# I pit Heather Mills, by proxy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 20, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718 "2007-03-20T15:10:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/21 "2007-03-21T03:06:30Z")
[QUOTE=Harborwolf] Not so much that she’s divorcing Paul McCartney but that she’s made all sorts of accusations about Sir Paul.The view was that she was trying to get more money out of the divorce. Add in that noone has seen her messing with no broke broke and you get Heather the gold digger. [/QUOTE] 18 years, 18 years. She got one of his kids, got him for 18 years. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/22 "2007-03-21T03:18:59Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] So what makes her a bad person or a gold-digger? The fact that she married and divorced (or will divorce) Paul McCartney? [/QUOTE] The fact that she represents PETA. [QUOTE=Hentor the Barbarian] I was irritated and amused by her career title, which was something like “Charity Campaigner.” They showed her with some dumbass handdone protest sign that said “Animal Rights, Human Wrongs” or something to that effect that they must have just whipped up. [/QUOTE] Wasn’t she a model before she lost her leg? Couldn’t they say “Former Model & Charity Campaigner” to make is sound like she actually did something celebrity-ish once? ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/23 "2007-03-21T12:03:34Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] I don’t know. Americans love a comeback kid story. Who embraced the Duchess of York when she was outcast from civilized society? [/QUOTE] Yeh, but the difference here is that Fergie is, by all accounts, a genuinely nice person whereas Mills is, by all accounts, a fucking gold-digging bitch. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/24 "2007-03-21T12:06:55Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] Could you repeat that in the King’s English because I have no idea what it means. [/QUOTE] Ahem, that’ll be the QUEEN’S English thank you, if we’re going to be all proper. ---
**Author:** ![tirial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@tirial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tirial)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/25 "2007-03-21T12:21:01Z")
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster] Much as I hate to agree with you, I have to. I love Paul to bits, but come on - he’s way, way, waayyy too old to be all gooey-eyed romantic and therefore refuse a prenup. [/QUOTE] Slight hijack: IANAL but prenups don’t have much status under British law - they are not legally binding and can only be considered evidence in the divorce. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/26 "2007-03-21T13:12:21Z")
Larry King had her on last night, and she didn’t come off as the bittah monster the press makes her out to be. Paul sent her flowers or something. I thought she did OK on the dance floor. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/27 "2007-03-21T13:36:12Z")
I saw Heather Mills a couple of years ago on Larry King with Paul, campaigning against our seal hunt. It was clear to me that she was trading on Paul’s celebrity to voice her cause. Paul was very reasonable in his criticism of the hunt while she came across as a shrill bitch. She clearly embarrassed Paul . I was not surprised to hear of their separation, but I was surprised to hear that she needed to sue for hundreds of millions of dollars. Their marriage lasted what, a couple of years? That just makes her the biggest whore of the millenium. I understand why Paul didn’t pursue a pre-nup, but clearly he entered the marriage in good faith, and this is how he was rewarded. Not only is she a bitch whore, she’s an ugly bitch whore as well. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/28 "2007-03-21T15:13:46Z")
[QUOTE=The Flying Dutchman] I was not surprised to hear of their separation, but I was surprised to hear that she needed to sue for hundreds of millions of dollars. Their marriage lasted what, a couple of years? That just makes her the biggest whore of the millenium. I understand why Paul didn’t pursue a pre-nup, but clearly he entered the marriage in good faith, and this is how he was rewarded. [/QUOTE] This is the thing that bugs me about her…if you don’t want people to think you are a gold digger, then don’t act like one. ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/29 "2007-03-21T15:20:39Z")
How many of the other contestants are planning to donate their winnings to charity? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/30 "2007-03-21T15:21:33Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] The fact that she represents PETA. Wasn’t she a model before she lost her leg? Couldn’t they say “Former Model & Charity Campaigner” to make is sound like she actually did something celebrity-ish once? [/QUOTE] Yes and also a “soft” core porn thingy 😃 God she’s an ugly bugger. I tells ya if she was the last woman alive I’d look for a plank with a knot hole in it. \*or a goat with all 4 legs ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/31 "2007-03-21T15:23:59Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] This is the thing that bugs me about her…if you don’t want people to think you are a gold digger, then don’t act like one. [/QUOTE] If you don’t want to marry someone who is a gold digger, don’t marry someone 26 years younger than you are and likes the spotlight. Why do these guys think younger women marry them, for their looks and charming personality? He might have been the cute Beatle 30 years ago but he looks a little bit like an old woman now. They were both adults and knew what they were getting into. She married him for his money, big shock. He married someone who was younger and (sort of) attractive. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/32 "2007-03-21T15:39:00Z")
[QUOTE=Caridwen] They were both adults and knew what they were getting into. She married him for his money, big shock. He married someone who was younger and (sort of) attractive. [/QUOTE] _I loved you for your beauty But that doesn’t make a fool of me You were in it for your beauty too_ - Leonard Cohen ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/33 "2007-03-21T15:47:20Z")
Wait. Paul married Long John Silver, bit his leg off and is clubbing baby seals with it? Where have I been? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/34 "2007-03-21T15:52:20Z")
[QUOTE=Harborwolf] Kanye West. Gold Digger. Radio edit. [/QUOTE] Okay, now we have an attribution. Can we have the decoder key that will allow us to get some semiotic content out of it? It must mean _something_; it’s got words in it. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/35 "2007-03-21T16:00:05Z")
“Now I ain’t sayin’ she a gold-digger, but she ain’t messin’ wit no broke (plural n-word).” ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/36 "2007-03-21T16:02:24Z")
[QUOTE=Caridwen] If you don’t want to marry someone who is a gold digger, don’t marry someone 26 years younger than you are and likes the spotlight. Why do these guys think younger women marry them, for their looks and charming personality? He might have been the cute Beatle 30 years ago but he looks a little bit like an old woman now. They were both adults and knew what they were getting into. She married him for his money, big shock. He married someone who was younger and (sort of) attractive. [/QUOTE] I’m not saying he wasn’t stupid, don’t get me wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/37 "2007-03-21T16:08:06Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] This is the thing that bugs me about her…if you don’t want people to think you are a gold digger, then don’t act like one. [/QUOTE] I can’t help but think the courts would consider the baby’s right to live in the lap of luxury, as her father does. Maybe that’s what the big bucks is all about. Mommy got a sweet deal any way you slice it. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/38 "2007-03-21T16:12:21Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I can’t help but think the courts would consider the baby’s right to live in the lap of luxury, as her father does. Maybe that’s what the big bucks is all about. Mommy got a sweet deal any way you slice it. [/QUOTE] True enough. If anyone was NOT being stupid, it was Heather Mills. If I were her, I would have pumped that baby out even faster than she did. And tried to squeeze in one more for good measure. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/39 "2007-03-21T16:20:30Z")
_I ain’t sayin’ she’s a gold digger But she ain’t messin’ with no broke niggas_ You can type the word ‘nigga’. Even ‘nigger’. I don’t think the race police will ban you or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/40 "2007-03-21T16:26:36Z")
[QUOTE=Hentor the Barbarian] I was irritated and amused by her career title, which was something like “Charity Campaigner.” They showed her with some dumbass handdone protest sign that said “Animal Rights, Human Wrongs” or something to that effect that they must have just whipped up. What, they couldn’t describe her as a “Professional Golddigger”? [/QUOTE] I think they should use “used to married to someone famous” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718.md?page=3)