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Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97
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| July 27, 2025
| AP
Posted on 07/28/2025 2:27:50 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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Funny guy.
To: Governor Dinwiddie
My parents had one or two of his albums in the 1950s/1960s. Some really funny stuff. One of my favorites was “Poisoning Pigeons In The Park”. “Werner Von Braun” was also great.
To: Gay State Conservative
To: Governor Dinwiddie
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posted on
07/28/2025 2:42:04 PM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: artichokegrower
He did lots of great stuff!
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Not to be confused with the late Jim Leher, one half of the famous news hosts “McNeil/Leher Report”. Back when PBS had a broader cultural reach.
To: lee martell
Jim Leher was an odd fellow. His hobby was collecting buses: city buses, Greyhound buses, school
buses. For fun he'd get in one of his buses and go for a drive. Good for him. But odd nontheless.
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posted on
07/28/2025 2:51:32 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
So, Jim lerher collected buses? I never heard of anyone doing that. For one thing, they would take up a lot of space. Of course, I do know that collecting very elaborate Train Sets, tracks, blinking crossing arms and all, used to be a very common at home hobby for boys and men.
I can’t see that being done with Waymos.
To: Governor Dinwiddie
97? My mom will be 99 in January. I hope this means we are all living longer, maybe!
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posted on
07/28/2025 2:59:43 PM PDT
by
buffyt
(Yesterday's bad decisions become today's funny stories. )
To: Governor Dinwiddie
As I have aged, my disrespect for this arrogant commie has increased.
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posted on
07/28/2025 3:04:47 PM PDT
by
HIDEK6
(God bless Donald Trump)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Lehrer lyric lines from when I was in elementary school, a long ago memory, corrections invited...
She drowned her father in the creek
Sing rickety tickety tin
She drowned her father in the creek
The water tasted bad for a week
And we had to make do with gin.
Lots of Lehrer's humor was beyond my young ken, but I laughed anyway.
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posted on
07/28/2025 3:07:39 PM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
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posted on
07/28/2025 3:14:30 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Import the third world. Become the second world.)
To: artichokegrower
....”And Everyone Hates the Jews...”
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posted on
07/28/2025 3:21:05 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Import the third world. Become the second world.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Definitely one of a kind. RIP
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posted on
07/28/2025 3:22:00 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
The man was my hero. The only man whose work I considered worthy of memorizing. (Of course I can sing “The Elements”.) Today is a sad, sad day. And what makes it even more sad is that everything he said back then is just as relevant and true today as it was when he said it. A sad, sad day.
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posted on
07/28/2025 3:55:22 PM PDT
by
NurdlyPeon
(It is the nature of liberals to pervert whatever they touch.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
“So long, Mom. I’m off to drop the bomb, so don’t wait up for me.” 🎶🎵
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posted on
07/28/2025 4:04:57 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
(Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Jabbed? Just getting the sarcasm in before someone tries to seriously as the question.
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posted on
07/28/2025 4:07:17 PM PDT
by
3RIVRS
To: musicman
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posted on
07/28/2025 4:17:54 PM PDT
by
musicman
(The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
My favorite, Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky. The lyrics were incredibly difficult and super funny. It perfectly described academia.
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Bios state that he was an avowed atheist.
If so, tragic.
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posted on
07/28/2025 4:31:05 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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