tigerfish Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 (edited) can be anyone you like, just put a reason for your choice. Edited November 23, 2011 by tigerfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 (edited) I admire the character 'Howard', the old miner from the film Treasure of the Sierra Madre who by an act of kindness became trusted and admired and never had to work again...inna hammock fed with turkey, watermelon and tequila by beautiful gurls...to a wonderful music score by Max Steiner... Edited November 23, 2011 by tutsiwarrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludditeman Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Thaksin Shinawatra, great guy and done a lot for the normal people in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonobo Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Don Quixote, for seeing only the best in other people (I trust fictitious people are OK for your question.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Don Quixote, for seeing only the best in other people (I trust fictitious people are OK for your question.) also, Raskolnikov from Crime and Punishment who had the courage to seek redemption... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 John Waters, because he's a creepy, filthy, hideous freak from Baltimore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poanoi Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 go-go dancers with a really good body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 (edited) go-go dancers with a really good body We seem to be on the same page, but I will also throw in Chris Chritsie's name in order to appear slighty less shallow. Edited November 24, 2011 by Ulysses G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Blessed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 John Waters, because he's a creepy, filthy, hideous freak from Baltimore. I haveta agree...the dogshit eating scene from Pink Flamingos must be admired for its bold cinematic technique... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygourmet Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 "Tintin"... because I learned how to read French by following his adventures. As well, my grandfather and my dad collected all the 1st editions signed by Herge -the master himself- which are nowadays much more valuable than gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgs2001uk Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 George Galloway. I may not agree with his political views, I may not like his abrupt style, I do however admire the way he made fools of the American Senate committee in their own backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Familyonthemove Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I was thinking Sir Bob Geldof or the great Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, but decided to go for the go-go dancer with the great body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) George Galloway. I may not agree with his political views, I may not like his abrupt style, I do however admire the way he made fools of the American Senate committee in their own backyard. I'm with you on that one, not only is he courageous but he mirrors my feelings on the same issues...he doesn't like western imperialists and bullies and neither do I... when I was a young man Che Guevara and Jack Kerouac come to mind...but Che came to grief when he lost support from the Bolivian CP and should have withdrawn; his idealistic faith in 'the people' led to his demise...and 'ol Jack, well, he just drank too much and condemned the 'unpatriotic' counterculture before his death in 1969... Edited November 25, 2011 by tutsiwarrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryBird Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Anyone who stands up for a cause/change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onionluke Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I admire Jim Pooley and John O'Mally for their life style choices . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardjm65 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 My choice? Pat Condell, for telling it the way it really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedy Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 People who show kindness and compassion toward others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritter1970 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 That guy who is president of Syria seems like a gentle and caring sort of a chap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 My choice? Pat Condell, for telling it the way it really is. Pat Condell is someone that I really do admire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 My choice? Pat Condell, for telling it the way it really is. Pat Condell is someone that I really do admire! Me too, and Brian Blessed. Given the choice...... I'm Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJIC Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 (edited) Thomas Edison. For his very useful 1093 Patented Inventions, which have aided mankind in a very big way,for many years (although a large amount of his Patented Inventions,belonged to the inventive minds and skills of his employees,and claimed by him and the Company) Edited November 26, 2011 by MAJIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdome Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Anyone who stands up for a cause/change. Let me add to that: "...even up to the highest personal risk and if not in their interest or favor." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdome Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 People who show kindness and compassion toward others Excellent one as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 (edited) My choice? Pat Condell, for telling it the way it really is. Pat Condell videos: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pat+condell&oq=pat+condell&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=53187l56547l0l62516l11l11l0l2l2l0l344l2110l2-6.2l8l0 Charles Krauthammer is another one who tells it like it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer Edited November 27, 2011 by Ulysses G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardjm65 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 My choice? Pat Condell, for telling it the way it really is. Pat Condell videos: http://www.youtube.c...l2110l2-6.2l8l0 Charles Krauthammer is another one who tells it like it is. http://en.wikipedia....les_Krauthammer Thanks to Ulysses for those Pat Condell links, People....... listen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean999 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Hitler. I don't agree with what he did but you've got to admire his leadership. How does someone get so many people to do what they did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiChai Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) Jeremy Clarkson for making a career out of being an arsh*le. Tim Berners-Lee for inventing the web so I have something to do all day while sitting at work doing nothing. Linus Tovalds for inventing Linux and probably responsible for the whole free software movement. Without this we would not have Andriod, the Iphone, Ipad and a raft of other gadgets we can't live without. Whoever invented telly (it was so long ago), so we have something to do in the evenings when its cold and miserable. Edited December 2, 2011 by MaiChai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelaos Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 My wife for putting up with yours truly :jap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiChai Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 (edited) This is one of those threads we can have a great laugh with. Come one guys, lets have some suggestions. Abhisit for trying to make honest people out of Thai politicians? Noo lek at my condo for sorting out all the problems that happen and keeping everything honest and straight (she is the office manager). Edited December 5, 2011 by MaiChai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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