Obituaries

[jeep caillouet]

heaven

Anybody who knows me, will know that when I die I'm going to heaven, and if ANS is there it will be heaven... YEHAAAAAAAAAAW. Entertain me In a public place, OH for gifts of appreciation for sure

[pixiejester]

I have a question. Both James Brown and Steve Irwin are in the curtains calls section, how come no one has thrown a fit about them being there? They were not part of this forum.

Was it because ANS was a woman? Because she took her clothes off for a living? Because she belonged in 'Peoples Magazine'? Because she was 'gossipy' and the other two aren't? Why?

All three of them were, and still are, entertainer's in their own rights.

[jester]

I accuse you Taxi

Taxi

I think you devalued the curtain calls thread far more than ANS did.

I'm sure it that moving rocks is more artistic than removing socks and getting other peoples rocks off, but while I thank your kind for the various henges that appeal to hippies the world over I think you are a rhinocerous in the Ionescu sense of the word.

[Rachel Peters]

What was that for?
And why to the kindest of Taxis?
Taxis are a gentle species.

Nice practice of pseudo intellectual words though. ...Like "rhinocerous". It's, like, four whole cylinders long.

I, myself, am practicing using the word "pseudo". As in, "the pseudo wrestler wears a large diaper".

[jester]

Metaphorically he sprayed graffitti on her gravestone and demanded it be removed - as did several others.

"Rhinocerous" as in a decent person, not lacking in intellect, not particularly bad, but somehow allowing himself to not only run with pack, but get caught up and charge in the rush for something fundamentally wrong.

While Taxi sought to nobly defend the memory of many street performers past, he was really attacking the memory of somebody he felt unworthy. It wasn't about them, it was about his indignation. Which I think is beneath him and all the other idiots that joined in.

I think they should be ashamed of themselves.

I don't think much of ANS but I am not going to judge her and I am not worried if they lay her to rest near to the ones that I love. She's dead.

It was the gloating over his success when Jim moved the thread that finally finished it for me. "Bravo!" He said. Hope he chokes on his handlebar moustache.

[Rachel Peters]

Well then, I don't think you should play favourites. Call them all moustached rhinos.

aaaaand..... GO.

(glad to know you won't judge her. ...only the moustached rhinos.)

[Mr.Taxi Trix]

collision

Oddly, I agree with Pixie Jester. Those two do not belong in Curtain Calls, unless they were street performers.


Oops. I'll repeat that later.

[Mr.Taxi Trix]

collision

Oddly, I agree with Pixie Jester. Those two do not belong in Curtain Calls, unless they were street performers.

[Mr.Taxi Trix]

I'm clean shaven, dammit, and what is the Ionescu sense? Dictionary.com was no help at all. I lack the reverence that many people proclaim for dead people, that much is true. I even took a shot at Tony Montanaro, who I admire, when his time came. I find dead people are generally slow to sue.

I agree with everything I said, even the bravo. In fact, Bravo!

Bravo for thread moving! Bravo for all dead people!
Bravo for diaper-wearing pseudo wrestlers! Bravo for overkill, and repeated punctuation!

[Doctor Eric]

I've said it before and I'm sure I'll be forced to say it again at some point.

Shut up, Jester.

Go joust another windmill.

Taxi jumped on the thread for the same reason that all the others did. No one would come out and say it bluntly, but I will. Anna Nicole Smith was a waste of skin. Anyone who claims they had any respect for her whatsoever is the same type that loves the sound of wind whistling through their own teeth. No one respected that woman, not even the woman herself. The fact that anyone other than her own immediate family has payed any attention at all makes me want to search the airport for an Al Quaeda cell and enlist.

Curtain Calls is a place to remember fellow performers. Not only was ANS not a performer, she also has never done anything worth remembering.

I know a few of the people in Curtain Calls personally. Some of them could be considered to be total scumbags by polite members of normal society, and some were far more accomplished than the rest of us can hope to be, but all of them had one thing in common, they are of our ilk. I can only hope that Perri the Hobo began rolling in his grave the moment that Pablo decided to pop that useless sac of need, greed and want into those hallowed digital halls.

Just because someone dies, that does not warrant respect. There ain't no trick to dyin', you should give it a try sometime, Jester (offstage, I mean).

I, personally, was astounded that that thread even existed, much less in that section. It's not that I have a problem with tits, women, or whores, as a matter of fact, quite a few of the people close to me contain all three qualities, in spades. But the shallow, sycophantic, and completely transparent "caring" for this @!#? has brought me to my knees with disgust. Does anyone really care? The only thing even mildly entertaining about her life/death is the fact that she died without inheriting her ex-husbands estate, that's comedy. And seriously Pablo, there are billions of beautiful women in the world, she doesn't even rank in the top half, get over it.

Jester, save your pedantic bickering for defending people of actual worth. She was eye-candy with just enough ambition to keep her in the public eye once every year and a half. Kind of like bird flu with big tits.

Anna Nicole Smith R.I.O.S.T.F.O.M.F.O.V.

(Rest In Obscurity and Stay The #@!$ Out of MY Field Of Vision)

p.s. I's still pissed off Grandpa Munster didn't get a thread. Rick James? Anyone?

[pixiejester]

Entertainer's in their own rights, they belong there.

[jester]

I wasn't defending ANS I was defending Pablos right to remember who he wants to with respect.

Simple.

I picked on Taxi because he isn't dead and because I am a very unfair and unjust person. Oh, and because I knew a lot of people would jump to his defence. Don't get Jelous Dr Eric. One day your wish will come true, I shall die. I'm not sure I will manage it before you do though.

Taxi. Sorry if the references were obscure. "Rhinoceros" is a play by Eugene Ionesco (Ionescu in some translations). It's a funny read.

[Peter Voice]

I never really had a problem with an Obit for Anna and agree it is no more dubious than that of James Brown or Steve Irwin.

My main objection was that any debate should not take place in our "Obits". The dignity of our friends and Anna's memories were devalued.

James Brown inspired me and anybody who saw Steve's show at his zoo (often done by others but it is seriously special) would have no issue with their inclusion. I thought about Zevon a lot, which is maybe why I haven't written a new thing in "Obits". I don't think he ever busked but was a good trout fisherman and inspired me.

Anna Nicole was with out doubt something special. She had no inhibitions and truly loved her 15 minutes. I cannot even begin to think of the choices presented to her and how any-one would cope.

I, personally, would like Pablo's very first post to go back to the "Obits" and this discussion to continue here in "Blah Blah". If any-one also wishes to celebrate Anna's life they should also do so there, but the "Obits" is not a place to bag her or any-one. It's only manners.

I'm seriously caught between admiring the girl's courage and go-for-it attitude and my cynical observations of those who manipulated her. She was obviously beautiful, sexy as hell and wanted, nearly got, it all.

I wonder how I would have handled the life that was hers.

[pixiejester]

I agrre with that Peter. The beginning of this thread should be put back, the debating about it should be left here, where we can continue to debate without disrespecting her, and Pablo's thread.

I don't see why we can't put people in there that have inspired us. Entertainer's dont just fall under the catagory of 'buskers' and 'street performers' and 'people who come on p.net'

[gav]

I support the suggestion also.
Members of this board should be able to put who ever they like in the obit thread.
I took no offence with Pablo posting ANS in there.
I did take offence to le pire trying his hand at censorship though. If he didn't want to discuss the death of ANS he could have just said nothing and in no time everyone would have forgotten that she was ever mentioned.