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Count Gottfried von Bismarck
The Daily Telegraph ^
| 04/07/2007
| Telegraph Media Group
Posted on 07/07/2007 10:00:28 AM PDT by atomic_dog
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Hands down the most amazing obituary I have ever read. I even had to pull out my dictionary to find out what the word louche meant. FYI it means not reputable or decent. You have to love British newspapers. Could you ever imagine something like this appearing in the US press.
To: atomic_dog
I'm just trying to figure out how one can cultivate
"...an air of sophisticated complexity by appearing in women's clothes, set off by lipstick and fishnet stockings." That outfit sends many messages, but "sophisticated complexity" isn't one of them.
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:03:50 AM PDT
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: atomic_dog
Mark Steyn speaks very highly of the way the Brits write obituaries.
Now I know why.
L
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:05:31 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Comparing moderate islam to extremist islam is like comparing small pox to ebola.)
To: Oberon
"...an air of sophisticated complexity by appearing in women's clothes, set off by lipstick and fishnet stockings."So, the choice is either that or the lederhosen?
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:06:07 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(A man who will not defend himself does not deserve to be defended by others.)
To: Jeff Chandler
Well, okay...I guess you got me there.
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:07:23 AM PDT
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: atomic_dog
The apple may not fall far from the tree - but some certainly roll quite a distance
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:10:22 AM PDT
by
frithguild
(The Freepers moved as a group, like a school of sharks sweeping toward an unaware and unarmed victim)
To: atomic_dog
Count Gottfried von Bismarck, who was found dead on Monday aged 44, was a louche German aristocrat with a multi-faceted history as a pleasure-seeking heroin addict, hell-raising alcoholic, flamboyant waster and a reckless and extravagant host of homosexual orgies.
How he made it to 44, we will never know.
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:10:25 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(This thread is 100% Immigration and Gluten free)
To: atomic_dog
He never married!?!?
That shocks me, I tell you, it just shocks me to the core!!!
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:10:39 AM PDT
by
Jackson Brown
(Conservatives just killed their racehorse in order to let their fortunes ride on a jackass)
To: Oberon
No, that "ain’t" sophistication!
Dilettante = very, VERY, kind
Degenerate = still being TOO kind!
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:12:51 AM PDT
by
Jackson Brown
(Conservatives just killed their racehorse in order to let their fortunes ride on a jackass)
To: atomic_dog
Except for the severed pigs heads and the admission to Oxford, this will be Paris Hilton's obituary when and if she reaches the age of 44. Well, perhaps he was a bit better dressed and prettier than her, but it's close.
Congressman Billybob
Latest article, "Crime and Punishment at the AP"
To: atomic_dog
All one can say is that one prays the Count rests in peace.
To: Oberon
That outfit sends many messages, but "sophisticated complexity" isn't one of them.It is Britain, after all.
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:15:57 AM PDT
by
SuziQ
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To: Jackson Brown
Re: He never married."See here, Wilbert. I specifically requested a 1000 word obit. This one is only 984 words. You're going to have to extend it a little bit more."
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:16:18 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(A man who will not defend himself does not deserve to be defended by others.)
To: atomic_dog
I still bet that he had a place at the table with MANY of the “elites” of Europe! “Interesting” counts for that crowd. Character (principled, not “oddness”)...no so much.
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:18:50 AM PDT
by
Jackson Brown
(Conservatives just killed their racehorse in order to let their fortunes ride on a jackass)
To: atomic_dog
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Patricia_Quinn.jpg) |
The bad news is he's dead, Dr. Frank-N-Furter. The good news is you owed him money. |
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:21:30 AM PDT
by
Hoplite
To: atomic_dog
From another article, here’s details about the scene when one of the Count’s buddies fell off the roof and died:
“Count von Bismarck was a well known figure in London circles who has faced controversy in the past. He hit the headlines last year when a partygoer fell from the roof terrace of his London home.
Anthony Casey, 38, had a “substantial amount” of cocaine in his system when he fell from the apartment, an inquest heard in October.
Coroner Paul Knapman said a room in the flat contained what most people would consider “unusual and bizarre items”, including lubricants, buckets of sex toys, a butane gas canister, a box containing dozens of syringes and bottles of vodka.
“In common parlance, in the early hours of the morning, there was a gay orgy going on,” Knapman said at the time.”
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:21:38 AM PDT
by
Rb ver. 2.0
(The Republican party of today is the Whig party of the 1850's.)
To: xsmommy
see #1. I just learned a new word.
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:21:40 AM PDT
by
patton
(19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
To: atomic_dog
sounds like Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
“I’m just a sweet transvestite, from transsexual Transylvania”
Let’s do the time warp, again.
To: atomic_dog
Which term best applies to this thing; Decadent or Degenerate? There is some overlap yet a core of distinction between the two concepts.
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posted on
07/07/2007 10:26:14 AM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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