RIP Rush.

[Jolly]

@rainman said in RIP Rush.:

I knew a black guy once.
So there. No kidding. A real black guy!
It was amazing.

Every third person down here is black.

I think I've met one or two.

[George K]

@rainman said in RIP Rush.:

I knew a black guy once.

Heh. We hired a black guy.

And he's gay, so there!

[Doctor Phibes]

@rainman said in RIP Rush.:

I knew a black guy once.
So there. No kidding. A real black guy!
It was amazing.

Do you know John, from London?

[Rainman]

@doctor-phibes said in RIP Rush.:

@rainman said in RIP Rush.:

I knew a black guy once.
So there. No kidding. A real black guy!
It was amazing.

Do you know John, from London?

Yes YES I knew him. But I thought he was from Liverpool.
What kind of a name is LiverPool, anyways?
Must be near London, right, or a bit north. Everything's north of London.
Just kidding Phibes. Some day I'm gonna visit that town "London" and see what it's all about.

[Doctor Phibes]

I shouldn't bother, it's full of johns.

[George K]

Why the military honors?

Why the flag?

Was he a veteran, or is it because he was awarded that medal by President Trump?

[kluurs]

[George K]

@kluurs said in RIP Rush.:

He got a medical deferral

For a pilonidal cyst.

[Rainman]

@george-k said in RIP Rush.:

pilonidal cyst

I looked it up, saw more than I ever wanted to see.
Didn't know such a thing existed, kinda weird actually.

George, is this somewhat common, this pilonidal cyst thing?? Does one contract it somehow, or just wake up one morning, and. . .

[George K]

@rainman said in RIP Rush.:

is this somewhat common

Yeah, it's pretty common. In our small place we probably saw about a dozen a year.

[Jolly]

[Copper]

[Rainman]

@copper said in RIP Rush.:

@jolly said in RIP Rush.:

Medal of Freedom.

I figured that was it.

So I tried to confirm that the Medal comes with that benefit or perk. I couldn't find it.

Copper, how can a dead guy receive a benefit or perk?
Never mind. I know what you meant.

Wait. A perk would be "buy one, get one free!"

A benefit would be "dug 6 feet for the price of 3!"

I still know what you meant.

[Doctor Phibes]

[George K]

[Horace]

I wanted to hear one last broadcast by Rush. I found this, where he acquiesced to being interviewed by what is apparently the hottest morning radio show in the country, hosted by a group of African Americans.

Link to video

Rush was way more on board with the "racist white cops kill black people" narrative than I am.

The hosts of the radio show had two ideas, "white supremacy" and "systemic racism". (Pro tip: that's actually only one idea.) No solutions were offered, but the implication is that basically you can't vote republican. There's really nothing else. Maybe be a douche bag and go protest in a BLM circle jerk.

[George K]

@horace said in RIP Rush.:

two ideas, "white supremacy" and "systemic racism".

[George K]

No idea if this is real....

[Jolly]

@george-k said in RIP Rush.:

No idea if this is real....

Could be. After all, he is the greatest radio host of all time. He saved AM radio, all by himself.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jolly said in RIP Rush.:

After all, he is the greatest radio host of all time.

Meh. He wasn't a patch on Terry Wogan.