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Old 04-08-2016, 10:54 AM   #871
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I'm probably gonna regret this, but:

Whut?
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Old 04-08-2016, 11:39 AM   #872
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I think he's referring to the engineer who tried and failed to get the Challenger launch scrubbed and he knew it was going to blow up.
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Old 04-08-2016, 11:40 AM   #873
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I had a whole lot of trouble getting my head around this, till I figured out it wasn't the same night.
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Old 04-11-2016, 12:10 PM   #874
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Rest in Piece, Mr Nice!

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Howard Marks, who has died aged 70 of cancer, was Britain’s best-known and most charming drugs smuggler, and also a successful author and raconteur. He translated a lifetime of international cannabis dealing and a long stretch in an American jail into a bestselling book, Mr Nice (1996), and a career as a stand-up performer.

Born in Kenfig Hill, a mining village near Bridgend, in south Wales, to Dennis, a merchant sailor, and Edna, a schoolteacher, Howard spoke only Welsh for the first five years of his life. In 1964, he became the first boy from Garw grammar school to win a place at Oxford University and it was while studying physics at Balliol College that he first entered enthusiastically into the world of dope that was to define his life.
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My favourite part of his story is that, having been asked at one point by a friend of his who was in MI6 to help him gain contacts in the underworld, he then, when tried for drugs trafficking, claimed he'd been using that as a cover for spying ... and it worked.

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he played his MI6 card and convinced the jury, through the help of a mysterious Latin American witness, that he was assisting Mexico in anti-terrorism work and the drug smuggling was just a necessary cover.

Amazingly, he was acquitted, not least because of his charm in the witness box; one of the jury members was seen doodling a heart. He pleaded guilty to an earlier charge, was given a three-year sentence and released soon afterwards because of time already served.
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Old 04-20-2016, 11:20 AM   #875
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Victoria Wood. I'm a bit gutted by this. Damn, she was only 62.

The name probably means little to non-Brits - but she was a bit of a national treasure over here.

Here's the thing that always springs to my mind when I hear the name Victoria Wood: The Ballad of Barry and Freda.

She updated the song a few times, over the years. My favourite was the original from the 80s, but damned if I can find a copy on da toob. Closest to the original I can get is the 90's version, which is pretty close.

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Old 04-20-2016, 03:27 PM   #876
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fucking cancer. stupid bloody disease
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Old 04-21-2016, 12:19 PM   #877
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Could be Prince's number is up, somebody died at his estate and he was sick apparently.
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Old 04-21-2016, 12:19 PM   #878
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PRINCE? Nooooooo
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Old 04-21-2016, 12:26 PM   #879
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Female pro wrestler Chyna (aka Joanie Laurer) died yesterday.

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Old 04-21-2016, 12:59 PM   #880
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And, yes, Prince is dead @ 57.
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Old 04-21-2016, 01:12 PM   #881
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It looked like a question in response to Beest but we posted it at the same time. Actually heard about it on our local non-syndicated radio station and confirmed through ABC news.
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Old 04-21-2016, 01:24 PM   #882
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Shocked, I am, by that one.

Prince?

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Old 04-21-2016, 02:26 PM   #883
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The corpse formerly know as Prince.
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Old 04-21-2016, 04:46 PM   #884
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Good one.
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Old 04-21-2016, 06:57 PM   #885
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Google has a purple rain doodle up already, did someone whip that up, or do they have them prepared like obituaries for the queen?
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