06.04.08 NEWSPAPER PUTS ALI DOWN FOR THE COUNT
Newspapers often create obituaries for public figures long before they actually become worm food. Once completed, the papers then generally refrain from making reference to that person's death until, you know, they shuffle loose this mortal coil.
Not those trailblazers at The Courier-Journal in Louisville, who this morning in a Metro story implied that Muhammad Ali has passed away. Hey, no big whoop, mistakes happen, he's only the most famous person to hail from that town, uh, ever. Why should they be keeping tabs on him?
To their credit, the paper has corrected the error, but only after getting an angry visit from the Grim Reaper. "Hey, quit killing people before I get a chance to do it," Death said. "I like to savor it with famous people. Yves Saint-Laurent was a real treat. Gay people always go out fabulously. Hey, it's all right, I'm sorry. It's just a stressful gig, this reaping. Put 'er there. HAHAHA! They fall for that one every time."
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NEWSPAPER PUTS ALI DOWN FOR THE COUNT
hunter s. thompson is from louisville too
and so is papa john's! :P
The only way to really tell for sure if someone is dead is if they've shit their pants, cause it happens right after you die I'm told.
@Swany. Only in the Octagon.
@Swany
It also happens when you fall asleep after drinking too much. Or so I hear.
@swany Bill Parcells must die every day
that shaking is just because ali is starting to fizzle out. give it some time and you can print that again.
@PTBB Parcells can't reach "back there" so why bother taking the pants off anyway.
Ali's sanity and ability to grip things firmly died years ago.
Ali's sanity and ability to grip things firmly died years ago.
Turns out, Ali is only mostly dead.
I was working under the ASSumption that Billy B wears Diapers.
I mean, look at this fuckin picture and try telling me otherwise.
http://www.qball.org/images/76_parcells-342-1.jpg
Will Smith was just getting excited about movie rights too.
Boo-yahvelous!
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