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Beanoz4

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« Reply #600 on: 04-08-2012 19:38 »
« Last Edit on: 04-08-2012 19:39 »

How? It's a great sport, and obviously the most popular in the world. It's fun to play and entertaining to watch.
Entertaining? A bunch of men chasing after a ball for 90 minutes? (Yes I know there's more to it than that but to be honest I don't give a shit)

I prefer tennis, to play and to watch...
I like to play tennis but I don't like to watch  :sleep:
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« Reply #601 on: 04-08-2012 20:17 »

Hockey is man's greatest athletic creation. In what other game can you put someone in a coma and walk away with a 5 minute penalty?
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« Reply #602 on: 04-08-2012 20:23 »

I went to a Flyers game a week ago. They lost but it was so much fun. Hockey is underrated and one of the most exciting sports to watch.
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« Reply #603 on: 04-08-2012 20:46 »

How? It's a great sport, and obviously the most popular in the world. It's fun to play and entertaining to watch.
Entertaining? A bunch of men chasing after a ball for 90 minutes? (Yes I know there's more to it than that but to be honest I don't give a shit)

You can sum up pretty much any sport in that way.

And that's why all sport is ridiculously futile bollocks.
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« Reply #604 on: 04-18-2012 21:50 »

R.I.P. Dick Clark. You will be missed. :(
Spacedal11

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« Reply #605 on: 04-18-2012 21:53 »

I just saw the headline on Yahoo. So sad, RIP Mr. Clark.
tyraniak

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« Reply #606 on: 04-19-2012 00:31 »

always sad to see a legend go
Scrappylive

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« Reply #607 on: 04-19-2012 19:30 »

Dick Clark, the man that never ages, died yesterday of a massive heart attack following a medical procedure at age 82.

R.I.P.
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« Reply #608 on: 04-19-2012 22:12 »

That sucks. Hopefully he'll be alright.
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« Reply #609 on: 04-20-2012 07:12 »

I'm going to assume that was a joke..
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« Reply #610 on: 04-21-2012 09:45 »

That sucks. Hopefully he'll be alright.


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« Reply #611 on: 04-21-2012 12:33 »

I'm going to assume that was a joke..

No, it was perfectly sincere. I hope he recovers and that it won't prove an impediment to his career the way that severe illnesses often can.
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« Reply #612 on: 04-21-2012 16:42 »

He's not likely to recover from his mild case of death. It's dick clark, not Jesus.
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« Reply #613 on: 05-05-2012 00:36 »
« Last Edit on: 05-21-2012 17:27 by Tweek »

RIP Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch.  He fought for his right to party.


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« Reply #614 on: 05-05-2012 00:41 »

It's one of the few celebrity deaths which doesn't just make me acknowledge their loss, but makes me genuinely sad. They come around every now and then, and I thought the Beastie Boys were invincible. I guess he'll never get to be like that old man version of himself he dressed up as on The Sounds of Science cover :(...
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« Reply #615 on: 05-05-2012 01:40 »

I like what I've heard of the Beastie Boys, but I'm not a huge fan or anything. That being said losing a battle to cancer is incredibly sad, RIP. I'll watch Hell is Other Robots and listen to some of their music in honor of Adam Yauch.
SpaceGoldfish fromWazn

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« Reply #616 on: 05-08-2012 14:48 »

I'm actually feeling really sad right now about the death of Maurice Sendak.  He was one of my heroes, but at least he had a good long life and produced several children's classics.
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« Reply #617 on: 05-17-2012 18:08 »
« Last Edit on: 05-21-2012 17:26 by Tweek »

RIP Donna Summer

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tyraniak

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« Reply #618 on: 05-21-2012 03:21 »
« Last Edit on: 05-21-2012 17:27 by Tweek »

Click link to read

looks like he's not...stayin alive
fryfanSpyOrama

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« Reply #619 on: 06-03-2012 21:02 »

RIP Richard Dawson

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/story/2012-06-03/richard-dawson-death/55357952/1
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« Reply #620 on: 06-04-2012 00:21 »

probably one of the best gamehow hosts of all time, he was also great in the Runing man
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« Reply #621 on: 06-04-2012 11:05 »

Aww  :(  I remember him from Hogan's Heroes.

RIP
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« Reply #622 on: 06-04-2012 11:29 »

He's not likely to recover from his mild case of death. It's dick clark, not Jesus.

Aaand.. the Futurama reference goes right over (or should I say under?) everyone's heads. :p
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« Reply #623 on: 06-06-2012 16:50 »
« Last Edit on: 06-06-2012 16:52 »

Ray Bradbury passed away today. My exposure to the guy's work is limited to Fahrenheit 451 and one or two short stories--and my exposure to his influence on popular culture is limited to this song--but that's still kind of a bummer.

He was ninety-one years old, though, so he certainly had a good run. Which, in the end, is all you can really ask for people to say about you when you die. It's much better than being remembered as having had a bad run, at least.
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« Reply #624 on: 06-06-2012 16:52 »

Wow, I didn't know he was still alive.  Still, 91 is pretty good if most of those are good years.
fryfanSpyOrama

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« Reply #625 on: 06-06-2012 18:01 »

Ray Bradbury passed away today. My exposure to the guy's work is limited to Fahrenheit 451 and one or two short stories--and my exposure to his influence on popular culture is limited to this song--but that's still kind of a bummer.

He was ninety-one years old, though, so he certainly had a good run. Which, in the end, is all you can really ask for people to say about you when you die. It's much better than being remembered as having had a bad run, at least.

really sad.  Not only he wrote an awesome sci fi novel, but he also wrote the short story that inspired the film, THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS.  He became good friends with Ray Harryhausen. 

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« Reply #626 on: 06-06-2012 20:55 »
« Last Edit on: 06-06-2012 20:59 »

I've seen a few people posting on the facebooks about what a tragedy this is, and I consider it to be an overreaction. 91 years is an age most of us don't ever reach. And the people lamenting and beating their breasts didn't know him personally or anything like that.

Edit - I'm not saying it's wrong to be saddened at the idea that a great person has passed away but looking at some of the posts, you'd think they were talking about their grandfather or something.
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« Reply #627 on: 06-06-2012 23:10 »

Ray Bradbury passed away today. My exposure to the guy's work is limited to Fahrenheit 451 and one or two short stories--and my exposure to his influence on popular culture is limited to this song--but that's still kind of a bummer.

He was ninety-one years old, though, so he certainly had a good run. Which, in the end, is all you can really ask for people to say about you when you die. It's much better than being remembered as having had a bad run, at least.

Thanks to you, I'm now listening to that girl sing about pictures of some guy's dick. Thanks to you and youtube, I suppose. Anyhow. That's the effect that Ray Bradbury's death has had on me so far. I'm listening to a crazy girl sing a love song to a penis.
Gorky

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« Reply #628 on: 06-06-2012 23:24 »
« Last Edit on: 06-06-2012 23:27 »

Hah, I know exactly what song you're talking about, tnuk. Isn't it just delightful?

And TMC: I agree completely. If anyone lives to be ninety-one, we should call that a miracle, not a tragedy. Also, I don't think Bradbury has been actively writing or publishing for years, so it's not like his death will have as great an impact on the cultural landscape as it might have had he died in, say, 1960.  I don't mean that callously; I'm just sayin' is all. The word "tragedy" seems more applicable when someone dies at a younger age, during their so-called "prime" or whatever.
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« Reply #629 on: 06-06-2012 23:32 »

Here's the link for people who don't have a youtube account:
http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/e1IxOS4VzKM

Awesome link Gorky...
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« Reply #630 on: 06-27-2012 22:26 »

Nora Ephron died yesterday. That's actually kind of a bummer; she was a funny lady, and seventy-one isn't that old. I shall have to watch some romantic comedies--preferably ones starring Meg Ryan and/or Tom Hanks--in her honor.
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« Reply #631 on: 06-28-2012 03:17 »

I'm surprised no one mentioned that the creator of Eddsworld died.
Jezzem

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« Reply #632 on: 06-28-2012 04:17 »

I can't recall what thread it was in, but someone did post about that when it happened. I remember that it wasn't this thread because someone said it should have gone here. Or something.
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« Reply #633 on: 06-28-2012 13:49 »

Re. Nora Ephron:

My favourites of her movies are Sleepless in Seattle,You've got Mail, & When Harry met Sally (in that order). So yeah, I was  :(  when I saw that she had died.


Do I have to turn in my Real Man membership card now?
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« Reply #634 on: 07-03-2012 17:24 »

RIP Andy Griffith
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« Reply #635 on: 07-03-2012 19:27 »

The world is really coming to an end this year. :p
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« Reply #636 on: 07-04-2012 14:18 »

I just heard that Eric Sykes has past away :(
Zed 85

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« Reply #637 on: 07-04-2012 15:36 »

That is sad. I'll miss him. :(
hobbitboy

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« Reply #638 on: 07-05-2012 12:19 »

He was on TV a lot back in the 70's (here in New Zealand) but I hadn't seen or heard much of him since then. Thus I was astonished to see he was till acting when the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie came out.

RIP
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« Reply #639 on: 07-09-2012 01:43 »

RIP Ernest Borgnine
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