# Shirley Ujest, Shirley Usuck

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shirley-ujest-shirley-usuck/322896>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 22, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shirley-ujest-shirley-usuck/322896 "2005-09-22T15:27:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**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:** [September 23, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shirley-ujest-shirley-usuck/322896/61 "2005-09-23T20:38:28Z")

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I am truly sorry to **Tripler** for the ill-timed joke. Not all of them score a direct hit and every once in awhile one KABOOMS in your face. Like this one.

My apologies.  
Can this trainwreck be closed by a mod.

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**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shirley-ujest-shirley-usuck/322896/62 "2005-09-23T21:35:12Z")

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> [@wring](#):
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> Good grief. IMHO, making jokes about odd ways folk have died has a long standing tradition here. Darwin awards anyone?

Yeah, I always enjoyed the Darwin Awards until the made a horrible exaggeration of a tragic accident that I knew the people the mostly fictional account was based on.

At my grandmother’s memorial service, my dad insisted on singing the hymns that my family carefully chose…in Korean…which he doesn’t speak…or sing…or understand. In the midst of all the stress of too many people staying in one house and who was ‘supposed’ to sit with the immediate family members and who should go to visitation…it was a nice change of pace. I am giggling just thinking about it. **Shirley** , if I ever post about someone dying, please pop in and make a joke…I’ll appreciate it.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shirley-ujest-shirley-usuck/322896/63 "2005-09-24T00:33:41Z")

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> [@Shirley Ujest](#):
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> I am truly sorry to **Tripler** for the ill-timed joke. Not all of them score a direct hit and every once in awhile one KABOOMS in your face. Like this one.
> 
> My apologies.  
> Can this trainwreck be closed by a mod.

Done.

Lynn  
For the Straight Dope

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