# \[Blank\] is Dead **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105 "2010-12-06T02:29:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/41 "2010-12-06T20:30:36Z")
I immediately thought “Paul” so I chose “other.” ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/42 "2010-12-06T20:31:58Z")
“[blank] is dead” is dead. Also, the New Black. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/43 "2010-12-06T20:43:22Z")
Paul ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/44 "2010-12-06T20:59:04Z")
_Mistah Kurtz - he dead._ ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/45 "2010-12-06T21:05:57Z")
Dandy Don Meredith ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/46 "2010-12-06T21:44:21Z")
Paul ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/47 "2010-12-22T02:18:34Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Paul is Dead. Let’s hope so. I buried Paul. hh ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/48 "2010-12-22T02:20:08Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > **Shot Clock** is correct: Rock is dead. Rock isn’t dead-it just smells like it. hh ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/49 "2010-12-22T03:09:17Z")
This thread, if any, should ultimately become a zombie. Also…um. Never mind. I got nothing. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/50 "2010-12-22T10:44:17Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > No I’m not…was it Unintentional? I grinned a little. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/51 "2010-12-22T12:09:40Z")
Paul is the first thing I thought of. And I’m not even really a Beatles fan. (I don’t dislike their music, but, then again, I just this year figured out they didn’t share a name with an insect.) > [@runner pat](#): > > God is dead. > Nietzsche > > Nietzsche is dead. > God I would expect to see that on a Church signboard. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/52 "2010-12-22T12:33:44Z")
My first thought: Elvis then: Chivalry then: Paul ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/53 "2010-12-22T12:52:08Z")
Every five years or so painting is declared dead. As an artist this bothers me to no end. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/54 "2010-12-23T03:35:13Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Paul Is Dead My first thought as well. Second was [Sizwe Bansi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sizwe_Banzi_Is_Dead). ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/55 "2010-12-23T03:41:00Z")
Ahht. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/56 "2010-12-23T14:32:21Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Also, he’s dead, Jim. It’s life, Jim. But not as we know it. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/57 "2011-01-01T13:42:31Z")
Minidisc (remember it?) is dead. Capitalism is undead. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/58 "2011-01-01T15:38:25Z")
Shoot, by those metrics, so’s DAT! ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/59 "2011-01-01T15:44:17Z")
[James Brown](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_c8DKrXq08) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-dead/563105/60 "2011-01-01T17:52:48Z")
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