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Whitney Houston DEAD.

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  • #62
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    One of the best female singers ever. RIP.


  • #63
    Kamjana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭Kamjana


    efb wrote: »
    that was Bonnie Tyler

    :D


  • #64
    ascanbe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭ascanbe


    the_syco wrote: »
    No doubt her latest album will have record sales. Death does that to a lot of singers; they die, and they become more famous :pac:

    Well it's not gonna do her any good, is it?
    You're right though, in that the cash-registers will soon be ringing.
    Morrisey and The Smiths produced the best comment on this kind of sad situation years ago:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uxP8h0SZRw


    Amazing song.


  • #65
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Was only looking at pictures of her in the press today ' out on the tare ' on friday night but she still had that ' whitney Houston ' smile ...I only got a text 10 minutes ago saying she's dead .

    She didn't find that peace in her life she was so wanted and needed and that Boddy Brown has a lot to answer for to ...

    RIP .


  • #66
    whatsamsn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 911 ✭✭✭whatsamsn


    Dudess wrote: »
    The comparison is still moot - nobody here was related to Whitney. And of course people would get pissed off about jokes at their dead relative's respect - it's from an entirely different perspective.


    So ... respect for the recently deceased doesnt exist, nor should it? ;)
    Im not talking about making fake statements of "OMG! IM SO SAD!!! :(" ... No. Just having the respect to not make jokes as soon as some one is dead.


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  • #67
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    ascanbe wrote: »
    the_syco wrote: »
    No doubt her latest album will have record sales. Death does that to a lot of singers; they die, and they become more famous :pac:

    Well it's not gonna do her any good, is it?
    You're right though, in that the cash-registers will soon be ringing.
    Morrisey and The Smiths produced the best comment on this kind of sad situation years ago:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uxP8h0SZRw


    Amazing song.
    Oh one of the best songs ever!


  • #68
    shrewdness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭shrewdness


    mackeire wrote: »
    Kojak wrote: »
    Jesus :eek:

    RIP
    bit late for that... he died over 2000 years ago!!

    Less than 2000 actually, unless the Jews crucified him as a child!


  • #69
    clappyhappy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,781 ✭✭✭clappyhappy


    Not a fan of hers,but its very sad for her daughter,more proof that drugs kill. RIP Whitney!! Her aunt Dionnie Warwick must be devastated,what a waste of a life...


  • #70
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    whatsamsn wrote: »
    Dudess wrote: »
    The comparison is still moot - nobody here was related to Whitney. And of course people would get pissed off about jokes at their dead relative's respect - it's from an entirely different perspective.


    So ... respect for the recently deceased doesnt exist, nor should it? ;)
    Where did I imply that?


  • #71
    Nuri Sahin
    Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    RIP Whitney


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  • #72
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    efb wrote: »
    that was Bonnie Tyler

    Whitney was the boat


  • #73
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    So we're allowed jokes for this one or what?


  • #74
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    clappyhappy wrote: »
    Not a fan of hers,but its very sad for her daughter,more proof that drugs kill.
    Hasn't been confirmed it was drugs.


  • #75
    miss no stars
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭miss no stars


    Dudess wrote: »
    Was she one of your relatives?

    I think the "She brought it on herself" comments are more ****ed up than a few cheesy puns.

    I wonder, is it an Irish or just a very human thing to react to bad news with humour? Either way, I agree with you - it's not half as offensive as the "she brought it on herself" comments. Those comments make it seem like she did something terrible, worthy of mitigating the loss of a life. She didn't. Her only crime that I can discern is that she was human and, hence, vulnerable and became addicted to drugs. It's a potential that every one of us has, regardless of how talented, how reserved, how clever and pretty and friendly and affiable and wonderful we may be. There but for the grace of god go I and all that.

    So to those who mock her in her death, no, she may not be my relative, or your relative, but she is a human being who is special to someone. Being in the public eye shouldn't mean that dignity should be reduced in death.


  • #76
    inagoodway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,617 ✭✭✭inagoodway


    i am shocked, and sad. i wish her happiness and peace

    48 was a good innings though


    good night for ever sweet princess

    (i will always love you)


  • #77
    mathepac
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭mathepac


    whatsamsn wrote: »
    ... your mother died and I turned around making a joke. You think that would be a laugh...
    His mother died and you were making jokes? Have you no decency FFS, of course he didn't think it was funny.

    Was his mother Whitney Houston or were they related? That's dreadful. Have you no decency, no shame?


  • #78
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Didn't she almost have it all...


  • #79
    buttons 09
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭buttons 09


    im invisible wrote: »
    too early for puns?








    It's not right, but it's OK
    Never too early for puns!


  • #80
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    inagoodway wrote: »
    i am shocked, and sad. i wish her happiness and peace

    48 was a good innings though


    good night for ever sweet princess

    (i will always love you)

    That is so nice :)


  • #81
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    efb wrote: »
    Didn't she almost have it all...
    :pac: :o


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  • #82
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    clappyhappy wrote: »
    ! Her aunt Dionnie Warwick must be devastated,what a waste of a life...

    Warwick must be a sh**e psychic so if she didn't see it coming.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxCx6KIpJVE


  • #83
    woodoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    efb wrote: »
    Didn't she almost have it all...

    She had one moment in time


  • #84
    maglite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭maglite


    Keno 92 wrote: »
    Jesus is dead too? WTF this is the worst day ever.


    Its ok, Give it a couple of days.


  • #85
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    skymarkwhite Mark White CNN reporting that the musician RayJ discovered #Whitney Houston's body in a room at the Beverly Hilton hotel


  • #86
    sunbabe08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,359 ✭✭✭sunbabe08


    :( r.i.p Whitney Houston.


  • #87
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    bittersweet memories, that is all I'm taking with me...


  • #88
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    whatsamsn wrote: »
    your mother died

    What? :( It's her birthday and all.


  • #89
    Bradidup
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 586 ✭✭✭Bradidup


    RIP


  • #90
    TanG411
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,836 ✭✭✭TanG411


    RIP Whitney Houston.


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  • #91
    ascanbe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭ascanbe


    You can joke about whatever you want, obviously.
    But if, for whatever reason, your first instinct on hearing this news is to do so, you should at least try and ensure that it's a good joke/is worth reading.


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