Sadly not.

I've got a whole book of his poems, they're excrutiatingly funny. Sadly he never lived to see Association Football become the most popular sport in the world so we'll never know if he thought that the goal was "bowl where the ball should go".

And that, I think, is the biggest tragedy of all.

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on January 21st 2006 at 21:17:54

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Amusing article on IED's spiritual ancestor in The Guardian today ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 21, 21:05:29
- haha (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jan 21, 21:22:34
  - The ending is the "best" bit - that's where he makes his Springer-esque moral conclusion. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 21, 21:33:36
    - men confesses (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jan 21, 21:42:33
- lol..."the worlds worst poet" (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Jan 21, 21:14:47
- And I always thought he was a creation of Spike Milligan! (n/m) (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Jan 21, 21:11:21
  - Sadly not. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 21, 21:17:54
    - 'The complete Spike Milligan'... (General Chat) - Small, Jan 21, 21:20:39
      - Milligan is an absolute legend - his Room 101 was hysterical ... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 21, 21:44:57

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