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To: laotzu

About 10 or 12 years ago I took my family to the Alamo. While we were in the building, going through the exhibits we noticed (along with everybody else inside) an obnoxious group loudly and boorishly laughing and yammering in boisterous voices. They were carrying open cans of beer that they were drinking as they toured the Alamo. I recognized one of them as somewhat of a celebrity — Ed McMahon from his days on The Tonight Show. Apparently Ed didn’t bother to read any of the signs at the entrance advising visitors that the Alamo is a memorial, a place of reverence for the Texas patriots who gave their lives in a fight for freedom. Or, maybe he was too drunk to comprehend the words.


15 posted on 02/19/2009 6:45:37 AM PST by VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember

Ed McMahon?!! I’m saddened to hear that about him.


21 posted on 02/19/2009 6:48:19 AM PST by laotzu
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To: VRWCmember

I vote for option 2.


39 posted on 02/19/2009 7:21:51 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: VRWCmember
I encountered some loud laughing young Japanese folks the first time I visited the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, which is also of course the final resting place for 1,100 Americans.

A hallowed grave didn't seem like the right place for me to confront some giggling idiots speaking a foreign language.

45 posted on 02/19/2009 7:39:04 AM PST by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
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To: VRWCmember

An old friend of mine was a room service waiter at an exclusive Southern Cali resort back in the 1970’s. He delivered an order to Ed McMahon’s suite once, where he observed a large bowl of pre-rolled, ready to smoke joints on McMahon’s coffee table. Between your story and this one, it’s not surprising that McMahon ended up financially bankrupt in his old age.


72 posted on 02/19/2009 12:30:46 PM PST by lonevoice (Ich bin ein plumber)
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