RIP John Cushnie

[Arch]

I always liked it when he was on GQT, especially when Bob Flowerdew was on as well, they always ended up rowing in a good natured way over something organic....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8437119.stm

 

[bobg]

Ahhh, poor old John, I bet there's not to many fans out there on CC though.

BTW Tim Hart too ... who I hear you cry..

 

[rich p]

I heard it on the radio whilst driving and I had a little moist eye moment. Great bloke.

 

[Headgardener]

I will miss his ripostes with Bob Flowerdew on GQT although I haven't had much chance to listen lately.

 

[Aperitif]

Oh dear. News direct via CycleChat. What a nice natured guy he always seemed to be when broadcasting. A very young, canny wit - and obviously a decently knowledgeable gardener too.

 

[Norm]

Oh dear. News direct via CycleChat. What a nice natured guy he always seemed to be when broadcasting. A very young, canny wit - and obviously a decently knowledgeable gardener too.

+1

 

[wafflycat]

I liked John Cushnie's humour on GQT.

 

[longers]

I'd not heard of him before now but it sounds like he'll be missed by quite a few people.

 

[wafflycat]

He was incredibly knowledgeable about matters gardening, but he wasn't so far up himself and his knowledge that he couldn't have a laugh at hgis own expense and the expense of other GQT panellists if he thought they were being a bit serious.. thinking of his retorts to Bob Flowerdew on occasion!

 

[postman]

Don't let Flowerdew arrange the funeral .Poor bloke will be underneath some old carpet at the bottom of a garden somewhere.Surrounded by old tyres .

Slowly breaking down .

 

[The Jogger]

I liked his view that gardens shouldn't be all neat and tidy, he didn't think they were proper gardens. He was a real character and very sharp.

 

[Twenty Inch]

Sad of course, but I never liked him. I thought he never missed an opportunity to get a laugh at someone else's expense and to make questioners feel small. Of course he's being sanctified now and that nasty, wee-minded sense of "humour" is being redefined as some sort of towering intellect.

 

[Aperitif]

Sad of course, but I never liked him. I thought he never missed an opportunity to get a laugh at someone else's expense and to make questioners feel small. Of course he's being sanctified now and that nasty, wee-minded sense of "humour" is being redefined as some sort of towering intellect.

He'd do alright on here then IMO - "get a life" - to use the avuncular - 20 inch. Happy New Year.

 

[Twenty Inch]

He'd do alright on here then IMO - "get a life" - to use the avuncular - 20 inch. Happy New Year.

Thanks, I have one. Don't you mean "vernacular"?

 

[rich p]

Thanks, I have one. Don't you mean "vernacular"?

Nope, he was using a form of wit to criticise you gently.

An unnecessary post from you in my opinion too, FWIW.