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6. Breaking news: After 1631 days, Christopher Hitchens is STILL DEAD!!!

Reply to mr blur (Original post)

Wed Jun 1, 2016, 12:13 PM

Jun 2016

I sent an email to Christopher Hitchens, along with many other well-wishers, when he was near the end. I threatened to start a religion with him as a centerpiece, if he failed to recover... and if he DID recover. That's the way religion works, right?

It was intended as a joke -- one that I'm sure many others thought of and echoed in their emails. After his passing, it did give me an idea, though. I started a count of still-dead days of "his Deadness," Christopher Hitchens.

The count now is 1631 days.

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Breaking news: After 1631 days, Christopher Hitchens is STILL DEAD!!! Freelancer Jun 2016 #6