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‘One Toke Over the Line’ Singer and Writer Tom Shipley Dead at 84
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| September 6, 2025
| Matthew Wilkening
Posted on 09/08/2025 8:57:24 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/08/2025 9:03:12 AM PDT
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: No name given
RIP Tom Shipley. Condolences to family and friends.
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posted on
09/08/2025 9:06:34 AM PDT
by
PGalt
(Past Peak Civilization?)
To: nickcarraway
Used to enjoy that song before I cleaned up my act.
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posted on
09/08/2025 9:09:23 AM PDT
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC)
To: nickcarraway
I like the story of how the song showed up on the Lawrence Welk show.
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posted on
09/08/2025 9:11:53 AM PDT
by
Ben Dover
(Terrorism is a cancer that can only be cured with massive doses of radiation.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/08/2025 9:12:20 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Ben Dover
To: nickcarraway
All the stoners in Junior High knew what he was talking about in that song, LOL!
My takeaway? Always have a book with you so you don’t have to SMOKE to pass the time while waitin’ for the train to take you home to Sweet Mary. ;)
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posted on
09/08/2025 9:19:16 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Does sweet Mary = marijuana?
To: Ben Dover
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posted on
09/08/2025 9:21:34 AM PDT
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC)
To: nickcarraway
No, I think she was a girl he missed. But, who knows with stoners? ;)
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posted on
09/08/2025 9:24:03 AM PDT
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Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: nickcarraway
“We can’t stop here! This is bat country!” :P
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posted on
09/08/2025 9:29:35 AM PDT
by
Kriggerel
("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
To: nickcarraway
I have a “happy songs” playlist and this is one of my top ten. Just makes me smile every time I hear it.
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posted on
09/08/2025 9:47:20 AM PDT
by
TauntedTiger
(If voting mattered, they wouldn't let us do it. Mark Twain)
To: TauntedTiger
I heard the 2 of them being interviewed once. They didn’t make any money off the song. “Everyone had their hands in it”. Tough business.
To: nickcarraway
One of the great hippy pop-rock tunes of all time.
To: nickcarraway
How about old age? How bout the 84 year old died a natural death. He was probly a dope fiend.
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posted on
09/08/2025 10:34:41 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(None of us are descendants of fearful men!)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
No, I think she was a girl he missed. But, who knows with stoners? ;) Who do you love?
I hope it's me.
I've been changin,'
As you can plainly see.
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posted on
09/08/2025 10:44:40 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
To: Menehune56
It’s a “Modern Spiritual”.
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posted on
09/08/2025 10:46:45 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nickcarraway
Saw them a couple of times in the early 70’s at the Cellar Door in DC.
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posted on
09/08/2025 10:51:58 AM PDT
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moreisee
To: dfwgator
Omg, that’s hilarious. I never knew about that.
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