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Borderstone · 09-13-2003, 03:37 PM

As we all know it's been a very macabe summer in terms of well known individuals passing on. Overall,2003 has been pretty down and out as well,what with soldiers having to fight & perish in battle.

At the outset of the year,only a few major names passed on. Then starting in May and over these last 4 months,it's seemed like it's been happening everyday. I think yesterday,at work,I finally reached my breaking point with it.

I got to work 30 mins. early,shaved my face,then combed my hair,clocked in and went into the break room. I was getting a soda as an eye-opener when I look at the TV and I notice clips of 3's Company going by. At first,I thought Don Knotts had been claimed,but then I saw John Ritter in his other movies and TV shows.

That's when I went,oh-no. It better not be. Of course,it was. For the rest of the day,I was pretty quiet,even when I saw Johnny Cash's name later. Of course,I was and still kind of am,stunned by Ritter's sudden exit.

At home,I tried to watch 3's Company as a gesture of remembrance but I could hardly laugh. It was even one of my fav's. Where Jack goes to jail for belting a cop and while in the cell,acts like a bad a** to scare the other cellmates.

Today,while working,I finally had to excuse myself and I let out my sadness in the restroom. I wasn't crying just for the sake of John Ritter,but more overall because as far as the whole year of departures.
Especially May to yesterday. I even asked God,why him? Why didn't you warn him somehow? Why not Bin-Laden or Saddam? Or someone who's making this place a mess? This is just to many people in too short a time!

I stayed in there for 10 mins. Then I composed myself and came out,finished the day and came here. This message is not just to sum up my feelings but to pay one final grande homage to all those who've gone. I wish I had time for a seperate thread for each of them but that would be quite obsessive and morose.

I think in the case of John Ritter though,it was that it was the one of the last people you'd expect this to happen to. I think that's what finally set me off. RIP to him and all. Amen.

[This message has been edited by Borderstone (edited September 13, 2003).]

[ March 07, 2007, 17:28: Message edited by: Borderstone ]

09-13-2003, 03:37 PM	#1
Borderstone Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Phoenix,Arizona -America Posts: 4,427	As we all know it's been a very macabe summer in terms of well known individuals passing on. Overall,2003 has been pretty down and out as well,what with soldiers having to fight & perish in battle. At the outset of the year,only a few major names passed on. Then starting in May and over these last 4 months,it's seemed like it's been happening everyday. I think yesterday,at work,I finally reached my breaking point with it. I got to work 30 mins. early,shaved my face,then combed my hair,clocked in and went into the break room. I was getting a soda as an eye-opener when I look at the TV and I notice clips of 3's Company going by. At first,I thought Don Knotts had been claimed,but then I saw John Ritter in his other movies and TV shows. That's when I went,oh-no. It better not be. Of course,it was. For the rest of the day,I was pretty quiet,even when I saw Johnny Cash's name later. Of course,I was and still kind of am,stunned by Ritter's sudden exit. At home,I tried to watch 3's Company as a gesture of remembrance but I could hardly laugh. It was even one of my fav's. Where Jack goes to jail for belting a cop and while in the cell,acts like a bad a** to scare the other cellmates. Today,while working,I finally had to excuse myself and I let out my sadness in the restroom. I wasn't crying just for the sake of John Ritter,but more overall because as far as the whole year of departures. Especially May to yesterday. I even asked God,why him? Why didn't you warn him somehow? Why not Bin-Laden or Saddam? Or someone who's making this place a mess? This is just to many people in too short a time! I stayed in there for 10 mins. Then I composed myself and came out,finished the day and came here. This message is not just to sum up my feelings but to pay one final grande homage to all those who've gone. I wish I had time for a seperate thread for each of them but that would be quite obsessive and morose. I think in the case of John Ritter though,it was that it was the one of the last people you'd expect this to happen to. I think that's what finally set me off. RIP to him and all. Amen. [This message has been edited by Borderstone (edited September 13, 2003).] [ March 07, 2007, 17:28: Message edited by: Borderstone ]