The amazing president --our Eddie

[BazBoy]

On Hot Seat final contestant , a young school teacher at a disadvantaged
school in Ballarat going for $20,000 & Ed says "What are you going to do
with $20,000."
She answers "Buy all the students at school new shoes."
She selects D (which is wrong) so Ed says "Thats wrong try another"
" " " C and wins
Good on you Eddie

[BazBoy]

And a footnote
Ed says I am going to ring Aquila and get those shoes.
I want you to keep that money.

[Bob Sugar]

Good on the great man, he often gives contestants a hand, some choose not to take it though.

[BazBoy]

A beautifull act and I hope the genuine act does not get lost in
controversy.

[thompsoc]

Yes well done, but he is still a Toorak boy.
Rich people giving poor people a small sniff
doesn't cut it with me.
Yes, and then there is the Broadmeadows past
that he plays up.
What is the best thing about Broady?
Answer: getting out of it!
Eddie knows this very well!

[ronrat]

Aquila will spend say 4 K and get 20 times that in free publicity. The youung teacher can use it to maybe pay some pressing debts or go on a nice holiday and Channel 9 get plenty of good publicity. The kids get a pair of shoes and the parents get some sort of financial relief, albeit small. There are no losers here.

Thomsoc, You ever think what Eds parents had to give up to buy shoes for the kids. Ed may remember when Dad put off taking Mum to the pictures, or buying her a new vacuum cleaner. You have a black heart,

[thompsoc]

[droversdog65]

Thommo don't try and kid a kidder - NOTHING is about equality.

That's just human nature old son.

It may be wrong or it may be right but it certainly IS . . .

And no amount of wishful thinking or placard waving is going to change it for one second.

[thompsoc]

[droversdog65]

Certainly agree there thommo, but just quietly some of the meanest penny pinching pr1cks I've ever met have been ordinary wage earners.

Arrogance and belief in self superiority permeates all levels of human society and all nations.

There are many who will stretch out a hand to give a mate a lift up but just as many will walk right past him whilst he's in the gutter.

Anyway - back on topic - the only thing I care about regarding Eddie is how good a job he is doing with our club . . . and IMHO he bleeds black and white and would walk through hell with a handbucket to get us a flag.

[Bucks5]

It's a nice gesture, but it is easy to be generous with money that belongs to someone else. None of it comes from Eddie's own pocket.

[Dangles]

[droversdog65]

Dangles I was born working class - and poor working class at that. I was the youngest child of 11.

I certainly bettered myself and moved up in the world but it certainly wasn't a case of 'escaping' - or 'arriving'. I was simply trying to get a better life and succeeded.

The old 'class' distinctions are a thing of the past and irrelevant now IMHO.

Everyone gets born and eventually they die.

What happens in between is just an interlude and its up to everyone, no matter what 'class' they were born into to make the most of what they have been given.

[Hiss]

When I give to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food or why they suffer without affordable housing, they call me a communist.


Think about it!

[stui magpie]