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You know what this means: you're never going to see another washed-up, half-senile football coach retire voluntarily ever again.
More bad news for Joe Paterno: he's dead
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SgtSpiderMan
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The Onion called this one correctly.
Frizzle_Fry
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Title made me laugh...thanks for that.
Ham Murabi
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It's not good when si.com has a headline about Jo Pa's sons refuting reports of his death.
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Back in '78 or so, a TV station in Virginia ran a story on a tip about a senator who was allegedly killed in a car accident. The senator was a bit pissed about the report of his demise.
The TV anchor was looking for another job shortly thereafter.
The TV anchor was looking for another job shortly thereafter.
Peregrinator
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Reminds of the famous Mark Twain quote.
Ham Murabi
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Now CBS is saying Paterno's family is calling close associates and telling them to come say good-bye.
Wat_Tyler
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I borrowed it to paraphrase.
Some of my best writing is plagiarism, although I am known for turning the odd phrase from time to time.
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Who do you suppose was the first person to say "turn a phrase?"
Wat_Tyler
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I don't know, and I have answered all of the questions by Google for the day that I intend to. Jed Clampett drove a '21 Oldsmobile . . . that was the neat one.
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I saw that in my up-late-review session this morning. Pretty cool.
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I thought silo, too. A curious mind and an intrawebz connection . . . .
Okay, off to read about Verdun.
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The Germans won.
Ham Murabi
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Need any more proof that the situation is dire for Paterno? Here it is: Laurel just sent a p.m. advising me that she has deactivated Paterno's Lit account.
His Lit moniker was Anytit4Lion.
His Lit moniker was Anytit4Lion.
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"Okay sir, we'll get Dan Rather on it. He needs the work."
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Not so fast, my friend!
What can I say? He got better.
Apparently CBS was cribbing off a Penn State student publication, which was the first to report the "death." Clearly massive unprofessionalism on numerous fronts.
What can I say? He got better.
Apparently CBS was cribbing off a Penn State student publication, which was the first to report the "death." Clearly massive unprofessionalism on numerous fronts.
pointless
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yeah, someone has already resigned last i read.
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Interesting anatomy of a failure here. So much unattributed stealing of a scoop by the majors...until it proved to be wrong, and then lots of attribution suddenly.
http://storify.com/jeffsonderman/false-reports-of-joe-paterno-s-death
http://storify.com/jeffsonderman/false-reports-of-joe-paterno-s-death
