# Write the generic SDMB obituary thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102 "2004-12-29T16:02:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/1 "2004-12-29T16:02:39Z")
1. Celebrity dies. 2. Doper rushes to keyboard, breathlessly says he/she just saw this on CNN, provides link. 3. Inevitable second post: "Damn. ☹ " 4. “First X, then Y, now Z! All the great celebrities are dying this year!” 5. Inevitable fourth post: "Damn. ☹ " 6. OP apologizes for bad link, posts correction. 7. **Walloon** , in Irish wake mode, wants to raise a cheerful glass to toast deceased celebrity’s life and works; doesn’t post, can’t muster requisite gloom. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/2 "2004-12-29T16:41:00Z")
Incidentally, [Jerry Orbach](http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/29/obit.orbach/index.html) died. Damn. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/3 "2004-12-29T16:50:24Z")
Yes, so did Susan Sontag, Reggie White, Howard Keel, Renata Tabaldi, Terry Melcher, Yasser Arafat, Rodney Dangerfield, etc. But this is the _generic_ celebrity SDMB obituary. Gather ye now your SDMB clichés! ---
**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:** [December 29, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/4 "2004-12-29T17:03:03Z")
1. Someone posts snarky joke about one of the deceased’s more embarrassing or shameful moments. 9,10,11,12…n. everyone piles on joker. n+1. mod closes thread. 😃 ---
**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:** [December 29, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/5 "2004-12-29T17:35:52Z")
Sorry Walloon. To get your thread back on track we can assume that someone starts a new thread, which opens with your posts 1-7. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/6 "2004-12-29T18:18:49Z")
1. Three consecutive threads are started; sometimes in the same forum. On those occasions: 2. Start a [pit rant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266148&highlight=JEFFERSONS). ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/7 "2004-12-29T18:30:44Z")
1. Why the hell should I care? I’ve never even heard of dead celebrity! ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/8 "2004-12-29T18:31:20Z")
Jerry Orbach? Sumbitch. ☹ ---
**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:** [December 29, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/9 "2004-12-29T19:11:37Z")
1. Posting of number of points earned in the SDMB Dead Pool by said passing. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/10 "2004-12-29T19:37:15Z")
1. Post telling the other posters that they “need to get some perspective,” as millions of anonymous souls die violent deaths across the globe on a daily basis and no threads are started about those people. 2. Post telling poster #17 that they should go poop in someone else’s thread. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/11 "2004-12-29T20:41:45Z")
1. General display of sadness, even though I have no idea who the dead person is. Was. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/12 "2004-12-29T20:46:28Z")
Damn ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/13 "2004-12-31T13:48:49Z")
1. Someone posting “Who the Fuck Was This Dead Person.” This would happen even if Dubya or the Pope died. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/14 "2004-12-31T13:55:02Z")
1. Post about an early 20th century film star, and gloats that they managed to pip Eve at the post. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/15 "2004-12-31T14:17:18Z")
1. “I thought \ was already dead!?” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/16 "2004-12-31T15:05:22Z")
1. He’s dead, Jim. 2. Quotes #23, asks, “who’s Jim?” 3. Quotes #24, adds, “At my gym, they charge for extra towells.” 4. Fuck all of you! Someone died and you’re making jokes?! 5. Someone needs a hug. 6. [Mod hat on] Shut the fuck up, you goat felchers! This thread is locked [/MHO] 7. [Other Mod Hat On] Who died and made you God? Thread reopened. [/OMHO] 8. I hate it when mommy and daddy fight. 9. Jeeze! What a downer thread, guys. I mean, who died, come on?!?! 10. quotes #31 and below that quotes #1 ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/17 "2004-12-31T15:11:59Z")
1. “Ah, so they’re 1920’s style ‘Mod Fights’.” 2. _sacks previous poster for cliche_ 3. _sacks previous poster for Monty Python reference_ 4. _sacks previous poster because he has a few spare yards of burlap laying around_ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-generic-sdmb-obituary-thread/282102/18 "2004-12-31T15:15:53Z")
37 - 45. Dopers relate stories about their encounters with Dead Celebrity.