RIP, Oriana Fallaci

http://enews.earthlink.net/article/i...915-1821174886

A brave woman, and a great journalist. She never got around to paying
Pete Conrad's bet. Perhaps she'll do it now.

"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
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http://enews.earthlink.net/article/i...915-1821174886

A brave woman, and a great journalist. She never got around to paying
Pete Conrad's bet. Perhaps she'll do it now.

Oh now I'd be interested in hearing more about that. What bet did she
having going with Captain Pete?

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On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:52:34 -0500, in a place far, far away, "Mike
Combs" made the phosphor on my
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"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
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A brave woman, and a great journalist. She never got around to paying
Pete Conrad's bet. Perhaps she'll do it now.

Oh now I'd be interested in hearing more about that. What bet did she
having going with Captain Pete?

She apparently believed that NASA scripted the astronauts' words when
they went to the moon. Pete told her that Armstrong chose his own
words, and that he, Pete, could say whatever he wanted when he stepped
out. She didn't believe him, and bet him five hundred bucks that he
couldn't say what he eventually said ("...it might have been a small
step for Neil, but it was a pretty big one for me").

Rand Simberg wrote:
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:52:34 -0500, in a place far, far away, "Mike
Combs" made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:
"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
...

A brave woman, and a great journalist. She never got around to paying
Pete Conrad's bet. Perhaps she'll do it now.

Oh now I'd be interested in hearing more about that. What bet did she
having going with Captain Pete?

She didn't believe him, and bet him five hundred bucks that he
couldn't say what he eventually said ("...it might have been a small
step for Neil, but it was a pretty big one for me").

In that case, I'm afraid it is too late. While we don't really know
anything about the afterlife, one thing we can be relatively sure of...
they don't have money there.

Although somehow in Heaven, coin and stamp collectors should be able to
pursue their interests... and then there is the question of Chinese
funeral customs.

John Savard

wrote:

While we don't really know
anything about the afterlife, one thing we can be relatively sure of...
they don't have money there.



Thank God for small favors.

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote:


wrote:

While we don't really know
anything about the afterlife, one thing we can be relatively sure of...
they don't have money there.



Thank God for small favors.

Pat


You still might want to remmeber your PIN number, though...

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"Frank Glover" wrote in message
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Pat Flannery wrote:


wrote:

While we don't really know
anything about the afterlife, one thing we can be relatively sure of...
they don't have money there.


Thank God for small favors.

Pat


You still might want to remmeber your PIN number, though...

If you memorize a credit card number, you might be able to order stuff
online. Delivery could be a problem. Maybe UPS can drop an asbestos suit
down a fissure.

In message , Frank Glover
writes
Pat Flannery wrote:
wrote:

While we don't really know
anything about the afterlife, one thing we can be relatively sure of...
they don't have money there.

Thank God for small favors.
Pat


You still might want to remmeber your PIN number, though...


If they have PINs (PIN number is an example of RAS Syndrome) it isn't
heaven! OTOH, hell is much more fun, as Robert Heinlein wrote.

Jonathan Silverlight wrote:

If they have PINs (PIN number is an example of RAS Syndrome) it isn't
heaven! OTOH, hell is much more fun, as Robert Heinlein wrote.


After reading Johnny Rico's letter from his mother, I know what Hell is.
Hell is a place where it's always a dark and stormy night. ;-)

Pat

What a piece of work she was! A New Yorker profile of Fallaci earlier
this summer contained this great nugget:

"Forced to wear a chador while interviewing the Ayotollah Khomeini,
Fallaci asked a more insolent question: 'How do you swim in a chador?'
Khomeini snapped, 'Our customs are none of your business. If you do not
like Islamic dress you are not obliged to wear it. Because Islamic
dress is for good and proper young women.' Fallaci saw an opening, and
charged in. 'That's very kind of you, Imam. And since you said so,
I'm going to take off this stupid, medieval rag right now.' She
yanked off her chador."

She had spunk, R.I.P..

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/conten.../060605fa_fact

frank



Rand Simberg wrote:
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/i...915-1821174886

A brave woman, and a great journalist. She never got around to paying
Pete Conrad's bet. Perhaps she'll do it now.