Will doesn't Fly

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Valmai Goodyear
Date: 13 Apr 11 - 05:26 AM

Red Bull human flight competition

Valmai

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: GUEST,John MacKenzie
Date: 12 Apr 11 - 04:12 PM

They say that affects your eyesight, and makes you walk off stages!

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Will Fly
Date: 12 Apr 11 - 03:14 PM

Thanks Charlie - I haven't stopped feeling myself - just doing it less obviously... :-)

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: fat B****rd
Date: 12 Apr 11 - 03:09 PM

I'm coming late to this, Will, but I hope you start feeling yourself again soon.
Charlie.

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: olddude
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 07:19 PM

When I was a kid Will, I once fell in a big pile of cow manure face first ...
didn't hurt as much as your tumble but it took days to remove the smell
:-)

Think I would rather fall off a stage

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: frogprince
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 07:16 PM

One small step for a....

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 06:57 PM

Maybe it would have been different if you'd been Steve Stills standing on the edge of your feather...

Then again, maybe not?

Kitty

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Alan Day
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 06:50 PM

Gnu ,I think you hit the nail on the head there.
Hes even got a multi coloured Zimmer.
Al

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Tootler
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 06:20 PM

Really! If you will try flying, what can you expect :-)

Seriously, best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Surreysinger
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 06:17 PM

A step too far obviously Will. Sorry to hear about your accident, and the sore end results. Take it easy, and a speedy recovery to you! x

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: MikeL2
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 03:26 PM

hi Will

As someone who has tried to fly from a stage also, may I wish you a speedy recovery.

What was injured most your pride or your back??

In my case it was my pride. I was so wound up in the number we were playing which ended in a huge crescendo before the interval that I completely forgot where I was and just stepped down as if it were just an ordinary step - not a five foot drop. Luckily I was bodily unhurt but I felt a complete idiot. Never did it again though !!

Painkillers and Courvoisier......hmmm sounds good to me.

Cheers

Mikel2

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: gnu
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 03:13 PM

As for playing on and playing again the next night, "The show must go on!"... or there's no pay.

Still, I am sure it was for the love of the muisc and the entertainment of the downtrodden masses.

Do you get extras for physical damage?... tips, danger pay, whatever?

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: GUEST,John MacKenzie
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 02:27 PM

Yeah, but WTF does he do for an encore. That's a hard act to follow!

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: gnu
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 02:06 PM

Some peeps will do anything to get the attention of the audience!

Heal soon and well.

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 01:55 PM

Will he, won't he... :-) Tough luck mate. I fell in November and broke my wrist and there wasn't even anyone there to see it! One thing that did come out of it - Gas and air is a great thing (when they tried to reset it) but when that didn't work and they had to operate I found paracetamol and coedine (500/30) plus a bottle of something red doesn't half help!

Get well soon and take flying lessons before you try it again.

Dave

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Harmonium Hero
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 12:07 PM

Hi Will. Just seen this. Fell off the chair laughing and now I've got two cracked ribs....
Just joshing...it's only one rib. I sometimes fly in my sleep, which is probably the safest way. Hope you're back in the saddle soon. (Come to think of it, that's probably not a good idea either...)
John Kelly.

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: GUEST,John MacKenzie
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 11:53 AM

Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky
It had the one long horn, one big eye
I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee"
It looks like a purple eater to me

It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
(One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater)
A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Will Fly
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 11:31 AM

Thanks for the kind thoughts, everyone. I've been keeping the hands in action today, so I thought I'd dedicate a little tune to 'Catters...

The Sloe

Now... must decant the sloe gin I made before Christmas...

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: GUEST,VaTam
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 10:43 AM

Dude! Pit diving is not the done thing anymore. Health and Safety!

So long as your hands are ok! As for the other injurde bits, like rib and dignity, we hope you recover speedily.

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: olddude
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 09:34 AM

OMG ... get better soon my dear friend

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: jacqui.c
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 08:53 AM

Ouch! Hope you recover quickly Sir!

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: alex s
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 08:41 AM

As R Kelly said so eloquently: "I believe I can fly...."

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Alan Day
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 07:54 AM

Well Katlaughing there may be a chance to hear this tune as Will likes it,so that hurdle over.
He may change the title however to
"Your flyings undone" !!
Al

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Gavin A
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 07:25 AM

Gorblimey Will! Take care...

Gav

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: autoharpbob
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 06:40 AM

Has to be "If you wanna be a bird, why don't you try a little flying" by the Holy Modal Rounders (Easy Rider)

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Rob Naylor
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 05:01 AM

Hope you didn't break a fingernail on your right hand....that *would* have been a disaster!

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: GUEST,John MacKenzie
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 04:43 AM

Will gives us a quick flash! ;-)

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Will Fly
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 04:32 AM

John - my right bum cheek has turned a deep purple (thinks... that would make a good title for a song), but otherwise doesn't feel too bad. Spare rib, anyone?

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: GUEST,John MacKenzie
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 04:21 AM

I hope there was no terminal damage to your undercarriage!

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 03:05 AM

Will doesn't fly - I read that as meaning he had decided not to leave Mudcat!!

get well soon, you'll feel better

sandra

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Valmai Goodyear
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 01:57 AM

Very sorry to hear about that, Will, and best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Text for today: 'How art thou fallen from Heaven, Lucifer, son of the morning?'

Valmai (Lewes)


P.S. Anne Lister wrote a song called Icarus.

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: alanabit
Date: 11 Apr 11 - 12:20 AM

Coming in on a wing and a prayer? Even though I am a mere "lad" of fifty-five, I reckon my stage diving days are over. Wishing you a fast recovery Will.

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: pdq
Date: 10 Apr 11 - 10:57 PM

Another Jazz tune one might use to commemorate this event is "Straighten Up and Fly Right".

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Jeri
Date: 10 Apr 11 - 10:47 PM

Actually, "gnosh" pit.

Will, I'm sorry you got hurt. Maybe next time, flap harder?

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: leeneia
Date: 10 Apr 11 - 10:45 PM

My goodness, I'm so sorry you had that fall. But I'm really glad the injuries are no worse.

Don't blame Alan for not getting into the thread about the mosh pit. I didn't read it either. I thought it would be about over-eating.

But that would have been 'nosh pit,' wouldn't it? Sorry about that.

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: katlaughing
Date: 10 Apr 11 - 08:26 PM

Ow! Remember one does not need to live up to one's moniker, got that, gramps?!**bg**

Hope the rest of us get to hear Crash Landing, too. Keep up with the treatments and come back soon.:-)

kat

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Bounty Hound
Date: 10 Apr 11 - 07:10 PM

Never tried stage diving into the audience myself, so full of admiration for Will giving it a go.

But seriously, loved your recent youtube links, so best wishes for a speedy recovery
And looking forward to lots more great tunes

John

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: GUEST,999
Date: 10 Apr 11 - 06:44 PM

Will, remember that they laughed at the Wright brothers, too.

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 10 Apr 11 - 06:35 PM

Oh dear, don't like the sound of that at all! But congrats for heroic fortitude above and beyond the call of duty (well, maybe not "above"...). If you're looking for a jazz piece, there's always One O'Clock Jump...

Speedy recovery Will! To a magnificent man sans flying machine.

B xxx

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Will Fly
Date: 10 Apr 11 - 06:35 PM

Thanks folks. I had already referred to this in the "Diving into the mosh pit..." thread, but Day obviously hadn't read it. (He's getting on a bit you know - not as lithe and lissom or as sharp as me). But I look forward to hearing "Crash Landing"!

I'm finding that a diet of Paracetamol and Courvoisier is working wonders...

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 10 Apr 11 - 06:20 PM

Best wishes (and virtual arnica) for a speedy recovery from cracks and bruising!

Kitty

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: The Sandman
Date: 10 Apr 11 - 06:11 PM

hey will, break a leg, get better soon

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Spleen Cringe
Date: 10 Apr 11 - 06:04 PM

Ouch! That sounds painful. Here's to a speedy recovery...

Subject: RE: Will doesn't Fly
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 10 Apr 11 - 05:51 PM

Oh dear!!

Lots of love and an 'Almost Hug', Will...

Subject: Will doesn't Fly
From: Alan Day
Date: 10 Apr 11 - 05:48 PM

Will took off from a stage five feet high to fly, without wings (a rare mistake for flier) sadly he crash landed with his fuselage suffering a possible cracked rib and bad bruising.Showing his heroism and "The Show must go on" professionalism he did his gig and furthermore one the following night.
I am sure you will join me in wishing Will a full recovery, but sadly I think his flying days are now numbered. To cheer him up I have written a Jazz tune for him (I will Email it to you tomorrow Will ). Up to today I was struggling with a title but "Crash Landing" it is.
Al