In Memoriam: Billie Joe McAllister (d. 3 June 1966)

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Brad Ferguson

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Jun 3, 2009, 3:52:07 PM6/3/09

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Forty-three years have come and gone since we heard the news 'bout
Billie Joe, and I guess we'll never really know why he jumped off the
Tallahatchie Bridge. Never had a lick of sense, that boy.

Pass the biscuits, please.

Charles Richmond

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Jun 4, 2009, 1:23:22 AM6/4/09

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Brad Ferguson wrote:
> Forty-three years have come and gone since we heard the news 'bout
> Billie Joe, and I guess we'll never really know why he jumped off the
> Tallahatchie Bridge. Never had a lick of sense, that boy.
>

Billie Joe and the girl that sang the song... had a baby. After it was
born, they threw the baby off the Tallahatchie Bridge. Billie Joe could
*not* take the guilt and killed himself by jumping off the same bridge.

> Pass the biscuits, please.

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Brad Ferguson

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Jun 4, 2009, 7:06:57 AM6/4/09

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In article <h07loa$9te$2...@news.eternal-september.org>, Charles Richmond <fri...@tx.rr.com> wrote:

> Brad Ferguson wrote:
> > Forty-three years have come and gone since we heard the news 'bout
> > Billie Joe, and I guess we'll never really know why he jumped off the
> > Tallahatchie Bridge. Never had a lick of sense, that boy.
> >
>
> Billie Joe and the girl that sang the song... had a baby. After it was
> born, they threw the baby off the Tallahatchie Bridge. Billie Joe could
> *not* take the guilt and killed himself by jumping off the same bridge.

That's one theory, but it doesn't account for how the girl successfully hid the
pregnancy and birth from the family.

Brian Watson

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Jun 4, 2009, 7:21:37 AM6/4/09

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"Brad Ferguson" <thir...@frXOXed.net> wrote in message
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It was the engagement ring that got thrown off the bridge.

That, and a whole sack of trash, and some car parts, and an Afghan coat that
was getting REAL stinky, and some lawn mowings, and one of those things
people keep for years then wonder why the hell they have...

--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."

Kris Baker

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Jun 4, 2009, 9:58:37 AM6/4/09

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"Brian Watson" <Br...@imagebus.co.uk> wrote in message
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Yup. Just another BS song with twee lyrics, like American Pie
or that damned McArthur's Park.

String enough rhyming thoughts together, and the more unrelated
they are, the higher the chances that you'll be embraced as a
genius.

BTW, Bobbie Gentry says she really never "knew" what was
thrown off the bridge....and supposedly, the original song was
twice as long. It was cut for airplay time, and to deepen the
mystery (it worked). It was also de-countrified.

Kris

Lars Eighner

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Jun 4, 2009, 3:49:08 PM6/4/09

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In our last episode, <78q24uF...@mid.individual.net>, the lovely and
talented Kris Baker broadcast on alt.obituaries:

> Yup. Just another BS song with twee lyrics, like American Pie
> or that damned McArthur's Park.

If you can't be deep, incomprehensible is the next best thing.

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Lars Eighner <http://larseighner.com/> use...@larseighner.com
135 days since Rick Warren prayed over Bush's third term.
Obama: No hope, no change, more of the same. Yes, he can, but no, he won't.

KingDaevid

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Jun 4, 2009, 4:08:24 PM6/4/09

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On Jun 3, 12:52 pm, Brad Ferguson sez:

> Forty-three years have come and gone since we heard the news 'bout
> Billie Joe, and I guess we'll never really know why he jumped off the
> Tallahatchie Bridge. Never had a lick of sense, that boy.

...fond as I am of Glynnis O'Connor, the 1976 movie didn't really help
matters any. And the image of Robby Benson and James Best getting it
on makes even me a little nauseous...

kdm

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peace 'n oranges...

maxhe...@gmail.com

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Feb 28, 2020, 12:41:56 PM2/28/20

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I Googled this date for this reason. I'm glad someone else is remembering Billie Joe. I'd drown myself too if the girl I loved told me she couldn't love me because she was too afraid to stand up to her family. #TeamEngagementRing

That Derek

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Feb 29, 2020, 10:23:37 AM2/29/20

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The other Top 20 song which begins with the lyrics "It was the third of June":

"Desiree" by Neil Diamond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-TfQMdqEKE

felixb...@gmail.com

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Mar 2, 2020, 8:33:53 AM3/2/20

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There's no S in MacArthur Park

Bring the cake in from the rain please