Why the pavilion end? Granted 'the Nursery End wouldn't do; it suggests paedophilia; but the Vauxhall End would. The Vauxhall Tavern is a celebrated gay pub.
I never realised that KK was gay either. However, why all these euphemisms?
Why does it all sound so "nudge, nudge, wink, wink"?
Do try to grow up, all of you.
His partner hanged himself for goodness sake. A little understanding wouldn't go amiss.
Is not MichaelZZ mocking the old- fashioned view of homosexuality, which required speakers to use euphemisms when speaking of it? If not, he must be an old club man, wears a blazer, drinks pink gin, and is aged about 80!
It was very sad. His partner was much younger than KK and was still quite young. After all that time together (and living through an era when being gay wasn't so accepted) it is understandable that he would be lost on his own. To him suicide was his only option.
Maybe, Fred, but still, I didn't find it that amusing given the circumstance of his partners death.
To be honest, the fact that he was gay should be neither here nor there, and the sooner the "plays for the other team" jokes die out the better.
He was an man in a very real relationship.
However, Fred is almost correct with his connection to the Kia Oval. But to get the euphemism correct, I believe it was that celebrated Thespian Ray Winstone who suggested that gay gentlemen "bowl from the gasworks end".
I've read all the comments on here about KK and I can't really see that any of it is disrespectful. Its just some gentle humor, about who everybody seems to agree was a lovely man. I feel so sorry for his partner.