thanks kendall. i never thought of going to snopes for
a laugh or two.
--- "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> OK, just for fun, I checked with Snopes to see what
> they had to say about La
> Prise's "death." It also includes several other
> jokes of varying degrees of
> humor.
>
> http://www.snopes.com/humor/question/requests.asp
>
> The La Prise joke is toward the end, and apparently
> dates back at least to
> the death of the Queen Mum.
>
>
> On 5/9/07, Kendall D. Corbett
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > I like it, but how many times does poor Mr LaPrise
> have to die? I first
> > heard of his "untimely demise" after Columbine,
> again after 9/11....
> >
> >
> > On 5/9/07, greta von der luft
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > okay, that is funny in a macabre way....
> > >
> > > On 5/9/07, Michael H. Collis < [log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > > > With all the sadness and trauma going on in
> the world at the moment,
> > > it is worth reflecting on the death of a very
> important person, which almost
> > > went unnoticed last week.
> > > >
> > > > Larry LaPrise, the man that wrote "The Hokey
> Pokey" died peacefully at
> > > the age of 93. The most traumatic part for his
> family was getting him into
> > > the coffin. They put his left leg in. And then
> the trouble started.
> > > >
> > > > Shut up. You know it's funny.
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> > --
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> >
> > Kendall
> >
> > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
> >
> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
> the unreasonable one
> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
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> > depends on the unreasonable man.
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> Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all progress
> depends on the unreasonable man.
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