Oh NO!!! Billy Mays is Dead

[Aldisimo]

I hope everyone will laugh at my funeral, and make fun out of my crazy antics.

Yes, and they'll be celebrating the fun, happy aspects of you and your life--not making fun of you. There's a difference.

[McMurdo]

Yes, and they'll be celebrating the fun, happy aspects of you and your life--not making fun of you. There's a difference.

Exactly my point, and thank you Ron for what you said. The real difference as I see it and correct me if I'm wrong but those who have posted on this thread did not know the man.

[Dan R Porter]

Also I understand the respect thing, and I also agree with you McMurdo, Respect is a Ideal of the past. I rarely see respect for anything thses days, I am suprised when anyone around here holds the door for someone, or evenuses the word, "Thank you..."

As you plow around the internet, you will find alot of websites, and I will list NONE, that make fun of tragic video of someones death, injury, or just about anything. SO this leads us to the question, has the internet changed our morals and ethics, or has it become a gateway for our true selves?

Scary I know. I, though not an excuse by any means, doubt Mr mays cares at this point what anyone has to say about him. I understand some people believe in a religion with an afterlife, and for those people I can see why these comments may be troubling.

I am not one of those people that believes Mr mays cares at this point what anyone has to say. And, silently in my own head, decide who is worthy of respect or friendship based on they're behavior in moments like this. So I find it convinient that moments like this, some people show their true colours, which makes it easier for us to see the rats before they nip at our feet...

[Rogerson785]

From CNN.



The 50-year-old known for his shouting OxiClean ads was pronounced dead at 7:45 a.m. The Hillsborough County medical examiner will perform an autopsy, Tampa police Lt. Brian Dugan said.

Mays was on the US Airways flight from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Tampa on Saturday that had a hard landing at Tampa International Airport when the plane's front tire blew out. There were no reported injuries on Flight 1241, US Airways told CNN.

According to a local Tampa TV station, Mays said: "All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head."

[Riverkilt]

Maybe sorta like a ship. Crew may cuss her, but God help anyone else who does.

Ron
Who wore a bright yellow aloha shirt to his little brother's funeral....just because...

[McMurdo]

True Dan, and an interesting if not scary question. As for me I hold doors open and say thank you, it still freaks Catherine out. Heck when I rode public transportation I'd give up my seat to a lady, and will again if I'm ever on the transit service here in future.

[Phogfan86]

Joking about death is a perfectly healthy coping mechanism, a way of downplaying the uncertainty of what, if anything, is on the other side. For some, it's the last great adventure. For others, it's the ultimate stripping away of everything that's materialistic and trivial. For some, it's plain old scary as hell.

As for me, when I cross over, if my family and friends don't joke about it, well, I'll know that they didn't learn much from me while I was here. But that's just how I want to do it.

[CDNSushi]

I said it in another thread. Maybe it should be repeated here.

Nil nisi bonum.

[hospitaller]

Nil nisi bonum.

yes, parangaricutirimicuaro

[CDNSushi]

yes, parangaricutirimicuaro

Gesundheit!