# Empire Carpet Guy Dies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empire-carpet-guy-dies/579933>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 27, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empire-carpet-guy-dies/579933 "2011-04-27T19:38:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empire-carpet-guy-dies/579933/21 "2011-04-28T19:35:26Z")

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> [@rachelellogram](#):
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> I’m absolutely floored by this news!

I know. It was like the rug was pulled out right from under me.

It wasn’t a rug overdose, was it?

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**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empire-carpet-guy-dies/579933/22 "2011-04-28T20:58:42Z")

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> [@Markxxx](#):
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> Now I guess the guy from Victory Auto Wreckers, Bob Zajdel, will be next

Dibs on the watchband!

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empire-carpet-guy-dies/579933/23 "2011-04-28T21:03:26Z")

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I always thought he had a nice, full head of hair for an old guy.

Hmm…maybe it wasn’t real. Maybe he wore a…nah, too easy.

mmm

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**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empire-carpet-guy-dies/579933/24 "2011-04-28T23:24:55Z")

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Thanks for the earworm. I hadn’t heard that jingle in years, but the minute I read the numbers – pop-- there it was again!

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**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empire-carpet-guy-dies/579933/25 "2011-04-28T23:45:33Z")

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> [@YogSosoth](#):
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> Today?!!?

Does it make me a bad person because I chuckled at that?

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