CARLIN

One of the funniest, wittiest men ever to grace this earth has died.

George Carlin aka The Hippy Dippy Weather Man (My Dad's favorite and a character I copied for a 5th grade play - and killed I might add) succumbed to a heart attack at the age of 71.

I, Along with everyone else with an open mic (excluding satellite radio and cable TV) adhere to his "Seven Words You Can't Say on TV" and his genius dissection of the differences between baseball and football is also a gem.

He produced countless other musings that remain current through the decades.

Legendary stuff.

A sample:

- "When someone asks you, a penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?"

- "If a pig loses its voice is it disgruntled?"

- "Is a vegan allowed to eat animal crackers?"

- "What if there were no hypothetical questions"

- "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day."

- "Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"