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Rivers, 81, has been in a medically induced coma at Mount Sinai Hospital since going into cardiac respiratory arrest during outpatient vocal cord surgery Thursday in New York.

http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2014/ ... e-support/

I'd pull the plug like I was starting a lawn mower.

ne1410s wrote:I'd pull the plug like I was starting a lawn mower.

I can feel the love....

lb13

The only reason this is newsworthy is her celebrity status, right? Of course, one could say the same thing about Robin Williams, yet for some reason I cared about that story much more than I care about this one. --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:The only reason this is newsworthy is her celebrity status, right? Of course, one could say the same thing about Robin Williams, yet for some reason I cared about that story much more than I care about this one. --Bob

The fact that many many many more people liked Robin Williams than like Joan Rivers may have something to do with that.

Celebrity illnesses and deaths do get reported, the bigger the celebrity, the more it gets reported. Lauren Bacall's death got overshadowed by Robin Williams' the day before, as singer went on a rant about recently.

zachhoran1 wrote:Celebrity illnesses and deaths do get reported, the bigger the celebrity, the more it gets reported. Lauren Bacall's death got overshadowed by Robin Williams' the day before, as singer went on a rant about recently.

Aldous Huxley died on November 22, 1963. I don't think many people paid it much attention.

silverscreenselect wrote:

zachhoran1 wrote:Celebrity illnesses and deaths do get reported, the bigger the celebrity, the more it gets reported. Lauren Bacall's death got overshadowed by Robin Williams' the day before, as singer went on a rant about recently.

Aldous Huxley died on November 22, 1963. I don't think many people paid it much attention.

So did C. S. Lewis. He apparently got less attention.

Melissa: “My mother has been moved out of intensive care and into a private room where she is being kept comfortable. Thank you for your continued support,”

ne1410s wrote:I'd pull the plug like I was starting a lawn mower.

Nice Seinfeld pull by you.

All you're missing is the can of soda.

I like Joan Rivers. I wish her well.

Bob Juch wrote:

silverscreenselect wrote:

zachhoran1 wrote:Celebrity illnesses and deaths do get reported, the bigger the celebrity, the more it gets reported. Lauren Bacall's death got overshadowed by Robin Williams' the day before, as singer went on a rant about recently.

Aldous Huxley died on November 22, 1963. I don't think many people paid it much attention.

So did C. S. Lewis. He apparently got less attention.

I almost died that day as well! And I'd have been kicking and screaming if I didn't get any attention....

Liberace wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:

silverscreenselect wrote:
Aldous Huxley died on November 22, 1963. I don't think many people paid it much attention.

So did C. S. Lewis. He apparently got less attention.

I almost died that day as well! And I'd have been kicking and screaming if I didn't get any attention....

Ha! You were good on pianos but you sucked on organs.

Beebs52 wrote:I like Joan Rivers. I wish her well.

Thank you Beebs, I was trying to decide how to respond to this thread because it bothered me.

You may not like her style of humor but there is no need to be so harsh.

After all she does have a family and many fans.

We watch Fashion Police, yes even Husband1111 likes it. I find her sense of humor very funny, cutting but funny.

Beebs52 wrote:I like Joan Rivers. I wish her well.

I do not like Joan Rivers.


But I still wish her well.

T_Bone0806 wrote:

Beebs52 wrote:I like Joan Rivers. I wish her well.

I do not like Joan Rivers.


But I still wish her well.

Sheesh, no sooner did I post this...........

I sincerely did wish her well, despite my distaste for her public persona..

Bob Juch wrote:

silverscreenselect wrote:Aldous Huxley died on November 22, 1963. I don't think many people paid it much attention.

So did C. S. Lewis. He apparently got less attention.

SSS and Bob would have no trouble with this Season 13 question:

jarnon wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:

silverscreenselect wrote:Aldous Huxley died on November 22, 1963. I don't think many people paid it much attention.

So did C. S. Lewis. He apparently got less attention.

SSS and Bob would have no trouble with this Season 13 question:

It could also be B. Both Plath and DuBois died earlier in 1963, so I imagine their deaths were overshadowed on November 22, 1963.

TheConfessor wrote:

jarnon wrote:

Bob Juch wrote: So did C. S. Lewis. He apparently got less attention.

SSS and Bob would have no trouble with this Season 13 question:

It could also be B. Both Plath and DuBois died earlier in 1963, so I imagine their deaths were overshadowed on November 22, 1963.

The question says "ON November 22..."

Yes...you could nitpick it...but Plath died in February and DuBois in August.

You would be pushing it to say Kennedy's death "overshadowed" theirs.

This was also a BookWorms question on this Bored back in '10:

BookWorms - Chapter 3
May 5, 2010

13- Which two famous writers died the same day as John F. Kennedy (11/22/1963):

a) Thornton Wilder and Syvia Plath
b) John Steinbeck and William Faulkner
c) Ernest Hemingway and H. L. Menken
d) Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis

Jeemie wrote: The question says "ON November 22..."

Yes...you could nitpick it...but Plath died in February and DuBois in August.

You would be pushing it to say Kennedy's death "overshadowed" theirs.

The question doesn't explicitly state that the two authors died on November 22. I think for most people, when they first heard of Kennedy's death that day, it overshadowed every other death that had ever happened before. Robert Stroud, "The Birdman of Alcatraz," died on November 21, and it's safe to say that his death was overshadowed on November 22. I was noting that of the other three choices, only Plath and DuBois were technically arguably correct, since both had in fact died prior to November 22, 1963. The other authors were still alive, except for Hemingway, who had died in 1961.

Yes, it's nitpicking, in the pursuit of promoting more precise question writing. I was asked to do it as a volunteer several years ago for a big annual children's charity event in Ottawa, where the stakes were high enough that they needed to tighten up their questions to prevent the kind of angry arguments they had experienced in the past. I've been doing it for about ten years, and the organizers love me for it. So when I do the same thing here, looking for loopholes or far-fetched alternate answers, I'm just staying in practice. The stakes are actually a lot higher on a national TV show with a top prize of a million dollars.
http://www.cafott.ca/en/events/world-trivia-night/

TheConfessor wrote:

Jeemie wrote: The question says "ON November 22..."

Yes...you could nitpick it...but Plath died in February and DuBois in August.

You would be pushing it to say Kennedy's death "overshadowed" theirs.

The question doesn't explicitly state that the two authors died on November 22. I think for most people, when they first heard of Kennedy's death that day, it overshadowed every other death that had ever happened before. Robert Stroud, "The Birdman of Alcatraz," died on November 21, and it's safe to say that his death was overshadowed on November 22. I was noting that of the other three choices, only Plath and DuBois were technically arguably correct, since both had in fact died prior to November 22, 1963. The other authors were still alive, except for Hemingway, who had died in 1961.

Yes, it's nitpicking, in the pursuit of promoting more precise question writing. I was asked to do it as a volunteer several years ago for a big annual children's charity event in Ottawa, where the stakes were high enough that they needed to tighten up their questions to prevent the kind of angry arguments they had experienced in the past. I've been doing it for about ten years, and the organizers love me for it. So when I do the same thing here, looking for loopholes or far-fetched alternate answers, I'm just staying in practice. The stakes are actually a lot higher on a national TV show with a top prize of a million dollars.
http://www.cafott.ca/en/events/world-trivia-night/

You're just the right guy for this job, since your protest of a poorly worded $16K question gave you the chance to win $1.86M. In fact, I'd say your $16K question has overshadowed your final question. (Any BBs remember the $1.86M question? I looked it up. It was about

Spoiler

aerosol cans

. See, I'm right.)

jarnon wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:

Jeemie wrote: The question says "ON November 22..."

Yes...you could nitpick it...but Plath died in February and DuBois in August.

You would be pushing it to say Kennedy's death "overshadowed" theirs.

The question doesn't explicitly state that the two authors died on November 22. I think for most people, when they first heard of Kennedy's death that day, it overshadowed every other death that had ever happened before. Robert Stroud, "The Birdman of Alcatraz," died on November 21, and it's safe to say that his death was overshadowed on November 22. I was noting that of the other three choices, only Plath and DuBois were technically arguably correct, since both had in fact died prior to November 22, 1963. The other authors were still alive, except for Hemingway, who had died in 1961.

Yes, it's nitpicking, in the pursuit of promoting more precise question writing. I was asked to do it as a volunteer several years ago for a big annual children's charity event in Ottawa, where the stakes were high enough that they needed to tighten up their questions to prevent the kind of angry arguments they had experienced in the past. I've been doing it for about ten years, and the organizers love me for it. So when I do the same thing here, looking for loopholes or far-fetched alternate answers, I'm just staying in practice. The stakes are actually a lot higher on a national TV show with a top prize of a million dollars.
http://www.cafott.ca/en/events/world-trivia-night/

You're just the right guy for this job, since your protest of a poorly worded $16K question gave you the chance to win $1.86M. In fact, I'd say your $16K question has overshadowed your final question. (Any BBs remember the $1.86M question? I looked it up. It was about

Spoiler

aerosol cans

. See, I'm right.)

Has anyone read my blog today?

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:

jarnon wrote:

TheConfessor wrote: The question doesn't explicitly state that the two authors died on November 22. I think for most people, when they first heard of Kennedy's death that day, it overshadowed every other death that had ever happened before. Robert Stroud, "The Birdman of Alcatraz," died on November 21, and it's safe to say that his death was overshadowed on November 22. I was noting that of the other three choices, only Plath and DuBois were technically arguably correct, since both had in fact died prior to November 22, 1963. The other authors were still alive, except for Hemingway, who had died in 1961.

Yes, it's nitpicking, in the pursuit of promoting more precise question writing. I was asked to do it as a volunteer several years ago for a big annual children's charity event in Ottawa, where the stakes were high enough that they needed to tighten up their questions to prevent the kind of angry arguments they had experienced in the past. I've been doing it for about ten years, and the organizers love me for it. So when I do the same thing here, looking for loopholes or far-fetched alternate answers, I'm just staying in practice. The stakes are actually a lot higher on a national TV show with a top prize of a million dollars.
http://www.cafott.ca/en/events/world-trivia-night/

You're just the right guy for this job, since your protest of a poorly worded $16K question gave you the chance to win $1.86M. In fact, I'd say your $16K question has overshadowed your final question. (Any BBs remember the $1.86M question? I looked it up. It was about

Spoiler

aerosol cans

. See, I'm right.)

Has anyone read my blog today?

lb13

I have now. Something about that story sounds vaguely familiar . . . . --Bob