# This Just In:  They're NOT Going To Leave Him Up There

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 28, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987 "2002-08-28T21:23:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/61 "2002-09-01T02:20:24Z")

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The star that burns twice as bright burns half as long.

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/62 "2002-09-01T02:22:14Z")

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I still think the $20 million is only for a one-way ticket. 🙂

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/63 "2002-09-01T03:58:29Z")

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Maybe they will leave him up there…

Hey, I can dream, can’t I?

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**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/64 "2002-09-01T05:53:30Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by clayton\_e \*  
> \*\*Maybe they will leave him up there…
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> Hey, I can dream, can’t I? \*\*

To dream, the impossible dream…

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Larry\_Bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Bee)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/65 "2002-09-03T12:06:08Z")

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[Looks like he ain’t goin’ nowhere.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/2233271.stm)

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/66 "2002-09-03T12:07:55Z")

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I don’t get it. I thought he was being sponsored. 😕

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**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/67 "2002-09-03T14:57:40Z")

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Looks like our hopes, instead of Lance Bass, have been dashed against the rocks.

DaLovin’ Dj

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