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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 11:39 AM
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I miss MrBenchley.
Bob Boudelang was one of the funniest pieces of political humor I've ever read, and I think it may have been what turned up in a search one day that led me to DU.

I miss MrBenchley.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 11:46 AM
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1. That makes one of us.
:shrug:
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michreject Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 11:57 AM
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2. He was a pantload nt
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-..__... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 12:02 PM
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3. "what a pantload"
I thought his Bob Boudelang character was pretty lame and lacking in any humor or creativity... he had the right idea, but didn't have the imagination to pull it off.

What I was very amused by was the real Mr. Benchly with his hair trigger temper and repetitive insults and catch phrases.
He was like a tourettes sufferer laced up on cheap whiskey and amphetamines.
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virginia mountainman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 02:26 PM
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7. HA HA!!
Edited on Sat May-23-09 02:27 PM by virginia mountainman
What I was very amused by was the real Mr. Benchly with his hair trigger temper and repetitive insults and catch phrases.
He was like a tourettes sufferer laced up on cheap whiskey and amphetamines.


:spray: How true..
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 12:02 PM
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4. Of course you do.
:rofl:
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 12:05 PM
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5. He's what lead you to DU, note to self, Mr. Benchley is now off the Christmas card list.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 02:58 PM
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18. ZING!
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 03:15 PM
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23. Score none for Oasis.
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5X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 12:15 PM
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6. You would. n/t
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 02:32 PM
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8. Color me shocked!
:eyes:
I didn't want to kick this, but as long as it is at the top anyway.:shrug:
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 02:36 PM
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9. What I think about MrBenchley they couldn't print.
He wasn't HALF as bad as the flamethrower bastard karlschneider (who, for whatever reason, was continually allowed to serial flame everyone he came across for the longest time), however.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 02:37 PM
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10. Oh is he gone?
I hadn't noticed, which I am certain would irritate him.
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 02:51 PM
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15. Dropped two years ago.
Apparently he got a ton of warnings and was suspended for some time before they finally sent his ass to Marble-Row country.
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Retired AF Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 02:39 PM
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11. I dont
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 02:42 PM
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12. Good. He needs all the friends he can get.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 02:42 PM
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13. !
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TheWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 02:42 PM
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14. Birds Of A Feather
Tend To Mourn For One Another.
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 02:54 PM
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16. The Irony of it all
Is that Benchley's real posts became as crazed in right wing douchebaggery as his Boudelang character.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 02:58 PM
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17. As for me, I'm glad that Lieberman-loving @#$% is gone.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 03:03 PM
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19. I predict this ends badly.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 03:19 PM
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25. Tears and flames.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 03:10 PM
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20. lol
Edited on Sat May-23-09 03:10 PM by Renew Deal
:popcorn:
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AllieB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 03:13 PM
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22. Pass the butter and blare some Oasis tunes.
:popcorn:
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 03:11 PM
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21. I remember Benchley
He was no Walt Starr. I think I remember a debating style that was lots of one line insults or sarcastic questions. I never cared for the Boudelang column either. I think I read about half of one once. One funny memory was when somebody (was it BenBurch? Trumad?) posted in the lounge looking for MrBenchley saying "you have your PM shut off". After about 15 posts in the thread, MrBenchley posted "I don't have my PM shut off, you doofus, you have me on ignore again." Some of the loungers got a kick out of that, posting in the thread "hey, did you ever find MrBenchley?"
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 03:18 PM
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24. I miss Ben. He was a tireless defender of Andy and of me
and others when the creeps were doing their best to tank us. He was great.
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