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Saturday, July 14, 2007

This morning I was scanning the headlines on Yahoo News when my eyes stopped on one that left me shocked and puzzled.

"Holy crap! Larry Bird died?! When did that happen? And why is Laura Bush going to his funeral?"

In my defense, it was early in the morning. What kind of name is Lady Bird anyway?

Just to review:

Larry Bird	Lady Bird

Labels: confusion, death, news

posted by John at 1:00 PM

10 comments

I'm one of those people who didn't realize she was still alive until I heard she was dead.

posted by fermicat : 7/15/2007 12:45 AM

That happened to me with Tony Randall.

posted by John : 7/15/2007 9:59 AM

Tony Randall is dead??! I didn't know that.

ooh, word verification: spycdamh.
I don't know why that amuses me, but it does.

posted by NYPinTA : 7/15/2007 7:00 PM

Since 2004 apparently. I just found out last week. Must have slipped under the radar. I thought he was still making babies with his creepy old man mojo. I guess it would be even more creepy if he's still making babies now.

posted by John : 7/15/2007 7:22 PM

Yup. I thought ol' Lady Bird died back in the '90s. Nice she kept up such a high-profile.

posted by Farrago : 7/15/2007 10:05 PM

I didn't know it was possible not to know that Tony Randall was dead. It was in all the papers...

Now Lady Bird on the other hand... I'll give you that one.

posted by LL : 7/15/2007 10:36 PM

I knew she died a couple of days ago, but it didn't stop me from misreading the headline.

posted by John : 7/16/2007 11:55 AM

And let's not forget Lenny Bird, the oft overlooked Men's Origami Champion from Iowaville, Nevada.

I think he's still alive, though.

Ben O.

posted by Ben O. : 7/17/2007 10:09 AM

I thought the same exact thing. I was like Holy Shit, Larry Bird died!

posted by Flash : 7/17/2007 11:52 AM

The real question is: who looked better in hot pants? The Lady Bird photo doesn't show, so we'll just have to guess.

posted by mr. schprock : 7/17/2007 1:27 PM