Dead People
Many moons ago, a silly trend of saying, "S/he's dead," upon hearing mentioned the name of a dead person of fame, was born in my family. Now, years later and with the popularity of texting, we find ourselves among a big group of people who all try to be the first to text everyone as soon as some celebrity carks it.

Great kudos is attached to getting unexpected and particularly famous ones, whereas people such as George Best and the Pope are races, causing tvs to get turned on in the middle of the night when getting up for a wee, just in case they've slipped away.

The group is big because people find out about it and want to join in. The main rule is that one must not need to offer an explanation as to who the person is - his or her name must suffice (i.e. no texting "so-and-so - he played wotsit in such-and-such). I got the Pope! But I didn't get George - I was in the pub at the time, which seemed fitting enough.

The real shame comes from being so excited about texting etc. that one forgets how sad it is - like when Emlyn Hughes died, for example.

Ridiculous. Shameful. Fun.
( thealternativefact, Thu 1 Dec 2005, 13:18, Reply)