nothing more than the allegations of the women involved. The BBC story says the same thing.
Now I know we need to be a little careful from a legal perspective here, but am I missing something about this story? Is there any evidence beyond the women’s testimony? I’m not saying they’re making it up but I assumed that legal proceedings required something more? Just saying that someone deceased had committed some terrible crime doesn’t count as “exposing” or “unmasking” them does it? Isn’t it just allegation? Serious allegation of course, and allegation which may be true. But what more than that, in the absence of evidence?
I’m genuinely interested to know.
I wondered that too initially – but when his wife of 58 years offers an apology to the women involved, one would have to conclude that the accusations are true.
It’s his widow’s almost kneejerk apology that leaves no doubt in my mind that he did it, and that she (possibly, allegedly) knew of his extracurricular activities. If she’d been shocked by the news, she would have denied her husband could ever have done such a thing, calling the accusations baseless lies – you would, wouldn’t you?
That apology in full:
In a statement released in response to the first two women’s claims, Mrs Freud said: “This is a very sad day for me.
“I was married to Clement for 58 years and loved him dearly.
“I am shocked, deeply saddened and profoundly sorry for what has happened to these women. I sincerely hope they will now have some peace.”
It’s not a politician’s non-apology but neither is it a categorical admission of guilt.
“I am shocked, deeply saddened and profoundly sorry for what has happened to these women.”
If that’s not a confirmation that the allegations have substance then, well, I don’t know what is.
Turns out Will Self’s brother got a good seeing-to from Mrs F when he was 16 and she was a lot older. Every 16-year-old lad’s fantasy, allegedly, but what an odd family they
mustmight have been. He wrote about it in his autobiography apparently.Self abuse?
You. Outside.
I wonder if he took a Selfie during the act?
I understand the young lad received counselling after the event. They said it took six months to remove the smile from his face,
She was A LOT older – 47. So perhaps not an adolescent boy’s fantasy come true.
Speak for yourself.
(as it were)
Albeit Lady Freud was supposedly Lucy from the Narnia stories, at which point it all gets very complicated.
Have any of the tabloids used the “Freudian Strip” headline yet? If not they can have that one on me.
I see now from the Telegraph that this wasn’t a case of one of your mum’s friends getting inappropriate after a couple of sherries, but a five year affair during which Joss Self was treated as a member of the Freud household – which seems even odder but à chacun son goût.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/clement-freud-and-the-family-that-fell-from-grace/
Dear Sir,
For goodness sake Telegraph:
“did not deny the allegations, nor mention…” surely. To what is the world coming?
Yours,
Col Buffy Frobisher, Brexit Villas, Tunbridge Wells.
CF is dead. So legal action is not possible by either party.
Is there anything more lame/boring/predictable than the Hampstead/open marriage model?
Clement Freud, George Melly, Boris Johnson…
The thought of spending more than one minute with any of these people fills me with absolute horror, let alone f***ing sleeping with one of them or their family!
I spent about half an hour with George Melly, over a pint or two. Very nice guy. Friendly, witty and good company.
Did he touch your winkie, Rob?
Well, he did rather help himself to a pork scratching.
I’m glad he was OK over a pint.
People can live their lives exactly how they want, no skin off my nose – I’m no Ted Nugent, but, unlike the readers of the tabloids, I really don’t find it remotely interesting.
The only thing I’ve really learnt is that Will Self’s brother looks every bit as gormless as Will Self. A considerable feat, and one I really didn’t think possible.
Nor do I. Not remotely interested. Geldof, now Will Self ? It’s a veritable brainworm arse fest this morning.
“I’m no Ted Nugent”
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