I don't mind being covered in shame so long as they get covered in shit!

Why are they protesting? They hated her, she's dead. Surely they should be celebrating?

on a serious note, i agree with you totally. these are some of the idiots that are protesting military funerals. they believe god is punishing soldiers because of gays in the military. i pray they don't show up for a funeral in my area. i don't think they would fare too well in my neck of the woods

On the contrary, I hope they DO show up to protest a funeral in your neck of the woods.

On a day when you and your colleagues are terribly busy elsewhere.

I'm sure you'd get there as quickly as you could just as soon as word reached you about the "disturbance"...

I wonder if they'll show up at the funeral for that church group that god killed/maimed on the train ride?

First female VP candidate Ferraro dies at 75


"My name is Geraldine Ferraro," she declared. "I stand before you to proclaim tonight: America is the land where dreams can come true for all of us."

LINK

Hmmmmm. True. If you get on anything that malfunctions after working safely for years, you might well be the final inspector.

Similar to the wisdom about mushrooms: All of them are edible, some only once though.

I remember when her son was busted for coke, I believe, in VT. back in the mid 80s. What a fuckwit, it sure didn't help his mom's political career.

Calvin_Russell

While not a fan, I like his music. He died yesterday.

Well, gosh darn it! Next time I'll hope for Big Sarge winning a lottery as well:


Much more at the link. I'm not too sure how reliable the source is -seems a bit one-sided, to put it mildly - but I reckon it is probably pretty accurate.

:lol:

Good stuff ZG! I hope those arseholes show up here...I already have my brass knuckles waiting...

your 'brass knuckles' did not help you out earlier in the 'chat room' LOL!!! You got your fat ass kicked.

Pam.

Refusing to answer your crazy ass questions in chat is not "losing." Thats called ignoring. You have out crazied me though, you win that game. You are the most psycho of all time.

Jackass star Ryan Dunn dies in car accident
http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/as...-ryan-dunn.jpg
link

RIP - your stupidity and insane antics brought laughter to many.

Clarence Clemmons - saxaphonist for Bruce Springstreet's E Street Band.

http://www.startribune.com/entertain...124141563.html

re: Ryan is Dunn

I can't say I'm bummed. I mean, it's a sad loss of life, but I was never into the jackass thing and can't imagine being famous for sticking a hot wheels up your ass. It looks to me like the porsche now has a Ryan in ITS ass.

I mean, how freaking fast did they have to be going? They don't even know who was driving? They're not even sure if that's the car?

Fine if you wanna be a jackass and die from it but you run the risk of killing someone who was just minding their own "no hot wheel up my ass" business.

The life you save may be mine. :right:

Darwinism.

kinda ironic about the movie yet to be released...living will.....just sayin....

Mike Waterson died today. That's pissed me off.

Peter Falk. A good actor in movies and on TV.

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/a...falk-dies.html

Colombo passed away? Awww.....

He was perfect as the Grandpa in The Princess Bride.

Grandpa: That's right. When I was your age, television was called books. And this is a special book. It was the book my father used to read to me when I was sick, and I used to read it to your father. And today I'm gonna read it to you.
The Grandson: Has it got any sports in it?
Grandpa: Are you kidding? Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles...

Oh i am so sad to hear about Peter Falk. What a damn fine actor and a lovely gent.

Columbo's dead?!?!

Aw shit!:mad:

Loved those shows. As a kid I had to go to bed early, but couldn't sleep (never been able to), but, after Momdigr went to bed, I could sneak back to the living room and watch the rest of whatever Popdigr was watching until the news came on.

A lot of times it was Columbo...

Maybe at his funeral the lid of the coffin will open and he'll sit up and say 'Just one more thing....'

I liked a lot of his work but my favorite was as Sam Diamond in "Murder By Death" with Truman Capote.

Next?:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Dana, that is funny! I'm using it.

We were just doing this bit. My brother told us that he wasn't thinking and opened an upsrairs window and his a/c fell to its death. I was kidding that I was going to come by and do a crime scene investigation thing (putting on sunglasses, saying it was pushed...'looks like we have a cold case' yeahhhhhhhhh) and brother did the columbo bit as he was leaving. It was spot on, and we laughed and laughed.

Rip Mr Falk. :(

I was just remembering Falk as Joy Boy in A Pocketful of Miracles. Funny stuff.

har.

This was a show I watched with my nan.

My favorite Peter Falk scene



Serpentine, Sheldon, serpentine!

I adored Murder by Death.
Had no idea Truman Capote was in it!
But then when I first watched it I had no idea who he was (forgive me, a provincial teen) and after that I just accepted the performances for what they were.

In fact despite reading his books, I had no idea what he looked or sounded like until reading an article which included his disparaging review of Audrey Hepburn singing Moon River. The journalist let fly about Truman's own shortcomings.

Back to Peter Falk - the part was well written and he embodied it perfectly.
He was one of my secret heroes because he appeared to have ptosis (in fact it was a glass eye). I could not watch Columbo with anyone else in the room in case they made a comparison.

It's sad when anyone dies, but when people have dementia their passing must be slightly easier for their loved ones; the person has already slipped beyond their reach.

Was in the car with ma today, and mentioned his passing. She said 'Oh, I know. I was going to call you about it. You used to love him!'

I adored Columbo. Whenever it was on I'd watch. Watched with Mum a few times.

I especially remember that one with the theatre actors. Can't recall the title. Brilliant, brilliant show.

I always liked how apparently unheroic he was. With his shambolic appearance and broken down car. I liked that it was never about guns and might, but rather intelligence and guile. And that often he had sympathy for the villain. It was rarely as black and white as other detective shows.

ur gettin' Americanized.....

Did he pass on the left?

From the country that brought you

..."If you feel a bit guilty about it afterward we can dig a grave and you can throw up into it."

:lol2::lol2::lol2:

Can't find the thread that lies in between this one and the Celeb Death thread.

Just to say that Jimmy Saville is dead.
I met him.
He was odd. And misogynistic.
But he raised a lot of money for charity.

He was quite strange, almost anti-social for a man who courted fame and as you said, deeply mysoginistic and homophobic.

Did you know Thatcher entertained him at Chequers for several Christmases, now what do you suppose they talked about over the mince pies..?

I knew him slightly a long time ago and couldn't find a likeable side to him, but he had something. Fear? Massive insecurity?

He didn't have friends.

And yet I feel unaccounably sad at his passing. End of an era I guess.

Goodbye Smokin' Joe. When boxing was cool, you were the coolest.

The past few days, this whole Michael Jackson/Dr Death trial finally got to me.
Not the trial or the verdict... the Dr probably got the verdict he deserved.

But the whole, extended ad nauseam, Jackson family is my issue.
I've believed they are a hoard of hangers-on, grasping for $.
Some may think otherwise. I've just come to that belief over years,

Then today, Janet Jackson is on TV talking about the trial and verdict.
She says the Dr was just in it for the money, and didn't care about Michael.
She may be speaking truth, but she also needs to look behind her.

Is that a particularly Amercian phrase, or are you referring to any euphemism?

I think the British and Americans have always danced around the subject of death. Our old graveyards have:
"Taken from us..."
"Fell asleep..."
"Left us..."

"sleeps with the fishes..."

Can't remember how to link to a specific point on a YouTube clip.
But this one is at 2.20.


Luca Brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes...
Sounds gorgeous in a Welsh accent

RIP Patrice O'Neal

An outstanding comedian

Again, sorry. I know Monster created a thread for public deaths that didn't score you points or bum you out but were worth a mention. I still haven't found it (see #1001 above).

Ken Russell died.
My interest in him was sparked by his association with Derek Jarman. But I accept he was probably a genius. Many people I admire with more knowledge of film have said so.

I wasn't really attracted to his films - it's not a medium which excites me and I admit my ignorance. I watched The Devils purely for Jarman's sets.

Heard Glenda Jackson on the Radio speaking very passionately about him. It moved me.

nah it was just to get them (i.e. huge long obits to people no-one had) out of the deathpool. This one doesn't bother me :lol:

It was a useful thread.
Do you remember what it was called?!

Russell's death didn't bum me out (oo-er matron) but he had enough influence on those who influenced me, for me to want to mark his passing.

If I get tired looking for threads I can be a bit "Oh fuckit", but generally I'll try to put posts in the most sensible place possible.

RIP celebrity? I dunno, never really took off

It will now.
I presume you are familiar with the word spree...?

of course....

....did big sarge send you a gun?


:eek:

RIP Patrice Oneal.

Not enough funny in the world, bummer.

Harry Morgan of Dragnet and MASH fame died yesterday.

I liked his movies and TV shows but I lost all respect for him after he was arrested for beating his wife.

:(

RIP Colonel Potter

I hadn't heard that. A good reminder that actors are not their roles.

I found reports of that, but not a lot of other information. He was 82 at the time. I'm not finding much, but this comment on a news board.

I hate domestic violence, and I rail against it all the time, as you should know. But I also don't care for peasants with pitchforks, who hear news blurbs and label the world and everyone in it as the evil devil.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertai...-on-mash-dies/

It's very unusual for the comments section of a news story to contain such a thoughtful comment.