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joanne
Discussion: Bring Out Your Dead! The celebrity death thread....

Devastated to read of the death of the painter and writer of Babar, the elephant king books. Laurent de Brunhoff, 98 years, died at home in Florida.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/24/laurent-de-brunhoff-author-of-babar-childrens-books-dies-at-98
Babar was created by his father Jean, and Laurent decided to continue and expand the immersive children’s series. Yet it never seemed merely a child’s picture book with a brief story - instead, each book could capture your imagination and lead you into a colourful world with magical playful animals, luxurious plants scenting the air, and wonder on every page. 
Very glad for both Jean and Laurent, and their beautiful creations. Children’s librarians around the world will treasure Babar the Elephant King, and comfort him and his fans. 

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max_weisenfeld
Discussion: April weather forecast

To be perfectly clear, being right 50% of the time is essentially random guessing

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marksierra
Discussion: How To Park Like a Tool

soda said:

Location: Seton Hall Prep

-s.

You must remember this
A kiss is still a kiss
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by...

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marksierra
Discussion: Inconsequential Chat

Yes, yes. I know.

We're told from childhood that we shouldn't play with our food.

However, (not) in that vein, may I present Sausage Henge!

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jimmurphy
Discussion: The NYT Spelling Bee Thread

3rd QB in a row today! Pangram was last word and a doozy.

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Morganna
Discussion: The Uncaged Bird - Ready for Spring!

Carolina Wren at the feeder.

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The_Soulful_Mr_T
Discussion: Marijuana in the car

mrmaplewood said:

I'm against drinking and driving.

I'm against ingesting pot and driving.

Because both are a danger to me and my family.

Just in case you were gearing up for a major snit fit, mrmaplewood, I never, ever, drink and drive. Not a drop, not a sniff or sip. Similarly, I don't drive high. I used to love nothing more than getting stoned for a driving a long car trip, but not anymore.  Weed's too strong and I'm too old. 

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ridski
Discussion: Pope Francis, Catholics, and Christians in the news & Bible verses

DaveSchmidt said:

ridski said:

Hey now! No need to bring us into this, we're just minding our own business.

We were?

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PVW
Discussion: Pope Francis, Catholics, and Christians in the news & Bible verses

I've yet to encounter any human practice free of any internal inconsistencies. I suspect it's because the base truth -- we are alive now, but will die in the future -- is fundamentally absurd.

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KarenMarlowe
Discussion: The NYT Spelling Bee Thread

I got the pangram pretty quickly but ended up with QB-5. Considering I had 28 people over for a party last night, it's a success. 

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