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I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread

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Old Pio said:
IIRC, "MacArthur Park" was another DJ friendly cut. " Hmmmm, sounds like Ernie is taking a dump."

In the spirit of the season, let me tell again (yes, he said again) the story about a guy I knew who as a young man worked at LBJ's station in Austin. Anyone in the business can tell you what a harrowing experience it can be when the owner shows up. It's doubly harrowing when the owner also happens to be Vice President of the United States and rolls up in a motorcade accompanied by motorcycle cops with sirens and lights. If you're 19 or 20, that can be downright intimidating. Anyway, this guy had a roll of TP in the control room with him (SOP for most radio people) so he could give a little snort if necessary before cracking the mic. LBJ saw the TP and asked my buddy if that was company buttwipe (no, I brought it from home, you west Texas idiot) and my buddy said yes. Very shortly thereafter a memo came flying out of the head shed, making it clear that if you wanted to blow your nose, you'd better provide your own tissue!
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Knowing what's known about some of LBJs more particular habits, I was afraid once the topic of this story had something to do with toilet paper, it was going to go into a completely different direction.
 
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President George H. W. Bush is still in the hospital. I got a bad feeling about this...
 
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Hammer said:
President George H. W. Bush is still in the hospital. I got a bad feeling about this...
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Even at his relatively advanced age-when it takes this long for bronchitis to respond you really have to start thinking that it is something else.:(
 
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DrDemento said:
Even at his relatively advanced age-when it takes this long for bronchitis to respond you really have to start thinking that it is something else.:(
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In cases like these, involving high-profile people, I've found that they don't tell us the true severity of things. Too many times, I've heard that someone was home, doing much better, only to see that they were dead the very next day.

There's just too much smoke, for my tastes, for there not to be a fire.
 
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Hammer said:
In cases like these, involving high-profile people, I've found that they don't tell us the true severity of things. Too many times, I've heard that someone was home, doing much better, only to see that they were dead the very next day.

There's just too much smoke, for my tastes, for there not to be a fire.
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What about Zsa Zsa? It seems the opposite in her case.
 
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Hammer said:
In cases like these, involving high-profile people, I've found that they don't tell us the true severity of things. Too many times, I've heard that someone was home, doing much better, only to see that they were dead the very next day.

There's just too much smoke, for my tastes, for there not to be a fire.
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Agree-almost like they are trying to prepare us for the announcement.
 
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RIP Oscar Madison. The Twitterverse reports Jack Klugman has passed.
 
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