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

[MountieBoyOz]

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That should have been on the pun thread-but you made your point.

Those are some cutting comments.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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I'm going to stab all of you.

 

[The Rube]

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I'm going to stab all of you.

That's rather pointed. Could you use some tact and ease up on the edgy threats?

 

[bigmrg74]

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Michael Sokolski, creator of Scantron, dies at 85


I would suggest you all go out and sharpen a number 2 pencil in his memory.

 

[goldy_331]

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I'm going to stab all of you.

Did you finally perfect the i-stab?

 

[joecct]

Michael Sokolski, creator of Scantron, dies at 85

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I would suggest you all go out and sharpen a number 2 pencil in his memory.

He lived a full life - but in a bubble.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Michael Sokolski, creator of Scantron, dies at 85


I would suggest you all go out and sharpen a number 2 pencil in his memory.

My Scantron days are over, or else I would love to use red ink on one. No love for those things.

 

[Netman]

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I once used a #3 pencil. It worked!

 

[Twitch Boy]

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Michael Sokolski, creator of Scantron, dies at 85


I would suggest you all go out and sharpen a number 2 pencil in his memory.

When in doubt, Charlie out.

Or spell dirty phrases with the answer bubbles.

 

[bigmrg74]

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My Scantron days are over, or else I would love to use red ink on one. No love for those things.

I once used a #3 pencil. It worked!

When in doubt, Charlie out.

Or spell dirty phrases with the answer bubbles.

Yeah, I never quite got why people hated those things. Usually if you had done any of the reading beforehand, you could usually at least eliminate 2 of the possible answers right away, and hell, sometimes just guess between your better options.

 

[SteveP]

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Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld, one bad ***** Frenchman!

 

[Old Pio]

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Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld, one bad ***** Frenchman!

Wow! "The ostentation made me feel sick."

 

[Kepler]

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Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld, one bad ***** Frenchman!

Fantastic article, too.

“Don’t try to lock him up. He escapes, you know.”

 

[SteveP]

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Fantastic article, too.

“Don’t try to lock him up. He escapes, you know.”

Someone should make a movie!

I particularly liked this:

One night he opened the door of an apparently deserted building, only for a German soldier to open a door opposite at exactly the same moment. In the gloom, each man fired four or fire shots at the other, missed, and simply retreated through the doors they had come through. For La Rochefoucauld, the incident illustrated the sometimes farcical nature of war.

 

[theprofromdover]

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Andy Griffith http://www*****y.com/dpps/entertain...d-to-andy-griffiths-nc-home_4226631?hpt=hp_t2

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Andy Griffith http://www*****y.com/dpps/entertain...d-to-andy-griffiths-nc-home_4226631?hpt=hp_t2

I wouldn't have even guessed he was still alive. Well, not anymore...

 

[Kepler]

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Andy Griffith http://www*****y.com/dpps/entertain...d-to-andy-griffiths-nc-home_4226631?hpt=hp_t2

And yet, Opie still lives!

 

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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And yet, Opie still lives!

To be clear: Is that a sad face because Andy Griffith is dead, or because Ron Howard is still alive?

 

[Twitch Boy]

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The thing I remember most about the Andy Griffith show was that farking scary as hell Viacom logo at the end. Basically a giant letter V that zoomed out at you while synth chords from hell played. The first time I saw it I fled the room. (Apparently I'm not the only one, it's been nicknamed the V of Doom among fans.)

You could listen to the closing music all you wanted, but as soon as that final guitar sting hit, you better change channels fast because THE V WAS ON ITS WAY.

 

[Old Pio]

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Sheriff Taylor and the town of Mayberry with all of its quirky characters, is one of the most enduring and endearing expressions of our pop culture. IIRC, the Andy Griffith Show was a spin off from an episode of the Danny Thomas show, where Danny got to emote about the town where the sheriff was the justice of the peace, and the local drunk wandered in an out of the jail on his own, etc. Griffith was smart enough to allow other characters (mainly Barney) to get the laughs. I would imagine those episodes, like the old episodes of I Love Lucy, will be with us always.

Andy also did a marvelous turn as an avenging Texas oil man in "Murder in Texas." It was one of two made for TV movies about the "Blood and Money" case in Houston (the book had been an enormous best seller). Andy played Ash Robinson, whose beautiful socialite daughter was probably killed by her husband, Dr. John Hill. When Ash wasn't satisfied that justice had been done in the case, he hired a hit man to whack his former son in law. Done and done. This was a very big deal case, and if you can find the book, an excellent (although hard to believe) read.