Anybody remember where they were or what they were doing when JFK was shot

He was an ********. Bush is the same as him, just thicker. And they both taste like chicken.

Can someone in the know tell me why JFK is such an icon, what did he actually do besides the Bay of Pigs and Marilyn

It had only been about fifteen years or so since the end of world war II, he was the youngest President of all time with a beautiful young wife and two young children, regarded as a very resolute President after the Cuban missile crisis
I guess it was just that era that we lived in at the time, the Kennedy’s seemed to have an aura about them

JFK, I was still six years distant.
Elvis / Lennon – no impact.

Diana – Well this was a wierd one. I was on the Recruit Training Team for 5 R Anglian, and we’d got the latest batch of sprogs out on a training area for their final training weekend. That Sunday morning was the culmination. Myself and the rest of the DS woke them up an hour before dawn by attacking them with GPMG, SA80, thunderflashes, pre-laid tripflares which caught them as they stumbled out of their shellscrapes, the full works. their JNCO’s screaming at them to return fire, gather up their kit, and bug out. Recruits left right and centre in absolute disarray while we happily added to the mayhem. Evil sods, we were. 🙂

Anyway, having woken them up rudely, we assembled them, inspected them, and then beasted them around the old airfield (think it was Fulbeck, quite close to Leadenham, between Newark and Cranwell). Full kit, including bergens, of course. While we were doing that, the slop jockeys (chefs, and I use that term VERY loosely!) were preparing the standard British Army breakfast. Sausage, one. Bacon, one, Yellow mess masquerading as egg, one. Beans, spoonful, one. All slopped unceremoniously into a mess tin. Plan was, beast the recruits round the old airfield, arrive back at the harbour area, where we’d call endex and fall the troops out for breakfast and slaps on the back for finishing the course.

So, we all arrive back (some of us dragging half-dead recruits behind us), and fall the troops out. Everyone lines up for brekkie, and as the DS file past at the end, we notice that the slop jockeys are grinning in a smug “We know something you don’t” kind of way. So we ask what their game is.

“Lady Di’s carked it Sir.” Still with the surreal I-know-something-you-don’t grin.

Yeah, right…

But there’s something about their demeanour, something that makes me go to my kit, dig out my mobile, and phone my parents. They’re ALWAYS up and about at 7am on a Sunday, they’ll be able to check it out. Dad answers the phone – “Hello son. I take it you’ve heard the news then?”

One of those moments that you know you’ll never forget… 🙁

Where were you when Elvis died?
Where were you when John Lennon died?
Where were you when Princess Diana died?

dave

A: At home
B: At school
C: In bed

Can someone in the know tell me why JFK is such an icon, what did he actually do besides the Bay of Pigs and Marilyn

JFK – doing testicular backstroke more than likely.

Diana – haha. I was working for Brittany Ferries photographing cars driving on and kept getting loads of abuse from these passengers. Couldn’t work out why – until I went for a coffee and all the crew were watching the news. Went to get a paper – it was ‘yesterdays’ mirror – and what a slagging she got! Arrived in Portsmouth and it had changed to ‘Goodbye our English Rose’ or some such cheesy ********!!! Never cared for the old slut myself mind you. Got so fed up with it all I flew to Israel for a bit of peace on my week off. There was Diana stuff EVERYWHERE. Drove me bananas. Everyone was talking about it there too.

Elvis : Didn’t care
John Lennon : don’t remember
Di : I was on the roof of my house doing some repair
Senna : Watching the race as many people
9/11 : At work at the rumor came , swtched on yahoo an detc ….

Not born when JFK didn’t duck

Didn’t care enough about Elvis.

John Lennon not sure, probably school

Diana- I had just got out of bed, switched on the TV, got annoyed because the sound was down and I couldn’t find the remote to turn it up.

The twin towers – I had just finished a course and was having a coffee in a cafe waiting for my wife to finish work, it came on the radio but I couldn’t hear because of the racket that two Portuguese waitresses were making, after trying to convince them that they should shut up to no avail, I walked to the car and listened there totally stunned.

Queen Mother – I was visiting my father in hospital when it came on the news

Ah, now the Queen Mother… I was broken down – in a lousy company car – on a busy roundabout, awaiting the AA, with every other car seeming to stop and shout out to me that she had died.
I will stand by that statement, even if you drag me in to court: you can’t prove nothing…

Flood.

Just got off a coach to see “How the West was Won” in London for JFK and thought people were joking. Don’t remember about Elvis or Lennon – Diana, I was driving to Snetterton for a M/Cycle Endurance race meeting and found the radio was playing lousy music, thought Queen Mum had died until heard news – by the time I got to Snet people were saying “Have you heard Diana’s dead – yeah – she stepped on a land mine” !!!

Where were you when Elvis died?
Where were you when John Lennon died?
Where were you when Princess Diana died?

dave

I have an alibi for all, honest…

Haven’t got a clue about Elvis – didn’t he collapse over his grill in Burger King about 10 years ago?;)
John Lennon – see above.
Di – I was actually about to go to bed (it was a saturday night, I think) when the first report came through; I ended up wandering into work at 07:30 and tracking down all the negs we had of her for the rest of the day. Nobody there wanted to know about the aircraft accident I had photographed the previous day…
Senna – I was sitting on a hill top in Dorset when I heard of the crash on the radio; his death was not so much of a shock since Ratzenburger (spelling?) had died the previous day – kind of took the sting out, I feel.

Flood.

I wasnt even born when JFK was killed.I was on hoildays when Princess D died.
Where were you when Ayrton Senna died?-A great sportsman from the sport that I adore.I was in the maket selling stuff.

Where were you when Elvis died?
Where were you when John Lennon died?
Where were you when Princess Diana died?

dave

Like Hand, I was just a kid, I was at home watching kids TV when it came on as a newsflash, it was quite a shock. The TV stations (all 2 of ’em) shut down for the evening.

dave

Another no here, but can remember where I was when I heard the news of John Lennons death; in an art class and the teacher, a hippy if ever there was one (wore sandels, no socks, long beard and even longer hair; but drove an early and well beaten up Range Rover…), was in tears.
Think we drew a bicycle, again…

Flood.

Um, no. – Nermal

As if it was yesterday.
I was a little boy playing in the yard with my dog and my mom and dad came, they were looking worried. They explained me what happened.
I have very clear memories of that day.