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There's an old joke about a man who would buy a newspaper every day from a paperboy, scan the front page, and then throw the paper away in disgust. After a while, the paperboy asked him why he kept throwing the paper away. "I'm looking for someone in the obituaries," the man replied. "But, sir," said the paperboy, "the obituaries are on page 30." The man looked at him and said, "When the son of a bitch I'm looking for dies, he'll be on the front page."
... and there he is.
tandot
(6,671 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)2naSalit
(86,646 posts)leftstreet
(36,108 posts)Hotler
(11,425 posts)Thanks William.
Old Codger
(4,205 posts)Thing that came to mind when I saw the headlines..
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)I said "Scalia?"
He said, "Scalia."
I said, "We should be so lucky."
For those of you who think I'm going to hell, please hold your fire.
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)DhhD
(4,695 posts)Pakhet
(520 posts)Arizona c/o pakhet
It's 85 today, though I should be happier because we had a whole month of weather cool enough that I could wear shoes and socks instead of sandals
Punkingal
(9,522 posts)mdbl
(4,973 posts)Punkingal
(9,522 posts)truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)heh
Bugenhagen
(151 posts)Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)Gregorian
(23,867 posts)Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)Volaris
(10,272 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)Gary 50
(381 posts)abakan
(1,819 posts)It will be.
cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)at the Hades Shitworks.
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)My dad was a lawyer. He said when this guy dies, every lawyer in Houston will show up at his funeral just to make sure he's dead.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)"I didn't. I just came to make sure."
Whatthe_Firetruck
(557 posts)Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)your grave to make sure you are dead.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Liberal Jesus Freak
(1,451 posts)I was so hoping someone would post this. I couldn't remember the specifics...thanks!
rocktivity
(44,576 posts)But then again, they always have.
rocktivity
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)lastlib
(23,244 posts)I'd like to attend his funeral, just so I can be the first to piss on his grave.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,794 posts). . .need it for more important things - like my runny nose from a cold.
Just sayin'.
trof
(54,256 posts)On the commuter train from Greenwich to NYC.
Autumn Colors
(2,379 posts)New Orleans Strong
(212 posts)This is so huge -
Duppers
(28,125 posts)JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)to HELL with the haters - stick their sorry asses on IGNORE and RETURN!!!
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)erlewyne
(1,115 posts)I love this joke every time I hear it.
Thanks William Pitt
Just got a chuckle, old Scalia's not
going to miss us ... a Glen Cambell song?
Mbrow
(1,090 posts)malthaussen
(17,202 posts)I think the whole block heard my "hot damn!"
Terribly ungenerous, I know. And you know what? I don't care.
-- Mal
wolfie001
(2,251 posts)yep.
H2O Man
(73,559 posts)I do not take any pleasure in another human being's death. But I believe that our nation is safer without this guy.
dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)waiting to, at the very least, box his ears.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)He'll be the "St. Ronnie" of his age to the pukes.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)only in rightwing looney ville
mgmaggiemg
(869 posts)catnhatnh
(8,976 posts)"It's Justice Scalia-I think he's dead..."
"Well-first we have to make sure"
(silence)
"Sir-Sir?"
(silence)
BANG, BANG, BANG
"Okay-what's next?"
chapdrum
(930 posts)"All life is a blur of Republicans and meat."
(Circa 1979, cartoonist Bill Griffith)
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure. (Attributed to Mark Twain)
stopwastingmymoney
(2,042 posts)Bohunk68
(1,364 posts)My 2nd cousin, 5 times removed.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)Seems like Mark Twain gets the credit for all the clever quotes because he came up with so many of them.
Bohunk68
(1,364 posts)"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." Clarence is my 2nd cousin, 5 times removed and our connection is not more than 25 miles from where I currently live in Upstate NY. Both he and I grew up in Ashtabula County, Ohio. Never knew the connection until I did my genealogy.
tomp
(9,512 posts)for the moment, my wish and god's will appear to be in sync. the world is a better place today.
Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)I say to the powers that be "thy will, not my will be done"
I think that our world is a better place, now that Scalia is gone.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)delivered. The Powers That Be don't want change.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)have to overcome. So far Pres Obama hasn't proven to me that he is one of us in the 99%.
Baitball Blogger
(46,733 posts)Might even surpass the landing on the moon.
mountain grammy
(26,623 posts)So, since Tony and Clarence were joined at the hip, shouldn't the other be dying soon?
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)I bet the saints and angel would help him.
tomp
(9,512 posts)now that he's dead, I'm waiting for the real dirt on him to be exposed. he was a walking pusball of corruption. unpatriotic and unchristian.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)tomp
(9,512 posts)latebloomer
(7,120 posts)I googled. looking for the exact quote and your post came up. Actually, yours was the only one that came up. Thanks!
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)Borchkins
(724 posts)Good riddance.
marble falls
(57,102 posts)MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)Duval
(4,280 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)shanti
(21,675 posts)the rest of the PNAC cabal are right behind him. fat tony won't be the last front pager by a long shot!
Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)that this piece of evil is gone.
Paladin
(28,264 posts)countryjake
(8,554 posts)Kang Colby
(1,941 posts)WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)Or did Kodos pen it for you?