Former President Gerald Ford Dead at 93

Rancid Altoid was one of a large number of readers to tell us that "Former U.S. President Gerald Ford, who was swept into office after the Watergate scandal and later pardoned Richard Nixon, died at age 93, his widow said on Tuesday."

Oh, Great!

[Luscious868]

Another US-centric article. I think I'll shit my pants like a 2 year old and piss and moan about it. What the hell? Don't you evil USians realize there are other people in the world? How dare a USian site, hosted in the USA, started by a USian and edited primarily by USians post information about something US-centric. You bastards! This wasn't voted on by the UN, it's illegal!

Requiescat In Pace

[Ginnungagap42]

I guess the wolves finally got him.

But the real question is...

[Ubergrendle]

Was he eaten by wolves?

He was

[dl107227]

He was delicious.

Re:But the real question is...

[Average_Joe_Sixpack]

Completely inappropriate [google.com]

So farewell then,

[E.J.Thribb]

So.
Farewell then, Gerald Ford.
Many said you were not the sharpest tool in the box.
How wrong they are, now.

Re:This is here why?

[Anonymous Coward]

Because we need an excuse for our daily two minute Bush-hate, that's why.

from the to-many-submissions-to-ignore dept.

[Boone^]

This is why digg is so very popular, guys. There's no cranky /. editors to bust through! :)

And we thought it would never happen

[FreshnFurter]

"Hola bambe, hungala dimba Gerald Ford.. *click* *click* *click* *click* ..hola bambe, allah bumba bubba hulla humba hey."

Re:The King is Dead, Long Live the King

[Dachannien]

And in response, an obligatory Futurama quote:

Bill Clinton's Head: (to Leela) Hey, sugar cookie! You know, legally, nothing I can do counts as sex anymore.
Gerald Ford's Head: I apologize for his rudeness, ma'am. He gets this way around meaty looking women.
Fry: (to Clinton) Hey, I remember you. I was gonna vote for you one time. But voting isn't cool, so I stayed home alone and got trashed on Listerine.
Gerald Ford's Head: Frankly, I've never felt voting to be all that essential to the process.
Richard Nixon's Head: No kidding, Ford!

Dana Carvey's SNL skit

[Liberaltarian]

as Tom Brokaw immediately came to mind when I heard the news. There are audio bits on Dana Carvey's website [danacarvey.net], and occasionally someone will upload the entire skit to YouTube (before it's inevitably taken down by the copyright police).

Tom Brokaw: Gerald Ford dead today at the age of 83.
Producer: Good, now one for next year.
Tom Brokaw: Gerald Ford dead today at age 84.
Producer: Now one for if he's shot.
Tom Brokaw: Gerald Ford shot dead today at age 83.
Producer: Add the word senseless.
Tom Brokaw: Okay, Gerald Ford shot dead at the senseless age of 83.
...
Tom Brokaw: Alright, we got it?
Producer: No. We've got "eaten by wolves".
Tom Brokaw: What? Now, come on!
Producer: Just read it!
Tom Brokaw: Gerald Ford isn't gonna be eaten by wolves!
Producer: Taft was.
Tom Brokaw: Really? Taft?
Producer: Uh... yeah.

Reminds me of this . . .

[Slithe]

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/96/96dbrokaw.phtml [jt.org]

Tom Brokaw: Alright. "Gerald Ford is dead today, and I'm gay." Now, wait a minute!

Voice of Producer: What? That'd be a huge story - Ford dying, and you coming out!

Tom Brokaw: But I'm not gay!

Voice of Producer: Today you're not gay, you know.. but then one day you wake up, you like men, and Gerald Ford dies, and we're screwed. Everyone's hearing about it from Dan Rather!

It's a hoax

[Hognoxious]

At least, there's nothing on netcraft about it.

Death Templates

[nxtr]

You think they came in handy [snopes.com]?

In case you forgot

[mustafap]

The web was designed by an Englishman. So any news, on any subject not related to Englishness in general, must first be approved by the British. Duh, I would have thought you would know that.

Re:Oh, Great!

[ahodgson]

A German guy was going to make one, but then he went on vacation for 8 weeks and forgot about it.

Re:Betty Ford..

[Doctor Faustus]

What were you expecting her wife to do?

There's a British one

[A nonymous Coward]

Slantfullstop [slantfullstop.co.uk]