Sammi Hyypia ........The guy is a Legend

[Neil Young]

"Ronald McDonald House" FFS! In a kids hospital

I missed that. Un-f*cking-believable.

[Scratch]

Oh, don't get me wrong, i'm not knocking Sami cos as you say, we don't see every other footballer doing it (altho some may go the anonymous route, and fair play to those players as well) but i was just looking at it in perspective of earnings and wondering how many of us would do, or have done the same.

If someone came to me and said we need £300 in order to keep our hospice running...would i be able to give it, even tho i could feasibly afford it...maybe, but it would make a big dent in my finances for the next few weeks whilst i tried to balance it out. Whereas £24000, whilst a great amount, will have little effect on Sami's general lifestyle...in fact, i'd be amazed if he spent a weeks wages in 6 months, if i'm honest, even living a lavish upkeep???

[Craig_H]

Bear in mind they pay nearly half of it in taxes too.

[Imy]

Top man.

"Ronald McDonald House" FFS! In a kids hospital

Sami Hyypia House

I missed that. Un-f*cking-believable.

In any hospital its out of place, especially with the obesity problems and related illnesses.

[Philosophia]

In any hospital its out of place, especially with the obesity problems and related illnesses.

The Ronald MacDonald House is a long-standing charitable organization started by the MacDonald's corporation in the States. I am sure the many parents of sick children who could not otherwise afford to be near their kids when they are sick are grateful to the company. If it makes people buy a few more hamburgers it's hardly the worst crime in the world: it's certainly not like advertising cigarettes to kids.

[hamshanks]

The Ronald MacDonald House is a long-standing charitable organization started by the MacDonald's corporation in the States. I am sure the many parents of sick children who could not otherwise afford to be near their kids when they are sick are grateful to the company. If it makes people buy a few more hamburgers it's hardly the worst crime in the world: it's certainly not like advertising cigarettes to kids.

You're entitled to your opinion mate, but for me IT IS like advertising cigarettes to kids. The damage fast food does to the health of this country is immeasurable and as such it's got no place in a hospital.

If the McDonalds Corporation want to help out sick children then great but don't use it as a cynical marketing ploy and name the wing after your creepy clown.

Fair play to Sami by the way, a colossus of a person aswell as a centre half.

[Kenneth]

The Ronald MacDonald House is a long-standing charitable organization started by the MacDonald's corporation in the States. I am sure the many parents of sick children who could not otherwise afford to be near their kids when they are sick are grateful to the company. If it makes people buy a few more hamburgers it's hardly the worst crime in the world: it's certainly not like advertising cigarettes to kids.

I think my local council were a bit hasty withdraw these from vending machines:

http://www.searchenginepeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/baby-cigarette-soothers.jpg

[BFG]

You're entitled to your opinion mate, but for me IT IS like advertising cigarettes to kids. The damage fast food does to the health of this country is immeasurable and as such it's got no place in a hospital.

If the McDonalds Corporation want to help out sick children then great but don't use it as a cynical marketing ploy and name the wing after your creepy clown.

Fair play to Sami by the way, a colossus of a person aswell as a centre half.

I understand what you're saying mate and it is quite ghastly just because of the nature of the company but McDonald's hasn't caused one child to be obese, their parents have by allowing them to shovel far too much of it down their necks so I don't agree with the analogy of advertising fags to kids.

If children with a good diet had a happy meal once in a blue moon and were generally active it wouldn't cause them a problem. There isn't any instances of cigarettes being acceptable for children to smoke regardless of the frequency of it.

Good on Sami though.

[Neil Young]

The idea that hospitals are suitable places for advertising by any private company is anathema to me. The fact it's McDonald's, which has, over the years, made an enormous amount of money through marketing fat-filled pieces of crap directly to children, only makes it worse.

BFG, I get your point but I think it's misplaced here. At the very least you can't wholly exonerate McDonald's or the system that allows it to flourish by polluting our hospitals.

Thank f*ck Liverpool FC got rid of it eventually.

[jonymadness]

Sami is a legend, best memory of him is during my 2nd visit to Anfield, us standing in the pissing rain after the 3-1 win over the blue****e in 2000 and him walking out amongst fans and signing every autograph and posing for every picture, there was probably 80 to 100 fans there and he waited with us.

The only other players that did it were Diomede and Traore who signed a few until they heard people ask who they were and the legend that is Gary Mac who did the exact same as Sami, signed whatever was asked, despite getting a lot of abuse over the peno in 96 from a couple of blue****es that were about looking for Barmby.

Most of the players just sent their girlfriend/wife to get the car and drive it up to the security area so they wouldn't get disturbed. After waiting almost 2 hours in the rain for Robbie to appear he walked past the 6 of us that were left, and hopped into his car, which was really ****ty of him and tainted his legend a very little bit for me...

[BFG]

The idea that hospitals are suitable places for advertising by any private company is anathema to me. The fact it's McDonald's, which has, over the years, made an enormous amount of money through marketing fat-filled pieces of crap directly to children, only makes it worse.

BFG, I get your point but I think it's misplaced here. At the very least you can't wholly exonerate McDonald's or the system that allows it to flourish by polluting our hospitals.
Thank f*ck Liverpool FC got rid of it eventually.

I don't mate and it was more the comparison with advertising cigarettes to kids that I was replying to.

I agree it's not at all suitable to advertise such a product in a hospital, let alone a children's ward but McDonald's still only makes kids fat when their parents allow it to. You won't see me defending their marketing but I have to go now as it's only an hour before they withdraw the breakfast menu.

[Subby]

Top man.

"Ronald McDonald House" FFS! In a kids hospital

Sami Hyypia House

I was thinking the same thing....****ing McDonalds trying to get in with Joe Public when it's their food that part causes heart problems and other illnesses


Sami's House......sounds better...or as Phil Thommo says...Big Sami's

[Subby]

The idea that hospitals are suitable places for advertising by any private company is anathema to me. The fact it's McDonald's, which has, over the years, made an enormous amount of money through marketing fat-filled pieces of crap directly to children, only makes it worse.

BFG, I get your point but I think it's misplaced here. At the very least you can't wholly exonerate McDonald's or the system that allows it to flourish by polluting our hospitals.

Thank f*ck Liverpool FC got rid of it eventually.

[lickedlollipop]

good job, Sami

[Neil Young]

I don't mate and it was more the comparison with advertising cigarettes to kids that I was replying to.

I agree it's not at all suitable to advertise such a product in a hospital, let alone a children's ward but McDonald's still only makes kids fat when their parents allow it to. You won't see me defending their marketing but I have to go now as it's only an hour before they withdraw the breakfast menu.

Actually that's pretty much what i thought you were getting at so stand by my comment. I mean, you might as well say Marlboro don't make people smoke, it's their decision, etc., so why not allow them to continue marketing their cancer sticks and allow people to make mature decisions?

And, did you know, guns don't kill people, people do. (and )

Anyway I've got to stop going off at tangents on threads because it makes The Reaper very grim. And rightly so.