# Breaking news on Mullah Omar... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 29, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495 "2015-07-29T17:36:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/1 "2015-07-29T17:36:47Z")
The leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan [is still dead](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33703097) after two years. Stay tuned for further updates as events warrant… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/2 "2015-07-29T17:55:53Z")
Meh, he’s got a long ways to go to break Franco’s record. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/3 "2015-07-29T18:18:06Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > The leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan [is still dead](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33703097) after two years. How much longer can this possibly go on? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/4 "2015-07-29T19:01:06Z")
Those are some serious leadership skills if he’s still their leader. Somebody should tell Kim Jong Un to watch his back. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/5 "2015-07-29T19:05:15Z")
Something smells fishy about this… probably his body. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/6 "2015-07-29T23:23:46Z")
Any updates on [Generalissimo Francisco Franco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalissimo_Francisco_Franco_is_still_dead)? I hear he’s still dead (going on 40 years now). For those uninterested in the link; It was a Saturday Night Live sketch by Chevy Chase. The network news in 1975 had given us so many breathless updates on the declining health and demise of Spain’s leader, that he made it into a comic sketch for his mock newscast. Mimic-ing the ridiculous coverage, he reported each week that “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still critically dead”. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/7 "2015-07-29T23:26:32Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Meh, he’s got a long ways to go to break Franco’s record. > [@pullin](#): > > Any updates on [Generalissimo Francisco Franco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalissimo_Francisco_Franco_is_still_dead)? I hear he’s still dead (going on 40 years now). > > For those uninterested in the link; It was a Saturday Night Live sketch by Chevy Chase. The network news in 1975 had given us so many breathless updates on the declining health and demise of Spain’s leader, that he made it into a comic sketch for his mock newscast. Mimic-ing the ridiculous coverage, he reported each week that “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still critically dead”. … ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/8 "2015-07-29T23:28:06Z")
Jane, you ignorant slut! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/9 "2015-07-29T23:31:35Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Any updates on [Generalissimo Francisco Franco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalissimo_Francisco_Franco_is_still_dead)? I hear he’s still dead (going on 40 years now). > > For those uninterested in the link; It was a Saturday Night Live sketch by Chevy Chase. The network news in 1975 had given us so many breathless updates on the declining health and demise of Spain’s leader, that he made it into a comic sketch for his mock newscast. Mimic-ing the ridiculous coverage, he reported each week that “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still critically dead”. It’s great when people explain jokes from yesteryear. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/10 "2015-07-29T23:40:20Z")
To be fair some are still using the “not dead yet” defense. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/11 "2015-07-30T01:00:49Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Any updates on [Generalissimo Francisco Franco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalissimo_Francisco_Franco_is_still_dead)? I hear he’s still dead (going on 40 years now). > > For those uninterested in the link; It was a Saturday Night Live sketch by Chevy Chase. The network news in 1975 had given us so many breathless updates on the declining health and demise of Spain’s leader, that he made it into a comic sketch for his mock newscast. Mimic-ing the ridiculous coverage, he reported each week that “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still critically dead”. Whoa, this background makes my post funnier! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/12 "2015-07-30T04:33:59Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > … No one reads my posts. I’m used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/13 "2015-07-30T20:55:49Z")
For the past two years he was just dead. As of yesterday he is really, truly dead. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/14 "2015-07-30T21:55:27Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > To be fair some are still using the “not dead yet” defense. Schrodinger’s Mullah. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/15 "2015-07-30T22:21:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Schrodinger’s Mullah. What constitutes an “observer” for a Hellfire missile shot? Does he/she have to be local or can they be remote? Modern tech raises so \*many \*vexing questions. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/16 "2015-07-31T16:03:30Z")
So not only does Obama kill Osama bin Laden, he infects Mullah Omar with a disease and has him dying slowly in a hospital? Talk about being the best anti-terrorism president ever! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/17 "2015-07-31T16:08:33Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > For the past two years he was just dead. As of yesterday he is really, truly dead. And not just merely dead - he’s really most sincerely dead. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/18 "2015-07-31T16:37:04Z")
HE IS AN EX-MULLAH!!! [Picks up Mr. Omar and bangs him against the counter.] ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/19 "2015-07-31T16:40:32Z")
So many cultural references, so little time… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495/20 "2015-07-31T16:57:00Z")
I opened this thread expecting to find out that some Mullah Omar debris had been found washed up on a beach in Madagascar. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-on-mullah-omar/726495.md?page=2)