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Molly and George
"Hurry it along, there, Shrub. We've got to get you settled into the room and get your things unpacked. Dinner is always served at six o'clock sharp, and we don't want to be late."
Quite confused by the whole situation and somewhat out of breath from the brisk pace he was having to maintain to keep up, George panted, "Dinner?"
"Well, yes, George," Molly answered without looking back. "This is a respectable establishment."
"The after-life is in a five-star hotel?!" George demanded.
"Of course," Molly growled as she stopped at the door to one of the suites.
George caught up to her as she unlocked the door and opened it. He stuck his head in and looked around, "This place is gorgeous! I actually made it to Heaven even after all the things I did in my life that I knew were wrong and despicable and evil!"
Molly then patted him on the shoulder and said, "Well, Shrub, it's like this: I'm in Heaven. You, on the other hand, are now my roommate for the rest of Eternity."
Upon hearing this, George walked slowly and quietly over to the large bay windows, and after looking out for a long, silent moment into the blackness of the Infinite Void, he grunted, "Well, shit."
Godspeed, Ms. Ivins, and thank you.
Published 1/31/2007 11:26:00 PM
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Heh heh, thanks for sharing your fantasy, Mr. Wraith. If only true.
I just logged on, and say what? Molly Ivins is dead? aw, that sucks. She was one of the great ones.
I guess this would be as good a place as any to say one of my favorite MI quotes.
"Many people did not care for Pat Buchanan's speech; it probably sounded better in the original German"
If there is a heaven, Molly, I know you are there. Thank you!
And G'night DW.
I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite article or quote by Molly Ivins because there are so many, but I'll leave here excerpts an article of November 5, 2004:
"Do you know how to cure a chicken-killin' dog? Now, you know you cannot keep a dog that kills chickens, no matter how fine a dog it is otherwise.
"Some people think you cannot break a dog that has got in the habit of killin' chickens, but my friend John Henry always claimed you could. He said the way to do it is to take one of the chickens the dog has killed and wire the thing around the dog's neck, good and strong. And leave it there until that dead chicken stinks so bad that no other dog or person will even go near that poor beast. Thing'll smell so bad the dog won't be able to stand himself. You leave it on there until the last little bit of flesh rots and falls off, and that dog won't kill chickens again.
"The Bush administration is going to be wired around the neck of the American people for four more years, long enough for the stench to sicken everybody. It should cure the country of electing Republicans.
"And at least Democrats won't have to clean up after him until it is real clear to everyone who made the mess.
[snip]
"Figure out what you can do to help rescue the country — join something, send a little money to some group, call somewhere and offer to volunteer, find a politician you like at the local level and start helping him or her to move up.
"Think about how you can lend a hand to the amazing myriad efforts that will promptly break out to help the country recover from what it has done to itself. Now is the time. Don't mourn, organize."
That dawg won't hunt.
You will be missed, Molly.
She will be deeply missed in my house.The world is a sadder ,darker place without her wit and wisdom.
i once had the privilege of meeting ms ivins. the best i could manage was a lame "i'm a big fan."
my favorite story that she told involved a texas legislator slapping a colleague on the back, thereby, as she put it, "breaking the texas law against a pr*ck touching an a**hole." i believe she named the two.
Good Morning Dark Wraith,
Oh, if it could only be true! Tho' my darkest impulses say even she would have a hard time shaking the codpiece out of his stubborn incompetence.
It's a dark day in the world when we loose one like Molly, and are forced to keep that little rat bastard.
Well said DW,
I will miss looking for her succinct articles.
And her humor.
Thank you, Wraith.
I can now cancel my request to Dante Alighieri to create a new circle of hell for just such as boygeorge.
The one you have described fits the bill exactly.
Are you sure that would be Bush's idea of hell? Were I the marvelous Ms. Ivans - I think I'd prefer an eternity NOT spent in his company; but then - he is worth wonderful copy!