Posted in Random Crap on May 27th, 2008
Just when you thought it was safe to enter the water…
… it turns out that no place is safe from a shark attack.
In a scene that reminds me of the Land Shark skits from Saturday Night Live
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Woman #1: [ moves to chain-locked door ] Who is it?
Land Shark: [ muffled voice ] Mrs. Ramilarghh??
Woman #1: Who is it?
Land Shark: [ muffled voice ] Plumber..
Woman #1: Plumber? I didn’t ask for a plumber. Who is it?
Land Shark: [ muffled voice ] Telegram.
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Posted in Scored Deaths on May 26th, 2008
Agent Leslee Dart says Pollack died of cancer Monday afternoon at his home in Pacific Palisades. She says Pollack was surrounded by family.
A 747 recently crashed in a cemetery in Poland. Polish officials have so far retrieved 2000 bodies.
Pollack directed more than 20 films and many television episodes in a career that spanned almost 50 years. He won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1986 for his film Out of Africa. That film also won Best Picture. He was nominated for that same award another two times: in 1983 for the Dustin Hoffman comedy Tootsie, and in 1970 for They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Read more... (394 words, 22 images, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)
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Posted in Scored Deaths on May 25th, 2008
Dick Martin, co-host of “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” that popularized the phrase, “Sock it to me,” died yesterday of respiratory complications in Santa Monica, California. He was 86.
C’mon Dick, let’s go to the party!
Martin played off straight man Dan Rowan in “Laugh-In,” which revolutionized the television industry. Its stars garnered laughs with one-liners and double entendres from the psychedelic joke wall, and introduced phrases into the popular lexicon such as “Here comes da judge” and “You bet your sweet bippy.” The show also featured Goldie Hawn, Lily Tomlin, Ruth Buzzi and announcer Gary Owens. Read more... (159 words, 2 images, estimated 38 secs reading time)
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Posted in Scored Deaths on May 16th, 2008
Robert G. Mondavi — the 94-year-old Napa Valley visionary who put California wine on dinner tables around the world — died peacefully at home early Friday morning.
Bobby Mondavi’s passing was a sad event for most people, but I think our very own Tamra has mixed feelings about the whole event. You see, she used to work for Mondavi way back in the 90′s, and actually knew him fairly well. When I asked Tamra how she felt – whether she was conflicted between grief and points. Read more... (278 words, estimated 1:07 mins reading time)
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Posted in Random Crap on May 12th, 2008
Well, it’s not really Chinese, but Ancient Japanese Secret just wouldn’t have been as good a headline, now would it?
In what is just another check mark in the laundry list of why Japan is the looniest country on Earth (see Rice Babies, cucumber flavored Pepsi, eye lash wigs, and love hotels (ed. note: OK.. Mrs. Dr. Death and me have actually shacked up in one of these while we were living in Japan)), the crazy Japanese folks are dying by the load by inhaling laundry detergent in an attempt to rid their life of grime. Read more... (250 words, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)
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Posted in Random Crap on May 6th, 2008
It seems that the eight players that selected Patrick Swayze as their waiver wire pick may be getting rewarded sooner rather than later. After the news broke in January about his pancreatic cancer diagnosis, most of the news about Swayze was good – or, better than could be expected – for his prognosis.
Swayze was a popular choice among Ghoulpool.us players, knowing that pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly and incurable cancers we face today. And, after all the good news coming out about him, it seems the bad news is starting to creep in. Read more... (279 words, estimated 1:07 mins reading time)
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Posted in Random Crap on May 5th, 2008
PETA, that unholy organization that masks it’s ulterior motives of building incredible wealth for Ingrid Newkirk and covering up it’s own destruction of thousands of animals, is once again telling the rest of the world how to think. God damned bastards that they are.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP)—People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is seeking the suspension of Eight Belles’ jockey after the filly had to be euthanized following her second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.
Gabriel Saez was riding Eight Belles when she broke both front ankles while galloping out a quarter of a mile past the wire. She was euthanized on the track.
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