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RIP Frode Thingnæs

Frode Thingnæs (b. May 20, 1940, Nore - d. November 15, 2012, Oslo) was a Norwegian jazz composer, arranger, conductor, and trombone player. He formed the quintet Frode Thingnæs Kvintett.

RIP Luis Carreira

Luis Filipe de Sousa Carreira (31 December 1976 – Macau, 15 November 2012) was a Portuguese motorcycle road racer. In the 2012 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix he was involved in an accident during qualifying on 15 November, and succumbed to his injuries.

RIP Bob Scott

Robert William Henry Scott, MBE, known as Bob Scott, (6 February 1921 - 16 November 2012) was a rugby football player who played rugby union for the All Blacks.

CusamanoReaper took NO ONE over the weekend??!!

Oh happy days, Lord!!

wait...!

RIP Aliu Mahama

Alhaji Aliu Mahama (3 March 1946 – 16 November 2012) was Vice-President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He sought the New Patriotic Party's nomination for the 2008 presidential election, but at the party's convention in December 2007, he was unsuccessful.

RIP Bal Thackeray

Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray (23 January 1926 – 17 November 2012) was an Indian politician, founder and chief of the Shiv Sena, a right-wing Hindu nationalist, and Marathi ethnocentric party active mainly in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. His followers called him the Hindu Hriday Samraat ("Emperor of Hindu Hearts").

Damn. The CusamanoReaper stalketh the Earth once more, brethren...

cusamano wrote:RIP Ahmed Jaabari

Ahmed Said Khalil al Jaabari (1960 – 14 November 2012) (sometimes written as Jabari or Ja'bari or Ja'abari) was a Palestinian political activist, terrorist, and the second-in-command of the military wing of Hamas. He was credited as the leader in the takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas, leading the firing of Qassam rockets into Israel and played a role in the capture of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet conducted a targeted air strike on 14 November 2012, a part of Operation Pillar of Cloud, killing Jaabari and his son while they were travelling in a car. Jaabari was the highest-level Hamas official killed in Gaza since Israel's offensive in 2008

Seriously? Ahmed Jaabari?

Are you on the wind up? or do you simply copy and paste anyone into this thread just to boost the post count?

I thought the RIP thread was supposed to be a tribute to people who meant something to us...?

g88ner wrote:

cusamano wrote:RIP Ahmed Jaabari

Ahmed Said Khalil al Jaabari (1960 – 14 November 2012) (sometimes written as Jabari or Ja'bari or Ja'abari) was a Palestinian political activist, terrorist, and the second-in-command of the military wing of Hamas. He was credited as the leader in the takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas, leading the firing of Qassam rockets into Israel and played a role in the capture of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet conducted a targeted air strike on 14 November 2012, a part of Operation Pillar of Cloud, killing Jaabari and his son while they were travelling in a car. Jaabari was the highest-level Hamas official killed in Gaza since Israel's offensive in 2008

Seriously? Ahmed Jaabari?

Are you on the wind up? or do you simply copy and paste anyone into this thread just to boost the post count?

I thought the RIP thread was supposed to be a tribute to people who meant something to us...?

DB10GOONER wrote:

g88ner wrote:

cusamano wrote:RIP Ahmed Jaabari

Ahmed Said Khalil al Jaabari (1960 – 14 November 2012) (sometimes written as Jabari or Ja'bari or Ja'abari) was a Palestinian political activist, terrorist, and the second-in-command of the military wing of Hamas. He was credited as the leader in the takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas, leading the firing of Qassam rockets into Israel and played a role in the capture of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet conducted a targeted air strike on 14 November 2012, a part of Operation Pillar of Cloud, killing Jaabari and his son while they were travelling in a car. Jaabari was the highest-level Hamas official killed in Gaza since Israel's offensive in 2008

Seriously? Ahmed Jaabari?

Are you on the wind up? or do you simply copy and paste anyone into this thread just to boost the post count?

I thought the RIP thread was supposed to be a tribute to people who meant something to us...?

Put you're bloody popcorn down

I just think it's a strange choice, that's all. I'd like to think it's proof that he copy and paste's any random person into the thread to keep up the quota for the [tired] "in joke" rather than genuine affection and sadness for the death of that man.

flash gunner wrote:

g88ner wrote:

DB10GOONER wrote:

g88ner wrote:

cusamano wrote:RIP Ahmed Jaabari

Ahmed Said Khalil al Jaabari (1960 – 14 November 2012) (sometimes written as Jabari or Ja'bari or Ja'abari) was a Palestinian political activist, terrorist, and the second-in-command of the military wing of Hamas. He was credited as the leader in the takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas, leading the firing of Qassam rockets into Israel and played a role in the capture of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet conducted a targeted air strike on 14 November 2012, a part of Operation Pillar of Cloud, killing Jaabari and his son while they were travelling in a car. Jaabari was the highest-level Hamas official killed in Gaza since Israel's offensive in 2008

Seriously? Ahmed Jaabari?

Are you on the wind up? or do you simply copy and paste anyone into this thread just to boost the post count?

I thought the RIP thread was supposed to be a tribute to people who meant something to us...?

Put you're bloody popcorn down

I just think it's a strange choice, that's all. I'd like to think it's proof that he copy and paste's any random person into the thread to keep up the quota for the [tired] "in joke" rather than genuine affection and sadness for the death of that man.

I was also made to raise an eyebrow by seeing the Hamas man's name, but I think the thread long ago ceased to be a place where we could mark the passing of people who had a special resonance for us, and became a list of people of some fame or infamy who have died.

The next step is that it is auto updated by the government with the names of everyone who dies in the UK!

Genuinely I was moved to mark the passing of Ms Melodie, but others regarded it as a joke.

We have now had terrorists, criminal murderers, Peruvian architects, Mongolian welders, Lesothan acrobats and last but not least, Hashkad's on-off (more off than on so they say) bit on the side for the last few years, the legendary Bishop of Gaylord!