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Patent sought for messages from grave (Talking Tombstones)
UPI via Washington Times ^
| July 8, 2004
Posted on 07/08/2004 7:51:18 PM PDT by Vision Thing
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To: Vision Thing
I'd crack wise at this one, but seeing as the board has just lost another FReeper (sultan88) and my husband TrappedInLiberalHell has also departed this earth, I'm just not in the mood.
Something about this idea gives me the creeps. "Cemeteries are a place where people try to outdo each other," indeed. Pfft. Cemeteries are a place where the living go to honour the dead.
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posted on
07/08/2004 7:58:54 PM PDT
by
KangarooJacqui
(C'mon America. Win one more for the Gipper...)
To: Vision Thing
"Hi. You've reached the gravesite of Tall_Texan. I'm not available to take your condolences right now but if you'd like to leave a message..."
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posted on
07/08/2004 7:59:10 PM PDT
by
Tall_Texan
(Ronald Reagan - Greatest President of the 20th Century.)
To: Vision Thing
Damn! I thought of that 10 years ago!
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:03:57 PM PDT
by
Solamente
To: KangarooJacqui
I know it's not much, but...
On behalf of us all...
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:04:23 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(2004: Win One More For The Gipper!)
To: Vision Thing
What do you want on your tombstone? How about 42 trojans and 132 popup adds. :-P
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:05:31 PM PDT
by
Liberal Classic
(No better friend, no worse enemy. Semper Fi!)
To: KangarooJacqui
Although I do agree with your point, I do have to say that some of the dead are more "honored" than others. And I believe most of those pre-planned their memorials. So I think there is truth in both points.
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:05:44 PM PDT
by
TXBubba
(aka TXBubbette)
To: Tall_Texan; Liberal Classic
To: Vision Thing
American ingenuity! Why not? Aren't we all entitled to own individual choices?
I say BRAVO! You know, my will has me being cremated, but I might just change it and prescribe one of these things!
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:12:18 PM PDT
by
Chieftain
('W' in '04!)
To: Tall_Texan
"Hi. You've reached the gravesite of Tall_Texan. I'm not available to take your condolences right now but if you'd like to leave a message..." LOL
Mine. "Hello, you've reached the grave site of blam, please deposit $5.00 to continue."
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:15:47 PM PDT
by
blam
To: Vision Thing
"He left me to drown in the car! After he ran the car off the bridge he just left me! He was drunk! They let him get away with it! He's been a United States Senator for decades. He's had a fantastic life! And lived like a king! And all that time I've just been dead! What about me? What about my life? That bastard killed me!
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:15:49 PM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(Strategery - "W" plays poker with one hand and chess with the other.)
To: KangarooJacqui
My condolences to you on the loss of your husband. He sounds like the kind of man who has the decency and modesty to choose against placing such a device in his own resting place.
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:17:38 PM PDT
by
Vision Thing
(Kerry-Edwards: For men and women who vote under the influence of their own estrogen)
To: isthisnickcool
I'm thinking there are a lot of graves in Arkansas which could speak volumes...
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:20:24 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, thank a soldier.)
To: Solamente
If you documented your invention and have signed witnesses for it, you can try to cut in front of the current inventor. It sounds like it has some appeal because it received a lot of press, and it's only a patent application, not an issued patent.
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:21:38 PM PDT
by
Vision Thing
(Kerry-Edwards: For men and women who vote under the influence of their own estrogen)
To: COBOL2Java
Speaking of which, something tells me Bubba is gonna want one of these for his own gravesite.
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:22:58 PM PDT
by
Vision Thing
(Kerry-Edwards: For men and women who vote under the influence of their own estrogen)
To: KangarooJacqui
Cemeteries have long been the cheapest form of prophylaxis from a public-health perspective; as ceremony they serve as silent reminders of the ineluctable nature of time.
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:25:07 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(Interests in common are commonly abused.)
To: Vision Thing
LOL! And he'll transfer to the great beyond thinking people will actually want to listen in. There's a graphic there somewhere: tombstone of Slick with a thickly-cobwebbed set of headphones. Sign says "Speak to Bill Clinton! Just 25 cents"
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:28:01 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, thank a soldier.)
To: isthisnickcool
I'm not so sure. Women who date kennedys tend to have a high tolerance for abuse and disgrace. And they tend to forgive the kennedy punks for anything.
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:28:25 PM PDT
by
Vision Thing
(Kerry-Edwards: For men and women who vote under the influence of their own estrogen)
To: COBOL2Java
You never know. There seems to be a never-ending supply of Monica Lewinskys in this world. I'm sure some of 'em will show up to watch and listen and sigh in girlish delight.
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:31:46 PM PDT
by
Vision Thing
(Kerry-Edwards: For men and women who vote under the influence of their own estrogen)
To: Old Sarge
Thanks, Sarge. *Wipes tear from eye*
And eternal thanks for the job you and other soldiers do to keep the free world, well, free. Cheers.
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posted on
07/08/2004 8:38:49 PM PDT
by
KangarooJacqui
(C'mon America. Win one more for the Gipper...)
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