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GoldNugget
26 Sep 13 18:50
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Is this book a suitable Christmas present?
Does it come under fact or fiction?
Also, has there ever been other people in this world who have bravely managed to win a battle against cancer and continued with a full and busy life ?.........or has only one person on this planet managed this feat?
Pause Switch to Standard View "Too Busy to Die"........
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Report saddo September 26, 2013 6:52 PM BST
Is that written by the guy who threatened to put a racehorse trainer out of business?
Report ima_mazed66 September 26, 2013 6:53 PM BST
Too greedy to might have been more fitting.
Report GoldNugget September 26, 2013 6:57 PM BST
saddo....He points his finger vigorously at tv cameras by all accounts...... his name slips my mind at the mo.
Report throwthetellyoutawindow September 26, 2013 7:28 PM BST
Might come back to bite him, hope this  bombs, an ignoramus of the first order imo.
Report .birkdale September 26, 2013 7:29 PM BST
"Too busy conning people to die"

He made the quickest ever recovery in history and was soon back out with the bucket.
Report top2rated September 26, 2013 7:37 PM BST
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Report Hound-Dog-2 September 26, 2013 8:21 PM BST
He was at a race meeting when he seen Rod Stewart and went over to interview him, Rod told him to "F*@* OFF".......and Tommo never bought another Rod Stewart record after that !  The story is in the book, and re the topic question "Is this book a suitable Christmas present ?"  Do you need to ask that question !  Pick it up in the pound shop next year.
Report betilyerded September 26, 2013 8:38 PM BST
Daft **** thought my mate Danny was the owner of Ayr Gold Cup winner Regal Parade a few years back, interviewing him live on air straight after the race so Danny went along with it. ClassBlush
Report BobbyPeru September 26, 2013 10:13 PM BST
Hope it sells less copies than Partridge's Bouncing Back, and i hope the rest of the unsold end up the same way.......in a pulp Laugh
Report twizzle22 September 26, 2013 10:19 PM BST
The most insincere nauseating man in racing.
Report G Hall September 26, 2013 10:27 PM BST
He can't be that bad lads,he must have some good points.
Report Dr Gonzo September 26, 2013 10:35 PM BST
Also, has there ever been other people in this world who have bravely managed to win a battle against cancer and continued with a full and busy life ?.........or has only one person on this planet managed this feat?

Thommo and Lance Armstrong
Report JohnTerry September 26, 2013 11:22 PM BST
rosset
Report themightymac September 26, 2013 11:22 PM BST
How good a book is can be judged by it`s price on Amazon 4 weeks after publication and Tommo`s will be going for 1p, imo.
Report Meyer Lansky September 26, 2013 11:45 PM BST
G Hall

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He can't be that bad lads,he must have some good points.












twizzle22

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26 Sep 13 22:19
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The most insincere nauseating man in racing.


They are his good points
Report hello :-) September 27, 2013 1:00 AM BST
When you compare his book title to the brave fight and dignity sir henry carried around for years you see how small minded and cheap he actually is

sickening title and a kick in the teeth to the many brave folk who lose to this disease all the time , but hey if you can get a couple of quid out of it
Report .birkdale September 27, 2013 6:20 AM BST
In extremely poor taste by Thompson for trying to make  money out of being ill  (unless of course he is donating some of the proceeds to cancer research, Macmillan, etc....)
Report johnnyrant September 27, 2013 11:07 AM BST
The man redefines the word 'shameless'. The book title says it all about how crass he is. A damning indictment on racing that he continues to carve a successful career out of it.
Report Colonel Trautman September 27, 2013 11:30 AM BST
Fwiw i spoke to TALKSPORT when he had his slot on there and told them in no uncertain terms they could be hit with lawsuits over the man...He was "let go" straight after..genuinely..
Report geoff m September 27, 2013 1:05 PM BST
"Too Busy to Die"........

FFS will folks please stop employing him!!
Report kavvie September 27, 2013 1:09 PM BST
that would be great.id be happy if i never heard or seen him again.hes genuinely a not nice person.no plus points about him at all.
Report EDDIE-D September 27, 2013 2:08 PM BST
As a title to the book I think "Too Greedy To Die" might have been more appropriate
Report chrisg September 27, 2013 2:38 PM BST
Turned up on Today programme on R4 this morning plugging the book.
Tipped up Radiator and Soft Falling Rain he'd had the word from Newmarket!
Report knot in wood September 27, 2013 2:41 PM BST
must have been up all night picking them two. Cry
Report ima_mazed66 September 27, 2013 7:45 PM BST
I'm not sure why the Betfair police took the other thread down as the thing about him falling foul of the ASA is on record and in the public domain and if he wanted to sue over a stain on his character regarding the spat with Hugo Palmer then it would all come out in court anyway.
Report xmoneyx September 27, 2013 8:15 PM BST
has he been given the nod he deffo is dying?
Report sweetchildofmine September 27, 2013 8:29 PM BST
no hes made a full, quick, miraculous recovery
Report ima_mazed66 September 27, 2013 8:32 PM BST
He was diagnosed with a bowel tumour and bowel cancer can be a killer if left unidentified for too long, so I supposed it all depends on how you look at it as to whether he was considered to be dying or not but he had surgery for it anyway. Caught early enough it has a high survival rate of 5 years or more but a very low one for that same time period if a late diagnosis.

I have this theory that the reason why so many famous people either come through illness or have a greater life expectancy that the average person once they are diagnosed is that I'm sure many have private healthcare either personal or tied on with the job, that requires them to have a full health MOT every 6 to 12 months and any problems are found earlier than the average person who either can't or won't go to the doctor.
Report xmoneyx September 27, 2013 8:55 PM BST
my owner boss--taxi---60ish

went very quickly bowel cancer---within 7 months

I was quite shocked
Report noidea September 27, 2013 10:02 PM BST
Many people will have had bowel cancer for a long while before it is diagnosed. Once it spreads elsewhere the chances of recovery are not so good. Early diagnosis and treatment are keys to survival.
Report paul the b September 27, 2013 10:25 PM BST
I am a bowl cancer patient.
Have a brain scan on the 7th of Oct. due to intense pain....big worry for me, but I keep "busy" and won't be selling a book even though I work in the entertainment business with plenty of stories I could tell.
Report xmoneyx September 27, 2013 10:32 PM BST
all the best paul
Report knot in wood September 27, 2013 10:33 PM BST
your book would probably be far more interesting paul,best of luck.
by the way,do you have chemotherapy treatment for this type of cancer.
Report paul the b September 27, 2013 10:39 PM BST
knot......yes had chemo for year....pretty horrible due to constant sickness but it helped with no repeat tumour in the bowel do far.
Report xmoneyx September 27, 2013 10:45 PM BST
does chemo fill bloodcells?
Report knot in wood September 27, 2013 10:47 PM BST
know from family experience the chemo is very tiring,thats why big fella's quick recovery surprised me.
hope things go well for you paul.
Report paul the b September 27, 2013 10:53 PM BST
xmoneyx.....kills cancer cells that may travel around the body...but can damage healthy ones as well which can cause some problems.
Report xmoneyx September 27, 2013 10:57 PM BST
so they do a count monthly of bloodcells
Report paul the b September 27, 2013 11:00 PM BST
Plenty of blood tests during treatment......to see what is going on with the cells.
Report ribero1 September 27, 2013 11:28 PM BST
Good luck Paul,in Thompson's case I can only presume he had keyhole surgery to recover has quickly as he did.
Report tezza September 28, 2013 12:42 AM BST
Tommo too busy to write his own book it seems too, no shock there I suppose, I understand Lee Mottershead was responsible for waving the wand and making it a 'fun' read, with plenty of staccato sentences no doubt to add some much needed effect to the wild excitement of opening bookies' shops the Tommo world over. Met Hugo Palmer at the Newmarket open day on Sunday, very impressive character and a genuinely busy guy himself. Thankfully, he wasn't too busy to ignore the blatant lies and did what any self-respecting person would do in the circumstances. I like Palmer as a trainer, but he's gone up another notch in my estimation as a human being since reading this thread.
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