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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-05 06:16 PM
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Isn't it true that celeb deaths come in threes?
* Pope
* Shiavo
* Falwell
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-05 06:16 PM
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1. Does Johnnie Cochran count?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-05 06:19 PM
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4. No. He's a two-bit twit who conspired with a guy who obviously
widened his hand so the glove wouldn't fit.

If the guy's a twit, the lack of fit acquit. :crazy:

More infamous, not a celeb.

But if one of the three doesn't snuff it (my money's on Falwell surviving), then I'll apologize. If they all snuff it, then it's a new record: Celebs die in fours now.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-05 06:17 PM
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2. yes
Cochran first

the other three aren't dead, that we know of at least
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-05 06:19 PM
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3. Rehnquist?
Cochran needs to be on a legal triad.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-05 06:19 PM
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5. Shiavo hasn't been alive for years.
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-05 06:21 PM
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6. That's the old wives tale, anyway
I wouldn't put too much credence in it. If you follow it closely, I'm sure you'll find more like 4,5............
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Devlzown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-05 06:22 PM
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7. My mother says that about our family.
Never heard it applied to celebrities. I remember that Mother Teresa and Princess Diana died about the same time. Did someone else famous die around then?
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-05 06:26 PM
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8. That fable is very very old! My great grandmother believed that
The tale was that all deaths cam in threes. If you heard someone you knew died, be prepared to hear about two more!

Funny...I really never believed it, but it was the first thing that came to my mind when I heard about Terri, the Pope, and now possibly Falwell.
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Donailin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-05 06:28 PM
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9. and Cochran
God must be changing the rules.

Not like it would be the first time. :shrug:
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-05 06:41 PM
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10. Dont forget Prince Rainier of Monaco nt
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scubadude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-05 07:02 PM
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11. No, but it's true that people count deaths in threes.
We are very good at counting. We are also very good at starting and stopping whenever it fits a preconcieved notion.

Scuba
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