Sir Robert Anderson : Doin' Hard Time

[Howard Brown]

Whatta trooper ! Three whole hours !!!!!!!! And undoubtedly without his bible beside him to boot !
This endurance record makes Diana Nyad's recent swim look like a kiddie pool caper.

Votes For Women
December 24, 1909
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[Lynn Cates]

do the math

Hello Howard. Thanks for posting that.

Let's see--how much is 3 X 1/19? (heh-heh)

Cheers.
LC

[Robert Linford]

With his fondness for holidays, he wouldn't have survived very long in the departure lounge at Heathrow.

[Howard Brown]

He might have wanted to come off as showing the readership that jail is not a good experience, but comes off to the average man as a bit of a marshmallow, doncha think ?

[Robert Linford]

He comes off as a naïve prat. How can he have the experiences of a prisoner's lot, knowing that he is going to be let out the same day, as opposed to, say, 30 years hence? It's like those airhead celebs who sleep in cardboard boxes for one night.

[Howard Brown]

I hear you, Bob
He wouldn't last long in a real prison around other cons....
Even thinking about the guy pretending his three hour stint was rough is absurd.

[Gary Barnett]

He comes off as a naïve prat. How can he have the experiences of a prisoner's lot, knowing that he is going to be let out the same day, as opposed to, say, 30 years hence? It's like those airhead celebs who sleep in cardboard boxes for one night.

Language, Timothy!

[Robert Linford]

Sorry!

[Simon Wood]

Hi How,

Apparently, Robert Anderson was locked up for three hours in Kilmainham prison, late 1860s.

Pity they didn't throw away the key.

Simon

[Joe Chetcuti]

Lock the door, and throw away the key, there's someone in my head, but it's not me. Yes sir, Simon could write some good lyrics.

Anderson had himself purposely locked into a jail cell? I am understanding this right? I wonder if he received a death threat or something like that at the time. And he needed to spend a few hours hidden away.

[Simon Wood]

Hi Joe,

I think it's just one of Anderson's many BS stories which fill his later memoirs.

Hope all is well at home.

Regards,

Simon