DOESN'T ANYBODY CARE THAT BILLY MAYS IS DEAD?

[zanne]

HE WAS FOUND DEAD TODAY IN HIS HOME. NO CAUSE OF DEATH YET. (CAPITALS INTENTIONAL).

[graywarrior]

1. YES

I WILL NEVER BREATHE OXYGEN THE SAME EVER AGAIN!

[madinmaryland]

7. Actually,

he was ducking a flying suit case.

..madinmaryland is putting his hardhat on!

[graywarrior]

13. .

I have no idea what this means

[madinmaryland]

16. I have a headache now!

[graywarrior]

19. Payback's a bitch

:rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Couldn't give a shit. Never even heard of him, then found out he was just a common peddler,

and said, "Meh, who fucking cares, then, except sad people."

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. I'm sure his family and friends care.

Yeah, so he did annoying infomercials that I couldn't care less about, but no need to shit on the poor man's soon to be dug grave. Sheesh.

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. Then let me nuance it with "Who cares, other than family and friends, than sad people?"

I mean, really, for anyone who never knew him to somehow feel "empty" or be otherwise affected is pretty fucking sad.

He sold shit through adverts - that's it. Anyone (who didn't know him) who thinks he had some kind of impact on their life that they need to mourn his death is just fucking sad. Really.

Not to say he probably wasn't a great guy, good father, great family man, good businessman - fucking whatever - but come on. He sold shit. That's it. It's not like he was Cronkite or Michael Jackson or George Carlin or Ghandi or Ricardo Montelban...

He sold shit. How could that possibly have had any emotional effect on anyone, except that that person is... well, pretty fucking sad.

[TZ]

18. "Common peddler"

Elitist much? This is why the democrats get in trouble in the Midwest..because of attitudes like this . Like him or not, he was very good at what he did and I feel bad for anyone who loses a family member so suddenly.

[madeline_con]

35. Let's bicker about like all the MJ threads did! C'mon it'll be fun!

[Curtland1015]

3. I think by this point people are just burned out.

This makes, what, FIVE celebrity deaths in two weeks?

[LostInAnomie]

4. I actually care a lot more about Billy mays dying than I did MJ.

I loved the show Pitchmen. He seemed like a genuinely nice guy.

[zanne]

5. yEAH....NICE. JUST LOUD. NT

[latebloomer]

6. Had no idea who he was

At first I thought he must be a baseball player- no, that's Willie Mays- well, they said he was a "pitcher"!

[Pacifist Patriot]

8. Oi. Had to google this one I'm afraid.

[Danger Mouse]

9. Well this blows the 'celebrity deaths happen in threes' argument.

They're dropping like flies!
And I really liked Billy Mays. :(

[jobycom]

28. Unless we get two more quickly. Actually one more, if you count Gale Storm.

For that matter, if you back to early June, you could say Carradine, McMahon, Farrah, and then MJ, Mays, and Storm.

Good thing about numerology is that with a little effort, you can make most theories work. :)

[qnr]

33. Yup, deaths happen in ten thousand eight hundred and sixty sevens, if you wait long enough n/t

[NJmaverick]

42. It could go up to 5

I keep reading Walter Cronkite is on his death bed

[mainegreen]

10. From luggage to the head it appears.

Airlines, prepare your lawyers!

[lost-in-nj]

11. I actually care

when anyone dies.....


:(

not a good thing......



lost

[Z_I_Peevey]

12. Nice post, John Donne

:hi:

[Orrex]

31. I was totally going to use "Gather ye rosebuds..." as a springboard into a genius Citizen Kane joke,

but then I realized that's Robert Herrick, and I already quoted him once today in the Lounge.



On the plus side, at least I'm finally putting my degree to good use.

[Blue Diadem]

14. I didn't until I found out he has a 3 yr old.

I hate to see small kids lose a parent. :(

[KG]

17. since i haven't owned a TV for over 10 years, i found him mildly amusing rather than annoying.

[SoxFan]

20. Vince and mctatas are wanted for questioning

[Moondog]

21. Mrs. Mays, hopefully.

[Odin2005]

22. Deaths come in 3s, BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

:dunce:

[rurallib]

23. IF A CELEBRITY DIES TONITE, WE'LL THROW IN ANOTHER

CELEBRITY DEATH FOR FREE TOMORROW!

[krispos42]

37. JUST PAY ADDITIONAL SHIPPING AND HANDLING!!!

(CA residents add 7% sales tax)

[BuelahWitch]

38. Couldn't I get a set of Ginzu knives instead?

They'd be a lot more useful than a dead body stinking up the house...

[applegrove]

24. I thought my mother was kidding when she read it off the ticker. I loved

Billy Mayes. My favourite pitchman. Something about his voice was mezzmerizing.

[SoCalDem]

26. His funeral will probably have VERY LOUD MUSIC

:(

[rcrush]

27. NO CAUSE I CAN YELL TO AND I'M STEALING HIS JOB

I HAVE A BIG BEARD AND I CAN YELL AT YOU TO

[jobycom]

29. Ha!! But to be fair...

he did a lot more than read scripts. He sought out the inventions he thought he could promote, created a marketing campaign for them, and helped more than a few small inventors get their start. He was a lot more than that voice.

[mullard12ax7]

30. That's awful, he hit 660 lifetime home runs too

and had a lifetime batting average of .302.

[qnr]

34. That was always my first thought when I stumbled upon the name Billy Mays accidently n/t

[rebel with a cause]

32. to be perfectly honest,,,,,,,

I care more about Gale Storm dying than I do about Billy Mays, Michael Jackson, or Farrah Fawcett. Ms Storm was elderly, 96, but she was a big part of my childhood when television was new and fascinating. She also seemed squeaky clean in comparison to these other people. Behaps this was due to the times, the fifties, when the world was a little different than it is today. :shrug:

[edbermac]

36. No.

Never heard of him. Never liked him.:nopity:

[BuelahWitch]

39. As he is another fairly young man, I care, but I don't have TV

so I never saw him. When you're close to 50 and people who are 50 seem to be dropping like flies, it makes you feel your mortality. The Grim Reaper could be gunning for 46 year olds next...

Edited because before it looked like I said I was a fairly young man. I'm not. I'm a cranky old woman. ;)

[slay]

40. I can sell him a coffin for the low low price of $69.95.

I'm just sayin.. :shrug: :rofl:

[Eurobabe]

41. I HEARD HIS SON WAS UPSET

and PROBABLY HIS WIFE WAS TOO.

[NJmaverick]

43. Yes it is sad he died way too young