Sid Waddell loses his battle with cancer.

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2012/08/12 07:47:26 (permalink)

Sid Waddell loses his battle with cancer.

 
The 'voice' of TV darts for most of us.
 
He had a wonderful turn of phrase for sure.
 
RIP Sid.

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    SteveStrummerUK
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    Re:Sid Waddell loses his battle with cancer. 2012/08/12 07:57:35 (permalink)
     
    I just found a few of his quotes on Wikipedia, there must be loads more out there...
     
    • When Lowe gets back to Clay Cross there'll be a reception like Ayatollah Khomeini had hit town
    • Jocky Wilson, all the psychology of a claymore.
    • As Freud said to Jung in Vienna, you can psych up too much for a darts match.
    • Cliff Lazarenko's idea of exercise is a strong pull on a soda siphon.
    • Commentating on Eric Bristow "The congregation is restless and the High Priest is at the oche"
    • When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer... Bristow's only 27.
    • We couldn't have more excitement if Elvis walked in and asked for a chip sandwich.
    • Bristow reasons . . . Bristow quickens ... Aaah, Bristow.
    • Bob came on like the Laughing Cavalier..now he looks like Lee Van Cleef on a bad night
    • Wade is like a man trying to eat candy floss in a Hadron Collider.
    • "He's not just an underdog, he's an underpuppy." – Assessment of Keith Deller's chances of winning the 1983 Embassy World Darts final against Bristow. Deller won.
    • That was like throwing three pickled onions into a thimble.
    • Look at the man go, it’s like trying to stop a water buffalo with a peashooter."
    • He's hitting that lipstick like an outsourced Avon lady
    • Taylor's opponents appear to be merely cutting with spoons in his wake.
    • As the Liverpool marker said ... You'll never chalk alone"
    • Yesterday...all my doubles seemed so far away...
    • Taylor could land a Boeing 747 on a kayak
    • This Ozzie has more hair than Rapunzel...and is letting it down.
    • This is Sergeant Taylor's Only Darts Club Band...
    • I've just left Bon Jovi's dressing room and I'm living on a tungsten prayer
     
     
     

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    Re:Sid Waddell loses his battle with cancer. 2012/08/12 08:16:42 (permalink)
    What a character. RIP Sid.

     
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    Re:Sid Waddell loses his battle with cancer. 2012/08/12 10:56:31 (permalink)
    RIP Sid.

    Should auld acquaintance be forgot--hey, who the hell are you guys?  
     
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    Re:Sid Waddell loses his battle with cancer. 2012/08/12 13:21:06 (permalink)
    Yep.  He bugged the heck out of me (having been a dart player for over 30+ years and knowing many of the older pro guys), but was also a member of a forum that I'm a senior moderator on so it's still sad to hear the news early this morning.  We never knew where he was coming from but he certainly gave people something to talk about.

     
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    Re:Sid Waddell loses his battle with cancer. 2012/08/12 14:24:44 (permalink)
    RIP Sid

      
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    Re:Sid Waddell loses his battle with cancer. 2012/08/12 14:27:43 (permalink)
    Sad loss indeed.

    I remember him commenting on one of Eric Bristow's matches in which he uttered the immortal line - "here we go, it's cruise missile time again" in that wonderfully annoying accent.



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    Re:Sid Waddell loses his battle with cancer. 2012/08/12 16:53:14 (permalink)
    aye it's sad, did much to smooth the transition of darts from BDO to PDC in the casual fans' minds...

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