# I think my govenor just died **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2000, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-govenor-just-died/37232 "2000-10-17T05:18:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-govenor-just-died/37232/21 "2000-10-17T15:39:52Z")
Can we kill a Republican governor now, to even things out? I nominate my state official, Governor George Pataki of New York, the man who’s never heard of E.B. White. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-govenor-just-died/37232/22 "2000-10-17T15:51:10Z")
Not that simple, Ike - if it was, they would’ve had to name a Democrat to ski into a tree after Sonny Bono did. Think they could get that on PPV? “Charles Rangel, who lost the draw of the straws, will ski into a tree tonight on PPV, contact your cable provider.” ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-govenor-just-died/37232/23 "2000-10-17T15:53:36Z")
Lurk, you’re forgetting Sonny Bono was pushed into the tree right after Democrat Michael Kennedy did the same stunt a week earlier. OK, I don’t think he was actually an elected official, but he WAS a Kennedy . . . The tree, by the way, was chopped down three days later by Jack Ruby. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-govenor-just-died/37232/24 "2000-10-17T16:03:19Z")
It’s true…an overwhelming majority of Senate and House Republicans voted for Congressman Bono to ski into the tree. I remember that it was nearly unanimous. ---
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-govenor-just-died/37232/25 "2000-10-17T16:37:24Z")
I had to do my best in 1/2 hour to explain to my 7yo daughter that the government was not going to fall apart because our governor died last night. I hope her teacher has a fun time answering the rest of her questions. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-govenor-just-died/37232/26 "2000-10-17T16:41:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Charles Rangel, who lost the draw of the straws, will ski into a tree tonight on PPV, contact your cable provider. Rangel just happens to be my rep, and I intend to vote for him. Is it really necessary to hijack a genuine condolence thread with humorous references to Bono and Kennedy? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-govenor-just-died/37232/27 "2000-10-18T01:01:15Z")
Just thought I’d chime in and let you know that my company was planning on starting a phone survey today in Missouri on the Senate race. It’s now been postponed indefinitely. I don’t think anyone here knows exactly how to handle it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-govenor-just-died/37232.md?page=1)