Passing of Another Icon

Nov 30, 2004 8 Replies

With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which almost went unnoticed last week.



Larry La Prise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Pokey," died peacefully at age



  1. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in. And then the trouble started.

SHUT UP. You know it's funny.


Yea George, that is funny. We need a laugh every now and then. Thanks. Glenn Hodges Nashville, GA

"What if the Hokey-Pokey really IS what it's all about"

:) BA

Now that is a scary thought :)

George I did get a chuckle out of the original post on this thread.

Thanks I needed it :)

oh, lord... that was so funny that I had to send it out to my joke list.. I'm sure I'll get flamed by a few folks, but joke 'em if they can't take a f**k..

Well, it's certainly not what it's all about, but a card I got yesterday comes close.

Spent over an hour working on a guy and getting him out of the woods. Even had him for about seven minutes after the first defibrillation - but lost him. Provokes a lot of self-examination - tube was good, oxygen, CPR, hauled as fast as possible, but failed.

His wife sent a card say>

Hey! I've used that.....

old Robin Williams line..lol

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