11-05-2013, 06:45 PM
I tend towards George's view on this.
Besides, I'm not sure I could even raise a smile at anyone's graveside, certainly not for a photo. I've always found them to be places for solemn reflection (but perhaps that's just me).
P.S. Sorry for going off on a tangent, but I do actually recall smiling once at a graveside some years ago. We were wandering through a cemetery in Armagh, NI. The caretaker came up to us and we got chatting about England's football team losing for the umpteenth time on penalties the previous evening (us amused, him disappointed). He immediately motioned us over to a particular grave and headstone.
"Do you know who this man was?" he asked.
"No idea", I replied.
"You'd have liked him - this is the grave of the man who first introduced penalties as a way of deciding football matches!"
Anyway, quite amusing, but I don't think it would have made a good photo opportunity for the front page of 4-4-2 or Match of the Day
Besides, I'm not sure I could even raise a smile at anyone's graveside, certainly not for a photo. I've always found them to be places for solemn reflection (but perhaps that's just me).
P.S. Sorry for going off on a tangent, but I do actually recall smiling once at a graveside some years ago. We were wandering through a cemetery in Armagh, NI. The caretaker came up to us and we got chatting about England's football team losing for the umpteenth time on penalties the previous evening (us amused, him disappointed). He immediately motioned us over to a particular grave and headstone.
"Do you know who this man was?" he asked.
"No idea", I replied.
"You'd have liked him - this is the grave of the man who first introduced penalties as a way of deciding football matches!"
Anyway, quite amusing, but I don't think it would have made a good photo opportunity for the front page of 4-4-2 or Match of the Day