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Sorry to Tell You

by Michael D.|  December 11, 20076:54 pm| 44 Comments

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John and Tim both died today. What a coincidence huh? They left the site to me. Sorry. Deal. Open thread. They’re dead. How do you like that?

Republicans suck – ahmmmm, until I confirm the actual fatalities.

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  1. 1.

    Kilgore Trout

    December 11, 2007 at 7:04 pm

    Since we have no further details to go on, I’m assuming they were killed by Islamofascists. Maybe they could have been saved if people like them would shut up and allow our brave secret CIA interrogators to bravely torture their terrorist comrades in our secret prisons.

    So, my question is, John and Tim, why did you hate your own lives?

  2. 2.

    Dreggas

    December 11, 2007 at 7:18 pm

    Wow….I mean really….someone stop him

  3. 3.

    lee

    December 11, 2007 at 7:36 pm

    Got a good open thread question.

    Anyone have a color printer recommendation?

    I have the Kodak AIO and it is a piece of junk. I let it sit too long between printing pictures (maybe 2-3 weeks) and now all the prints look like shit. No matter how much I try the clean printhead function, they are still bad.

    thanks,

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    Notorious P.A.T.

    December 11, 2007 at 7:45 pm

    RIP John and Tim. I hardly knew ya : (

  5. 5.

    chopper

    December 11, 2007 at 7:53 pm

    john and tim were both spoofs run by darrell anyway.

  6. 6.

    Ned R.

    December 11, 2007 at 7:55 pm

    John and Tim both died today. What a coincidence huh?

    Murderer.

    Which coincidentally is the name of one of Low’s best songs, which you can see them perform here. (And if you don’t know who Low are but do know who the Arcade Fire are, say, it is time for a taste upgrade. I HAVE SPOKEN.)

  7. 7.

    Ted

    December 11, 2007 at 7:59 pm

    john and tim were both spoofs run by darrell anyway.

    I miss Darrell. He always contributed so much to the discussion.

  8. 8.

    Psycheout

    December 11, 2007 at 8:06 pm

    LOL!

  9. 9.

    IanY77

    December 11, 2007 at 8:08 pm

    Wow, it’s like the goddamn Sith around here. Students killing masters after they have learned all the masters secrets. Don’t adopt a protoge, Michael.

  10. 10.

    Conservatively Liberal

    December 11, 2007 at 8:17 pm

    I heard that two illegal immigrants from Columbia were shot and killed while burglarizing a residence in Pasadena, Texas. A neighbor saw the crime, confronted the thieves and shot them. But it happened on December 5th, so I guess it ain’t John and Tim. Or have you been impersonating them the whole time Michael? That “Republicans suck” line is a pretty good imitation of both John and Tim. Hmmmmm. Is your name really Joe Horn? ;)

    Regarding the story, IMO if anyone, legal or illegal, is burglarizing my home and my neighbor shot them, I would have no problem with it. Neither would my wife. Hell, I would be more than happy to return the favor if it ever came to it. To me, the fact that they are illegal immigrants does not enter in to the equation:

    Home Burglary + Neighbor With Gun = Six Feet Under

    It seems perfectly balanced already.

  11. 11.

    HyperIon

    December 11, 2007 at 8:22 pm

    wrt printers…
    i hate inkjets.
    color laser is now surprisingly affordable.

  12. 12.

    t jasper parnell

    December 11, 2007 at 8:29 pm

    Not dead, only grading

  13. 13.

    wasabi gasp

    December 11, 2007 at 8:31 pm

    Are they really really dead or can we shove some feeding tubes in ’em?

  14. 14.

    Dreggas

    December 11, 2007 at 8:35 pm

    Dunno if they are dead but this might kill them, or be torture at least

  15. 15.

    stickler

    December 11, 2007 at 8:37 pm

    Mr. Parnell, this:

    Not dead, only grading

    was clearly written by a non-academic. Grading freshman blue-books is living death.

    True sentence from an essay I read almost ten years ago now: “Louis XIV was a famous French king, he was heightly and statuelike.”

    Kill me now.

  16. 16.

    Dreggas

    December 11, 2007 at 8:40 pm

    BWAHAHAHA

  17. 17.

    Conservatively Liberal

    December 11, 2007 at 8:43 pm

    Oops, happened around November 21st, my bad. How long have you been impersonating John and Tim, eh Michael? ;)

    FWIW, our home was burglarized in the early 90’s. I got home from work that winter day, entered the house from the back door and thought that the house was awful cold. When I walked in to the living room, I saw our front door open and all of the electronics were cleaned out of the room. TV, VCR, stereo system, my Gibson Les Paul 25th anniversary model guitar, my Randall amp cabinet and the jug we tossed our change in. As I was going to close the front door, I heard tires screech and someone gunning an engine. By the time I got to the door, they were out of sight. As I inspected the house (after calling the police), I saw that the side curtain was pulled out over a small stand that was in front of it, and that confirmed to me that I interrupted them. They saw me coming and ran.

    What would they have done if it had been my wife and daughter instead of me? The house was off by itself, and that is why they probably robbed it. I am happy that it was me who got home first that day.

    I have no sympathy for burglars. None.

    The cops got there at midnight (six hours later), looked things over and said that they would write a report. There was a clear handprint on the window they entered through, but the cop said that he probably would not get a good print off of it. He wouldn’t even try. We both grew up in that city, and we moved away to another state (and much smaller town) six months later.

    The guys got away. And so did we.

  18. 18.

    rachel

    December 11, 2007 at 8:50 pm

    t jasper parnell Says:

    Not dead, only grading

    IOW, only wishing they were dead. Oh God, do I hate the end-of-semester time. :-(

    Now I must go back to grading freshman compositions. :-( :-( :-(

  19. 19.

    Dreggas

    December 11, 2007 at 8:52 pm

    I am glad I didn’t go to college, having friends there now and hearing them go insane from finals and midterms and yada yada just makes my head spin.

  20. 20.

    MNPundit

    December 11, 2007 at 8:57 pm

    College finals were always hella easy…. law school finals are scary though…

    “Here is a 6 page long situation. Discuss all possible criminal acts contained in the problem and possible defenses. See you in 3 Hours.”

  21. 21.

    andante

    December 11, 2007 at 9:06 pm

    “John and Tim both died today.”

    Quick – someone call Bill Frist for a second opinion….

  22. 22.

    Incertus (Brian)

    December 11, 2007 at 9:12 pm

    Wow….I mean really….someone stop him

    Well, after the rapture and the final destruction of evil…

  23. 23.

    jrg

    December 11, 2007 at 9:22 pm

    That was one hard-hitting public announcement, Dreggas. Scary stuff.

    Also, burglars suck, but if I was a burglar, I’d rob homes, because robbing a church might get me shot in the face.

  24. 24.

    canuckistani

    December 11, 2007 at 9:24 pm

    I dunno, I’ve been burglarized before (lost an amp, a cd player, binoculars and half a bottle of Highland Park) and as pissed off as I was, I don’t think it’s a crime that deserves death. But as a general rule, burglars aren’t armed around here, so I’m just not that scared of them.

    Pity about Tim and John, but hell, life is cheap on the interweb.

  25. 25.

    Incertus (Brian)

    December 11, 2007 at 9:25 pm

    Oh God, do I hate the end-of-semester time.

    Glad I’m not suffering alone.

  26. 26.

    Gus

    December 11, 2007 at 9:38 pm

    I, too, hate end of semester time, but from the student perspective. I have a 10 page paper that’s half written, due Thursday. I can’t make myself finish it. I’d rather get drunk.

  27. 27.

    Krista

    December 11, 2007 at 9:47 pm

    We use the HP 2600N Colour Laser at work. It works really well — we’ve had it for three years and trust me, that thing gets used a LOT. It was $500 when we bought it, but I just checked on Staples and it’s down to about $280. (The toner’s pricey, but they should last a decent amount of time if you’re not…oh…printing up 300 newsletters a month.)

  28. 28.

    RSA

    December 11, 2007 at 9:49 pm

    I have a 10 page paper that’s half written, due Thursday. I can’t make myself finish it. I’d rather get drunk.

    I recommend not trying to kill two birds with one stone.

  29. 29.

    Ned R.

    December 11, 2007 at 9:55 pm

    Working at an academic library as I do, while things are busier, at least I’m not grading the papers…

  30. 30.

    jcricket

    December 11, 2007 at 10:21 pm

    We got burgled too. Guy broke in to steal my wallet and blackberry and then took off. Dropped the blackberry on the deck. I had the cards canceled in 10 minutes, but they had already charged some gas on one of them.

    But I’m not moving out of the city because of it. Insurance paid to replace the doors they kicked in, and the wallet itself wasn’t that big of a deal.

    My wife responded to the broken glass sound, though, by assuming the cat hat knocked over a vase. That wasn’t my first thought.

  31. 31.

    jcricket

    December 11, 2007 at 10:22 pm

    Which coincidentally is the name of one of Low’s best songs, which you can see them perform here.

    I think “Violence” is a far better Low song, and it’s what got my hooked on them to begin with…

    “Lent you my favorite dictionary…
    Came back with ripped out pages…”

    If you like Low, you’d probably like Lisa Germano too.

  32. 32.

    jcricket

    December 11, 2007 at 10:23 pm

    Since we have no further details to go on, I’m assuming they were killed by Islamofascists.

    I think the Islamofascists were posing as citizen journalists, so John and Tim let them in to check out the countertops. Next thing you know… mushroom cloud.

  33. 33.

    jake

    December 11, 2007 at 10:30 pm

    They’re not dead, they’ve been placed in one of Smilin’ Mike Huckabee’s Librul Quarantine Complexes (TM).

    Well, they’re not dead yet.

  34. 34.

    Conservatively Liberal

    December 11, 2007 at 11:00 pm

    Well jcricket, that is your decision to make. We decided to leave town after the burglary and our cars being broken into three times that year. On top of that, some sicko was sneaking in to houses and kidnapping, raping and murdering (and in at least one case, leaving the five year old girl alive, naked in the snow) little girls. One girls body was not found until the following spring. We left that spring. It was too close to home, and having a five year old daughter sealed the deal for us.

    I have no sympathy for home burglars. None.

  35. 35.

    JWW

    December 11, 2007 at 11:31 pm

    Gonna miss you Tim.

  36. 36.

    Chuck Butcher

    December 12, 2007 at 12:00 am

    Around here it is a bad idea to break into an occupied house. There are a lot of guns, a lot.

    Too bad about John, RNC must’ve got him. Tim should’ve been a little more careful with those “cultures.”

  37. 37.

    demimondian

    December 12, 2007 at 12:10 am

    You know, out here in Suburbia, we’ve never been burgled (yet). That’s more surprising than you think; there are a set of sneak thieves who make a living off Redmond’s rather insouciant attitude towards security. (No Microsoft security jokes, please.)

  38. 38.

    stickler

    December 12, 2007 at 12:13 am

    Gus:

    I have a 10 page paper that’s half written, due Thursday. I can’t make myself finish it. I’d rather get drunk.

    The professor who will be grading that will greatly appreciate it if you’d at least type the damned thing while sober. It’s the pointless, mindless, soul-destroying typos that really make you angry when you’re grading.

    Get up tomorrow morning, have a big mug of black coffee, and finish the damned essay. Then, proof-read it a couple of times. Have a friend proof-read it for you. Turn it in early.

    Then you can drink. Lots.

  39. 39.

    demimondian

    December 12, 2007 at 12:35 am

    I’m sure that the professor’s students would appreciate it if he assigned the thing while sober.

  40. 40.

    Xanthippas

    December 12, 2007 at 1:06 am

    (And if you don’t know who Low are but do know who the Arcade Fire are, say, it is time for a taste upgrade. I HAVE SPOKEN.)

    Not that I’m itching to start an indie rock fight or something in comments here, and I do actually like Low, but I don’t think it’s going out on a limb to say that the Arcade Fire are a better band than Low. And it’s ok to think that even if a bunch of music critics think that the Arcade Fire are the shiznit, because sometimes even music critics can be right about something. Thus, a taste upgrade would actually be in the reverse direction.

  41. 41.

    srv

    December 12, 2007 at 2:34 am

    What would they have done if it had been my wife and daughter instead of me?

    It was probably your daughters bf, to support their cocaine addictions.

  42. 42.

    Conservatively Liberal

    December 12, 2007 at 5:55 am

    At five years of age, our daughter was not quite boyfriend ready at the time srv. Nice try though. I have no doubt is was probably some addicts collecting some loot to make their next score. It is nice of you to make light of the possibility of their coming home to burglars though. How funny.

    Not.

  43. 43.

    Tony Alva

    December 12, 2007 at 4:58 pm

    Gibson Les Paul 25th anniversary model guitar

    Conserve/lib,

    Wow. I certainly won’t make light of you experience and obviously our wives and 5 year olds are a higher priority, but shit, losing that axe must smart. I hope you got a chance to replace it with something equally as nice. My wife always tells me that I’d be the idiot running into the flames to save my guitar collection. She may be right.

    I too have no sympathy for burglars

  44. 44.

    Evilbeard

    December 13, 2007 at 12:18 am

    Actually I think seniority goes to Bob in Texas. =P

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