An honourable gentleman...

[Steve Maskery]

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015 ... ton-school

OK, so he is rich and privileged, but even so, or maybe especially as, isn't it heartening to see someone "doing the right thing"? It warms the heart of me cockles.

 

[Alexam]

That was a nice story.'Born and bread a true gentleman, as you say.

 

[Steve Maskery]

That was a nice story.'Born and bread a true gentleman, as you say.

I hope, at his honorary lunch, they gave him something better than a bit of bread!



S

 

[Alexam]

If the waiter was bred right the bread would be on the side. Well spotted...... silly me.

 

[bugbear]

Well, I guess it's easy to be noble if £1500 isn't a big deal to you.

I'm an atheist, but this seem relevant, which I was taught at school.

BugBear

 

[finneyb]

Smacks of an advertising puff from the school - at absolutely no cost they have got national publicity for their Library funding drive

' Inspired by Sir Jay’s actions, I am announcing an amnesty to all those other Old Tauntonians who harbour Taunton School library books on their shelves at home – I know I’m one. In so doing, we can raise further funds which will go towards developing the library.”

Brian

 

[SammyQ]

Hear! Hear! BB.

I'm also strongly reminded of the Pharisees, who had people preceding them, shouting their virtue....

Sam, agnostic and cynic.

 

[John15]

I agree with BB on this one.

John

 

[doorframe]

Oh, you cynical bunch. (hammer)

Poor old Jay. Does the decent thing and all you can think is that he/they are after a bit of free publicity!

Perish the thought!

 

[JohnPW]

Smacks of an advertising puff from the school - at absolutely no cost they have got national publicity for their Library funding drive

' Inspired by Sir Jay’s actions, I am announcing an amnesty to all those other Old Tauntonians who harbour Taunton School library books on their shelves at home – I know I’m one. In so doing, we can raise further funds which will go towards developing the library.”

Brian

Seems like it to me as well.

The report said it was a donation as well as saying it was 'fine', but surely libraries have a limit for fines, somewhere in region of say £50 or the cost of the book?

Neil Longstreet, director of the Taunton School Foundation, said: “Sir Jay is a much valued supporter of the foundation and we were absolutely delighted to accept the return of his library book, together with an extraordinarily generous cheque to cover the appropriate ‘fine’ after a mere 65 years.

Sounds like they got together to cook up this fake "news" story.