Reason.com - Free Minds and Free Markets
Reason logo Reason logo
  • Latest
  • Magazine
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Subscribe
    • Crossword
  • Video
  • Podcasts
    • All Shows
    • The Reason Roundtable
    • The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
    • The Soho Forum Debates
    • Just Asking Questions
    • The Best of Reason Magazine
    • Why We Can't Have Nice Things
  • Volokh
  • Newsletters
  • Donate
    • Donate Online
    • Donate Crypto
    • Ways To Give To Reason Foundation
    • Torchbearer Society
    • Planned Giving
  • Subscribe
    • Reason Plus Subscription
    • Print Subscription
    • Gift Subscriptions
    • Subscriber Support

Login Form

Create new account
Forgot password

Strom Thurmond, RIP

Reason Staff | 6.26.2003 11:04 AM

Share on FacebookShare on XShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL
Media Contact & Reprint Requests

A thousand old-fart jokes die with the 100-year-old ex-Senator.

Start your day with Reason. Get a daily brief of the most important stories and trends every weekday morning when you subscribe to Reason Roundup.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

NEXT: I Am Michael Savage

Reason Staff
Share on FacebookShare on XShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL
Media Contact & Reprint Requests

Hide Comments (17)

Editor's Note: As of February 29, 2024, commenting privileges on reason.com posts are limited to Reason Plus subscribers. Past commenters are grandfathered in for a temporary period. Subscribe here to preserve your ability to comment. Your Reason Plus subscription also gives you an ad-free version of reason.com, along with full access to the digital edition and archives of Reason magazine. We request that comments be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment and ban commenters for any reason at any time. Comments may only be edited within 5 minutes of posting. Report abuses.

  1. Charles   22 years ago

    Strom Thurmond is dead. The Supreme Court rules that gays are people, too.

    This is the finest day of my life.

  2. Charles   22 years ago

    Strom Thurmond is dead. The Supreme Court rules that gays are people, too.

    This is the finest day of my life.

  3. G.Burns   22 years ago

    Nebokla, your grandfather is 101 years old?! Wow! How'd he do it?

  4. Kevin Carson   22 years ago

    David2:

    How 'bout this?

    Marriage counselor: "You know, Mr. Lincoln, it wouldn't kill you to take your wife to the theater."

  5. Burns   22 years ago

    "The amazing thing is that he broke his hip a year ago."

    Thanks for sharing, Nebloka. I'm 35. But I've always wondered ... why is it that old people (excuse me, seniors) always seem to break their hips? What is it about geriatrics and hips anyway?

    My Dad (who also lived to be 89) once told me that the reason we get back aches or back problems is because, even after 2 million years or so, man still isn't completely used to walking upright.

    He may have had a point. But hips!? What's up with that? Do you know?

  6. Anonymous   22 years ago

    Burns:

    When you fall down, there's a pretty good chance most of your weight will come down on your hip. That's why they train stunt men to distribute the impact over as wide an area as possible when they take a fall.

  7. Anonymous   22 years ago

    He's the same age as Eric Blair! (would've been 🙂

  8. Chris   22 years ago

    Do you think it was the sodomy ruling or the affirmative action ruling that finally did him in? Or the 1-2 combination?

  9. Anonymous   22 years ago

    ha ha lets make fun of a dead guy, we so clever!

  10. David 2   22 years ago

    Strom Thurmond's last words supposedly were:

    "Congress will pass that health plan over my dead body.."

    Thurmond died, and Congress passed the plan.

  11. Neb Okla   22 years ago

    G. Burns, he's not 101 - but he's still alive. So I guess that counts.

    My grandfather turns 89 on July 11th though, so he's getting up there.

    The amazing thing is that he broke his hip a year ago, had surgery, and now he's up and around and getting into trouble again (after a brief stay in a nursing home - apparently either the staff or the residents really liked Rap since it was blaring whenever I visited).

  12. Burns   22 years ago

    Ah so! Thanks! I see!

    Hmm, maybe that's why our butts are so cushiony? You suppose?

    I'm constantly amazed at the self-defense mechanisms that nature builds into itself.

  13. Plutarck   22 years ago

    I think it generally better to make fun of dead people than to make fun of living people. At least when you make fun of a dead person, they don't feel bad - because they're dead, you see.

  14. Anonymous   22 years ago

    When you make fun of a dead person, they don't feel ... at all. (Period.)

    Pluto, why are you following us around all over H&R creation tonight? What, nothing worthwhile on the telly this evening?

  15. Larry   22 years ago

    And Trent Lott is thinking, "Why couldn't the old coot have kicked off seven months ago?!?"

  16. Neb Okla   22 years ago

    It was my grandfathers goal to outlive Strom Thrumond. Looks like he succeeded!

  17. Landolf Matt   21 years ago

    EMAIL: sespam@torba.com
    IP: 62.213.67.122
    URL: http://preteen-models.biz
    DATE: 01/21/2004 10:47:20
    Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Please log in to post comments

Mute this user?

  • Mute User
  • Cancel

Ban this user?

  • Ban User
  • Cancel

Un-ban this user?

  • Un-ban User
  • Cancel

Nuke this user?

  • Nuke User
  • Cancel

Un-nuke this user?

  • Un-nuke User
  • Cancel

Flag this comment?

  • Flag Comment
  • Cancel

Un-flag this comment?

  • Un-flag Comment
  • Cancel

Latest

Trump Says the Courts Have No Business Questioning His Dubious Definition of 'Alien Enemies'

Jacob Sullum | 7.1.2025 5:40 PM

Medicaid Work Requirements Are a Short-Term Fix to a Long-Term Problem

Tosin Akintola | 7.1.2025 4:18 PM

The U.S. Is Closing Every Door on Afghan Allies

Beth Bailey | 7.1.2025 4:00 PM

Trump's Travel Ban Will Not Make Americans Safer

Benjamin Powell | 7.1.2025 3:15 PM

California Enacts Sweeping Exemption to Development-Killing Environmental Law

Christian Britschgi | 7.1.2025 1:10 PM

Recommended

  • About
  • Browse Topics
  • Events
  • Staff
  • Jobs
  • Donate
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
  • Media
  • Shop
  • Amazon
Reason Facebook@reason on XReason InstagramReason TikTokReason YoutubeApple PodcastsReason on FlipboardReason RSS

© 2024 Reason Foundation | Accessibility | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

r

Do you care about free minds and free markets? Sign up to get the biggest stories from Reason in your inbox every afternoon.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

This modal will close in 10

Reason Plus

Special Offer!

  • Full digital edition access
  • No ads
  • Commenting privileges

Just $25 per year

Join Today!