Slog - Comments on Dead and Deader http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/dead_and_deader A very proper BBC news presenter gets an uncontrollable case of the giggles—while reading an obituary.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:29:38 -0800 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:57:56 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Kim Scarborough Here's the backstory:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/28/nbbc228.xml

]]> Kim Scarborough http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/dead_and_deader#c983998 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/dead_and_deader#c983998 Media Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:19:11 -0800 Comment by Bee Bee See "She has previously described how she "slid under the table" with laughter in 1997 following and item about the head of Papua New Guinea's armed forces, Major General Jack Tuat."

]]> Bee Bee See http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/dead_and_deader#c984011 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/dead_and_deader#c984011 Media Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:40:17 -0800 Comment by Aislinn @2: I'd laugh my way through a story about "Major General Jack Tuat" followed by a sperm whale story too. That's just too good.

I think it's rad that she can admit she has a "ribald" sense of humor. Can you imagine Katie Couric coming out and saying she likes a good dick joke?

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/dead_and_deader#c984113 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/dead_and_deader#c984113 Media Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:23:08 -0800 Comment by mj That gave me the giggles.

I have gotten the giggles at many inappropriate times like at my grandmother's funeral and in the middle of singing O Holy Night at a Christmas festival in front of a lot of people.

]]> mj http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/dead_and_deader#c984116 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/dead_and_deader#c984116 Media Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:24:44 -0800 Comment by Fnarf The guy who whispered about bees in her ear, knowing what was likely to happen, is the guilty party here.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/dead_and_deader#c984158 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/dead_and_deader#c984158 Media Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:54:31 -0800 Comment by Rick Life imitates art: this was the very premise of the much lauded "Chuckles Bites the Dust" episode of the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" back in the 1970's, with Mary's breaking her vow of solemnity during the eulogy for Chuckles the clown (crushed by an elephant while dressed as a peanut) and breaking into uncontrollable giggles.

]]> Rick http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/dead_and_deader#c984486 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/dead_and_deader#c984486 Media Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:57:56 -0800