When you say 'nutter' does your father think he just acts up or does he think he's insane?

Top man points to your dad by the way

Perhaps because the Shrinks think he would be a danger to the community? frankly on that call I would think their judgement has more weight than an internet get me out canpaign.
Perhaps its just me?

Hard to argue

Some of his exploits I found on the web

Some Of Charles Bronson's more notable incidents are as follows:

In 1983, Bronson took hostages and staged a 47-hour rooftop protest at Broadmoor, causing £750,000 of damage.
In 1994, while holding a guard hostage at Woodhill Prison, Milton Keynes, he demanded an inflatable doll, a helicopter and a cup of tea as ransom. Two months later, he held deputy governor Adrian Wallace hostage for five hours at Hull prison, injuring him so badly he was off work for five weeks.
In 1998, Bronson took two Iraqi hijackers and another inmate hostage at Belmarsh prison in London. He insisted his hostages address him as "General" and told negotiators he would eat one of his victims quickly unless his demands were met. At one stage, Bronson demanded one of the Iraqis hit him "very hard" over the head with a metal tray. When the hostage refused, Bronson slashed his own shoulder six times with a razor blade. He later told staff: "I'm going to start snapping necks – I'm the number-one hostage taker." He demanded a plane to take him to Cuba, two Uzi sub-machine guns, 5,000 rounds of ammunition, and an axe. In court, he said he was "as guilty as Adolf Hitler", adding, "I was on a mission of madness, but now I'm on a mission of peace and all I want to do now is go home and have a pint with my son." Another seven years were added to his sentence.
In 1999, he took Phil Danielson, a civilian education officer, hostage at Hull prison. He can be seen in CCTV footage singing the song "Yellow Submarine", walking around with a makeshift spear (after having caused havoc inside the prison) and causing the wing to be locked up for over 40 hours.
In 2007, two prison staff members at Full Sutton high security prison in the East Riding of Yorkshire were involved in a "control and restraint incident", in an attempt to prevent another hostage situation, during which Bronson (who by now needed spectacles) had his glasses broken. Bronson received £200 compensation for his broken glasses, which he claimed were made of "pre-war gold" and given to him by Lord Longford.


Charles Bronson is also guilty of a large number of crimes outwith hostage-taking - his convictions have had the following: armed robbery, wounding with intent, wounding, criminal damage, grievous bodily harm, false imprisonment, blackmail and threatening to kill.

Despite this Charles Bronson has managed to publish a number of books detailing his experiences as a prisoner as well as a number of keep-fit books, being a self-described fitness fanatic

Yep this guy plays well with others and clearly respects authority!

30 years in the job dealing with all ages has proved to me that the good guys stay good and the aresholes are aholes all their lives.

I thought I was becoming a grumpy old man in my old age but my wife reckons that I'm the same as always. Not sure whether this is reassuring or not.

The house move went OK. Thanks for asking. Our purchasers turned out to be second hand car dealers, trying to save money everywhere. In the end I had to approach the person I was buying from and we split the lower costs between us.

I know we downsized but the one thing which came as a surprise is now much smaller our new place is. We had two 18' x 16' bedrooms and the smallest (my office) was 11' square. The second bedroom in our new place is a fraction bigger than our old smallest.

We had a large kitchen and we extended it. The new kitchen is smallish. Where does everything go?

I threw away so much at the tip that the blokes who worked there used to wave as I came in. Two more visits and I've have got my own parking place. I moved into the new place on Thursday and have already gone to the new tip twice. We took so much. Thank god one couple turned down our offer on their two-bed place. We've got a 3-bed but even so it's tight.

But we're pleased with the move. The new location is great and the neighbours quite pleasant. There's a sweet old biddy next door. And on top of that I pick up my SLK 350 on Weds. I had to get rid of my TVR 'cause I've got a bad back and need an auto. I was gutted but I really like the SLK. Also it is cheaper to insure.

I know it's childish but the roof is really cool. When you switch off the ignition the steering wheel rises and the seat moves back. The door mirrors fold up as well. It seems to sort of shake itself.

So according to the estate agent ours was a really straightforward sale. We had first-time buyers (him an airline pilot, she a vet, both around 30 or so - you could hate them so easily) and moved into an empty place. No problems, But even so, it was stressful.

And then today, I was up in the loft, turned quicky near the access point and caught a nail nead on the forehead just about my eyes. I'll post a picture if you want. I was nearly out. Lots of blood. What a stupid place to put a nail.

Read the rest of the sentence and guess.

Unit > Powerfully built > Red Bull Can.

From what I know of him, he seems a fascinating man. Intelligent, driven and insightful. However he also seems to lack the ability to control his anger. Combined with his size this is a very dangerous combination.

It's as simple as that really IMHO. The fact he's never killed anyone is a red herring, it's the culmination of his many smaller crimes that have put him away for so long.

Sadly, he illustrates quite well that not all criminals are the stupid one dimensional characters that we'd like to think. This makes it so frustrating that rather then contributing to society he takes up so many resources.

As an aside I've got a wonderful biro drawing of his and he is really quite talented.

Unit is a neologism meaning big and very strong man.

E.g. - "fk me Enrico, have you seen those South American prison gang fighting vids on Youtube? Some tasty bds they are. That 6'6 Brazilian geezer with no ears and the tattoos all up his face is a real unit. He can bench press four times his own weight and he's beaten six men to death in the last two years."

- "Yes your holiness. Is there anything else I can get you?"

See also double-hard bd; brick sthouse, built like a

Let's just say all he is lacking is a Directorship . . . & possibly a few marbles.

Out of interest, why are you bothered enough about his self inflicted plight to start a thread on him?

If, as you say, it's straightforward enough to play the remorse card and get out....if Bronson wanted out and wasn't a complete whacko, wouldn't it be easy for him to play the card?

Can't see me ever getting worked up about people like this. Far more important things to worry about (the victims of crimes for a start).

Thanks.
It's not an expression I've ever heard before. And I know some very big and strong men