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Beverly man dies after yard fire mishap
Boston Globe ^
| April 6, 2011
| Katherine Landergan
Posted on 04/06/2011 3:24:46 PM PDT by GQuagmire
An 83-year-old Beverly man has died after suffering severe burns when his kilt caught fire while he was burning leaves and brush in his yard last week.
Arthur Ciampa’s 19-year-old neighbor, Evan Smith, rushed to his aid on Thursday after hearing screams next door, Beverly police said.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: ethnic; footballhead; identity; loyalist; napl; oops; weird
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To: Emperor Palpatine
Believe it or not, there is an
Italian national tartan. More
here.
It's probably more of marketing gimmick than anything else, but nowadays you don't have to be Scottish to wear a kilt anymore than you have to be Italian to eat spaghetti.
Being crazy may help, though.
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posted on
04/06/2011 5:10:42 PM PDT
by
x
To: GQuagmire
Kilts catch on fire in video games, too! (The Sims)
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posted on
04/06/2011 5:19:00 PM PDT
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
To: GQuagmire
Bad way to go for a WWII Navy vet.
R.I.P.
To: GQuagmire
DId he have a blue ribbon?........
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posted on
04/06/2011 5:30:02 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(I've posted a total of 1,723 threads and 64,113 replies. as of 04-06-2011)
To: GQuagmire
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posted on
04/06/2011 6:08:28 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Red Badger; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
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posted on
04/07/2011 4:00:46 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
He loved puns and wordplay. He may have been a FReeper.
We should fire up our brains and try to make a punny thread in his honor.
To: GQuagmire; Slings and Arrows; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
04/07/2011 5:26:59 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: TexasCajun; martin_fierro; Charles Henrickson
The graduate of Boston College and Tufts University School of Dental Medicine also had a dry sense of humor and “loved sharing puns and wordplay," the obituary said Tartan AND Tartar, together...
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posted on
04/07/2011 6:56:57 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
('s wordplay)
To: Ole Okie
But it still doesn’t answer the question, “What does a Scotsman (?) wear under his kilt?” Shoes and socks...
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posted on
04/07/2011 7:54:53 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 805 of our national holiday from reality. - That 3 AM phone call? Voicemail...)
To: TheOldLady
I fired my brain, but it called its union.
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posted on
04/07/2011 9:25:12 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: tsowellfan
Wow! This just happened in Maine about a week ago too Whoa...dude was still on fire when the firefighters got there!
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posted on
04/07/2011 10:40:59 PM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
To: Slings and Arrows
Rehire it. We need your wit and humor. And pings.
To: Slings and Arrows
I fired my brain, but it called its union.What outrageous fortune.
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posted on
04/08/2011 5:03:41 AM PDT
by
paulycy
(Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
To: TheOldLady
Negotiations are ongoing.
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posted on
04/08/2011 9:29:34 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: paulycy
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posted on
04/08/2011 9:31:30 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: JoeProBono; martin_fierro
The Royals. They're just like us.
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posted on
04/08/2011 9:38:56 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(DBKP ~ Death By 1000 Papercuts)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
04/08/2011 9:53:04 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/08/2011 10:06:05 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(DBKP ~ Death By 1000 Papercuts)
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