Sports Personality ... Seriously?

[joggerjayne]

I missed the Sport Personality Of The Year, and I'm sure this was done to death at the time, but I heard yesterday that Lewis Hamilton won it.

Seriously?

Ahead of Lizzy Yarnold?

I was just a Stevenage boy, and my parents didn't have much money (as we are told over and over and over). So thanks for all the support, and training, and lucky I got into the Young Driver Development Programme. And now that earning £70m a year, I can make a valuable contribution to the public benefit, which will help the next generation of young sports stars.

But I'm not gonna. *** you lot. You can all *** off. I'm declaring myself no longer UK resident, so I don't have to put anything back into the system.

Not that there's anything wrong with spending a lot of time abroad, you understand.

But it's ... two fingers up at you British public ... but don't forget to vote for me.

Don't get me wrong. If he paid full UK tax, he would only be left with £40 million, and that probably doesn't buy you very much in Stevenage, but you know.

Perhaps he should've been given Overseas Sports Personality, and left the big prize for someone who lives, works, and trains in Britain, with British sports people.

Someone like Lizzy Yarnold.

Okay, rant over.

ps. As LH goes on and on and on and on about his Stevenage roots, and milks that one dry, is his ongoing connection with Stevenage ...

(a) I go back there all the time, because I'm a Stevenage boy at heart, or

(b) Thank *** I never have to go back there.

Just wondered.

Okay, rant really over, this time.

Removed a few swearyish bits :-) auntie xxx

[joggerjayne]

There's an "I Love Lewis" club?

:0o

Are they from Stevenage?

[joggerjayne]

It was outstanding Dave, but every sports person who became World Champion at their sport achieved something outstanding.

[joggerjayne]

retro ... if I had £80m of course I wouldn't live in Stevenage. But I'd probably still live in Brighton. And I'd have pretty awesome parties.

[-Talbot-]

There's an "I Love Lewis" club?


I'm in it.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

Yes jj...sad but true.

[joggerjayne]

Ahh, right.

No, I mean actually, he's a great guy. Deserving winner. I'm pleased for him.

[-Talbot-]

Him?........I was talking 'Denise'

[sunny-dave]

I'm just looking for the right sport to demonstrate my own oustandingness ...

... it just needs to be suitable for a slightly overweight wine-bibber (currently nursing a gammy neck too) and have not too many other competitors and I'll be in there :)

[Retrochic]

yes jogger if I had £80 million I'd treat myself to a holiday home in Brighton!

http://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/details/35508065#eirVsm8SHqprvqbR.97

[joggerjayne]

Ooh, that house has a glass wet room. Fabbers. I'd love one of those. But I'd probably end up flooding the flat downstairs.

[grasscarp]

Good to see you Jogger. I did wonder where you had gone. They said on the radio the other day it was very windy on the south coast. I thought to myself I hope JJ is alright!!!!

[johnny37]

entertaining thread jayne and i do get the joke. I dont know the two ladies above at all. was one of them the dressage lady with spina bifida (or whatever). If so jolly well done. I hate all award progs and think they are a waste of time. I laughed when a lady athlete was gasping for breath and asked how she felt to 'win' a silver. she said gutted after four years training.

[shoota]

Shoota spends an idyllic moment or four imagining JJ in dressage regalia....

[sunny-dave]

You've come over all Fryish haven't you shoots?

[shoota]

https://asmarequestrian.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/asmar-dressage-tailcoat-_-black-1-mb.jpg

[shoota]

Just to wind up a certain young(ish) lady of our joint acquaintance SD.

I believe his partner is fulfilling the literal interpretation of your question....

[joggerjayne]

Guys, thank you all for joining in the thread.

I must say, I was expecting a "shut up, we've already done this" type of response.

Oh, and the bleeped out words were not as naughty as the asterisks make them look.

[ChillDoubt]

Why would he want to pay tax here when he doesn't reside her and spends the majority of his life moving around the world in various locations?
Hundreds if not thousands of others do exactly the same i.e. workers on cruise ships etc?
As for Lizzy Yarnold, if she was ever given the opportunity I'm sure she'd prefer to train in Switzerland/Austria/Norway/Germany far more often than she does but I'd hazard a guess that she spends a fair amount of time out of the UK anyway, surely?

[BRIGHT SPARK]

jj......right on cue :-)