Celebrity death that bummed you out the most... - Page 22

classicman · 12-27-2007, 02:56 PM

...too late

R2D3 · 12-27-2007, 03:29 PM

but we got sadam, didnt that take care of all the murdering scumbags with access to nuclear weapons? but but but...

busterb · 12-27-2007, 06:42 PM

No wonder he lost! Land of the fruits & nuts? Didn't say that.

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Me too. And that's an unbelievably stupid quote you've got in your signature.

IMHO. bb

classicman · 12-27-2007, 09:09 PM

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Calling an illegal alien an 'undocumented immigrant' = calling a drug dealer an 'unlicensed pharmacist'. bb

Voted top ten of 2007

Radar · 01-10-2008, 11:47 PM

Sir Edmund Hillary

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i...u1eiQD8U3FHT00

glatt · 01-11-2008, 08:25 AM

Yeah, that does suck. He was a cool guy.

ZenGum · 01-11-2008, 09:43 AM

Extra cool that he died at the age of 88 years, 5 months, 21 days. (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008)
That's 88.48 years.
The height of Everest? 8,848 meters.

How did he manage that?

lookout123 · 01-11-2008, 10:02 AM

has that been snopes-ified yet?

ZenGum · 01-11-2008, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

has that been snopes-ified yet?

No, I just made it up. really.
You heard it here first.

Well Everest is generally acknowledged to be 8,848 meters (some measurements differ) and I noticed the similarity when I saw he died at 88, so I checked wikipedia for his exact dates, which are 20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008. I fudged the rest.

I repeat, I fudged the math. It might be 88.48, it's certainly close.
You can check it if you care too. I couldn't be bothered.
Cheers.

monster · 01-11-2008, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

has that been snopes-ified yet?

actually, snopes had be proven to be an elaborate internet hoax. It was started as a joke by two teenagers who were surfing the internet whilst suspended from school. They started creating "proofs" for some of the urban myths on a website created by a friend of theirs, and the project snowballed. They randomly picked stories to reject to increase the perceived validity of the site, using 12-sided dice to determine the outcome for each myth.

from here

Kingswood · 03-18-2008, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Extra cool that he died at the age of 88 years, 5 months, 21 days. (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008)
That's 88.48 years.
The height of Everest? 8,848 meters.

How did he manage that?

20 July 1919 to 11 January 2008 is 32317 days.
32317/365.25 = 88.479 (to 3 decimal places)

So it is accurate to the nearest day, if the year is assumed to be 365.25 days long.

Well spotted.

lookout123 · 01-11-2008, 12:38 PM

wow, thanks monster. i feel like a dumbass now. i've been telling my mom for a long time now that microsoft had no way of tracking how many times an email was forwarded so they couldn't possibly give $.01 for each forward to little Susie to fix her lisp.

monster · 01-11-2008, 04:02 PM

Well of course they know how many times it's been forwarded. Every single email you send goes through their data banks to compile the report for the department of homeland security. Hell even I, know how many times your mom's forwarded that email -I just use the Email Offenders Register. www.chainmugs.com If you don't want them to track your email, you have tio type *a55w1pe in the bcc field.

Happy Monkey · 03-18-2008, 07:21 PM

Arthur C. Clarke

lookout123 · 03-18-2008, 07:23 PM

That AP writer seems really broken up about it.

12-27-2007, 02:56 PM	#1
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	...too late __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Sir Edmund Hillary http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i...u1eiQD8U3FHT00 __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

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ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Extra cool that he died at the age of 88 years, 5 months, 21 days. (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) That's 88.48 years. The height of Everest? 8,848 meters. How did he manage that? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	has that been snopes-ified yet? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	wow, thanks monster. i feel like a dumbass now. i've been telling my mom for a long time now that microsoft had no way of tracking how many times an email was forwarded so they couldn't possibly give $.01 for each forward to little Susie to fix her lisp. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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R2D3 buck fush Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: houston Posts: 36	but we got sadam, didnt that take care of all the murdering scumbags with access to nuclear weapons? but but but...

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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah, that does suck. He was a cool guy.

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monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Well of course they know how many times it's been forwarded. Every single email you send goes through their data banks to compile the report for the department of homeland security. Hell even I, know how many times your mom's forwarded that email -I just use the Email Offenders Register. www.chainmugs.com If you don't want them to track your email, you have tio type a55w1pe in the bcc field. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart*

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Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Arthur C. Clarke __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	That AP writer seems really broken up about it. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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