# Dearest Eve **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 29, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239 "2003-06-29T23:45:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/41 "2003-06-30T15:31:55Z")
I don’t thing **Eve** is trying to make light of these people’s deaths. She is making light of DEATH ITSELF. Who organizes the graveyard tours? **Eve** Who is the first to post when someone dies? **Eve** Even if that person is some movie ‘star’ from 80 years ago and she is the only person who has ever heard of them. **Eve** is on a first name basis with Death. (I believe she calls him Danny) I hope when I die **Eve** tells the board about it. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/42 "2003-06-30T15:59:12Z")
Isn’t **Eve** a published expert on classic Hollywood matters? Ditto **zebra’s** post. **Eve** is the last person to deliberately slur a great screen legend. If she is making fun of death itself, so be it. Katherine Hepburn was an amazing, strong and forthright woman and I’m sure she’d be the first to laugh at her own gallows humour. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/43 "2003-06-30T16:57:09Z")
Just because somebody dies doesn’t mean they’re exempted from criticism or horseplay. This is the same woman who said “Afraid of death? Not at all. Be a great relief. Then I wouldn’t have to talk to you.” As for the dumb bitch who drove with the homeless guy’s corpse on her windshield, how can anybody NOT make jokes about that? Nobody could purposely try to do the most stupid thing ever done and come up with that. Think you can increase the thickness of your skin by a few microns, Quasi? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/44 "2003-06-30T17:37:29Z")
**Quasi**? **Jester**? If anyone ever invites you to a New Orleans-style funeral, y’all might want to decline. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/45 "2003-06-30T19:14:14Z")
Oh, c’mon. You’d have to expect gallows humor (and devilishly clever humor at that) coming from Broadway’s [_Le grande dame_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=290990#post290990). The spirit of Dorothy Parker lives! ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/46 "2003-06-30T19:54:03Z")
To have a sense of humor about life and yet not have one about death is hypocritical. To my mind, it is not insensitive or cruel or otherwise inappropriate to make comments such as those in the linked threads. On the contrary; those in the Hepburn thread were singularly appropriate given the particular personality of the subject, and I applaud **Eve** and those who followed her lead as honest, insightful people, and good examples to us all. Sometimes, a good joke is the most respectful tribute we can pay the dead. I can only hope to be so honored when I die. ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/47 "2003-06-30T23:05:58Z")
Well, I guess I’m a humorless git, but I don’t really see why. I didn’t say that I was outraged, or call for Eve’s head on a platter. I didn’t even completely say that I was offended; I was mainly just a bit surprised that the thread had started off with a tone that was much different than I was expecting, and I could see where Quasi was coming from. Usually I’m all for gallows humor, and this is the first time that I can ever recall having an adverse reaction, no matter how minor, to one of Eve’s posts. I generally will open a thread simply because it has her name on it, knowing that I’m in for a good time. I guess that, for whatever reason, and maybe it was just the mood I was in, this particular one rubbed me the wrong way a tad. Obviously those who feel that way are in the minority, but hey, it was my first impression of the thread, and I posted as such. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/48 "2003-07-01T00:49:30Z")
Two things: If there is anything certain in this world, it is that everything that has ever lived will one day die. Every creature that has ever swum, crawled, walked, flew, oozed, or crept over the surface of this Earth is going to die. It is the single most egalitarian subject in the world. If we can’t joke about death there is, quite literally, nothing at all we can joke about. With that in mind: There is nothing at all tragic or sad about a ninety-six year old dying. She beat the average by a good fifteen years or more. That’s not tragic, that’s fucking amazing. Dying young is a tragedy. Dying old is a triumph. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/49 "2003-07-01T01:53:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zebra \* > \*\*Who organizes the graveyard tours? > > **Eve** > Who is the first to post when someone dies? > > **Eve** And who coaxes the blues right out of the horn? ---
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/50 "2003-07-01T02:08:46Z")
Who controls the British crown? ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/51 "2003-07-01T02:14:41Z")
Who holds back the electric car? Who made Steve Gutenburg a star? ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/52 "2003-07-01T02:19:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*And who coaxes the blues right out of the horn? \*\* **SHAFT!** Sorry…reflex. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/53 "2003-07-01T03:00:20Z")
This just in: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is Still Dead!!! ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/54 "2003-07-01T03:24:52Z")
Just when you think it couldn’t get any colder in the PIT. . . theres this love letter of a “rant”. Damn it man wheres the cussing ? The insults ? The bile being tossed around like slimy frisbees ? Its a sad day. Sad, I tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/55 "2003-07-01T04:20:52Z")
Y’know, she has an uncanny ability to be the first to announce when somebody dies. It’s kinda creepy. Omigosh! Maybe…Eve is the Grim Reaper for Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/56 "2003-07-01T18:33:18Z")
Eve, who do you have in the Dead Pool? What’s your 2004 picks? (cf. [Here](http://www.stiffs.com/) {make sure your status bar is active} & [Here](http://www.youbettheirlife.com/).) ## Peace This just in: Members of the SMDB arresting for insider graving. ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/57 "2003-07-01T19:05:50Z")
Good for Eve for refusing to respond to this stupid “pit” thread. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/58 "2003-07-03T06:03:48Z")
Yes, I guess this thread must indeed be dissapointing to some of the regular pitizens. **Quasimodem** voiced an opinion which he guessed would be unpopular. He did it politely, and with respect for the subject of the thread. Sorry guys, no trainwreck, eh? Maybe if you’re lucky, there’ll be a car accident outside your place this afternoon. You’ll be able to gawk at that instead. If being a humourless git includes not thinking “felchwad” is funny, then count me in as just such a git. **Quasimodem** remains a poster I hold in the highest of esteem. An utter gentleman. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/59 "2003-07-03T06:27:00Z")
Seconding **TheLoadedDog’s** comments, there. **Quasimodem** was stating his opinion as to what he thought of two instances of humour he personally found questionable. Now me, I have a fairly gothic sense of humour, so stuff like that washed over me and left no trace. But calling people “humourless gits” is pretty stupid, just because your opinion and sense of humour differs. A fairly pointless statement, really. **Quasi** , keep the faith, man. I know you’re doing a lot of positive thinking about how this board could be nicer and kinder to folk. Good on you. 🙂 (Oh, yeah. I like **Eve’s** posts very much. Hard to come across such dry humour these days. She’s a gem.) ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearest-eve/185239/60 "2003-07-03T06:29:31Z")
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