# Getting A-Head In The World

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-head-in-the-world/189755>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 20, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-head-in-the-world/189755 "2003-07-20T16:07:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-head-in-the-world/189755/1 "2003-07-20T16:07:49Z")

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**A** head?

Hell! This dude’s got _two!_

And Crom help us, that ain’t _all_ …

[LINKY-LINK](http://www.msnbc.com/news/941508.asp?vts=072020030905)

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-head-in-the-world/189755/2 "2003-07-20T23:50:28Z")

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Reminds me of a story I saw on VH-1 awhile back… the road manager (I think) of some musician whose name I forgot made a drunken deal with him to sprinkle his ashes on a desert… so he stole the body after his death and burned it, casket and all, somewhere out in Cali…

Turned out, there was no California law against theft of a body so they convicted him of grand theft for stealing the casket instead!

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-head-in-the-world/189755/3 "2003-07-21T00:10:59Z")

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> Robert Wood, owner of the Sacramento-based company, described Beale as a quiet, reliable employee

Ain’t it ALWAYS the quiet, reliable ones?

Sheeeesh.

😃

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-head-in-the-world/189755/4 "2003-07-22T06:41:53Z")

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> \*Originally posted by dutchboy208 \*  
> \*\*Reminds me of a story I saw on VH-1 awhile back… the road manager (I think) of some musician whose name I forgot… \*\*

[Gram Parsons](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_014.html).

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-head-in-the-world/189755/5 "2003-07-22T13:40:56Z")

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I’m surprised this guy’s middle name isn’t “Wayne”. It’s so common amongst weird dudes. So common…