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AIBU to have never heard of Ray Reardon?!

171 replies

OnceUponAMidnightBeery · 10/01/2022 23:32

DH is appalled, I am clueless!

Help back me up here... or join DH in shaking your head sadly 😂

YABU of course, everybody knows!
YANBU who?

OP posts:
MissBattleaxe · 10/01/2022 23:33

Snooker player with Dracula's hair.

sst1234 · 10/01/2022 23:33

70s Snooker player. Very distinctive looking one.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 10/01/2022 23:34

Nope. Never heard of him.

But I don’t really know who anyone is.

DramaAlpaca · 10/01/2022 23:34

Snooker legend.

MasterBeth · 10/01/2022 23:35

How old are you? If under… 45, then YANBU.

Hellocatshome · 10/01/2022 23:36

Snooker player that looks like Dracula. Wouldnt blame people for not knowing who he is though.

DoucheCanoe · 10/01/2022 23:36

YANBU - I've never heard of him.

WhistlersandJugglers · 10/01/2022 23:36

It depends on your age, I think. Snooker players were a lot more famous when there were fewer television channels.

theNumbersStation · 10/01/2022 23:36

Snooker Legend. 🦇

ISpyCobraKai · 10/01/2022 23:37

Yes I know, I'm 44 if that helps.

Floralnomad · 10/01/2022 23:37

Depends how old you are , I’m in my 50s so I’ve heard of him .

IamaBluebird · 10/01/2022 23:38

Welsh snooker legend Daffodil

SpindleyCrow · 10/01/2022 23:39

@WhistlersandJugglers

It depends on your age, I think. Snooker players were a lot more famous when there were fewer television channels.
Pot Black. BBC2. Jumpers for goalposts.
ChicCroissant · 10/01/2022 23:39

I remember Ray Reardon well, but I wouldn't expect anyone young to know who he is. There was a regular snooker programme called Pot Black in the 70's.

PurpleRainlnTheSky · 10/01/2022 23:39

Depends on your age. If you're under 37/38, then YANBU. If you're 39/40 or older, then how the F can you not have heard of him?

As you're 44, then YABU. Have you heard of Steve Davis?

Original poster
OnceUponAMidnightBeery · 10/01/2022 23:40

@MasterBeth

How old are you? If under… 45, then YANBU.
I’m 40! and Welsh, which makes it worse Blush
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PickAChew · 10/01/2022 23:42

@MissBattleaxe

Snooker player with Dracula's hair.
And upside down glasses.
MissBattleaxe · 10/01/2022 23:43

No that was Dennis Taylor with upside down glasses.

x2boys · 10/01/2022 23:45

The upside down glasses was Dennis (Taylor?) I think?

thenightsky · 10/01/2022 23:48

I had a crazy teenage crush on Alex Hurricane Higgins
😁

takingmytimeonmyride · 10/01/2022 23:49

Snooker player. Snooker is about the only sport I like watching. I think it's because I have fond memories of watching it as a kid (because there wasn't much else to watch!)

SwissCheeseRentedChildren · 10/01/2022 23:51

I knew he was a snooker player but had to Google him to see what he looked like. He occasionally did wear upside down glasses (but not as famously perhaps as Dennis Taylor).

AIBU to have never heard of Ray Reardon?!
SpindleyCrow · 10/01/2022 23:52

I used to appreciate Tony Knowles's arse, but that was the early 80s.

maddening · 10/01/2022 23:53

Had heard the name but no clue who he is, why i had heard his name and would not know what he looked like.

Hemingwayscatz · 10/01/2022 23:54

Never heard of him. I’m in my late 20s. Dad watched snooker a bit when I was a child but I only really remember Ronnie O’Sullivan.

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