David Brinkly (82) and Gregory Peck (87) both died today.
Who's going to pull the hat-trick out of the bag for us?
Bob Hope?
Who's going to pull the hat-trick out of the bag for us?
Bob Hope?
Who's going to be #3
Donald Regan
Originally posted by ggw:God I hope not, because the fucking republicans will want to name something else around here after him if he does.
Donald Regan
Originally posted by mankie:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42278-2003Jun10.html
Originally posted by ggw:God I hope not, because the fucking republicans will want to name something else around here after him if he does.
Donald Regan
oops! Sorry, I just thought you'd made a typo!
Well, there's the hat-trick, I guess Bob Hope can relax a bit.
Well, there's the hat-trick, I guess Bob Hope can relax a bit.
Originally posted by mankie:When you get right down to it:
Originally posted by ggw:God I hope not, because the fucking republicans will want to name something else around here after him if he does.
Donald Regan
Screwing up the environment, giving the rich more money, screwing over poor folks and minorities, etc
those pale in comparison compared to naming everything you can think of after someone who isn't dead. No class, no class at all.
Originally posted by mjnova:No class? It's all about 'class'. Class as in caste systems.
Originally posted by mankie:When you get right down to it:
Originally posted by ggw:God I hope not, because the fucking republicans will want to name something else around here after him if he does.
Donald Regan
Screwing up the environment, giving the rich more money, screwing over poor folks and minorities, etc
those pale in comparison compared to naming everything you can think of after someone who isn't dead. No class, no class at all.
It use to be "Let them eat cake." Now it's worse than that. They don't even want us to have any cake. They want to have the entire cake and eat it too! Oh, but guess who has to bake the cake?
Originally posted by Jaguär:er, mankie means 3c I am sure
[ It's all about 'class'. Class as in caste systems.
12 entries found for class.
class   ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (kls)
n.
1. A set, collection, group, or configuration containing members regarded as having certain attributes or traits in common; a kind or category.
2. A division based on quality, rank, or grade, as:
a. A grade of mail: a package sent third class.
b. A quality of accommodation on public transport: tourist class.
3.
a. A social stratum whose members share certain economic, social, or cultural characteristics: the lower-income classes.
b. Social rank or caste, especially high rank.
c. Informal. Elegance of style, taste, and manner: an actor with class.
4. A level of academic development, as in an elementary or secondary school.
5.
a. A group of students who are taught together because they have roughly the same level of academic development.
b. A group of students or alumni who have the same year of graduation.
c. A group of students who meet at a regularly scheduled time to study the same subject.
d. The period during which such a group meets: had to stay after class.
6. Biology. A taxonomic category ranking below a phylum or division and above an order. See table at taxonomy.
7. Statistics. An interval in a frequency distribution.
8. Linguistics. A group of words belonging to the same grammatical category that share a particular set of morphological properties, such as a set of inflections.
Originally posted by Andrew WK:Er, mankie doesn't mean anything of the sort…mankie never mentioned class in this topic.
Originally posted by Jaguär:er, mankie means 3c I am sure
[ It's all about 'class'. Class as in caste systems.
12 entries found for class.
class   ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (kls)
n.
1. A set, collection, group, or configuration containing members regarded as having certain attributes or traits in common; a kind or category.
2. A division based on quality, rank, or grade, as:
a. A grade of mail: a package sent third class.
b. A quality of accommodation on public transport: tourist class.
3.
a. A social stratum whose members share certain economic, social, or cultural characteristics: the lower-income classes.
b. Social rank or caste, especially high rank.
c. Informal. Elegance of style, taste, and manner: an actor with class.
4. A level of academic development, as in an elementary or secondary school.
5.
a. A group of students who are taught together because they have roughly the same level of academic development.
b. A group of students or alumni who have the same year of graduation.
c. A group of students who meet at a regularly scheduled time to study the same subject.
d. The period during which such a group meets: had to stay after class.
6. Biology. A taxonomic category ranking below a phylum or division and above an order. See table at taxonomy.
7. Statistics. An interval in a frequency distribution.
8. Linguistics. A group of words belonging to the same grammatical category that share a particular set of morphological properties, such as a set of inflections.
sorry……
Mankie does it really matter who said it?
Mankie does it really matter who said it?
Originally posted by Andrew WK:you be confusing me…it don't take much to confuse me. :(
sorry……
Mankie does it really matter who said it?
Originally posted by mankie:Glad I'm not the only one confused. Do any of the posts in this thread relate to any other?
Originally posted by Andrew WK:you be confusing me…it don't take much to confuse me. :(
sorry……
Mankie does it really matter who said it?
Actors always die in three's, and since Donald Regan never acted (except to pretend that Ronnie was in charge and that he didn't know about Iran-Contra), Hume Cronyn was the third actor to die.