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Author Topic: Man commits suicide after learning Harry Potter spoiler Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-18-2005 02:41 AM                        quote: Jude Ralston, 32, of Hudson, Ohio left a suicide note indicating that since overhearing the plot spoiler at a shopping mall earlier in the day, “I no longer have a reason to live.” Family and friends who gathered for a candlelight memorial outside Mr. Ralston’s house remembered a man who seemed to live only for Harry Potter – and wondered if they could have done anything to prevent his tragic fate Source: Now if we could only get all of the other Harry Potter fans to commit suicide, we'd be making some definite progress to a better world!  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 07-18-2005 03:08 AM                        I love the bit where Ms Clovis wants FEDERAL AUTHORITIES to prevent Harry Potter spoilers leaking out to prevent suicides. This sort of thing must rank pretty highly on the FBI's 20 things I must do by Friday list:rolleyes:  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 07-18-2005 05:30 AM                     Of course the article is a fake though.  |  IP: Logged Wolff King Morrow Master Film Handler Posts: 490 From: Denton, TX, USA Registered: Feb 2004 posted 07-18-2005 05:52 AM                        It sounded pretty fake when I read it.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 07-18-2005 08:07 AM                        A fake! Oh NO!! Has the world come to this that even Mr Redifer, the trusted oracle, posts untruths upon this hallowed board  |  IP: Logged Jim Ziegler Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 753 From: West Hollywood, CA Registered: Jul 99 posted 07-18-2005 04:51 PM                     Did that come from the Onion? If it were true it would be natural selection at work.. Nature has preserved the species by preventing the stupid from reproducing.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-18-2005 05:24 PM                        I think the last paragraph of the article, which has nothing to do with it at all, sums up if it is fake or not.  |  IP: Logged Joshua Waaland Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: Cleveland, Ohio Registered: Dec 1999 posted 07-18-2005 06:01 PM                     Definitely fake. Hudson is the next suburb over from here and I am sure I would have heard about something like that. It's where all the rich people live and a few of the Cleveland Indians and Browns players.  |  IP: Logged Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 07-18-2005 11:24 PM                     snopes.comlists it as fake  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-19-2005 12:13 AM                        Yes, because without that, there is NO EVIDENCE that it is fake.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-19-2005 02:37 AM                        Actually you can tell it's a fake in the third paragraph. No family would ever hold a candlelight memorial for such a dweeb. And he wouldn't have had any friends.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 07-19-2005 03:43 AM                        Wouldn't he have killed himself in a few days anyway?  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 07-19-2005 03:50 AM                        The penultimate paragraph states: "'In my heart I believe that could have saved Jude's life, even if he didn't have one' she said." That's a total Onion-esque jab, and in no way something a companion would say and then be quoted on in these circumstances. I've officially thought too much about this. Here's a Harry Potter spoiler ... the story ends on the last page, and there's going to be another book!  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-19-2005 04:21 AM                  quote: Daryl C. W. O'Shea Wouldn't he have killed himself in a few days anyway? I would hope so... get that sorry fuck and those other low-life POS outta the gene pool. BTW: Borowitz has a GREAT website...his humor is hilarious!  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 07-21-2005 09:45 AM                       Humm, the title of this thread tipped me off.  |  IP: Logged

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