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Bob Newhart should have been dead long ago.
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I never met Bob Newhart; but, I met his mother once. “Mother Newhart” is how others were referring to her. She was getting on in years and using a wheelchair. She was getting ready to do something and I asked if she needed help with it. She retorted “What do I look like, a horse’s ass?” I replied “I don’t know, I’ve never been this close to one.” She paused for a moment (I thought she might be getting ready to unleash a tongue lashing) and then she said “At least you’ve got a sense of humor.”
Made my day.
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The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart
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My wife ran into him on a plane many years ago. He actually spoke to her. He said *EXCUSE ME* in the Darth Vader voice. True story.
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Quincy Jones. I actually knew who he was, so there's that.
Also, Peanut The Squirrel No clue who he was, but apparently people and wotsits are fired up about it
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Oh, but that story doesn't include the latest twist: After conservatives went all-in on Peanut as a martyr and a "Christ-like sacrifice" and "the Elon Musk of squirrels" (because they saw it as an opportunity to denigrate the Dem establishment running NYC,) they've now discovered that the entire Peanut TikTok account was just a way to direct traffic to the owner's homoerotic OnlyFans page, and now the conservatives' heads are exploding because they championed a gay-agenda squirrel.
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Clodfobble wrote:
Oh, but that story doesn't include the latest twist: After conservatives went all-in on Peanut as a martyr and a "Christ-like sacrifice" and "the Elon Musk of squirrels" (because they saw it as an opportunity to denigrate the Dem establishment running NYC,) they've now discovered that the entire Peanut TikTok account was just a way to direct traffic to the owner's homoerotic OnlyFans page, and now the conservatives' heads are exploding because they championed a gay-agenda squirrel.
I did chuckle at this turn of events
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TOM is no more. Bruce will join me in mourning.
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November 22.
61 years ago. RIP JFK.
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November 22.
61 years ago. RIP JFK.
I was in the first grade and my friend Jack went home for lunch and came back saying the president was dead. We got sent to the principles office after telling our teacher. We figured we were going to get swats at least, when Mr Crane came in to his office he looked like he had been crying. We got sent back to class with out getting swats.
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Wow, that's a good story man. Different times.
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Oh, but that story doesn't include the latest twist: After conservatives went all-in on Peanut as a martyr and a "Christ-like sacrifice" and "the Elon Musk of squirrels" (because they saw it as an opportunity to denigrate the Dem establishment running NYC,) they've now discovered that the entire Peanut TikTok account was just a way to direct traffic to the owner's homoerotic OnlyFans page, and now the conservatives' heads are exploding because they championed a gay-agenda squirrel.
Live by the furry friend, die by the furry...
If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis Brandeis
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Alice Brock... RIP at 83, 11-21-24.
She owned tree restaurants over the years none named Alice's
It was her first restaurant, The Back Room that sparked Guthrie's song.
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Jimmy Carter
aged 100
just squeaking under the wire for 2024
oops sorry incorrect link removed -was supposed to be link to the BBC article, no point correcting now. I swear I checked it and it was fine, but evidently not. Apologies for any offence caused
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Here is the story I read.
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Gene Hackman (95) his wife, and his dog were found dead "for some time" .. no foul play suspected but wtf? Gas leak or something?
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eta: I just watched Mississippi Burning, LAST NIGHT
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eta: Gene Hackman's death ruled 'suspicious'; no obvious signs of gas leak as investigation continues
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"No gas leak" does not eliminate a more likely suspect. Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Only indicator (if not a CO detector) is headaches.
Did not know he was also in the Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder movie "Young Frankenstein".
Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and Robert Duvall spend their early years together (I believe) as roommates. And as waiters and doing other menial jobs in NYC.
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Mississippi Burning had a stellar cast--
Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe versus Brad Dourif (Grima Wormtongue) and Michael Rooker (Merle, from Walking Dead), Frances McDormand caught in the middle.
Also, R. Lee Ermey, and a host of "that guys"
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partially mummified .....the kids can fuck off with their "devastation"....
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