Foxy,

Old person's saying "If you choose to live at the top of a mountain, you should more careful about what you do, than a person in the valley"
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In other words if you choose the riches, adoration etc of a celebrity, be aware that it can be taken away just as quickly. He chose the life style he has to accept the costs.

Dear examinator,

There's these two oldies as well:

"Try not to be a succes, but
rather try to become a man of value."

Or alternatively:

"Fame is vapour, popularity an accident,
riches take wings.
Only one thing endures, and that is character."

But my favourite is:

"He took his misfortune like a man -
he blamed it on his wife."

Great jokes Pericles. I love the way that they arise spontaneously in response to events that catch people's attention en masse.

Conversation at the pub tonight:

Harry: I hear Tiger Woods has changed his name.

Morgan: Oh yeah?

Harry: Yeah. He's now "Cheetah" Woods.

[Everybody laughs]

Morgan : I heard he said he didn't do it - I reckon he's "Lion" Woods.

[More laughter, then Pericles' jokes, almost verbatim)

Of course he's screwing around. He's an extremely wealthy, famous and attractive man in the prime of his life who is apparently doing just what he likes. And very good luck to him. Shame about the missus.

Unfortunately the media vultures have pounced, which is of course part of the territory that he occupies. I'm afraid I don't have a great deal of sympathy for him, and I guess his wronged but allegedly violent wife will end up OK out of the whole deal. Tiger will still be rich, young and gorgeous, and even more famous than he already is.

That's entertainment, folks :)

What will be most interesting is if it affects his golf.

"And very good luck to him. Shame about the missus."

Jolly good and what if he has acquired something nasty and infectious from his philandering that he has passed on to 'the missus' and possibly on to the children?

Then there was the risk that his affairs could bring shame and disruption to his family, with the further risk of divorce. But wait, that has happened hasn't it?

I go along with pelican, if a husband/wife wants to play the field, there is no need to cheat, just leave.

The infuriating, vexing thing in Tiger Woods' case is that of all the beautiful, cultivated and discreet women in the world he had to consort with scrubbers.

I'm not condoning his actions, Cornflower. He's a "star", and he's behaving according to script. The man's clearly a cad, but he can afford it.

The most interesting thing about Tiger Woods is his golfing prowess. Anything else is a sideshow.

Col Rouge

<< imho men who are seen as "adulterous" are sometimes responding to something their wife is not doing.

Where the right or wrong or reasonableness of either party's behaviour lays cannot be assessed or judged remotely, only by understanding the individuals involved >>

Yes, so why suggest that a man's infidelity is the fault of his wife?

Does your 'humble' opinion lead you to that conclusion, even though you acknowledge that judgements shouldn't be made 'remotely', but only by 'understanding the individuals involved'?