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Diomedes
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Message 511 of 1282 (780869)
03-25-2016 10:00 AM
Reply to: Message 510 by Tangle
03-12-2016 8:27 AM


Garry Shandling passes away
http://www.nbcnews.com/...an-garry-shandling-dies-66-n545096
A funny actor and a funny man. RIP.

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jar
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Message 512 of 1282 (780870)
03-25-2016 10:03 AM
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03-25-2016 10:00 AM


Re: Garry Shandling passes away
I was sorry to hear he died but never quite understood why he was considered funny. Kinda like Jim Carrey, never understood why folk think he is funny either.

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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anglagard
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Message 513 of 1282 (781261)
04-03-2016 12:08 AM


Ronnie Corbett
This one may be a bit obscure, but Ronnie Corbett, the more diminutive half of the Two Ronnies died last March 31st. I did not get most of their humour but I laughed my ass off at this:
,

Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. - Francis Bacon

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ringo
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Message 514 of 1282 (781281)
04-03-2016 2:37 PM
Reply to: Message 513 by anglagard
04-03-2016 12:08 AM


Re: Ronnie Corbett
quote:
English breakfast (or Two Ronnies: Swedish Made Simple)
Man: L.O.
Waiter: L.O.
Man: R.U.B.C.
Waiter: S.V.R.B.C.
Waitress: L.O.
Waiter: L.O.
Man: L.O.
Man: F.U.N.E.X.
Waiter: S.V.F.X.
Man: F.U.N.E.M.
Waiter: 9.
Man: I.F.C.D.M.
Waiter: V.F.N.10.E.M.
Waitress: A. V.F.M.
Man: R.
Waiter: O.
Waitress: C. D.M.
Waiter: O.S. V.F.M.
Man: O.K. M.N.X.
Waiter: M.N.X.
Man: F.U.N.E.T.
Waiter: 1 T.
Man: 1 T.
Waiter: O.K. M.X.N.T. M.X.N.T.4.1.
Waitress: V.F.N.10.E.X.
Man: U.Z.U.F.X.
Waiter: Y.F.N.U.N.E.X.
Waitress: I.F.E.10.M.
Waiter: S.I.L.L.Y. C.O.W.
(Note to Americans: "Z" is pronounced "zed".)
Ronnie Corbett is the Man. Ronnie Barker is the Waiter.

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xongsmith
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Message 515 of 1282 (781698)
04-06-2016 4:18 PM


Merle Haggard
The real deal, 79.

- xongsmith, 5.7d

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Asgara
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Message 516 of 1282 (781705)
04-06-2016 4:42 PM
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04-06-2016 4:18 PM


Re: Merle Haggard

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Faith 
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Message 517 of 1282 (781709)
04-06-2016 6:34 PM
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04-06-2016 4:42 PM


Re: Merle Haggard
Love Merle. Sometimes binge on him -- and lots of others too, but today I'm binging on Merle: This is another tribute to his life, from the 90s:
Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

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Phat
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Message 518 of 1282 (781757)
04-07-2016 11:46 AM
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04-06-2016 6:34 PM


Re: Merle Haggard
I always liked that song Are The Good Times Really Over For Good?|
It speaks to me of the lost America that I grew up idolizing. I realize now that seeing life through rose colored glasses isnt really what Jesus wants for me...but this song captures some of my nostalgia for what I felt I deserved from God.

Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul
"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain

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ooh-child
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Message 519 of 1282 (782247)
04-21-2016 1:19 PM


Prince
Prince found dead at his Minnesota studio at age 57; music icon was reportedly treated for drug overdose days before death — New York Daily News
Wow. Saw him as an opening act for The Rolling Stones in LA, before he hit the big time.
Wow.

  
ramoss
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Message 520 of 1282 (784577)
05-19-2016 6:49 PM


Morley Safer
Not a rock star, but a iconic news reporter , passes away at 84
Morley Safer, CBS news legend, dies at 84

  
Asgara
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Message 521 of 1282 (785393)
06-04-2016 1:20 AM


Muhammed Ali

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jar
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Message 522 of 1282 (785404)
06-04-2016 8:25 AM
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06-04-2016 1:20 AM


Re: Muhammed Ali
A loss and a life that was one of constant struggle. Lots to learn from Ali.

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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Message 523 of 1282 (785619)
06-08-2016 7:52 AM
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06-04-2016 8:25 AM


Muhammad Ali
quote:
Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams

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ringo
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Message 524 of 1282 (785917)
06-13-2016 1:17 PM


Mr. Hockey
Gordie Howe, born just down the road from me, played professional hockey in five decades.

  
xongsmith
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Message 525 of 1282 (787152)
07-05-2016 2:33 PM


Elie Weisel
Really strong man who always found the direct way to say it.

- xongsmith, 5.7d

  
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