[C-Kay]

She died this morning, On Mothers Day as well.

[bradcali]

well,she really is dead now.Res t in peace.Its the end of an era!

[bradcali]

PM just declared a national state of mourning and a state funeral on friday.







dont worry I'm just kidding

[Ben182]

dont worry I'm just kidding

I paniced for a second there.

[MK Chris]

Its the end of an era!

Presumably you were joking about this bit as well.

[Blinko Glick]

I assume that this thread wl now be allowed to die off too?

[TIAL]

I'd already forgotten this morning's news until I saw this thread again.
I'm not meaning to be mean or anything, but that's the truth. It seems like her life has become one big living metaphor of reality TV - quick, intense coverage, and eventually forgotten.

[Yudster]

Off she goes, bye bye, what next?

[Blinko Glick]

Leisure centre/housing estate/hospital/School - all being renamed to commemorate such an amazingly wonderful Chav.

[Johnny 1989]

Leisure centre/housing estate/hospital/School - all being renamed to commemorate such an amazingly wonderful Chav.

The Olympic Stadium will probably be renamed the Goody Stadium

[jocky85]

I'm so glad there are people here with the same opinion as me.

My sympathies do go to her sons - no one should have to go through that, and especially at such a young age

[Yudster]

No one should have to die from a curable cancer at the age of 27, whoever thay are. But I still haven't changed my opinion about her.

Also - what's all this about her raising awareness and women going in droves to be tested? Is there a hint here that if Jade had been more aware of testing this wouldn't have happened? Because Max Clifford said months and months ago that she went for tests and the results came back telling her to come for further investigations and she ignored these instructions. Four times apparently. So its hardly about awareness, is it?

[Boboff]

He said on This Morning today that if she had gone to see his Doctor ( he recovered from Cancer 12 months ago) two years ago, then she would still be here today.

As for the boys, don't feel too bad, they get a big fat trust fund each. Cash or a Mum, given the choice I would go for the cash every time.

[Bonanzoid]

Leisure centre/housing estate/hospital/School - all being renamed to commemorate such an amazingly wonderful Chav.

The Olympic Stadium will probably be renamed the Goody Stadium

They should release a new pair of trainers to commemorate her, call them the Goody Two Shoes.

[Blinko Glick]

Haha!! like it.

Or change gummy bears to Goody Goody Gum Drops!

[Yudster]

As for the boys, don't feel too bad, they get a big fat trust fund each. Cash or a Mum, given the choice I would go for the cash every time.

Depends on the mum I reckon.

[bradcali]

to be honest if i hear the name Jade Goody mentiooned many more times I think I might kill myself

[Yudster]

to be honest if i hear the name Jade Goody mentiooned many more times I think I might kill myself

Maybe you shouldn't have started the thread then you stupid tool.

[foot-loose]

Also - what's all this about her raising awareness and women going in droves to be tested? Is there a hint here that if Jade had been more aware of testing this wouldn't have happened? Because Max Clifford said months and months ago that she went for tests and the results came back telling her to come for further investigations and she ignored these instructions. Four times apparently. So its hardly about awareness, is it?

I had this argument with mum last night. Her point was that Jade had done a lot to raise the awareness of cervical cancer and that the number of young women going to get tested had increased dramatically.

I agreed that the media circus surrounding this whole carry on has certainly raised the awareness. I don't, however, agree that it was what she set out to do - I think it is a by product of her trying to get into the press. I don't think for a second that she, or her media office, planned to get the word out at all.

There have been others in public life who have lived and died from cancer who have actually made an effort to get the word out about the truths, misconceptions and stigmas associated with their particular strain. I don't see any of them being hailed as a Saint. Or a poor peoples princess.


Once again - I do not blame Jade for what she has done, nor do I blame Mad Max and his puppeteers - they are just doing what they do. I think the public do need to get this in context though. As Yuds said - a young life has ended and two children are without their mother - that's horrible. But the fascination that is involved in this, and the way everyone (including myself) seem caught up in it like it's a soap opera... it is disturbing.

[Yudster]

There have been others in public life who have lived and died from cancer who have actually made an effort to get the word out about the truths, misconceptions and stigmas associated with their particular strain.

http://www.livestrong.org Possibly one of the best examples of what you're talking about. Whatever you think of the man and his career (and there are differing opinions on that), you really can't argue with his committment to the cause, his incredibly hight profile approach, and the real, global results it has had both politically and medically.

[Bonanzoid]

to be honest if i hear the name Jade Goody mentiooned many more times I think I might kill myself

Maybe you shouldn't have started the thread then you stupid tool.

Hahahahahaha. Agreed. Tool.

[jocky85]

Once again - I do not blame Jade for what she has done, nor do I blame Mad Max and his puppeteers - they are just doing what they do. I think the public do need to get this in context though. As Yuds said - a young life has ended and two children are without their mother - that's horrible. But the fascination that is involved in this, and the way everyone (including myself) seem caught up in it like it's a soap opera... it is disturbing.

I agree completely.

[Blinko Glick]

Lest we forget her - some classic Jadeisms:

"Bonjour! Here I am with my mate Carly on the Croisette - which is like Cannes high street - trying to spot celebrities with my pinoculars."

"The French seem quite friendly but they all have hair like their dogs."

"Did you know the menus in France are in French? I couldn't believe it! In Spain, they're in English. Luckily I can say, I can say 'J'habite Essex' and 'gracias'.

I like French food, but someone told me the French eat horses. I've always said horseradish was made of horse."

"I've only gone and got myself in a movie! I met with some top producers and they offered me a role in their next project. I showed them my expressions - angry, happy and moody (that one was easy) - and faked an orgasm like in When Harry Met Sally. I could tell they were impressed."

"The weird thing about Cannes is that there aren't that many celebs, but there are loads of producers. One was filming in Norway. I said: 'Where's that - in Holland?'"

Failing to wangle her way onto designer Roberto Cavalli's boat party, Jade said: "He wasn't arriving until the next day, so went to McDonald's. At least the menu's in English."

On Big Brother, Jade asks Spencer if he punts boats on the River Thames.
Spencer: "No, I work in Cambridge."
Jade: "I know I'm from Bermondsey and I know that's London, but where is Cambridge?"
Spencer: "It's in East Anglia."
Jade: "Where's East Angular [sic] though? I thought that was abroad."

"The Union Jack is for all of us, but the St George is just for London, isn't it?"

"I knew Lynne was from Aberdeen but I didn't realise Aberdeen was in Scotland."

"What's asparagus? Do you grow it?"

"I am intelligent, but I let myself down because I can't speak properly or spell."

To Jonny when the others were complaining about him in bed: "You'll interiate." (As opposed to "deteriorate".)

To PJ after he revealed he knew someone who kept pet peacocks: "You see those things... don't think I'm being daft... but them things that look like eyes, are they their real eyes?"

Jade picks up a photo of PJ on holiday by the sea.
Jade: "Is that where you live?"
PJ: "Yeah, Birmingham seaside."
Jade:"Have they not got seasides in Birmingham?"

"Jonny, I'm not being tictactical in here"

Tim suggested Jade move to the US, to which she replied: "They do speak English there don't they?"

"It's Mona Lisa who's symmetrical, innit?"

When asked by Big Brother to name two vegetables in the garden: "Strawberries and spuds".

"Rio de Janeiro, ain't that a person?"

"They were trying to use me as an escape goat."

"Do they speak Portuganese in Portugal? I thought Portugal was in Spain."

On the final day, in the garden: "Are they really filming us out here? I look like a state."

[MK Chris]

She must have put at least some of that on... I refuse to believe an adult person can be that thick. Maybe one or two of them are believable, but not all of them.

[Blinko Glick]

I refuse to believe an adult person can be that thick. .

Did you not watch BB3 then?

I've met a few adults who are amazingly thick.

e.g.
An elderly couple complained to me about their house:
"The white roof thing in the kitchen is wrong"
Me: "I'm sorry, what do you mean?"
"The white thing at the top"
Me: "I'm not with you"
"The bit over your head"
Me:"Do you mean the ceiling?"
"Yes. There's a black bit on it"
Me: "Whereabouts?"
"Where it goes down"
Me:"What, the wall?"
"Yes. There's a black bit."
Me: "Does it look mouldy?"
"No, it's just a black space"
me: "You mean a crack?"
"yes, a black thing on the white thing where it goes down to the yellow thing"
Me: "Right - so it sounds like the wall & ceiling are moving away from eachother, leaving a gap"
"Yes."

With my brain hurting, I called someone out to go and have a look.

There was no crack/gap. It was mouldy condensation.

Numpties.