Australian stuff Bees on coke 2 Apr 2010 Isn’t this just the funniest fucking thing you’ve ever read?! Read More
History Bones of the founder of Christianity confirmed 29 Jun 2009 The bones are likely to be Paul’s, says the Pope. Who did you think I was talking about? Read More
General Science Nice genetics quip 4 Jan 2008 Microsoft Word’s “Track Changes” and Endnote are synthetic lethals. From The Futile Cycle. “A synthetic pair of genes are two gene variants that alone are fine, but when combined into the same organism, cause it to die.” Why? When you have Endnoted a paper and send it to a friend… Read More
How sad. I was at the performance at which Marceau for the very first time (in his account, anyway) spoke aloud on stage about his work, still in makeup (as Bip, of course) immediately after his performance. He was thoughtful and articulate about his work, and as I learned later that evening at the green room reception for him, a gracious and shy man in the face of too much adulation.
Hey Jonathan, take it easy… He had a long life, in which he made us laugh. I’m sure he’d be happy to see that people remember him with laughter, even when saying farewell. I can’t help but remember a movie by Mel Brooks, a silent movie, which was about the efforts of Brooks to make a silent movie. When he phoned Marceau to convince him to join, Marceau said “No”… which was the only spoken word of the whole movie 🙂
In the face of death, and one after a long and productive life, humour is not unwarranted. This death is not a tragedy, just the passing of time. I’m sure he’d appreciate it (although I suspect he’d heard all those jokes before, with the possible exception of the one in comment #2).
A human life ends and you people crack jokes? No, we pay respect to a great artist by acknowledging the joy that he brought to all of us in his remarkable life, few human beings have done more