Sail on George Carlin

moog · Post by **moog** » June 23, 2008 12:48 pm

I still refuse to accept this.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » June 23, 2008 1:00 pm

moog wrote:I still refuse to accept this.

It would be the ultimate gag. Maybe he's hiding with Andy Kauffman.

RAGTOP · Post by **RAGTOP** » June 23, 2008 1:00 pm

moog wrote:I still refuse to accept this.

I'm right there with you. Seen Carlin live almost as many times as I've seen Jimmy. Still can't beleive it or accept it. Truly a brilliant man.

One of my favorites...

I credit that eight years of grammar school with nourishing me in a direction where I could trust myself and trust my instincts. They gave me the tools to reject my faith. They taught me to question and think for myself and to believe in my instincts to such an extent that I just said, 'This is a wonderful fairy tale they have going here, but it's not for me.' [George Carlin, in the _New York Times_ 20 August 1995, pg. 17

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » June 23, 2008 1:26 pm

d*m d*m d*m..

this one is gonna hurt.

the only redeeming factor to this is that now the number of really stupid chain mailings claiming Carlin said this, should die out.

moog · Post by **moog** » June 23, 2008 1:33 pm

I know he abused his body, and this was going to happen, sooner not later. He was starting to look frail in 2006, although his latest tour he looked better and more upbeat. But now?

He was the master at observing our culture (or lack of), behaviors, beliefs, language... well, if you watched and listened to Carlin no need to explain.

Now, a moment of muffled conversation.

Joe bless Carlin.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » June 23, 2008 1:34 pm

Best speech ever written on the subject of religion, comedic or otherwise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o

moog · Post by **moog** » June 23, 2008 1:36 pm

rednekkPH wrote:Best speech ever written on the subject of religion, comedic or otherwise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o

I've watched that numerous times....

"....but he loves you. And needs money."

RAGTOP · Post by **RAGTOP** » June 23, 2008 1:49 pm

moog wrote:I know he abused his body, and this was going to happen, sooner not later. He was starting to look frail in 2006, although his latest tour he looked better and more upbeat. But now?

He was the master at observing our culture (or lack of), behaviors, beliefs, language... well, if you watched and listened to Carlin no need to explain.

Now, a moment of muffled conversation.

Joe bless Carlin.

I was lucky enough to meet him in 2006 and he certainly looked tired and run down at that point but when I saw him last year suprisingly he looked much better.

another favorite rant...

I'm tired of these self-righteous environmentalists, these white, bourgeois liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is there aren't enough bicycle paths. People trying to make the world save for their Volvos. Besides, environmentalists don't give a s*** about the planet. They don't care about the planet. Not in the abstract they don't. Not in the abstract they don't. You know what they're interested in? A clean place to live. Their own habitat. They're worried that some day in the future, they might be personally inconvenienced. Narrow, unenlightened self-interest doesn't impress me.

Besides, there is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are f****. Difference. Difference. The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We've been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred thousand? And we've only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years. Two hundred years versus four and a half billion. And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we're a threat? That somehow we're gonna put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that's just a-floatin' around the sun?

The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles...hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages...And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet...the planet...the planet isn't going anywhere. WE ARE!

Bubbaphan · Post by **Bubbaphan** » June 23, 2008 1:56 pm

RAGTOP wrote:
moog wrote:I know he abused his body, and this was going to happen, sooner not later. He was starting to look frail in 2006, although his latest tour he looked better and more upbeat. But now?

He was the master at observing our culture (or lack of), behaviors, beliefs, language... well, if you watched and listened to Carlin no need to explain.

Now, a moment of muffled conversation.

Joe bless Carlin.
I was lucky enough to meet him in 2006 and he certainly looked tired and run down at that point but when I saw him last year suprisingly he looked much better.

another favorite rant...

I'm tired of these self-righteous environmentalists, these white, bourgeois liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is there aren't enough bicycle paths. People trying to make the world save for their Volvos. Besides, environmentalists don't give a s*** about the planet. They don't care about the planet. Not in the abstract they don't. Not in the abstract they don't. You know what they're interested in? A clean place to live. Their own habitat. They're worried that some day in the future, they might be personally inconvenienced. Narrow, unenlightened self-interest doesn't impress me.

Besides, there is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are f****. Difference. Difference. The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We've been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred thousand? And we've only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years. Two hundred years versus four and a half billion. And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we're a threat? That somehow we're gonna put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that's just a-floatin' around the sun?

The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles...hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages...And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet...the planet...the planet isn't going anywhere. WE ARE!

My most favorite rant! Thanks for posting this.
And I just remembered, when I was about 13 my mom made me take a George Carlin record (look it up kids) BACK to the record store.

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » June 23, 2008 3:42 pm

Sail on George and thanks for all the great laughs!!!! you will be missed!!!

I remember my aunt had an 8 TRACK

tape of George and we got caught listening to it!!!!

RAGTOP · Post by **RAGTOP** » June 23, 2008 3:52 pm

The idea is that if kids wear uniforms to school, it helps to keep order. Hey! Don't these schools do enough damage makin' all these children THINK alike? Now they're gonna get 'em to LOOK alike, too? And it's not even a new idea; I first saw it in old newsreels from the 1930s, but it was hard to understand, because the narration was in German.

RAGTOP · Post by **RAGTOP** » June 23, 2008 3:53 pm

Suggested bumper sticker: “We are the Proud Parents of a Child Whose Self-Esteem is Sufficient that He Doesn’t Need Us Advertising His Minor Scholastic Achievements on the Bumper of Our Car.”

RAGTOP · Post by **RAGTOP** » June 23, 2008 3:54 pm

There is now a Starbucks in my pants.

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » June 23, 2008 4:09 pm

When someone is impatient and says, "I haven't got all day," I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » June 23, 2008 4:28 pm

Here's a damn funny list of quotes: http://blogzarro.com/?p=226

And another one that's not on the list:
“The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live”

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » June 23, 2008 4:57 pm

I loved this man.

I feel like moogy does.

Sail on . . .

popcornjack · Post by **popcornjack** » June 23, 2008 5:21 pm

My favorite:

Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball you score runs. In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he's out; sometimes unintentionally, he's out.

Also: in football,basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.

In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you'd ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform,you'd know the reason for this custom.

Now, I've mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.

I enjoy comparing baseball and football:

Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.

Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.

Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.

In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.

Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?

In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.

In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.

Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.

Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.

Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.

Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.

In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.

And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:

In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.

In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home!

Hoosier PH · Post by **Hoosier PH** » June 23, 2008 5:44 pm

Another one of my favorites

Airline Announcements:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DagVklB4 ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjKciefH ... re=related

BottleofRum · Post by **BottleofRum** » June 23, 2008 6:47 pm

Hoosier PH wrote:Another one of my favorites

Airline Announcements:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DagVklB4 ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjKciefH ... re=related

I remember seeing them for the first time year's ago, good syuff...

"What is pre-board, you get on the plane before you get on the plane"

Post by **SMLCHNG** » June 23, 2008 7:38 pm

This makes me beyond sad. Such laughter that man brought so many people.

Got to see him several years ago... laughed so hard I cried.

Now it's just sad tears.