So here's a tip for obituary writers: If you're writing a big piece on one of your country's most famous writers, and it's going to run under the headline "A TRUE NATIONAL TREASURE," you just might not want to lead off your remembrance by calling said author a plain-looking fatty:
I think I'll wait until I can get a shot at writing Murdoch's obituary, assuming I can stop laughing and high fiving long enough to type...
I know that obituaries are prepared far, far in advance so that they can just slot in date of death and publish it. But would it kill them to take 20 seconds to read the bloody thing?
Oh wait, it's a Murdoch rag. Taking 20 seconds to read is beyond their attention span and cognitive function.
"Overweight and unrecognized, Sarah Palin was politically dead long before her physical death from complications of plastic surgery. Jesus, who finally returned to Earth after Bryan Fischer was shot into the sun by NASA, declined to resurrect her and did not attend the funeral."
Whew. For a second I thought you might be talking about me!
Yes we do! I submit Frank Sinatra.
No Poofters!
I loved that book! Just downloaded the sequel, which I'm saving for a long flight in May.
"An alcoholic failed businessman and painter, George W Bush Jr was a deep disappointment to his father."
I think I'll wait until I can get a shot at writing Murdoch's obituary, assuming I can stop laughing and high fiving long enough to type...
I know that obituaries are prepared far, far in advance so that they can just slot in date of death and publish it. But would it kill them to take 20 seconds to read the bloody thing?
Oh wait, it's a Murdoch rag. Taking 20 seconds to read is beyond their attention span and cognitive function.
Ooh! Ooh!
"Overweight and unrecognized, Sarah Palin was politically dead long before her physical death from complications of plastic surgery. Jesus, who finally returned to Earth after Bryan Fischer was shot into the sun by NASA, declined to resurrect her and did not attend the funeral."