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Blue Owl

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17. Do I hear a bell tolling in the distance... slowly growing louder?

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Tue Sep 2, 2025, 09:41 AM

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Is he dead yet? [View all] Orrex Sep 2 OP

I dreamed of an empty black ship covered with a shroud last night The Blue Flower Sep 2 #1

What a beautiful dream! Orrex Sep 2 #2

Severely listing to starboard? surfered Sep 2 #7

Not listing, but The Blue Flower Sep 2 #48

Not yet, but there are new developments surfered Sep 2 #3

excellent twodogsbarking Sep 2 #20

Hahaha! SheltieLover Sep 2 #25

Bwaaaah malaise Sep 2 #27

Might find out at 2pm SSJVegeta Sep 2 #4

entirely possible lapfog_1 Sep 2 #5

I was thinking more like Farmer-Rick Sep 2 #18

I'll only add that Stalin was four years younger... Hugin Sep 2 #29

In The Mood . . . . . no_hypocrisy Sep 2 #6

Or Wagner... surfered Sep 2 #9

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He's "golfing" True Dough Sep 2 #8

No, Alexa says he's still alive at 79. Then relayed it was July 17th when he was diagnosed with txwhitedove Sep 2 #11

Not yet malaise Sep 2 #12

The Munchkins are warming up... surfered Sep 2 #14

Please do not insult practicing witches this way. He has nothing to do niyad Sep 2 #33

I apologize most sincerely surfered Sep 2 #36

Accepted. We love you so much it was a bit surprising. niyad Sep 2 #39

My need for humor occasionally deviates me from the correct path surfered Sep 2 #43

"No? Let me at him!..." hlthe2b Sep 2 #15

Alas, my bottle of bubbly remains unopened. niyad Sep 2 #16

Soon... SheltieLover Sep 2 #23

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Do I hear a bell tolling in the distance... slowly growing louder? Blue Owl Sep 2 #17

For whom the bells toll? Farmer-Rick Sep 2 #19

Not Hemingway. John Donne. mnhtnbb Sep 2 #41

Yeah, you're right Farmer-Rick Sep 2 #47

From Bluesky... CaptainTruth Sep 2 #21

LOLOLOL! ShazzieB Sep 2 #49

Not yet, but the day is still young... SheltieLover Sep 2 #22

How's his chess game? Or checkers? Or Chutes 'n' Ladders? Ocelot II Sep 2 #26

Heard Ivanka and Melania would be attending the press conference of Epstein survivors tomorrow? jls4561 Sep 2 #28

WHAAAAAAAAT THE FUCKING HELL??????? niyad Sep 2 #34

Maybe??? Seemed like a real Weekend at Bernie's to me LymphocyteLover Sep 2 #30

Really gotta wonder about those black bags being tossed out of the WH LymphocyteLover Sep 2 #31

Defenestrated Wicked Blue Sep 2 #32

We should be so lucky! niyad Sep 2 #35

At first he was afraid? He was petrified? Dulcinea Sep 2 #37

After the Blessed Day you will have to change the headline to "Is he still dead?" mwb970 Sep 2 #38

Years ago, aa friend used tto end texts with "On a cheerful note, scalia niyad Sep 2 #40

"Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead." Ocelot II Sep 2 #42

Orange Julius Caesar will drop dead on live TV today generalbetrayus Sep 2 #44

Fingers crossed every morning for that special day bringing the greatest joy in 5 years. nt Exp Sep 2 #45

Thoughts and prayers... sop Sep 2 #46

"No? Well, just give me 5 minutes alone with him, and we'll see about that!" ShazzieB Sep 2 #50