Hunter S Thompson kills himself
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www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/16757517?source=Evening%20Standard
Fear and Loathing has to be one of the finest, not to mention funniest, books of modern times. A sad loss.
Fear and Loathing has to be one of the finest, not to mention funniest, books of modern times. A sad loss.
Anyone interested in the Nixon Era of American politics should make a point of searching out HST's articles on the subject. They are the most caustic appraisal of both Nixon and American Politics in general that I've ever found and the "gonzo" in my name is in honour of that period of HST's work.
Thankfully, there are far too many excellent HST quotes, so I won't even try to pick an appropriate one here.
I, for one, will be cracking open a bottle of Wild Turkey to mark his passing.
RIP HST.
Thankfully, there are far too many excellent HST quotes, so I won't even try to pick an appropriate one here.
I, for one, will be cracking open a bottle of Wild Turkey to mark his passing.
RIP HST.
los angeles said:
His wife has just confirmed: he was on the telephone to her, asking her to come home from the gym when he put down the receiver and shot himself. He left a will instructing his ashes be shot from a canon. (No comment.)
Shot from a Cannon? Well at least it's a somewhat original idea...
Road_Terrorist said:
His wife has just confirmed: he was on the telephone to her, asking her to come home from the gym when he put down the receiver and shot himself. He left a will instructing his ashes be shot from a canon. (No comment.)
Shot from a Cannon? Well at least it's a somewhat original idea...
There was a Polish Tsar of Russia who after a revolution was chopped up by the Russians, stuffed in a canon and fired back towards Poland IIRC.
the bloke was a bit of a petrolhead too
read this www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html
his road test of a ducati 900
read this www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html
his road test of a ducati 900
I particularly like his description in FLLV of the correct way to handle being pulled for speeding:
Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop. Your normal speeder will panic and immediately pull over to the side when he sees the big red light behind him...and then we will start apologizing, begging for mercy. This is wrong. It arouses contempt in the cop-heart. The thing to do - when you're running along about a hundred or so and you suddenly find a red-flashing CHP-tracker on your trail - what you then want to do is accelerate. Never pull over with the first siren-howl. Mash it down and make the bastard chase you at speeds of 120 all the way to the next exit. He will follow. But he won't know what to make of your blinker-signal that says you're about to turn right. This is to let him know that you're looking for a proper place to pull off and talk...keep signalling and hope for an off-ramp, one of those uphill side-loops with a sign saying "Max Speed 25"...and the trick, at this point, is to suddenly leave the freeway and take him into the chute at no less than a hundred miles an hour.
He will lock his brakes at about the same time that you lock yours, but it will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180-degree turn at this speed...but you will be ready for it, braced for the Gs and the fast heel-toe work, and with any luck at all you will have come to a complete stop off the road at the top of the turn and be standing beside your automobile by the time he catches up.
>> Edited by TSS on Saturday 26th February 13:05
Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop. Your normal speeder will panic and immediately pull over to the side when he sees the big red light behind him...and then we will start apologizing, begging for mercy. This is wrong. It arouses contempt in the cop-heart. The thing to do - when you're running along about a hundred or so and you suddenly find a red-flashing CHP-tracker on your trail - what you then want to do is accelerate. Never pull over with the first siren-howl. Mash it down and make the bastard chase you at speeds of 120 all the way to the next exit. He will follow. But he won't know what to make of your blinker-signal that says you're about to turn right. This is to let him know that you're looking for a proper place to pull off and talk...keep signalling and hope for an off-ramp, one of those uphill side-loops with a sign saying "Max Speed 25"...and the trick, at this point, is to suddenly leave the freeway and take him into the chute at no less than a hundred miles an hour.
He will lock his brakes at about the same time that you lock yours, but it will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180-degree turn at this speed...but you will be ready for it, braced for the Gs and the fast heel-toe work, and with any luck at all you will have come to a complete stop off the road at the top of the turn and be standing beside your automobile by the time he catches up.
>> Edited by TSS on Saturday 26th February 13:05
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