# He walks the line

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-walks-the-line/49805>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 13, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-walks-the-line/49805 "2001-01-13T03:08:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-walks-the-line/49805/1 "2001-01-13T03:08:32Z")

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[I hope this works](http://aol.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,7649,00.html)

I’ve never done a link before; I hope it’s okay.  
Anyway, in the celebrity death pool thread (which I am not going to attempt to link to until I see how this one turns out), there was a sidebar discussion of Johnny Cash’s health. So I thought this link was appropriate. Poor guy.

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**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-walks-the-line/49805/2 "2001-01-13T04:16:47Z")

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poor johnny. How we love him. I’m not going to even relate the tasteless joke in **Guns, Guts, Bullets & Octane** which I would normally do at the sign of a celebrity dying.

Stay out of that ring of fire dude.

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**Author:** ![Upham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Upham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Upham)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-walks-the-line/49805/3 "2001-01-13T04:30:09Z")

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I’ve only one thing to say.

“A Boy Named Sue”

Shel wrote it, and we alredy lost him

Johnny did it and when he goes…man… it’s like wondering what it’ll be like when the earth dies; you know it’s going to happen but there’s just no way to fit the thought into your head…

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**Author:** ![MissBHaven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missbhaven/32/7170_2.png) [@MissBHaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissBHaven)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-walks-the-line/49805/4 "2001-01-13T05:19:02Z")

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I grew up with him and I love him but I **cannot** picture him living in Jamaica!

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**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-walks-the-line/49805/5 "2001-01-13T05:29:41Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Miss B. Haven \*  
> \*\*I grew up with him and I love him but I **cannot** picture him living in Jamaica! \*\*

Oh, I’m sure he just picked Jamaica because he appreciates the local flora.