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Title: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Queequeg on January 09, 2015, 03:24:23 PM
Fidel died.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: CountDeMoney on January 09, 2015, 03:27:51 PM
Nooooooooooo
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 03:29:35 PM
Damn....I'll  be in Cuba next month, would have gone to Havana for that.

:(

So long you piper, you prisoner and shine.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 03:30:53 PM
Wait....nothing on my news feeds.

Just rumours so far......
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: MadBurgerMaker on January 09, 2015, 03:32:08 PM
He finally kicked it for real or is this like the other times where he's just hanging out smoking cigars where no one with a camera can see him?
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Sheilbh on January 09, 2015, 03:34:56 PM
I've heard it's a rumour based on the death of a Kenyan politician with a similar name :lol:

Not sure though.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: garbon on January 09, 2015, 03:37:17 PM
So Spellus our version of Perez Hilton? Stay tuned!
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: mongers on January 09, 2015, 03:37:21 PM
Reuters don't have this yet.

Hopefully just a social media spoof/hoax.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Liep on January 09, 2015, 03:37:35 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on January 09, 2015, 03:34:56 PM
I've heard it's a rumour based on the death of a Kenyan politician with a similar name :lol:

Not sure though.

Kenyan, Cuban, Spellus isn't the guy to worry about such things.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: CountDeMoney on January 09, 2015, 03:37:47 PM
Until I see it on American lamestream media, El Caballo rides on, dammit.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 03:54:53 PM
Yeah I'm not popping the sparkling wine (made in California) cork just yet.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: CountDeMoney on January 09, 2015, 03:58:24 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 03:54:53 PM
Yeah I'm not popping the sparkling wine (made in California) cork just yet.

:mad: :mad: :mad:
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 04:13:20 PM
Or shit, what am I talking about.  This would be the perfect occasion to open that Roederer I've been keeping.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Queequeg on January 09, 2015, 04:16:54 PM
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/01/09/one-castro-is-dead-long-live-the-other-one/?utm_content=buffere8caf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

This is what I based the thread on.  Might have been wrong. 
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 05:18:49 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 03:54:53 PM
Yeah I'm not popping the sparkling wine (made in California) cork just yet.

I made a similar comment when Thatcher died, and this forum went nuts....so.... :glare:
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 05:21:11 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 05:18:49 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 03:54:53 PM
Yeah I'm not popping the sparkling wine (made in California) cork just yet.

I made a similar comment when Thatcher died, and this forum went nuts....so.... :glare:

I think dictators deserve different treatment from elected leaders. 
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Admiral Yi on January 09, 2015, 05:22:23 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 05:18:49 PM
I made a similar comment when Thatcher died, and this forum went nuts....so.... :glare:

I think the agreement is no shitting in an RIP thread.

Maybe that's splitting hairs, maybe it's not.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 05:23:22 PM
Quick trivia:

Who said this

I honestly don't understand that mindset.  I couldn't fathom dancing on the graves of Carter, Clinton, or Obama when they pass.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 05:24:24 PM
Probably some very intelligent individual.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Admiral Yi on January 09, 2015, 05:24:43 PM
Sounds like Grab On's prose, but I'll guess Speesh for triple irony effect.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 05:25:16 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 05:24:24 PM
Probably some very intelligent individual.


No, not at all.

It was you
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: The Brain on January 09, 2015, 05:25:31 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 05:21:11 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 05:18:49 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 03:54:53 PM
Yeah I'm not popping the sparkling wine (made in California) cork just yet.

I made a similar comment when Thatcher died, and this forum went nuts....so.... :glare:

I think dictators deserve different treatment from elected leaders.

Hitler. :wub:
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: garbon on January 09, 2015, 05:27:21 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 09, 2015, 05:24:43 PM
Sounds like Grab On's prose

What the hell?
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 05:29:58 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 05:25:16 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 05:24:24 PM
Probably some very intelligent individual.


No, not at all.

It was you

:o 

:D  Anyway, point?
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: DGuller on January 09, 2015, 05:30:26 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 05:25:16 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 05:24:24 PM
Probably some very intelligent individual.


No, not at all.

It was you
:XD:
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Barrister on January 09, 2015, 05:41:56 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 05:23:22 PM
Quick trivia:

Who said this

I honestly don't understand that mindset.  I couldn't fathom dancing on the graves of Carter, Clinton, or Obama when they pass.


Interestingly, all three of those were democratically elected leaders...
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:48:14 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on January 09, 2015, 03:24:23 PM
Fidel died.

So. Communist scum.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Jacob on January 09, 2015, 05:53:28 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:48:14 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on January 09, 2015, 03:24:23 PM
Fidel died.

So. Communist scum.

Queequeeg is a Communist?!!?
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:59:25 PM
Quote from: Jacob on January 09, 2015, 05:53:28 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:48:14 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on January 09, 2015, 03:24:23 PM
Fidel died.

So. Communist scum.

Queequeeg is a Communist?!!?
Fidel is a scum bag, not Q.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Eddie Teach on January 09, 2015, 06:15:03 PM
Communism is too mainstream for QQ.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 06:18:48 PM
Whatever.

Castro's alive, Thatcher's still dead.  :)
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: mongers on January 09, 2015, 07:00:16 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 06:18:48 PM
Whatever.

Castro's alive, Thatcher's still dead.  :)

+1.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: garbon on January 09, 2015, 07:03:19 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 06:18:48 PM
Whatever.

Castro's alive, Thatcher's still dead.  :)

Ok? :unsure:
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Razgovory on January 09, 2015, 07:44:45 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 06:18:48 PM
Whatever.

Castro's alive, Thatcher's still dead.  :)

Wait, someone killed Spellus? :huh:
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: dps on January 09, 2015, 08:06:24 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:59:25 PM
Quote from: Jacob on January 09, 2015, 05:53:28 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:48:14 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on January 09, 2015, 03:24:23 PM
Fidel died.

So. Communist scum.

Queequeeg is a Communist?!!?
Fidel is a scum bag, not Q.

Ok, Fidel is Commie scum, and Spellus isn't a commie, but it doesn't logically follow that Spellus can't still be scum.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 08:08:12 PM
Quote from: dps on January 09, 2015, 08:06:24 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:59:25 PM
Quote from: Jacob on January 09, 2015, 05:53:28 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:48:14 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on January 09, 2015, 03:24:23 PM
Fidel died.

So. Communist scum.

Queequeeg is a Communist?!!?
Fidel is a scum bag, not Q.

Ok, Fidel is Commie scum, and Spellus isn't a commie, but it doesn't logically follow that Spellus can't still be scum.
Surely not.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Drakken on January 09, 2015, 11:52:04 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 06:18:48 PM
Whatever.

Castro's alive, Thatcher's still dead.  :)

Update: so is Generalissimo Franco.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Barrister on January 10, 2015, 12:03:30 AM
Quote from: Drakken on January 09, 2015, 11:52:04 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 06:18:48 PM
Whatever.

Castro's alive, Thatcher's still dead.  :)

Update: so is Generalissimo Franco.

:)
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Josephus on January 10, 2015, 08:42:30 AM
Quote from: Barrister on January 10, 2015, 12:03:30 AM
Quote from: Drakken on January 09, 2015, 11:52:04 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 06:18:48 PM
Whatever.

Castro's alive, Thatcher's still dead.  :)

Update: so is Generalissimo Franco.

:)

Wonder how many people get that.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: garbon on January 10, 2015, 08:47:48 AM
Quote from: Josephus on January 10, 2015, 08:42:30 AM
Quote from: Barrister on January 10, 2015, 12:03:30 AM
Quote from: Drakken on January 09, 2015, 11:52:04 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 09, 2015, 06:18:48 PM
Whatever.

Castro's alive, Thatcher's still dead.  :)

Update: so is Generalissimo Franco.

:)

Wonder how many people get that.

Presumably old people who haven't lost their memory or young people who would be up for watching things like that, from before they were born.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: Eddie Teach on January 10, 2015, 03:00:26 PM
It's a rather well-known bit/meme.
Title: Re: Viva Fidel! Or not.
Post by: garbon on January 10, 2015, 03:48:11 PM
Among the groups that I mentioned yes. :)