[diamondjoe]

Sorry if I massively tank this. It's my first ever posted article on FR. Got this via Little Green Footballs, via an English translation of an Israeli (Guysen) website. (I know, I know.) So the rumor is that he's dead. The translation of the Guysen site is as follows:

"We do not have any more information on the state of ' ' health '' of Arafat. The news of its death is still not confirmed."

Love the translation that turns "his" into "its." Very appropriate, in Arafat's case.

[Political Junkie Too]

Quick... Someone call Crossing Over with John Edward. I'm getting a name beginning with Y...

-PJ

[per loin]

And in the desert camels bray softly in mourning for their lost cousin.

[Dengar01]

If true I hope he is enjoying his first day in hell.

[Calpernia]

A little help with your ping lists! (mine are still being rebuilt). This is ONE story to WATCH! I don't think it is confirmed yet; but come by!

click the fireworks!

[HenryLeeII]

He's not dead. He's pining for the fjords!

[baylorbaylor]

Arafat according to our advisors would be deceased following a cardiac faintness. News to take with the conditionel a hoax or an attempt at misinformation are not to exclude. (Guysen.Israël.News)

[Mr. Mojo]

May God be unmerciful with his rotten soul.

[archy]

Sorry if I massively tank this. It's my first ever posted article on FR.

You did just fine.

-archy-/-

[Lijahsbubbe]

Oh no, not before E! Entertainment was able to do "It's Good to Be Yasser Arafat!"

[Jeremiah Jr]

There's no room for Arafat on the stage.

There's a new sharif in town

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

The Parrot Sketch
Monty Python

A customer enters a pet shop.
Customer: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.

(The owner does not respond.)

C: 'Ello, Miss?
Owner: What do you mean "miss"?
C: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!
O: We're closin' for lunch.
C: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
O: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?
C: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!
O: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.
C: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
O: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, isn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
C: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
O: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!
C: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up!
(shouting at the cage)
'Ello, Mister Polly Parrot! I've got a lovely fresh cuttle fish for you if you show...(owner hits the cage)
O: There, he moved!
C: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage!
O: I never!!
C: Yes, you did!
O: I never, never did anything...
C: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO POLLY!!!!! Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock alarm call!
(Takes parrot out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.)
C: Now that's what I call a dead parrot.
O: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned!
C: STUNNED?!?
O: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up! Norwegian Blues stun easily, major.
C: Um...now look...now look, mate, I've definitely 'ad enough of this. That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.
O: Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords.
C: PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home?
O: The Norwegian Blue prefers kippin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, innit, squire? Lovely plumage!
C: Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the first place was that it had been NAILED there.
(pause)
O: Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and VOOM! Feeweeweewee!
C: "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised!
O: No no! 'E's pining!
C: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!
(pause)
O: Well, I'd better replace it, then.
(he takes a quick peek behind the counter)
O: Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh, we're right out of parrots.
C: I see. I see, I get the picture.
O: I got a slug.
(pause)
C: (sweet as sugar) Pray, does it talk?
O: Nnnnot really.
C: WELL IT'S HARDLY A BLOODY REPLACEMENT, IS IT?!!???!!?
O: Look, if you go to my brother's pet shop in Bolton, he'll replace the parrot for you.
C: Bolton, eh? Very well.

[Simmy2.5]

Too bad this hasn't been confirmed/true yet. :-(

If it was, I hoped he enjoys his 72 virgins.

[ShandaLear]

The Ultimate Zot!

[got_moab?]

Has anybody here seen my old friend Yasser?

[The Duke]

When asked the cause of his death the attending physician responded..."This man was terminally ugly!"

A sooth sayer once told Arafat that he would die on a Jewish holiday. When he pressed her for which day she responded..."Any day will do!".

Well, maybe now Mrs. Arafat can get her dishrag back!

[SevenofNine]

Rackkkk ittt

Alright Joe it is true or not come on give me details I want do celebrity dead pool on Arafat

[Chad Fairbanks]

Oh please oh please oh please! I hope this is true - If so, I want to see a headline that says "Arafat Sh*t the bed!"

[conservativeammom]

Yep we'll be dancin in the streets if this is true.

[Palladin]

Wishful thinking?

[Frank_2001]

Remember if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is!;)