George Carlin dies

[Merlot Joe]

He will be missed.

Joe

Comedian George Carlin dies in Los Angeles at 71

19 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs and dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sunday, a spokesman said. He was 71.

Carlin, who had a history of heart problems, died at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica about 6 p.m. PDT (9 p.m. EDT) after being admitted earlier in the afternoon for chest pains, spokesman Jeff Abraham told Reuters

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[innit Geezer]

Damn, he was one of the greatest contributors to comedy and satire on the human condition. We're going to miss his poignant words.

Many years ago (late 1980's) he was interviewed on public radio WBAI in New York and he was talking about those yellow signs, similar to traffic warning signs that people started to hang up in their car windows by suction cups.

Carlin said he disliked the the signs so, because "who the the hell are these people to tell us to drive safer around them, because there's a baby on board." Carlin then added, "the signs should say asshole at the wheel."

I'll never forget that interview because his frankness wasn't heard like that at the time and he said it so plainly.

It's sad, he was too young.

[Ardbeg... innit]

I wonder if any of the 'seven words' got him past St Peter?

[nolaflacav]

I know that there is truly a dark cloud over all of Shining Time Station this morning. It is a sad day especially for Thomas the Tank Engine now that he has lost Mr. Conductor.

One can only hope that Harvey Korman is waiting on the platform at the big train station in the sky to warmly greet Mr. Conductor.

[viperess]

His comedic sense of humor always made me laugh so hard I would almost tinkle.
My son was small when he narrated Tomas the Tank Engine and it always amused me that these small children were listening to a sweet sounding man tell the stories of Sodor, when he could say things that would make a sailor blush....
A sad start to the day.....

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Jun 22, 2008 23:47:42 GMT -6 innit Geezer said:

It's sad, he was too young.

John McCain is thinking the exact same thing.

-- BB (wondering what exactly is a "comedic sense of humor")

[Chicago Jake]

Now there are a LOT more than seven words that he can't say on television. Or anywhere else, for that matter.

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But I hope his LAST words were those seven.

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Tribute

In one of his most famous routines, Carlin railed against euphemisms he said have become so widespread that no one can simply "die."

"'Older' sounds a little better than 'old,' doesn't it?," he said. "Sounds like it might even last a little longer. ... I'm getting old. And it's OK. Because thanks to our fear of death in this country I won't have to die — I'll 'pass away.' Or I'll 'expire,' like a magazine subscription. If it happens in the hospital they'll call it a 'terminal episode.' The insurance company will refer to it as 'negative patient care outcome.' And if it's the result of malpractice they'll say it was a 'therapeutic misadventure.'"

[Ardbeg... innit]

Jun 23, 2008 16:23:57 GMT -6 ♥ COVID-19♥ said:

Tribute

In one of his most famous routines, Carlin railed against euphemisms he said have become so widespread that no one can simply "die."

"'Older' sounds a little better than 'old,' doesn't it?," he said. "Sounds like it might even last a little longer. ... I'm getting old. And it's OK. Because thanks to our fear of death in this country I won't have to die — I'll 'pass away.' Or I'll 'expire,' like a magazine subscription. If it happens in the hospital they'll call it a 'terminal episode.' The insurance company will refer to it as 'negative patient care outcome.' And if it's the result of malpractice they'll say it was a 'therapeutic misadventure.'"

Thats how I think of most my vacations

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Reincarnation is pressing the Reset button on the CPU of life.

[Ardbeg... innit]

Worrying about reincarnation is waiting for the UPS to kick in

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Death is nature's way of putting you in Hibernation Mode for energy conservation (another way to "go green", as it were).

[Ardbeg... innit]

Waiting for a reboot to install updates explains dementia

[♥ COVID-19♥]

An enema is just a way of performing a defrag on your colon.

[Ardbeg... innit]

Sometimes a floppy is just a floppy

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Viagra is like a firmware upgrade.

[Ardbeg... innit]

Yawn, scratch my ass, stumble to the bathroom... my morning POST

[♥ COVID-19♥]

If constipation is like your system locking up, then Ex-Lax is the Control-Alt-Delete.

[Ardbeg... innit]

And that eventually results in a core dump

[♥ COVID-19♥]

Or a blue screen.