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100 Places to go before you die guy...dies!

AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/books/27freeman.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Sorry for my poor grammar in the title of the thread. But isn't that weird? The guy that wrote 100 Places to See Before you Die, he hit his head at home and actually died and he didn't finish his list :(
"...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
"Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    Now that's messed up.

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  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    Well isn't that ironic, don't ya think?
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  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    Is that irony?
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    g under p wrote:
    Now that's messed up.

    Peace
    that's what I thought! I also thought it was ironic in a very bad and weird way!
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,451
    dissidentman wrote:
    Is that irony?

    check the "what is irony?" thread :D I remember one from a few months back.
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    I read that yesterday!!!!!!

    Another irony was when Jim Fixx died while jogging!!
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  • jasonwjasonw Posts: 424
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Well isn't that ironic, don't ya think?
    nope, sure don't
  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    I am a bad person.

    I giggled...

    I always hated the title/premise of that book (and the fact that it was given to me as a gift) most of the places in the book I would rather die than visit...it is so presumptuous to try to gauge the travel worth of a place...we all have different ideals of what makes a perfect vacation...

    The idea that people plan vacations based on some sort of deadline added to the idea of what OTHERS think you should want to experience/see is pretty gnarly to me...and yep I have family that actually have been vacationing based on this book. (sheep)

    anyhow...I am not glad he is dead or anything horrible like that...but when I saw the thread, and read the title of the obit...I did, in fact giggle at the irony & I feel ashamed of that response.
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    failedpersephone wrote:
    anyhow...I am not glad he is dead or anything horrible like that...but when I saw the thread, and read the title of the obit...I did, in fact giggle at the irony & I feel ashamed of that response.

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  • sk8nshoot1sk8nshoot1 Posts: 722
    Bucket List Author Kicks Bucket....

    Great headline...
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  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    Lizard wrote:
    I read that yesterday!!!!!!

    Another irony was when Jim Fixx died while jogging!!


    "... bet it was 2 smokers that found the body, holy crap man! thats Jim Fixx, yeah lets go get some cigarettes."

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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,936
    why is this ironic?

    Do you live forever if you write up a 100 things to do before you die book?
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  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    mookeywrench wrote:
    why is this ironic?

    Do you live forever if you write up a 100 things to do before you die book?
    Thank you.
    Seriously...wtf?
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Oh, you do not and that's why I like you.
    :o

    awww shucks...

    btw it's ironic because he didn't finish his list.
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    mookeywrench wrote:
    why is this ironic?

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