Comments on: Larry King Minutes

By: We Now Join This Meme, Already In Progress « Around The Sphere

We Now Join This Meme, Already In Progress « Around The Sphere — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:23 +0000

[...] James Joyner: I’m reminded of a superbly entertaining piece by Matt Labash that I noted in the very earliest days at OTB wherein he was on assignment in Iraq and met two somewhat more famous companions: [...]

By: sam

sam — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:43:54 +0000

Reminds me of this story that Bertrand Russell tells in his autobiography. Russell was very strongly opposed to Britain's participation in World War I. A protest in front of Parliament got out of hand, and the peelers were called in. One of the cops was wailing away on Russell Chicago 68 style, and his female companion (Ottoline Morrell?) screamed at the cop to stop, that Russell was a world-famous philosopher. Wailing continued. Stop, she yelled, he's a world-famous mathematician. Wailing continued. Stop, she went on, he's an Earl. Wailing immediately stopped.

By: charles austin

charles austin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:55:42 +0000

Turning it around a bit, how many minutes collectively would all of us 300,000,000+ Americans spend on Larry King's death when it happens?

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:27:15 +0000

In a similar vein as he lay dying and discussing his impending death with friends and family, Art Buchwald wise-cracked “I just don't want to die the same day Castro dies.”