Prepare yourself folks for non-stop Anna Nicole--and that's right here on DU

[trumad]

First of all--- may that poor tortured soul rest in peace.

second: I expect by the end of this day battles breaking out between DUers who will freak out if condolences aren't exactly perfect from those who really could not care less about Ms. Smith.

It will be DU in all it's Glory....

[KittyWampus]

1. WHO IS SHE? What did she do? Why do people talk about her?

[MonkeyFunk]

11. She was a model

and reality-show star who gained fame by marrying a very wealthy, very old man when she was a stripper in Texas.

She was beautiful and a train-wreck.

[zappa_parappa]

64. Ok, we get it, you don't know who she is...

and for that you're so much better than those of us who happen to know her.

[The Straight Story]

2. They will blame her death on a snickers bar

it's gonna be a flamefest day on DU....

:popcorn:

[trumad]

7. Indeed it will be...

I almost want to side with the heartless because the MSM is so God Damn nauseating that it's makes caring people not give a shit.

[Bluebear]

3. And you get the prize for the first contentious topic.

yay!

[Janice325]

9. I agree with you on that, Bluebear.

RIP, Anna Nicole.

[katmondoo]

4. She was a person and her life was tragic, reminds me of

Marilyn Monroe

[CatWoman]

5. at least it will take that stupid Pelosi/airplane story off the front pages

:eyes:

[originalpckelly]

6. Oh here we go.

Just fucking get a life, she's fucking dead assholes.

[Shell Beau]

58. Very endearing!

[devilgrrl]

8. And here's trumad to kick off the festivities!!!!!

:sarcasm:

[Bluebear]

10. Quelle surprise!

[trumad]

19. And there's you like clockwork.

[devilgrrl]

26. Seems like several here agree with me...

got a wisecrack for them too?

[Name removed]

32. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[CatWoman]

33. don't sweat it Hon

:hi:

[jus_the_facts]

35. BWAHAHAHAHAHA.....

...WHOOP.There.It.IS!!! :applause:

[treestar]

66. WHAT DO YOU THINK HIS RESPONSE WILL BE?

Just kidding you OMC. :hide:

[demrabble]

12. A Post Complaining About Other Posts

I'm confused.

Someone starts a thread voicing concern that there will be "non-stop" talk of Anna Nicole.

Which means that the new thread is a thread about Anna Nicole.

If someone is truly concerned about there being too many threads about Anna Nicole, why would s/he start a new thread about Anna Nicole?

Wouldn't it make more sense to respond to other threads -- those not about Anna Nicole?

[The Straight Story]

13. That made my head hurt

I need a beer.

[Jim Sagle]

I believe you've hit on the solution!

:beer:

[demrabble]

23. Sorry

I'm sorry I made your head hurt.

What I was trying to say is that if someone is concerned about too many threads concering Anna Nicole, then it seems to me that the LAST thing s/he would do would be to start a thread about Anna Nicole.

Sorry I cannot offer you a beer.

[The Straight Story]

40. Can you offer a snickers bar and earth friendly light bulbs?

:rofl:

[demrabble]

42. Absolutely NOT!

There is just no way I can offer you a snickers bar and earth friendly light bulbs.

In order to do that, I would have to get an airplane.

And then, I'd have to get a pilot to fly the plane.

The pilot would have to be a person from NASA -- and the pilot would have to wear diapers.

And then the plane would need to be suited for me -- or else the talking heads would say it was too large for me.

Besides, it would offend too many people.

[jedicord]

63. What if we make it MANDATORY?

:evilgrin:

[cwydro]

14. This is the beauty of DU

you see?

[trumad]

24. LOL

Got a point there... except I was trying to convey DU and how it reacts to things like this.

[not_a_robot]

30. Well it's a well documented personality disorder

You can read more about it here: NPD

[fla nocount]

15. MODS Please ship this to The Lounge with the Snickers Bars n/t

[JVS]

52. HEY DAMMIT. WE HAVE OUR OWN AGENDA IN THE LOUNGE AND WE DON'T WANT GD'S TRASH

Quit sending your threads to us!

[otherlander]

56. Damn right!

:)

[MeDeMax]

16. 1st the old man, then the son, now Anna ? Not Anna !

This can't be...

[MeDeMax]

22. I do feel bad for the family, her 20 some year old son died a few months ago.

[woodsprite]

45. The day before her son died, she had just had a baby. n/t

[CJCRANE]

17. Can I complain pre-emptively

about all the conspiracy theories that Karl Rove did it or it's all Clinton's fault.

[Lex]

20. It's a diversion orchestrated by Rove! I'm series!!111

(Sorry, I had to.)

[rubberducky]

18. R.I.P. Anna Nicole

It seems that her little daughter should be in our thoughts and in our prayers.

[Nutmegger]

21. Rita Cosby is on top of it.

[trumad]

28. That picture is one of the greatest of all time

and should be posted in every journalism school in America....as to what you should not end up being.

[jollyreaper2112]

59. GAH!

Put a warning up next time, dude! I almost piss myself every time I see that pic. It's like Night of the Living Dead

[graywarrior]

25. Should probably keep it in the lounge.

[rzr77]

27. then the inevitable "cant we all just get along" posts and then

after a few more rounds, we'll get the "reflective" type posts, and then it'll finally burn out.

Heheh. I've been reading du for a long time now.

[treestar]

65. Pretty good summary

Event happens, several threads, threads complaining about the number of threads, threads defending the topic as important, the priority police and the compassion police (I'm one of those heartless people that can't feel it personally- I know it's personal to the people involved, but I'm not personally involved). Etc.

[Marie26]

29. *hide thread* nt

[Bumblebee]

31. With occasional breaking news about the space cadet

in diapers....

[demrabble]

34. Will There Be An Airplane?

Will there be an airplane to transport Anna's body?

Will it land in Orlando?

Will it be piloted by someone from NASA?

Will it later be used by Speaker Pelosi?

Will Snickers be served on-board?

All questions will be asked and debated.

[Rick Myers]

37. ROTFLMAO!!!!

12 Americans die in Iraq and all the media can talk about is some bimbo that had an IQ of 12.

[zulchzulu]

36. OK. How about politics, humor and jokes all wrapped up in an RIP

"It's the first time in the Supreme Court's history that Ruth Bader Ginsberg has not been the hottest chick there."
—David Letterman, on Anna Nicole Smith appearing before the Supreme Court

"Give her credit, Anna Nicole Smith made a compelling case. So good, in fact, that Clarence Thomas couldn't keep his eyes off exhibits A and B."
—David Letterman





RIP, Anna. We'll miss you.

[Marnieworld]

38. How dare you even bring this up when soldiers are dying?

:P

Yep, it's already begun. The priority police is out in force claiming all discussion wrong unless it's completely relevant to all of our major concerns.

[trumad]

43. "The priority police" ROTF

Excellent.

[LoZoccolo]

49. "Priority police" might become /the/ phrase of 2007!

:thumbsup:

[trumad]

51. It's as good as Nanny police

[Marnieworld]

62. As long as I get credit!

:D

[Gidney N Cloyd]

55. That's an instant classic. Now we need a Priority Police smilie.

[Marnieworld]

69. And then we can ask people for their badge numbers!

Because that's what you do when you are confronted by the police right? :hi:

[TwilightZone]

39. Before you posted this, I think there were a whopping two threads about it on the main page.

Perhaps you could have complained in one of them instead of feeding the "glory".

[GreenTea]

41. Probably more drugs in her than Elvis...Diet, sleeping, mood elevators, etc. etc.

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

44. Thank you so much for this post!!!!!

I was just seriously considering whether or not to post a new topic:

Anna Nicole Smith - America's Princess Diana?

I paused to reflect, and thought the better of it, but I am sure that more ink will be spilt over this tragedy than was ever imagined might be devoted to war or treason or human starvation, degradation and death by extraordinarily cruel means.

American Public = The Most Servile, Demented, Perverted, Fat, Stupid, Ugly People ON THE PLANET!

[trumad]

46. I honestly didn't start this thread to diminish her death...

It was more about how DU reacts to things like this and by the looks of it, it's playing out just like I expected.

[treestar]

68. Exactly, but you will be accused 50 times of it by the

compassion police. A public person's death brings up commentary on the person. But some people think there should be nothing but compassionate sounding posts at that point, as if they've suffered the personal loss.

This'll be just like the Steve Irwin fights.

[Dogmudgeon]

70. We might be FAT, but at least we're not CAVEMEN

Some people might look upon "fat = evil" as bigotry.

www.cavemanscrib.com

:evilgrin:

--p!

[Dora]

47. My condolences to her family.

Hers was not an easy life.

Now I'm off to hide all the ANS threads.

[NashVegas]

48. My Condolences to DU

We've come such a long way in 6 years ...

[trumad]

50. DU is just expressing human nature

One side gets caught up in the emotion of such an event while the other simply doesn't. SO---both sides flame each other.

[NashVegas]

53. In a Victim-of-Its-Own-Success Kind of Way

You've been here as long as I have. Longer. In my mind's screen caps, I can't imagine three or more threads being made over someone famous for being famous.

[TreasonousBastard]

54. Just yet another 300 threads to ignore. n/t

[Stu DeBeouf]

57. Proposal:

New DU group...DU Enquirer. That should take care of 75% of The tabloid/media frenzy/tv addicts shit in GD.

[demrabble]

60. Not the VIllage People, Too!

Did something happen to one of the Village People, too?

Why didn't Sam win Top Chef?

And Uli should have won Project Runway!

And does anyone else think Tyra looks good with a few extra pounds?

[TwilightZone]

61. Wow, look. A self-fulfilling prophecy!

n/t

[bdamomma]

67. can we all rise above this and not talk about it, let's move on

we have 3,014 soldiers that are dead.