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really real

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Sep 8, 2012, 9:31:09 PM9/8/12
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The Beatles are dying in the wrong order -- I read that quotation on the
cover of a book of quotations which I immediately bought.

Have we heard that joke before? It sure brightened up my day.

Marcus

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Sep 8, 2012, 10:06:23 PM9/8/12
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I hope you were joking about thinking that was funny.

I don't find it amusing at all.

It reminds me of an article I read in a newspaper a few days after
John was killed, where the writer actually said, "Why couldn't have
been Paul?"

As far as I'm concerned, even in 2012, none of The Beatles should be
dead.

Nil

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Sep 8, 2012, 10:45:48 PM9/8/12
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On 08 Sep 2012, really real <reall...@shaw.ca> wrote in
rec.music.beatles:

> The Beatles are dying in the wrong order -- I read that quotation
> on the cover of a book of quotations which I immediately bought.
>
> Have we heard that joke before? It sure brightened up my day.

I think that "joke" is vile.

who?

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Sep 9, 2012, 1:39:07 AM9/9/12
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It takes all types.

Fattuchus

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Sep 9, 2012, 4:35:05 AM9/9/12
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On Sep 8, 9:30 pm, really real <reallyr...@shaw.ca> wrote:
Whoever wrote, "The Beatles are dying in the wrong order" must have
been sick.

Fattuchus

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Sep 9, 2012, 4:35:43 AM9/9/12
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On Sep 8, 10:06 pm, Marcus <marcus...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sep 8, 9:30 pm, really real <reallyr...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > The Beatles are dying in the wrong order -- I read that quotation on the
> > cover of a book of quotations which I immediately bought.
>
> > Have we heard that joke before? It sure brightened up my day.
>
> I hope you were joking about thinking that was funny.
>
> I don't find it amusing at all.
>
> It reminds me of an article I read in a newspaper a few days after
> John was killed, where the writer actually said, "Why couldn't have
> been Paul?"


I may have read the same article or something similar. Too many
sickos in the world.

UsurperTom

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Sep 9, 2012, 4:43:29 AM9/9/12
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On Sunday, September 9, 2012 4:35:43 AM UTC-4, Fattuchus wrote:

> I may have read the same article or something similar.

I think that the joke that Chapman "shot the wrong Beatle" originated in a Village Voice article right after John's murder. There was another joke that Chapman "should have aimed a little to the left."

Lisi Peteras

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Sep 9, 2012, 6:41:58 AM9/9/12
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Maybe it was an Arab or a Jap?

Lisi Peteras

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Sep 9, 2012, 6:42:50 AM9/9/12
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On 09-Sep-12 04:35, Fattuchus wrote:

Fattuchus

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Sep 9, 2012, 8:06:20 AM9/9/12
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On Sep 9, 4:43 am, UsurperTom <Usurper...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, September 9, 2012 4:35:43 AM UTC-4, Fattuchus wrote:
> > I may have read the same article or something similar.
>
> I think that the joke that Chapman "shot the wrong Beatle" originated in a Village Voice article right after John's murder.

I vaguely recall that, too. Shocking that the Voice would even
publish such a thing.


There was another joke that Chapman "should have aimed a little to the
left."

Yes, I've seen similar jokes; not funny.

topazgalaxy

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Sep 9, 2012, 4:43:51 PM9/9/12
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On Sep 8, 9:30 pm, really real <reallyr...@shaw.ca> wrote:
Who was the inconsiderate fool that originally said "the Beatles are
dying in the wrong order"?
It really is a terrible thing to say. I would also want to know the
context.



Marcus

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Sep 9, 2012, 4:50:48 PM9/9/12
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The great Lenny Bruce used to say that Tragedy+Time=Satire.

We can make dark humor jokes about Lincoln at the Ford Theater(for ex)
because there is no one left alive who knew Lincoln personally, or was
affected by his words and deeds in real time. No one who would be
personally offended, or consider such a "joke" cruel.

The Sixties Generation, and even folks younger, who were alive on that
terrible day in 1980, or when George left us, still have memories in
real time. It's not funny to us.

really real

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Sep 9, 2012, 5:00:25 PM9/9/12
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>
> Who was the inconsiderate fool that originally said "the Beatles are
> dying in the wrong order"?
> It really is a terrible thing to say. I would also want to know the
> context.


I am quite amazed at the hostile reaction people here are having about a
Beatle joke.

Victor Lewis-Smith first made the quotation that The Beatles Are Dying
in the Wrong Order.

The quotation appears on the cover of Advance Banter, The QI Book of
Quotations. I don't know who made the decision to make the quotation one
of the four on the front cover, but it was enough for me to buy the book
at a $4.99 remainder sale.

abe slaney

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Sep 10, 2012, 12:18:20 AM9/10/12
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On Sep 9, 4:50 pm, Marcus <marcus...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> We can make dark humor jokes about Lincoln at the Ford Theater(for ex)
> because there is no one left alive who knew Lincoln personally, or was
> affected by his words and deeds in real time.   No one who would be
> personally offended, or consider such a "joke" cruel.

http://kgbyardsale.blogspot.com/2011/08/tragedy-to-comedy-conversion-chart.html

gemjack

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Sep 10, 2012, 8:47:14 AM9/10/12
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On Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:00:25 -0700, really real <reall...@shaw.ca>
wrote:

>
>I am quite amazed at the hostile reaction people here are having about a
>Beatle joke.

Not me, it implies that a few should in fact - be dead. No one wants
to hear that, in a beatles newgroup no less. Remember how upset and
sensitive you were about whatsher name, that beehive lady, Oh -
Winehouse! And she was nothing compared to Lennon and Harrison.
-gj

really real

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Sep 10, 2012, 7:35:18 PM9/10/12
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I get upset whenever a great talent dies too young. I only got upset
bout Amy Winehouse because a certain jerk was dissing her music. I still
think that anyone who can't recognize Amy's great talent is a dick.

who?

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Sep 10, 2012, 11:22:00 PM9/10/12
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I remember hearing something horrible after Lennon died.
It was something like: Do you want to know how to get
the Beatles back together again? All it would take is
2 more bullets. I don't remember the exact phrase.
but it was sick.

UsurperTom

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Sep 10, 2012, 11:44:01 PM9/10/12
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On Sep 10, 11:22 pm, "who?" <yourimageunre...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I don't remember the exact phrase.

The joke was that it would take three more bullets to reunite the
Beatles.

who?

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Sep 11, 2012, 12:43:04 AM9/11/12
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Thanks, Tom. Yeah, that was when George was still alive.

gemjack

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Sep 11, 2012, 8:24:10 AM9/11/12
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On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:35:18 -0700, really real <reall...@shaw.ca>
That, or doesn't care for the rehash of nostalgic 50's purring. Not
that there's anything wrong with that of course. Oh, but yes, she had
skills.
-gj

Mister Snot

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Sep 11, 2012, 8:25:43 AM9/11/12
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Did you flunk math?

Mister Snot

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Sep 11, 2012, 8:26:23 AM9/11/12
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You just solved a math problem for Jeffie.

Mister Snot

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Sep 11, 2012, 8:26:58 AM9/11/12
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So how many bullets now, Jeffie?

abdullah...@gmail.com

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Nov 28, 2019, 3:53:41 PM11/28/19
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and beatles are DISGUSTING

RJK

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Nov 29, 2019, 12:13:53 PM11/29/19
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On Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 3:53:41 PM UTC-5, abdullah...@gmail.com wrote:
> and beatles are DISGUSTING

And their music is OLD. DECADES old.

Nil

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Dec 4, 2019, 2:56:42 AM12/4/19
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So's your mother.

Austin

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Dec 4, 2019, 11:40:06 AM12/4/19
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What does Yoko Ono have in common with Ethiopians?

They both live off dead beatles.
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