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Eh? Twitter fiction? Sick bastards."...when Hibernian won the Scottish Cup final and that celebration, Sunshine on Leith? I don’t think there’s a better football celebration ever in the game.”
Sir Alex Ferguson
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Sports deaths of 2011
surprised at the number of suicides in there
Benny Blades~"If you break down this team man for man, we have talent to compare with any team."
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http://www.freep.com/article/20111228/NEWS07/111228011/Cheetah-chimp-movie-star-dies?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
Cheetah, chimp star of Tarzan movies, dies at 80
11:28 AM, Dec. 28, 2011 |
Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan, Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane and Johnny Sheffield as boy with Cheetah. / AMC
By Douglas Stanglin USA TODAY
Cheetah, the chimpanzee that purportedly appeared in Tarzan movies in the early 1930s, has died of kidney failure at the age of 80, WTSP TV reports.
The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Fla., says the community "has lost a dear friend and family member" with the death of Cheetah on Dec. 24.
Sanctuary outreach director Debbie Cobb tells The Tampa Tribune that the chimp was outgoing, loved finger-painting and liked to see people laugh.
Cobb says the average chimp survives 25 to 35 years in the wild and 35 to 45 years in zoos.
Could a chimp really be 80 years ago? R.D. Rosen produced a lengthy article in The Washington Post raising doubts about at least one other 'Cheeta' and its owner's claims to Hollywood credentials.
?REALLY? A skeptic questions one 'Cheeta's' age
Cobb says Cheetah came to the sanctuary from the estate of Johnny Weissmuller, former American Olympic gold medal swimmer who played Tarzan in the 1930s.
Cheetah played Tarzan's comic sidekick from 1932 to 1934, the sanctuary tells WTSP.
Ron Priest, a sanctuary volunteer for seven years, tells the newspaper that Cheetah stood out with his ability to stand up and walk like a human, with shoulders tall, and back straight.Benny Blades~"If you break down this team man for man, we have talent to compare with any team."
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Originally posted by Sharkbait View PostI even tried playing his records backwards.
all i heard was ........ reyarp a no gnivil .......
Don't mean to be rude Sharkbait, but how old are you? The reason I ask is because that right there is my dads sense of humour. I've noticed quite a lot of your wee quotes get me chuckling away. Are you late 50's, early 60's? Just loving the humour.
My dad would say, "I'm watching obmuloc tonight, so stay away from the tv"..., (columbo) ......, and other stuff like, "Im watching Red Rum she wrote tonight"....., all great stuff and sort of rubbed off onto me and my brother and sister. I was visiting my sister down in Winchester in England few months back and I heard her asking my nephew, "Hey alex, do you want eci maerc?"......, my dads name for ice cream. Superb."...when Hibernian won the Scottish Cup final and that celebration, Sunshine on Leith? I don’t think there’s a better football celebration ever in the game.”
Sir Alex Ferguson
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