He had children?

Not any more - he used to be a strange one, now he's a 60 years old Grandfather. (not that there's anything wrong with that!)

I remember watching him on the Old Grey Whistle Test when he was still bisexual.

Was he ever bi? I think that was part of the act.

More than that, I was always of the belief that he tried the ladies and was disappointed with the results. That's why I was surprised he'd had children. (Clearly, I'm in error.)

Hasnt he been married to Iman for a longggg time now?

Check this - the latter have talks about his closet heterosexual years...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_bowie

I was going to look him up in Wiki but I'm not all that interested at the moment. (Rather than procrastinate, I'll have a look tomorrow.)

Back in the swinging 60s it was trendy to bat for both sides on occasions, but as endure said a while back.... homosexuality is a state of mind, not a quick fumble. (Well that's the spirit of the post if not the exact wording).

George Michael infamously stated something along the lines of:

"During my Wham! days I tried everything possible with every kind of girl you can imagine. I got bored."

We all knew George was as gay as a biscuit!

biscuit = gay ??

I'm putting the Digestives down now...

I'm walking away from the Digestives...

When I was a wee lad at schoon, they took us on a field trip to a breeding farm. They had a mock cow that the bulls would mount to provide the product. To get the bulls in the mood, they used to tease them with cows, but they had one good stud that wouldn't respond to the cows. Yes, you got it, they teased it with another bull. Amazing.

I now return you to your 'Biscuit' George discussion...

Okay, it's a play on words. The saying 'mad as a biscuit' modified slightly for other topics. So you can have 'angry as a biscuit', in fact any that you fancy. Be free as a biscuit.

ps 'Mad a biscuit' supposedly dates from many years ago when sailors on long sailings had eaten everything they had except ships biscuit - those biscuits that never go off cos they were/are just made from flour and water. As they were going crazy by that stage of the sailing anyway the association was made to the eating of the biscuits, hence 'mad as a biscuit'.

They'd be full of weevils, I'd imagine. What a hard life the tars must have endured...

Weevils added protein...

ps I know another interesting little fact. Later on in the voyage when the last of the fruit was worm infested, they would rub the worms directly into their gums to preserve their teeth. The worms were full of vit C.

Oh wow really?

Tigs ..i think you must be excellent at trivial pursuits! (or pub quiz!)

No, nothing special about his knowledge of the seafaring days - he's merely speaking from experience.

(None of us are getting any younger.)

Ya rite there, Ping.

The one I was getting is 28 this year.

The one I am getting now is 46 this month.

She is a member of TV, will bash me for this.... hehehe.

Oh no, she cannot get in here.......LOL

Ya mite meet her this year if we are on Phuket the same time.

Oh wow really?

Tigs ..i think you must be excellent at trivial pursuits! (or pub quiz!)

Yes eek, it's the real trivia (of no use to anyone) and the obscure pub quiz questions that I specialise in. If you ever watch QI with Stephen Fry on the BBC, I sit there knowing nearly all the answers - to my wife's amazement and to my embarrasment!

That's quite interesting.

Speaking of trivia, I wouldn't mind getting a hold of some of those BBQ accessories in the OP. Has anyone see them about?