THIS BLOG'S STRICT RULE AGAINST MAKING FUN OF NAMES
...is observed with special rigor when the person involved is deceased.
(Thanks to Mike Zlotnick)
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October 23, 2006
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As in "rigor mortis?"
Posted by: Clean Hands | October 23, 2006 at 01:07 PM
John - teehee!
Posted by: Jan | October 23, 2006 at 01:10 PM
His will requests that he be shot into space.
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | October 23, 2006 at 01:10 PM
Wyo!! you shoulda sent that OTHER funny dead guy's name!
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2006 at 01:10 PM
I guess we know what he'll be buried in.
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2006 at 01:11 PM
After the Japanese surrender, Pine-Coffin went to Pakistan to look for his father... Richard (Dick) Maple-Coffin...
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2006 at 01:15 PM
John Pine-Coffin married, in 1952, Susan Bennett, who survives him with their son and two daughters.
... all of whom, oddly enough, have chosen Bennett as their surname.
Posted by: reneviht | October 23, 2006 at 01:18 PM
From the story
. . . .
A series of staff appointments followed. In 1963 he was in Nassau when he was ordered to investigate a party of Cuban exiles that had infiltrated Andros Island, part of the Bahamas. His seaplane landed in thick mud and Pine-Coffin decided that his only chance of reaching dry land was to strip off.
On coming ashore, plastered in mud and wearing only a red beret and a pair of flippers, he was confronted by a party of armed Cubans. Mustering as much authority as he could in the circumstances, he informed the group that they were trespassing on British sovereign territory and were surrounded.
The following morning, when the Royal Marines arrived to rescue him they were astonished to find him and his radio operator in a clearing standing guard over the Cubans and a pile of surrendered weapons. He was appointed OBE.
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You have to know that someone cracked a comment to the queen about where she should hang the award after she knighted him.
Posted by: Heinrich the Lab Rat | October 23, 2006 at 01:19 PM
What was the name of the Hotel? Inn Pine-Coffin? Bet the tourists couldn't wait to get boexed into that one.
Posted by: estrogen centrale | October 23, 2006 at 01:19 PM
Sioux, I was thinkin' just that, but I'm still not sure I'd want to risk offence to Richard Oscar Meyer's family.
ISIANMTU, and Sioux will vouch for the authenticity.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 23, 2006 at 01:23 PM
I got yer back Wyo!!! you shoulda sent it!
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2006 at 01:26 PM
The worst part was probably growing up with a hypenated last name. Completely off topic, but guys with hypenated last names generally like fruity shampoos too. NTTAWWT
Posted by: Somewhere North | October 23, 2006 at 01:33 PM
Guys like Pine-Coffin built the Empire. If they survived the school playground with names like that, they could survive anything.
Posted by: Dr Acula | October 23, 2006 at 01:35 PM
OK, ya don't have to take my word for it.
May God forgive me.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 23, 2006 at 01:35 PM
*will NOT make fun of Richard "Dick" Oscar Meyer Weiner* NOPE!!
*kneels & prays* don't strike me Lord!
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2006 at 01:46 PM
those whacky brits!
Posted by: queensbee | October 23, 2006 at 02:10 PM
I'm not sure it's safe to be making fun of Mr. Pine-Coffin yet. Are we sure he's really dead?
Posted by: KCSteve | October 23, 2006 at 02:17 PM
When's Boxing Day in England?
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | October 23, 2006 at 02:45 PM
This has to be a pitch for a Monty Python episode!
Posted by: Little Gorm | October 23, 2006 at 02:56 PM
No it isn't.
DING! Good morning!
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | October 23, 2006 at 03:07 PM
That's LEFtenant colonel Pine-Coffin, not LOOtenant colonel.
Posted by: | October 23, 2006 at 04:48 PM
He served in all three gangs of the Paras, eh ... sounds like a tough dude ...
Posted by: O the U(manity) | October 23, 2006 at 07:25 PM
I wonder if he (John) was related to Richard...
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Posted by: Chris | October 24, 2006 at 10:53 PM