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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

86 Pat Hingle*

This morning I saw "Hats off to Pat Hingle" displayed on the marquee of a local diner. For the next 20 minutes of my drive to work, I wondered who Pat Hingle was, and what he/she had done to merit such public recognition. Had he coached his son's pee wee football team to the pee wee Superbowl equivalent? Had she been the top producing real estate agent at the local Century 21 franchise? Had he (be still my beating heart) finally conquered the 8 lb. hamburger at the afore mentioned diner?

A little wiki-research revealed that Pat Hingle had played Comissioner Gordon in several Batman movies. Oh, that Pat Hingle. And that he had survived a near-fatal fall 54 feet down an elevator shaft. Wow.

It turns out that Pat Hingle died yesterday in Carolina Beach, NC from leukemia. So hats off to Pat Hingle, even though to my knowledge he never did conquer that monster hamburger.

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*The title comes from a horrible joke told by a co-worker when I was waiting tables. The kitchen would regularly communicate which items we were out off by writing "86 (whatever we were out of)" on a marker board in the kitchen. When one of the servers heard about Mr. Rogers' death, he wrote added 'Mr. Rogers' to the list. Even though I was sad about his passing, I couldn't help laughing. I will have a hard time explaining this to Mr. Rogers if I make it to Heaven and meet him there.

10 comments:

~Trish~ said...

Good morning!! I have a little something for you on my blog today :)

Kate said...

There's some people I'd like to 86.

Anonymous said...

I realize I'm a post late on this but... I love your hair cut!

8lb. hamburger? Does it come with a side of fries?

Unknown said...

Don't worry, you're not making it to heaven.

Marie said...

It would probably take me about 5 days to eat a 8lb hamburger. Dang!

Oh and hats of to Pat Hingle I suppose.

Dolce said...

Huh. I wonder if there will be an annual Christopher Reeves day.

saratogajean said...

trish - Whoo hoo! Thanks! Happy '09 to me...

kate - Me too. If I put an envelope with cash and a photograph in a certain mailbox, I think I can get somethings done. If you know what I mean.

dingo - Thank you very much. I think the Monster Burger does come with fries. And about 2 pounds of bun. Yum.

surviving myself - Phew. But maybe Mr. Rogers could put in a good word for me?

marie - It's a lot of beef. I think it would turn me into a vegetarian. At least temporarily.

dolce - I'll be there with bells and whistles on. Or maybe just my rollerblades.

Rahul said...

86 is a great thing to do with a girl.

Wait.

So@24 said...

Damn, Sara... why we gotta be all serious?

That was referring to my last post, but it could also be referring to that really popular Dark Knight quote by Heath. Which also had the character Commissioner Gordon in it. Which also brings it back around to Pat Hingle, the actor who played him (although not in Dark Knight).

See what I did there?

saratogajean said...

rs27 - Too bad 86 doesn't rhyme with brown.

so - What? Where? Oh wait...there. I see it now.

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