# Twister inventer passes away

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twister-inventer-passes-away/663276>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 12, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twister-inventer-passes-away/663276 "2013-07-12T02:02:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twister-inventer-passes-away/663276/1 "2013-07-12T02:02:31Z")

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From [here](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/11/charles-foley-dead-inventor-of-twister-_n_3580237.html?1373558196&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmaing10%7Cdl10%7Csec3_lnk1%26pLid%3D342686):

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> Charles ‘Chuck’ Foley Dead: Inventor Of Twister Game Dies At 82

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twister-inventer-passes-away/663276/2 "2013-07-12T02:15:22Z")

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naked twister was something different.

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twister-inventer-passes-away/663276/3 "2013-07-12T13:01:57Z")

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[Spins…] Place BOTH feet in grave.

Game over.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twister-inventer-passes-away/663276/4 "2013-07-12T21:19:34Z")

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That’s a casket I’d LOVE to see…

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twister-inventer-passes-away/663276/5 "2013-07-12T22:25:12Z")

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Cripes, don’t _do_ that! My brain parsed that thread title as **Twixter passes away**.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twister-inventer-passes-away/663276/6 "2013-07-13T04:22:02Z")

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> [@Hal\_Briston](#):
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> Cripes, don’t _do_ that! My brain parsed that thread title as **Twixter passes away**.

Imagine _my_ reaction!

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twister-inventer-passes-away/663276/7 "2013-07-13T04:27:50Z")

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> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#):
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> That’s a casket I’d LOVE to see…

Most trouble with a funeral since they tried to bury the guy who wrote the Hokey Pokey.

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twister-inventer-passes-away/663276/8 "2013-07-13T05:46:04Z")

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> [@Shakes](#):
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> [Spins…] Place BOTH feet in grave.
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> Game over.

I’ve been trying to find an online spinner that’ll let you use your own tags, instead of right foot, right hand, left foot, left hand. So far, no luck.