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Headlines like that really should be divulged to the subject before their death. It's shame they miss out on the chuckle.

by aklemm 7y ago

Stratoscope 7y ago
You were downvoted for this comment, but it was merged from a previous thread where it made much more sense in context: https://web.archive.org/web/20200219213005/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22367558 https://web.archive.org/web/20200219213005/https://news.ycom... The original thread was a link to The Register which had this headline: Larry Tesler cut and pasted from this mortal coil https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/19/larry_tesler/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/19/larry_tesler/ I also found The Register's headline pretty funny and apropos, and I am sure that if Larry is looking down on us, he got a chuckle out of it too!
- aklemm 7y ago
  Thanks for clarifying the situation. Karma come, karma go.
  - dang 7y ago
    Sorry! When merging threads, we always try to exempt the comments that only make sense in the original context. I even saw your comment and recognized it as such but it must have slipped through my fingers somehow. We've repatriated it now. (Of course now these replies are out of context, but oh well.)
    - Stratoscope 7y ago
      This could almost be a scene from the great Firesign Theatre album How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Can_You_Be_in_Two_Places_at_Once_When_You%27re_Not_Anywhere_at_All https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Can_You_Be_in_Two_Places_a... And I'm certain that Larry would appreciate the reference! ;-) All hail Marx and Lennon! p.s. If you happen to see this, aklemm, your username - or at least a possible pronunciation of it - plays a role in another Firesign Theatre album, I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Think_We%27re_All_Bozos_on_This_Bus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Think_We%27re_All_Bozos_on_T... (search the page for "Clem"...)

Headlines like that really should be divulged to the subject before their death. It's shame they miss out on the chuckle.

by aklemm 7y ago

Headlines like that really should be divulged to the subject before their death. It's shame they miss out on the chuckle.

Stratoscope 7y ago

You were downvoted for this comment, but it was merged from a previous thread where it made much more sense in context: https://web.archive.org/web/20200219213005/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22367558 https://web.archive.org/web/20200219213005/https://news.ycom... The original thread was a link to The Register which had this headline: Larry Tesler cut and pasted from this mortal coil https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/19/larry_tesler/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/19/larry_tesler/ I also found The Register's headline pretty funny and apropos, and I am sure that if Larry is looking down on us, he got a chuckle out of it too!

aklemm 7y ago
Thanks for clarifying the situation. Karma come, karma go.
- dang 7y ago
  Sorry! When merging threads, we always try to exempt the comments that only make sense in the original context. I even saw your comment and recognized it as such but it must have slipped through my fingers somehow. We've repatriated it now. (Of course now these replies are out of context, but oh well.)
  - Stratoscope 7y ago
    This could almost be a scene from the great Firesign Theatre album How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Can_You_Be_in_Two_Places_at_Once_When_You%27re_Not_Anywhere_at_All https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Can_You_Be_in_Two_Places_a... And I'm certain that Larry would appreciate the reference! ;-) All hail Marx and Lennon! p.s. If you happen to see this, aklemm, your username - or at least a possible pronunciation of it - plays a role in another Firesign Theatre album, I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Think_We%27re_All_Bozos_on_This_Bus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Think_We%27re_All_Bozos_on_T... (search the page for "Clem"...)