just heard on MSNBC Reagan's Casket weighs 400 pounds
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Wed Jun-09-04 03:05 PM
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just heard on MSNBC Reagan's Casket weighs 400 pounds |
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which puts it at about 420 pounds with him in it
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Wed Jun-09-04 03:06 PM
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1. You know those papers from his presidency we've all been dying to see? |
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Ten bucks says they're in there.
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Wed Jun-09-04 03:07 PM
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on a show that they may NOT use the actual casket w/ him in it, might have an empty one??
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Wed Jun-09-04 03:38 PM
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13. I heard they used an empty casket for rehearsals. |
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I'm trying to avoid coverage of this but it's damn hard!
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Wed Jun-09-04 03:07 PM
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3. Merv Griffin will be a pall bearer |
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Hope the other guys are really strong!
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Wed Jun-09-04 03:37 PM
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12. honorary pall bearer.... |
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The beefy military guys will actually carry the casket.
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Wed Jun-09-04 03:08 PM
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Wed Jun-09-04 03:09 PM
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5. I don't want to laugh at that joke. |
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I smiled but I don't want to laugh. You guys are too much! You're making it hard for me to mourn Reagan.:)
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Wed Jun-09-04 03:16 PM
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6. i don't want you to laugh |
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did you hear? when he died, he was ketchup
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Wed Jun-09-04 03:17 PM
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Wed Jun-09-04 03:16 PM
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7. They should have given him an enema before he died |
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without all that B.S., it'd weigh about as much as a sack of potatoes. Hell, Merv could just sling the whole doggone thing back over his shoulder.
:evilgrin:
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Wed Jun-09-04 03:22 PM
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9. That includes the 200 lbs of lead fishing weights... |
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...meant to simulate the body. Did anybody see the casket open? Neither did I. I bet the old man died two years ago :tinfoilhat:.
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Wed Jun-09-04 03:34 PM
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10. It's the krugerrands that Pretoria gave him for supporting apartheid!!! |
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It might make his legacy look bad to discover them.
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Wed Jun-09-04 04:13 PM
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14. You can say that again. |
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Wed Jun-09-04 03:34 PM
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11. It's the krugerrands that Pretoria gave him for supporting apartheid!!! |
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It might make his legacy look bad to discover them.
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