Celebrity death that bummed you out the most... - Page 42

Crimson Ghost · 07-06-2009, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by diminished

Persistence and I are just trying to work out if there is any of the cast of "Are you being served?" left alive?

Edit:Just checked the article,Frank Thorne is still alive,thought I read he'd died about 4 years ago.

Trevor Bannister, Nicholas Smith, and Mike Berry are still alive.

spudcon · 07-06-2009, 07:50 PM

Robert McNamara wrote later that he and others had not asked five basic questions: "Was it true that the fall of South Vietnam would trigger the fall of all Southeast Asia? Would that constitute a grave threat to the West's security? What kind of war — conventional or guerrilla — might develop? Could the U.S. win with its troops fighting alongside the South Vietnamese? Should the U.S. not know the answers to all these questions before deciding whether to commit troops?"
He never considered the question "Can a bunch of eggheaded nerds micromanage a war half a world away better than the Generals whose expertise they were ignoring?" The world is better off without Robert McNamara.

capnhowdy · 07-06-2009, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

Robert McNamara wrote later that he and others had not asked five basic questions: "Was it true that the fall of South Vietnam would trigger the fall of all Southeast Asia? Would that constitute a grave threat to the West's security? What kind of war — conventional or guerrilla — might develop? Could the U.S. win with its troops fighting alongside the South Vietnamese? Should the U.S. not know the answers to all these questions before deciding whether to commit troops?"
He never considered the question "Can a bunch of eggheaded nerds micromanage a war half a world away better than the Generals whose expertise they were ignoring?" The world is better off without Robert McNamara.

I hope that motherfucker rots in hell. nuff said.

Radar · 07-06-2009, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy

I hope that motherfucker rots in hell. nuff said.

I am with you on that one. I'm sure he's hanging out with Jesse Helms, Hitler, Nixon, and Reagan right now.

monster · 07-06-2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar

I am with you on that one. I'm sure he's hanging out with Jesse Helms, Hitler, Nixon, and Reagan right now.

are you sure they're all dead? :p

xoxoxoBruce · 07-07-2009, 12:57 AM

Over here, Radar.

spudcon · 07-07-2009, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Radar

I am with you on that one. I'm sure he's hanging out with Jesse Helms, Hitler, Nixon, and Reagan right now.

What about the Kennedys and LBJ Radar?

Spexxvet · 07-07-2009, 12:54 PM

Jeff Goldblum

Oh, wait...

Shawnee123 · 07-08-2009, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by my childhood

I'm glad I'm not an Oscar Meyer weiner
That is what I'd truly hate to be
'Cause if I were an Oscar Meyer weiner
Soon there would be nothing left of me

glatt · 07-08-2009, 10:19 AM

My baloney has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R.
My baloney has a second name, it's M-E-Y-E-R.
I like to eat it every day
and if you ask my why, I'll say,
that Oscar Meyer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A.

*sniff*

glatt · 07-08-2009, 10:21 AM

I just noticed I spelled it baloney and then later bologna. heh

dar512 · 07-08-2009, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I just noticed I spelled it baloney and then later bologna. heh

[nitpick]Also it's Mayer[/nitpick]

Elspode · 07-09-2009, 08:31 PM

I hope they roll him up in a poppin' fresh crescent roll with a big old slice of American cheese. Then he'll be a longpig in a blanket.

TheMercenary · 07-09-2009, 10:20 PM

And feed him to some orphan children. Survivors of Child Molesters.

Elspode · 07-18-2009, 08:51 AM

Walter Cronkite is dead at 92. IMO, the last of a breed that we will never see again in our skills bereft, be-pretty-or-be-unemployed TV media.

Uncle Walter was a journalist first and a television personality second. His reporting carried a gravitas that cannot be denied. His reaction to the news of the successful moon landing was so incredibly human and honest that the image will never be erased from my mind.

Although he hadn't been seen regularly on TV for a couple of decades, he will be forever missed.

07-06-2009, 07:50 PM	#2
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Robert McNamara wrote later that he and others had not asked five basic questions: "Was it true that the fall of South Vietnam would trigger the fall of all Southeast Asia? Would that constitute a grave threat to the West's security? What kind of war — conventional or guerrilla — might develop? Could the U.S. win with its troops fighting alongside the South Vietnamese? Should the U.S. not know the answers to all these questions before deciding whether to commit troops?" He never considered the question "Can a bunch of eggheaded nerds micromanage a war half a world away better than the Generals whose expertise they were ignoring?" The world is better off without Robert McNamara. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

07-07-2009, 12:57 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Over here, Radar. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-07-2009, 12:54 PM	#8
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Jeff Goldblum Oh, wait... __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

07-09-2009, 08:31 PM	#13
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I hope they roll him up in a poppin' fresh crescent roll with a big old slice of American cheese. Then he'll be a longpig in a blanket. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-09-2009, 10:20 PM	#14
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	And feed him to some orphan children. Survivors of Child Molesters. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-08-2009, 10:19 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My baloney has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R. My baloney has a second name, it's M-E-Y-E-R. I like to eat it every day and if you ask my why, I'll say, that Oscar Meyer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A. sniff

07-08-2009, 10:21 AM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I just noticed I spelled it baloney and then later bologna. heh

07-18-2009, 08:51 AM	#15
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Walter Cronkite is dead at 92. IMO, the last of a breed that we will never see again in our skills bereft, be-pretty-or-be-unemployed TV media. Uncle Walter was a journalist first and a television personality second. His reporting carried a gravitas that cannot be denied. His reaction to the news of the successful moon landing was so incredibly human and honest that the image will never be erased from my mind. Although he hadn't been seen regularly on TV for a couple of decades, he will be forever missed. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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