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01/02/2026 7:24 pm
The children of a prominent family chose to give the patriarch a book of their family’s history. The biographer they hired was warned of one problem. Uncle Willie, the “Black Sheep,” had gone to Sing Sing’s Electric chair for murder. The writer carefully handled the situation in the following way: “Uncle Willie occupied a chair of applied electronics at one of our nation’s leading institutions. He was attached to his position by the strongest of ties. His death came as a genuine shock.
01/02/2026 7:29 pm
...there's always ways to sugarcoat the truth. 🤨 😏
01/02/2026 8:20 pm
At least he wasn't BSing anyone.😁
02/02/2026 7:00 am
He later became known as the highest paid political press secretary of all time!
02/02/2026 7:37 am
@perrone1 Exactly! HEADLINE: The President was just arrested & jailed for heinous crimes against humanity! SPIN: "Because of his excellent leadership skills & compassion for those less fortunate, the President has decided to spend time with several hundred individuals, perhaps even thousands, to better understand their needs."
02/02/2026 9:00 am
or you could say "his goose was cooked."The children of a prominent family chose to give the patriarch a book of their family’s history. The biographer they hired was warned of one problem. Uncle Willie, the “Black Sheep,” had gone to Sing Sing’s Electric chair for murder. The writer carefully handled the situation in the following way: “Uncle Willie occupied a chair of applied electronics at one of our nation’s leading institutions. He was attached to his position by the strongest of ties. His death came as a genuine shock.
John Bono
North Jersey
02/02/2026 3:17 pm
In recent years he had become a somewhat solitary, guarded individual who directed his activities more to cellular development and his artistic hobby of granite etching. Nonetheless he made a point of spending one hour per day socializing with his exercise group, discussions which he had hoped would provide him with an escape from his routine . At the time of his passing he was noted to be the Chairman of Current Events.
This post was modified 3 months ago 2 times by Jack Dodds
02/02/2026 5:02 pm
At the time of his passing he was noted to be the Chairman of Current Events.
brilliant Jack! And some very clever stuff here gents.
02/02/2026 6:31 pm
@geoff-jowett We have some very talented people here on this forum.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
03/02/2026 2:59 am
Yes Ed; I agree there are some really deep thinkers amongst the Forumite ranks...so deep in fact that I often wonder where they draw their inspiration from.....
