R.I.P. Rik Mayall

[Ryedo40]

Saw Bottom live at City hall some decades ago. He was a brilliant entertainer. Sad news indeed.

[Marx]

Can I ask what people mean when they post the words RIP, R.I.P or Rest in Peace? Is it done out of some kind of protocol or tradition? Do people actually believe that he is resting in peace and not dead?

[handyman1996]

Rik with a silent P

Was a good one from the young ones

Thoughts with him & his family

A true legend

[*_ash_*]

Can I ask what people mean when they post the words RIP, R.I.P or Rest in Peace? Is it done out of some kind of protocol or tradition? Do people actually believe that he is resting in peace and not dead?

 

Probably a bit of both. Protocol: (more often in real life), because it's universal and can be used when someone doesn't know what else to say; and/or Tradition: (and used online) - as it's also a commonly known term to show that you respected/liked that person, and wish to share it.

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Bold: You don't have to be religious to use RIP. I'm not, and I use it when someone I like dies.

 

You would perhaps have a point if someone said 'I hope he RIP', because that would suggest 'not dead' (i.e somewhere else); but most just write RIP, which is more like a statement, than a wish, and so can be used whether you believe in God, or know the truth.

Edited June 10, 2014 by *_ash_*
added a couple of brackets in first bit, to make clearer

[melthebell]

Can I ask what people mean when they post the words RIP, R.I.P or Rest in Peace? Is it done out of some kind of protocol or tradition? Do people actually believe that he is resting in peace and not dead?

 

rest in peace or good riddence which would you prefer when your gone? ill make a note

[skinz]

I won't miss him as I never knew him but I do have access to his work at the touch of a finger tip. The man is dead, his work lives on.

 

56 is just not right. Commiserations to family and those close to him.

[parsoncross]

my best bottom episode goto be the gasman brilliant totally brilliant rip rik

[alchresearch]

Loved him in Man Down, he even looked like he could be Greg Davies's father.

 

There was supposed to be a second series, so lets not just remember him for his past work, and the fact he was still working.

 

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/man-down

[Guest]

Rik Mayall was like a British Jim Carey; the performance he put in in Drop Dead Fred was very Ace Ventura/The Mask-esque. He could have been more famous in America than he actually was, but I'm glad he wasn't in a way because we got to keep him.

 

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my best bottom episode goto be the gasman brilliant totally brilliant rip rik

 

yeah that was funny. Another episode that stands out for me was the one where they were "looking after" the shop, but ended up watching cricket on the roof!

[Stan Tamudo]

This is a terrible day for British comedy. That guy was a legend, I loved the New Statesman.:cry:

 

So did I, Alan B'Stard reminds me of one or two on here as well.

 

"We hear an awful lot of leftie whingeing about NHS waiting lists. Well the answer's simple. Shut down the health service. Result? No more waiting lists. You see, in the good old days, you were poor, you got ill and you died. And yet these days people seem to think they've got some sort of God-given right to be cured. And what is the result of this sloppy socialist thinking? More poor people. In contrast, my policies would eradicate poor people, thereby eliminating poverty. And they say that we Conservatives have no heart".

 

Thanks for making me laugh a lot Rik.