# The Class of 69

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-class-of-69/751654>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 9, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-class-of-69/751654 "2016-04-09T14:03:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-class-of-69/751654/1 "2016-04-09T14:03:23Z")

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Psalm 90 says, “The days of our years are threescore years and ten,” but Patty Duke, David Bowie, and Alan Rickman got cheated out of their full Biblical allotment by dying a year early. A Rule of Three for the Class of 69? Who else didn’t quite make it?

The Psalm continues, “and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.” Merle Haggard almost made that and it surprised me, since there is no way I would’ve thought he’d make it to fifty. God must like him better. 😉

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-class-of-69/751654/2 "2016-04-09T14:06:55Z")

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When they switched calendars, it threw everyone’s birthday off. Plus, there was no “Year Zero,” and

I going back to bed.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-class-of-69/751654/3 "2016-04-09T17:07:00Z")

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Yeah, and the sun was in your eyes and the ball took a bad hop. Ya shoulda stood in bed. 😉

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-class-of-69/751654/4 "2016-04-09T17:57:54Z")

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Maybe they read Revelation and thought Armageddon was coming so they said “Aramageddon outta here!”

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**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-class-of-69/751654/5 "2016-04-10T01:23:27Z")

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69 is the new 27.