Posted on 03/08/2005 8:10:03 AM PST by jtminton
Andy Kaufman has reserved this plot for when he finally, really, dies.
Ping for post #15.
Semper Fi
The answer is in the article. Apparently he did it as a way to get directions to Oswald's grave for tourists. The cemetery is under court order not to give out directions to Oswald's grave. So he put this marker there so people could ask for directions to "Nick Beef's" grave instead. Perhaps he just got ticked off one day when he went there and was told they couldn't tell him.
Sould like an old funeral joke. After a funeral three people are asked what they would want to be said at their service. One says he would like for them to say that he achieved great works and was well known in his field. Another said he would like for them to say that he was a great father and husband. The third said he would like for them to say "Hey, I think he's moving!"
THAT is funny.
Interesting Ping.
I would like to second, third, and fourth that.
What would really be funny is if some New York comic billing himself as "Nick Beef" bought the plot with hopes of eventually be buried next to Oswald (for whatever weird ulterior motive) but Mr. Beef happened to be inside the World Trade Center on 9-11 and his remains were vaporized by the terrorist planes and his body was never found to be buried, denying his last wish and making his identity a mystery for the rest of time.
I'm wondering who once owned the plot next to the Oswald plots and decided it would be better to sell it rather than be buried next to an infamous assissin? It's a shame the guy probably sold the plot before there was an e-Bay.
Finally, does Mr. Beef plan to put a tombstone next to John Wilkes Booth or Timothy McVeigh?
With floppy hats???
Here's one for ya:
Next to the name of officer J. D. Tippit on line 63, Panel E-9 of the National Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial in Washington, DC, is the name of officer John Kennedy. Officer Kennedy was killed in NYC in 1922.
You're a free beer?
Someone asked me privately about my post 53 and this was my private reply:
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"I don't know if it has ever been mentioned in any publication I know of, but I actually noticed it by chance.
About five years ago my older brother was visiting and I was showing him the National Building Museum and the Police Memorial. He mentioned a name of a LEO who had been killed in the line of duty near where he lives in Michigan. I showed him how to look up the name (it's much the same procedure as for the Vietnam War Memorial).
As we were walking toward the panel I was just letting my eyes scan the names on the other panels. For some reason, JD Tippit's name popped out at me. I stopped my brother and said something like, "Look at this." He's not into the JFK thing at all and I had to remind him who he was. Then, I noticed John Kennedy's name right next to Tippits. At first I thought maybe it was an honorary thing because the prez is the chief law enforcer, I guess. We looked him up in the reference book and that is when I realized there is no other reason for that name being there other than by random sequenceing. The memorial didn't begin until about 20 years ago (not sure) and I have no idea how they placed the names of LEOs who had been killed ILD from, I believe, 1900 to the time the memorial was built. Next time I'm down that way I'm going to get the other four or five names on that line to see if I can figure out the methodology they used.
Maybe Paul Harvey could get to the bottom of it and give us the Rest of the Story. LOL."
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I post it here just in case someone can solve, for what is to me, a mystery.
Check out leadpenny's post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1358458/posts?page=53#53
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