Disyembre 8, 2011

"Four is the new three."

"Not only did Col. Potter join his predecessor Lt. Col. Henry Blake in the great M*A*S*H tent in the sky today, but in what has to be one of the oddest 'celebrity' death days in recent memory, also passing today were: Dobie Gray, he of 'Drift Away' fame; Pusuke, who at 26 was the world's oldest dog; and Barbara Orbison, the widow of Roy Orbison."

Writes AlexG.

17 komento:

Joe Schmoe ayon kay ...

I love the quote from the 26-year old dog article: "He is believed to have died from old age."

edutcher ayon kay ...

It's only three if they are known. No four at all.

Sorry.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Wow, Barbara Orbison, I believe, was just on that HGTV show about buying property in Manhattan. Pancreatic cancer takes you quickly...

Andrea ayon kay ...

I don't get it - why is this "odd"?

MadisonMan ayon kay ...

Four is only the new three is the definition is sufficiently stretched.

How do Barbara Orbison and some old dog compare to Sherman T. Potter!?

Irene ayon kay ...

PatCA, that was my first thought. She was on an episode of "Selling New York." She gave the realtor a pair of Ray Orbison Ray Bans.

I just mentioned her last week in some (legitimate) context in class, and none of the students seemed to know who Ray Orbison was.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

"I just mentioned her last week in some (legitimate) context in class, and none of the students seemed to know who Ray Orbison was."

Maybe if you'd said "Roy Orbison"....

Curious George ayon kay ...

Four is the new three. But only if one is the new four.

Irene ayon kay ...

@Althouse, Ha ha!

You probably know why I regularly make that typo!

Meade ayon kay ...

Ray Orbison wrote Only the Lanely

Mitch H. ayon kay ...

While fine people (and a dog), no doubt, if these folks are more than one step up from the late Dorothea Casaubon, I'd be greatly surprised.

traditionalguy ayon kay ...

The dog makes me sad.

If Orbison's Pretty Woman was about his wife, then she was famous.

MadisonMan ayon kay ...

Ray Orbison wrote Only the Lanely

Orbison had 25 Number One hits too!

(25 is the new 4)

Freeman Hunt ayon kay ...

Dogs don't count. Even old ones.

traditionalguy ayon kay ...

Freeman...I take that personally. Us old dogs need love too.

Blue Ox ayon kay ...

Not only is four the new three, but apparently 72 hours is the new "today".

Morgan left us on 12/7, while Gray and Orbison passed on the 6th and the pooch checked out on 12/5.

Sorry to pick nits.

Robert R. ayon kay ...

None of them will have the long lasting cultural legacy of Jerry Robinson who also passed away this week. Jerry Robinson is probably a complete unknown to the average person, but his creations aren't.

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