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. > > > > > > > > ----------------------- > > > > > > > > To change your mail settings or leave the > C-PALSY list, go here: > > > > > > > > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------- > > > > > > To change your mail settings or leave the > C-PALSY list, go here: > > > > > > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > 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. > > > > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 > > > > > -- > > > 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. > > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 > > ----------------------- > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY > list, go here: > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy