O/T Too soon?

[Keith]

The BBC has apologised to the Japanese Embassy after jokes were made on QI regarding the atomic bomb attacks. A guy who survived both bombs was described as "the unluckiest man alive".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12260577

Is it still too soon?

[Plain Peter]

He was in Hiroshima on a business trip on 6 August 1945 when the city was zapped to bits by an atomic bomb.
He suffered serious burns and spent a night in Hiroshima before returning to his home city of Nagasaki just before it was bombed on 9 August.

So his serious burns wounds were dressed in the local hospital outpatients unit. He then spent a peaceful couple of nights in the only local hotel left standing. The following day he took a cab through the unusually quiet streets to Hiroshima train station, which by an act of god had been spared from any damage by the atomic bomb. And despite widespread devastation, a complete breakdown in communication and infrastructure, the 1015 Nagasaki Express was able to leave on time!
Seems a bit of a myth to me.

[Lloydie]

I'm sure that episode was on months ago, did they see it on 'Dave'

[George Dawes]

oversensitive springs to mind, he was unlucky

[durhamshrimp]

It's a bit 'pearl harbour' outside tonight.

There's a nip in the air.

[mrpotatohead]

whatever you think of this, its clear that we now have free speech for the dumb as the norm here, i feel comments are now a waste of time about anything anymore as apathy rules, hence ..........

[durhamshrimp]

whatever you think of this, its clear that we now have free speech for the dumb as the norm here, i feel comments are now a waste of time about anything anymore as apathy rules, hence ..........

That part of your message is disappearing into an ironic philosophical black hole.

[mrpotatohead]

10 out of ten durham, glad you spotted the irony and liked the pathos

[durhamshrimp]

Tik a boo son

[mrpotatohead]

stoolz