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Subject: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: Raptor Date: 01 Apr 05 - 09:30 AM April Fool's Day!!! Raptor |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: Charley Noble Date: 01 Apr 05 - 09:45 AM Let's not start a whole lot of these frivalous threads. This is a special day to some of us, one that we honor and cherish (happy birthday to someone special!). Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: GUEST,Wesley S Date: 01 Apr 05 - 09:52 AM That doesn't mean that we can't get together and write his eulogy does it ? Friends, Canadians, and Mudcatters - we are gathered here today to lay to rest .... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: GUEST,kat Date: 01 Apr 05 - 10:06 AM Sorry, NOT funny! The OBIT prefix should be used sparingly. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: GUEST Date: 01 Apr 05 - 10:11 AM Agree - not funny |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: GUEST Date: 01 Apr 05 - 10:28 AM Yip this one ain't too funny. Sorry but that's how I feel. Obit is a heavy serious prefix. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: GUEST,Stilly River Sage Date: 01 Apr 05 - 10:33 AM The shock of that thread title doesn't subside into an amused smile. April Fools day only grants a license to tease or confound briefly, not to plunge one into sadness. Please reconsider the name on this thread. Why not follow the lead of another Mudcatter: "Nude photos of Little Hawk discovered." Now that will give people cause for great merriment, I'm sure! SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: GUEST Date: 01 Apr 05 - 10:47 AM The only one who may crack a smile is LH. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: GUEST,gnu Date: 01 Apr 05 - 10:54 AM The only one who may crack a smile is LH. gnu |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: GUEST Date: 01 Apr 05 - 10:57 AM I hope Shatner delivers the eulogy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: GUEST,Amos Date: 01 Apr 05 - 11:03 AM Oh, horsepucky. The idea is a crack-up!!! It is with great sadness that I read of the passing of the one and only Little Hawk, whose endless insights turned many a simple thread into a Meobius Strip of profound tail-chasing. There is always a silver lining. In this school of life, we all find ourselves moving where we need to be to learn our next lesson. I have it on high authority from the Recently Disincarnate Beings Professional Association that Little Hawk will be spending several months regrouping as a cumulus cloud formation somewhere over Idaho, and will then be reborn as the only daughter of an alcoholic big-rig driver with a fifth grade education, operating out of Muskogee. I look forward to his return to these hallowed pages in his new identity. I hope he shares with us all he has learned!! Congratulations on your graduation, Big Guy!! It couldn't have happened to a better man, for reasons which will remain as an exercise for the student to decipher. Regards, A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: GUEST,Ebbie Date: 01 Apr 05 - 11:07 AM My first thought too was that it's not funny. I agree that 'Obit' is a headsup. But when I read Amos's post it made me smile- because Little Hawk, of all people, will be the least alarmed person I "know" when the day does come. (Stick around, LH, you got a lot of things still to do.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: GUEST Date: 01 Apr 05 - 11:13 AM And on April 2 and 3 and 4, when this thread is still around with the same title? Amos' offering was amusing. But I still think this thread is mis-directed. Joe, please change the name. "Little Hawk slips this earthly coil" won't fit. But take the "Obit" part out, please. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: Once Famous Date: 01 Apr 05 - 11:39 AM Stupid thread. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: Georgiansilver Date: 01 Apr 05 - 11:43 AM Agreed |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: annamill Date: 01 Apr 05 - 11:49 AM Let's see.. The report of Little Hawk's demise has been greatly exaggerated?? Bad Raptor,spank! The "obit" thing sucked. Love, Annamill |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk From: *daylia* Date: 01 Apr 05 - 12:36 PM Hey Raptor, you got my attention anyway! Hee hee ... Let's lighten up a bit, ok folks? THis thread brings to mind Chuck Brodsky's song about road rage. You know the one "...drove up beside him, pulled out my pistol, and blew him away ..." Some folks find it real cute and smart and funny. But I must have a less evolved sense of humour or something, because it leaves me cold no matter how many times I hear it. I still can't imagine myself singing it. ANd gee, who was the first person I ever heard performing that song? Lemme think ... why, it was Raptor of course! :-) Maybe it's a "man" thing to be so nonchalant (read insensitive) about pain and cruelty and grief and death??? Well, if that's the case all I can say is Thank You God and a heartfelt God Help Us All! ;-) daylia |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: katlaughing Date: 01 Apr 05 - 12:37 PM Thanks for the addition to the title! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Little Hawk Date: 01 Apr 05 - 12:43 PM AAAACK!!! My God, I didn't even know. Wait...lemme check. Hmm. Look, I am gonna go and have some lunch, and then I will get back on this and get it all straightened out, okay? Just don't panic in the meantime. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Alba Date: 01 Apr 05 - 12:47 PM "Stupid thread" EXACTLY!!!! hey LH I hope you are around till 2096...should make for some interesting posts....lol... Blessings Jude |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: *daylia* Date: 01 Apr 05 - 12:53 PM LH speaks! From the Other Side no less! HAAAAAAAAlleluiah! Will wonders ever cease!!! How's the Air Up There my friend? Hey, now that it's not Long Distance for you anymore, how about doing yourself a karmic favour and putting in a good word (or several) for me with the Big Thanks muchly |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: GUEST,Major Nigel West, CGC Date: 01 Apr 05 - 12:55 PM My God! What was the cause of this sudden demise? I've taken another round since returning to Iraq, but when compared with the passing of Little Hawk it means nothing! I hope that he, his family (if any), and both of his friends will assure him the dignity in his funeral that was so missing from his life. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Raedwulf Date: 01 Apr 05 - 12:55 PM Too many people take too many things too seriously. I read the title & thought, "2096?! Gerroff! Try 1996 for that fossilized ol' bastard..." To paraphrase Mr Dodgson, Hawk, a very merry undeathday to you! ;-) R |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Little Hawk Date: 01 Apr 05 - 12:58 PM Yes. I'll do that. You are already in good standing, Daylia, but I'll put in a good word anyway. The Great Unmanifest, That Which Is All That Is, and so on...wants you to know, Daylia, that you can feel free to refer to it by any name or gender pronoun that you find suitable, because it really doesn't matter. If using this or that gender pronoun for the Unmanifest is a problem for you, then you need to look into that some and find out where the hostility issues are arising from. Lunch! Lunch! Lunch! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: kendall Date: 01 Apr 05 - 12:58 PM That's twice this week I've agreed with Martin Gibson. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: *daylia* Date: 01 Apr 05 - 01:00 PM Uh, never mind LH. I just saw that Pope John Paul II needs your Gracious Assistance alot more than I do. So, just for today, maybe do a bit of work on his behalf instead. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: *daylia* Date: 01 Apr 05 - 01:06 PM oh, and I wasn't being flippant about the Pope, either. I'm dead serious, and I didn't want anyone to take offence. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 01 Apr 05 - 01:11 PM Good addition to the title, Clone, whoever you are! (Raedwulf, the change came about shortly after 12:30 Mudcat time--before you read the thread the title was more alarming than amusing.) I suspect Little Hawk's sudden reversal of fortune came from taking a big drink of Google Gulp with Auto-DrinkTM . SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: *daylia* Date: 01 Apr 05 - 01:15 PM You are already in good standing, Daylia, but I'll put in a good word anyway. The Great Unmanifest, That Which Is All That Is, and so on...wants you to know, Daylia, that you can feel free to refer to it by any name or gender pronoun that you find suitable, because it really doesn't matter. *whew* thanks! If using this or that gender pronoun for the Unmanifest is a problem for you, then you need to look into that some and find out where the hostility issues are arising from. THe only hostility issue I'm aware of is due to not finding a suitable, accurate Name for the, uh, Great One. And no, I don't mean Gretsky. ARRRGGGHHHH .... see? That's EXACTLY what I mean! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Raedwulf Date: 01 Apr 05 - 02:01 PM SRS - I sit (in a little while, I lie (but not through my back teeth!) hopefully) corrected. I wondered why so many otherwise sensible & good humoured people had a sense of humour bypass. I thought about it... And I concluded that it was far too much fun taking the piss out of LH to let the obvious answer get in the way! He'd understand. If it wasn't for the fact that the argumentative old sod's a stiff. Lucky he can't hear me, eh? I never did like the cantankerous git, anyway. MG? A bleeding heart, liberal pussy-cat by comparison... ;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Raptor Date: 01 Apr 05 - 02:11 PM Lets call this thread OBIT: Sense of Humor Lighten up folks! Little Hawk was chosen because he can take a joke and is a very dear friend! Shame on you who are too tight butted to enjoy a harmless prank! And yes it was harmless. Alarming mabey but harmless! April Fools day is the one day of year that we can have some fun! Bob Geldolf said it best "The Politicaly Correct are the Natzis of our time". I do agree with adding the (April 1 2096)Tag at the end of the thread title later but it wouldn't have worked to start the thread! AND Martin Gibson I'm so sorry I can't put threads out there that meet your standards I'm gonna lose a lot of sleep over that! Now go to the doctor and have those pickels REMOVED! Annamill thanks for the SPANK! Raptor |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Clinton Hammond Date: 01 Apr 05 - 02:15 PM "Lets call this thread OBIT: Sense of Humor" What a bunch of tight-asses! Can we get a round of bran muffins for these people... Maybe the fiber will help them pass those sticks up inside 'em... The title edit sucks.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: katlaughing Date: 01 Apr 05 - 02:37 PM CH, I think you're the one who needs a bran muffin; you've always got an uptight arse! There's been too much of the real deal lately for it to be humourous without the addition to the title no matter if LH can take it or not. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Clinton Hammond Date: 01 Apr 05 - 02:45 PM " There's been too much of the real deal lately" Lately? Real deal? Death is as natural as breathing... "for it to be humourous" I though it was f#ckin' hillarious... And you wanna try to tell me what I can and cannot laugh at? I guess that makes you the uptight ass.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: hesperis Date: 01 Apr 05 - 02:49 PM Nono, not having the date on there WAS nasty. Having a date on the thread just means a bit of fun especially for those who don't read the thread title carefully enough. And yes, it would be interesting and cool if he lived that long. :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Peter T. Date: 01 Apr 05 - 03:08 PM "Jim, I think he's dead." "He's not dead, he's resting. Bereft of life he rests in peace. If he wasn't nailed to the bottom of the Enterprise, he would have fallen over long ago. But in a larger sense, he will never die. As long as bombast and freedom are twined together almost as tightly as me and that Cimmerian priestess in last week's episode were, there will always be a Little Hawk." "Er- Cyaptin?" "Yes, he represents all the little people, all the --" "Er- Cyaptin?" "What is it, Checkov, stuck for a play title again? Why not call it the Cherry Orchard. It's a play about an orchard, right? There is an orchard in it, right? It has, or had, cherries on it at one stage, right? Do I make myself clear?" "Er- Cyaptin?" "Where was I? Oh, yes, Little Hawk represents all the little people, all those unknown footsoldiers we send down those corridors to get killed in the first twenty seconds of every show." "Er- Cyaptin. We have Klingons approaching from all sectors--" "Who is the star of this show, Chekov? Now --" "Captain, Captain!!" "Yes, engineering?" "We're down to impulse power, Captain--" "Ah yes, impulse power. Now Little Hawk was impulsive, almost as impulsive as that Vulcan cutie Mr. Spock and I initiated into the Federation cheerleader squad two weeks ago, eh, Mr. Spock?" "Indubitably, Captain. The fact does remain that although Little Hawk is no more, he has gone to join the choir eternal, he is an ex-hawk, we are in danger of joining him within a few microseconds, if those Klingon cruisers continue their assault on our shields." "Never mind that -- I note that that camera is at such an angle that it highlights my embonpoint." "Your what, Jim?" "Fat, Bones." "Fat bones?" "No, you idiot. Fat comma Bones." "Er-CYAPTIN!!!" (sound of cosmic explosion. Cut to permanent commercial break). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 01 Apr 05 - 03:22 PM Peter T has managed to bring a great dialog to this goofy thread, and that's fine. The name change was needed, the silly stuff can happen. But don't dismiss the concerns of those who didn't like the original title. Why? Here are some reminders: Raptor, it wasn't that long ago (December, 2003) that you posted an obit, and received a heartfelt response from Mudcatters. Here are a few others that shocked us to sadness. Some expected, some not, in no particular order except as they came up in a search under the previx "obit." Obit: Walking Eagle-Julie Pennell-October 3, 2004 Obit: Mary Giacomini (Nov 11, 2004) Obit: Sparky Obit: Goodbye Merritt (Merritt Herring) Obit: My Dad Obit: Jacqueline (Jacqui) Walker Obit: Allan C.'s Mom Obit : Winter's Wages OBIT: Mudcatter Fin Rick Fielding's passing. CH and others, have a heart. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: frogprince Date: 01 Apr 05 - 03:25 PM Sublime, Peter! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Clinton Hammond Date: 01 Apr 05 - 03:29 PM Oh please... Know who dies? Everybody dies... We don't need a dredging up of emotional sludge in a goofball thread like this... Pull yer head out... it was a JOKE! Till the wankers got in and f#cked it all up with their cries of "Awww.. that's terrible!" I'll bet Rick woulda laughed! HE had a sense of humour... Someone once said, if you can't laugh at it, yer probably taking it WAY to seriously... Raptor said it well above "Lets call this thread OBIT: Sense of Humor" *sheesh* |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Amos Date: 01 Apr 05 - 03:35 PM Peter: Happiest of April Fools Days to you and a round of applause for a masterful piece of dialogue. Folks, I mean no ill-will, disrespect, or lack of compassion. I mourn for those who die and grieve for those who loved them. I do. But life is a fast-flowing river, and if we can't laugh at our losses in some fashion we will be sorely ill-prepred for the big loss called "Exit--Stage Right--Pursued by a bear". You wanna be ready for your own leap, practice levity. It heals the soul and maketh it to float. Otherwise there is no telling how deep there is to fall. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Clinton Hammond Date: 01 Apr 05 - 03:37 PM Here feckin' HERE Amos! Nurse... get that man one of whatever he wants, on my tab! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Bert Date: 01 Apr 05 - 03:43 PM Yeah so it's April fools day and I fell for it. It's not at all funny you sick bastard. Bert. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: katlaughing Date: 01 Apr 05 - 03:55 PM Oh, yes, let's definitely laugh at our immediate loss, as the thread of the title originally led us to believe. What a bag of rot. CH, I didn't say a word about when YOU can or cannot laugh. In case it passed you by, I was talking about the thread title, NOT you. SRS, thanks for the reminders. FWIW, Rick probably IS laughing, now, but I'll bet he wouldn't have when it first was posted. PeterT...this place is sorely in need of MUCH MORE of YOU!! Have fun. I'm off to read the most infamous April Fool's day thread of all, "Mudcat is closing its doors." sometime, again, kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: gnu Date: 01 Apr 05 - 04:00 PM There IS a line. My credo is "Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke." However, a joke should, at the very least, be funny. Not funny. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Little Hawk Date: 01 Apr 05 - 05:34 PM Raptor has a long history of concocting jokes which amuse some people and infuriate others. Believe me. He has few scruples and no more self-control or patience than a hungry squirrel trying get into a birdfeeder. I could tell stories...but I won't. :-) Well, I have had lunch in the Afterlife and it was exactly like lunch used to be in the regular life, except that I got 3 pieces of lemon for my tea, because I finally took the initiative and ASKED for 3 pieces. Good stuff. I may have learned something in all those years after all! Rombos Restaurant in heaven is exactly like Rombos Restaurant in Orillia. Same grundgy ceiling tiles. What a disappointment! Perhaps I have gone instead to purgatory or to some minor Buddhist hell or something. The liver and onions was good, though. Peter, thanks for that wonderful little Star Trek vignette. I hate to think of William Shatner having to soldier on without his most loyal fan to sing his praises here on Mudcat Cafe, but I know that he would be able to manage. He would rise to the occasion magnificently. I can think of no person more fitting to eulogize my passing than the mighty Admiral Kirk. He does memorial scenes wonderfully. Bring to mind his very moving oration at the funeral of Spock, for example, in "The Wrath of Khan". Woof! Major Nigel West - I am touched by your concern. I likewise hope that when you meet your untimely demise (most likely at the hands of Iraqi insurgents) that all those who dearly loved you and were willing to overlook your numerous character flaws will pool their meaager resources and see that a fitting memorial is erected over your tomb, such as a little plastic statue of the female figure "Brittania", naked from the waist up, and bearing a hauntingly similar resemblance to either Penelope Rutledge or Penelope Cruz, with the inscription "Cuckolded, yes, but not forgotten..." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Little Hawk Date: 01 Apr 05 - 06:05 PM Amos, I love your thoughts on this, as always. If it wasn't for your unfortunate and inexplicable antipathy to William Shatner, I would recommend you as "Man of the Year".] Clinton, you are so much yourself that it is impossible to think of anyone else playing your part effectively. :-) Look, sing a memorial song for me at your next show, okay? Something appropriate. I leave it to you to decide which song would be just right for that. Dylan would be nice. And those of you who were genuinely upset...HEY, I would have been too if I wasn't already me and didn't know better. It's nice to know that you care. I appreciate that. Raptor left a phone message this morning that he had "bumped me off on Mudcat for April Fool's Day". I laughed, and thought, "What an *sshole! Bet he's gonna catch hell for it too." Typical. Just typical. I do not hope to live until 2096. I hate getting old, and that would just be too damned old for toleration! Spare me the experience, unless someone can find me a fountain of youth somewhere. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: GUEST,Skipy Date: 01 Apr 05 - 06:09 PM This is our wedding anniversary! Yes Kate & I got married 16 years ago today! Mr & Mrs Admiral as best man & matron of honour. However today kate had to go to hospital to have an ingrowing toe nail removed (not a planned apopointment, a cancellation). So whoopee shit! so that I don't catch her toe during the night I have to sleep in the spare room for the next 10-14 days! Skipy - pissed off! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Raptor Date: 01 Apr 05 - 07:40 PM My late wife was always joking and I loved her for it! And when she died I got through it by remembering the times we laughed togeather I'll always have that! If you chose not to laugh, fine but don't impose your uptight lack of humor on the rest of us! April fools pranks are meant to shock. Just as soon as the thread was opened, with the press of one button, one would learn that it in fact was A JOKE!!!! If I'd actually acted serious and didn't INSTANTLY say April fools day it might have gone to far! BUT I contend that NO ONE was hurt or offended by said joke, Little Hawk Knew before he even Logged on! If you chose to be offended, so be it. GET A HELMET!! So to Quote Tom Waits " Come down of your cross we need the Wood" Raptor |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Raptor Date: 01 Apr 05 - 07:43 PM And it's O.K. to joke about the dieing pope? Where is your diasprovel on that? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Little Hawk (April 1, 2096) From: Little Hawk Date: 01 Apr 05 - 07:54 PM Nice try, man, but what I think you really need to do is compose a more lengthy explanation. Have you looked through a copy of "Moby Dick" or read a chapter of "War and Peace"? No? I thought not. What I am recommending is that you study those books carefully, noting how they are organized, then compose an essay of no less than 3,000 carefully chosen words to explain exactly why you did what you did and why it's okay. In this way you will be able to clear the slate, so to speak. If I were you, I'd set aside a nice big chunk of time and do it up RIGHT. :-) |
