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A great icon of the entertainment community has died

Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:16 PM EDT
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By Chris from MN

Mr Dough on the job.

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Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Dough boy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71.

Dough boy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies and Captain Crunch. The grave site was piled high with flours.

Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Dough boy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Dough boy rose quickly in show-business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times, he still was a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions.

Dough boy is survived by his wife Play Dough, three children: John Dough, Jane Dough and Dosey Dough, plus they had one in the oven. He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.

The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.

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Chris from MN

This is from an email that's been making the rounds. I thought a little humor these days might be a good thing. (And I know some of us are feeling a little raw over the half-baked schemes of the politicians these days.)

  • 7 votes
Reply#1 - Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:18 PM EDT
henry1966

I will light some candles tonight for I feel very sad Chris........

  • 6 votes
Reply#2 - Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:34 PM EDT
AJ in Missouri

Great article, totally NOT what I was suspecting; I always thought the people that poked him were a little cruel.

  • 5 votes
Reply#3 - Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:42 PM EDT
Chris from MN

[grin] Thought it was going to be another article about Paul Newman, didn'tcha! :-)

Somewhere long ago I saw an animation of the finger poke where Dough Boy then throws up on the poking hand! Always seemed about right to me...

  • 6 votes
#3.1 - Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:56 PM EDT
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Brad Leclerc

That's hilarious.

  • 4 votes
Reply#4 - Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:17 PM EDT
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patriciaad

Ohhhh..... I'm going to miss that cute little laugh - I had no idea the pokes in the tummy were harmful, he always giggled...now I feel terrible.

  • 6 votes
Reply#6 - Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:30 PM EDT
MinnieApolis

See, those pokes probably ruptured his appendix and he died a horrible, painful death! (Remember, Houdini died from a burst appendix.)
Hope they do a proper autopsy, instead of hushing up another show-business death. (how do you do an autopsy on a lump of dough? Dunno)
I feel so sorry for his wife Play and their lovely (and tasty) family -- the poor little "bun in the oven" will never know his poppa. Sniff.
Thanks for some good chuckles on this one, Chris.

  • 5 votes
Reply#7 - Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:32 PM EDT
Chris from MN

how do you do an autopsy on a lump of dough?

With a butter knife!

  • 5 votes
#7.1 - Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:45 PM EDT
Lkessler

why you cut into it in halves...  and then another half, and another...

  • 2 votes
#7.2 - Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:56 AM EST
Chris from MN

Ah, yes, of course. No waffling around over that one...

  • 2 votes
#7.3 - Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:33 AM EST
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magz

We all knead someone like doughboy. Dough!
**walks away in shame**

  • 3 votes
Reply#8 - Wed Oct 1, 2008 7:31 AM EDT
SteveHouse

The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.

Absolutely brilliant.

  • 5 votes
Reply#9 - Wed Oct 1, 2008 4:29 PM EDT
Kimberly-430040

Oh sooo funny !

: )

  • 4 votes
Reply#10 - Wed Oct 1, 2008 9:09 PM EDT
jck80

I got that email again about two weeks ago for the fifth or sixth time.  Still makes me laugh every time I see it.

  • 5 votes
Reply#11 - Thu Oct 2, 2008 2:48 AM EDT
Trog-221687

repeated pokes in the belly
I would have to say it's bad aim that gave him the yeast infection.

@#%*$! SHINY NEW BUTTONS work on some threads and not on others!

  • 2 votes
Reply#12 - Thu Oct 2, 2008 3:03 AM EDT
rottlady

I would have thought he had died from someone poking him with a fork to see if he was done yet.
Sorry to see him gough.

  • 5 votes
Reply#13 - Thu Oct 2, 2008 7:45 AM EDT
Jimi M

The whole nation should rise and have a moment of silence on his passing.

  • 5 votes
Reply#14 - Thu Oct 2, 2008 8:03 AM EDT
AJ in Missouri

This has been thread has become a place for bad puns, don't make me needle you all in to staying on topic. Yes, I know that was horrible...

  • 3 votes
Reply#15 - Thu Oct 2, 2008 11:43 AM EDT
Chris from MN

Did you mean puns or buns?

  • 1 vote
#15.1 - Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:34 AM EST
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Kimberly-430040

Pssst : I heard the real truth is, he got caught up in a really HEATED situation !
Mrs. Ego admits it was an affair....She confessed too smoking him like a piece of toast !

  • 3 votes
Reply#16 - Thu Oct 2, 2008 1:04 PM EDT
Jimi M

I think he was a she and died of a yeast infection.

  • 2 votes
Reply#17 - Fri Oct 3, 2008 5:12 PM EDT
Spikegary

I've seen that one before-still funny though!

  • 2 votes
Reply#18 - Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:32 PM EST
jlp coos

I first saw this a few years ago on the door of a professor's office.  I loved it then. 

It's so clever and sweet.  Thanks for reheating it. 

  • 1 vote
Reply#19 - Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:36 AM EST
Chris from MN

It'd be really funny if it was a Food Sciences or Nutrition professor....

  • 1 vote
#19.1 - Wed Dec 3, 2008 11:55 AM EST
jlp coos

Health Sciences Dept, close enough. 

Just about every prof had Far Side cartoons up on their door.

  • 1 vote
#19.2 - Wed Dec 3, 2008 1:34 PM EST
Chris from MN

I don't believe I've ever been in a scientfic environment where Larson cartoons weren't everywhere! He is so beloved of scientific and technical people everywhere, because his cartoons are amazing!  He's always been one of my favorites!

"Imagine a spherical cow....."  :-)

  • 1 vote
#19.3 - Mon Dec 8, 2008 10:58 AM EST
jlp coos

Larson was great.   One of his books had added color pages of extended cartoons depicting Larson's version of the past and future of evolution on earth.  Some of the premordial sea creatures are little vacuum cleaners terrorizing other little creatures.  Smoking did in T. Rex, of course.  And eventually great crowded cities will be taken over by cattle instead of people.    

Musicians, artists, historians and theologians probably have a lot of Far Side on their doors too.  

Sure miss him--almost as much as dough boy.

  • 1 vote
#19.4 - Mon Dec 8, 2008 12:19 PM EST
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