I didn’t cry this week when George Carlin died, I just wondered if he got his chance to meet God and God got to tell him he was wrong. I didn’t get upset when Bo Diddley died either, but I made me listen to his music for a few days. I felt bad when Tim Russert passed away all of a sudden and really just thought that was sad, but I didn’t get really upset. In the past few weeks we have seemed to lose someone important in America and this weekend one of the most important icons to me passed away.
Kelly read it to me out of the paper and I think we both cried a little, and I was heart broken. See here is the issue, UGA holds a special place for anyone who grew up in Georgia. I still have the collectors Coke glasses my grandfather purchased went The Bulldogs had the greatest season ever. I still think Hershal Walker is a magical person, and that name alone makes me warm inside. But when you say UGA, meaning the bulldogs that Sonny Seiler owned UGA and lived in Savannah, GA, then and only then do you get my true and undivided attention.
UGA VI you will be missed.
If they would have had an open public funeral I would have packed up Peaches and been off to Athens. I know he and all the other UGA’s before him will be happy in that special place watching those special games, being the most admired mascot in all of college football. Not only is UGA a Bulldog, an icon, be he is also like me and Peaches a Savannian! and a great one at that!
I am a little wet around the eyes now thinking about it all, farewell to a great DAWG, I think this year UGA needs to romp and stomp like a Bulldog does and show UGA VII what college football like played the UGA way! While UGA VI may have been the winning-est UGA, I want UGA VII to help inspire Bulldog Football to be the most impacting and hard football the SEC has ever seen. I want to them have another 1981 all over again. I want to watch good Georgia Bulldog SEC football and I want the LSU Tigers to know, you don’t bring a Tiger to a DAWG fight, cause your going to get Bulldogged all afternoon. UGA VII the weight of the Bulldog nation is upon you and I stand up proud, never have been to Athens, never have seen a Georgia Game in person, knowing I am from Georgia, I am from Savannah, and I own a Bulldog and I love UGA Football! Go DAWGS!
Damon Evans, the university’s athletic director, called it a “sad day for the entire Bulldog nation.”
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June 30th, 2008 at 11:25 am
I was just wondering what you meant by “I just wondered if he got his chance to meet God and God got to tell him he was wrong” when you referred to Carlin.
Wrong about what?
June 30th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Bryant. First thanks for being off topic.
Second Carlin was very abusive of the idea of a “god”. I am not overly religious by any means, but I didn’t always agree with him on his views, but I think the conversation would have been funny. Hi, my name is George….Hi, I know your name. My name is GOD and you were mostly wrong about everything, but then again most people are.
July 1st, 2008 at 1:59 pm
don’t really see how referring to a comment in the article i am commenting on is really off-topic.. but that’s just me.
Toward his later years he developed a more “agnostic” view as opposed to strait-up atheist views. These agnostic views can been seen in some of his later interviews and skits, where he talks about “a laid back, cool god”.
July 1st, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Bryant….no one cares. I hate to be rude but the point of the post if you missed it is that a great dog passed away. UGA VI. The passing of Carlin and God was to make a point that I was not phased by it, but UGA did. I would rather not argue the finer point of his comic work as I did think he was funny at times, but was to hippie/socialist for my views.
In a story you build up to the point. I was building up to make a case for how this even, UGA passing, was important to me personally. Not that Carlin was “more agnostic” towards the end of his life. Personally that is between he and whomever but has nothing to do with the point of the post.
Don’t post anything again trying to explain yourself because at this point your obviously a bit out of sorts and don’t seem to understand how a post or story works so I think it best you just read and leave the posting to the people who can appreciate the fact that I am trying to show some respect to a great dog who like me is from Savannah and like my dog is an English Bulldog with UGA blood in her.
If you have something to add to the UGA part of the story, then by all means, I welcome it. Thanks!
July 1st, 2008 at 9:07 pm
WOW.. HAHAH.. Yes Sir, it is your show… Never seen anyone get upset over something like someone posting on a blog just trying to clairfy something, but thats cool.
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:56 am
Not upset, just trying to help you help me stay on topic and realize the point of the Carlin was to lead up to the significance of the post. That is all.