# Ted is Dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-is-dead/507749 "2009-08-26T06:22:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-is-dead/507749/41 "2009-08-26T21:34:21Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > I was speaking, as really should have been quite obvious, of the behaviour of the cons and libs _on this board_. Why, I mused, should the liberals be so much more vicious. The quote you dug up was not spoken by “libs on this board.” I’m a lib on this board, and I didn’t say. I could point you to a bunch of libs on this board who didn’t say it. The vast majority of libs on this board, in fact, didn’t say it. If you claim to have a cite that supports your position, make sure it’s a cite that supports your position. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-is-dead/507749/42 "2009-08-26T23:49:45Z")
Pardon me, but could we leave the Libs are mean!/No they’re not! debate for the [Pit Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=529574) and leave this thread to eulogize Mr. Kennedy? Who, btw, saved my fiance’s uncle from having to serve a third tour in Vietnam. He and his office were famous for helping individuals who were the victims of government bureaucracy. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-is-dead/507749/43 "2009-08-27T02:47:34Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Is it too soon for jokes? The Onion can just about make fun of [anything.](http://www.theonion.com/content/from_print/kennedy_curse_claims_life_of?utm_source=onion_rss_daily) ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-is-dead/507749/44 "2009-08-27T03:08:35Z")
I’m not so sure about “public servant”. It was HIS JOB. A very well paid job, with great benefits. It’s not like he volunteered his time. I deliver mail. Does that mean when I die, my eulogy can claim what a great public servant I was? I do a darned good job, for the public. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-is-dead/507749/45 "2009-08-27T06:49:20Z")
You know what would be awesome right now? A Dead Kennedys reunion tour! Itsaholidayincambodiawherepeopledressinblack… [sub]yes I’m going to hell, so there’s no need to point that out[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-is-dead/507749/46 "2009-08-27T11:05:35Z")
> [@dragonlady](#): > > It’s not like he volunteered his time. Hi. Could you scroll up a little? Its post#40, and the link is a cite. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-is-dead/507749/47 "2009-08-27T14:59:26Z")
> [@dragonlady](#): > > I’m not so sure about “public servant”. > It was HIS JOB. A very well paid job, with great benefits. > It’s not like he volunteered his time. > I deliver mail. Does that mean when I die, my eulogy can claim what a great public servant I was? I do a darned good job, for the public. Per [Wikipedia,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_servant) “A civil servant or public servant is a civilian public sector employee working for a government department or agency.” So yes, your eulogy can claim what a great public servant you were, and good on you! I’m glad you do a good job of delivering the mail; we have a new carrier, and he keeps giving us other people’s mail. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-is-dead/507749/48 "2009-08-27T18:43:56Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > You know what would be awesome right now? A Dead Kennedys reunion tour! What would it take to reunite the Beatles? Two more bullets. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-is-dead/507749/49 "2009-08-27T20:12:49Z")
> [@dragonlady](#): > > I’m not so sure about “public servant”. > It was HIS JOB. A very well paid job, with great benefits. > It’s not like he volunteered his time. > I deliver mail. Does that mean when I die, my eulogy can claim what a great public servant I was? I do a darned good job, for the public. To you (and me), it was a very well paid job. But a man of his connections could have had an EXTREMELY high paying job in the private sector, dwarfing anything he earned in the Senate. He was a diligent and dedicated public servant. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-is-dead/507749/50 "2009-08-28T01:09:59Z")
Is it wrong that when I saw ‘Ted is dead’ I immediately thought “That’s what I said”? I need to quit watching so much MST3K… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-is-dead/507749/51 "2009-08-28T03:57:56Z")
RIP, Ted. You will be missed. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-is-dead/507749.md?page=2)