Hooters chairman found dead

[Poll_Blind]

From MSNBC:

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Robert Brooks, the chairman of Hooters of America, Inc. who made his fortune selling chicken wings served by scantily clad waitresses, was found dead at his home Sunday, officials said. He was 69.

It was unclear how Brooks died, but the Horry County coroner’s office told The (Myrtle Beach) Sun News that an autopsy would be performed Monday.

--snip--

  Already the Internet is filling with rumor-mongering and conspiracy theories indicating there may have been a second lap-dancer or possibly a shot fired from the grassy pole. Dancer.

  Two shows a night. Try the veal.

PB

[Penndems]

1. You beat me to it, Poll_Blind!

I was just getting ready to post this from MSNBC.com.

[Poll_Blind]

2. After a week of gut-wrenching news a nugget like this, even a....

...grisly one, is not to be passed-up.

:D

PB

[Indy Lurker]

4. Not Nuggets, Wings N/T

[aaronbees]

24. LOL...

oh, I'm sorry to chuckle over this ... but that's a damn good line :)

[Penndems]

7. Thank you

As macabre as it may sound, anything that's a diversion from the carnage in the Middle East is welcomed.

[WindRavenX]

3. died @ 69

:rofl:

[Poll_Blind]

5. Oh man, even my groaner-detector missed that one. 8^) n/t

PB

[UrbScotty]

8. Not sure I get it (nt)

[MissB]

12. Joking, no?

His age was 69. He was chairman of Hooters.

69 describes.... well just google it, although I'm guessing you do know what it means.

[Old and In the Way]

15. He doesn't "get it"....get it?

:-)

[MissB]

17. Bwahahahahaha

[LostinVA]

39. giggle

[UrbScotty]

19. Oh... kay... end of discussion (nt)

[Poll_Blind]

13. Don't worry, it's beneath you. Or above you. Or maybe on the side?

Ok, I'm calling it a night after that. Terrible, I apologize.

PB

[WindRavenX]

16. HAHAHAHAHAH

:rofl:

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. My thots zacly!

[MissB]

11. mmhmmm

Wonder if that is what he died of.

[Blue_Tires]

33. maybe he ate the food they actually serve....

[Mr Friendly]

6. Where was Cheney?

Could be another hunting accident.

[girl gone mad]

10. "It was unclear how Brooks died..."

Let me venture a guess:

With a smile on his face? :shrug:

[theanarch]

14. or just...

...a cold, greasy chicken wing in his hand?

[eggbeater]

27. Maybe he was seriously lactose intolerant?

and forget his medication before going to work?

[chimpymustgo]

18. With all due respect for the dead - we really needed this thread.

It's been a God-awful day of destruction and killing. Thanks for a few laughs, fellow evil-du'ers.

[KyndCulture]

20. Thanks for keeping me aBREAST of the news....

:evilgrin:

[Penndems]

21. Now, y'all stop it!

I've got tears rolling down my face and my sides are splitting from laughing so hard! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Buck Laser]

22. I hope he died with a smile on his face.

[KyndCulture]

23. Or at least doing something age appopriate

:evilgrin:

[itzamirakul]

37. He might have been too old to cut the mustard...but

I bet he could still lick the lid...


:bounce:

[KyndCulture]

25. Ok nobody picked up he died in HORRY county

and was taken to the Hardwick funeral home.


This shit can't be real.

[Judi Lynn]

26. I found his dear photo.

Hooters girls and executives help with a ribbon cutting with Hooters Air owner Robert Brooks and his daughter Boni Belle Brooks (L-center) prior to the inaugural flight from Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Thursday. Hooters Air, whose owner Robert Brooks also is chairman of the Hooters of America restaurant chain famous for its spicy chicken wings and scantily clad waitresses, believes that droves of mostly male golfers and sportsmen will pay good money to rub shoulders with its beauties at 30,000 feet. — Reuters



He's gone, before he could win his first Nobel Prize.

[ContraBass Black]

31. "pay good money to rub shoulders"

I'm sure.

[warrens]

47. His DAUGHTER?

Not GRAND DAUGHTER??? I smell "trophy wife."

[dysfunctional press]

28. i didn't even know that he had been lost...

nt

[leesa]

29. Well, there's a huge loss to the advancement of civilization.

[BadGimp]

30. ..with a Big Ole Smile on his face.

sorry I had to go there..

[ThsMchneKilsFascists]

32. thanks for the mammaries

this material writes itself

[skids]

36. .

:spank: ... just ... :spank:

[JohnnyLib]

34. I'm planning a memorial Hooters visit

It's the right thing to do.

[LosinIt]

35. Hey, Don't worry, They're all wholesome girls, they drug test at Hooters

So you can be assured that the girl serving you chicken wings did not smoke a joint three weeks ago.

My daughter was a cook there while she was in college, and they randomly tested her. She came up positive because she smokes pot. So they lost their best cook. The manager was really upset because he didn't want to lose her, but it's done by employee number or something like that. She told him not to do it, it was going to be positive, but he said her number came up and he had to.

Gotta love the way the drug-testing companies have their foot in every corporate door. I feel so safe now.

[peacefreak]

38. Enough titillation, I say!

I can't say I give two hoots. (RIP Mr. Brooks. I hope you're smiling somewhere)

[Algorem]

40. Sad.He was a 48DD in a 30AA world.

[OneBlueSky]

41. overdosed on Viagra . . . blow to the head . . . n/t

.

[LeftHander]

42. Hooters are owls....sheesh......nt

[RebelOne]

43. I just knew when I saw this on CNN that the jesters here

at DU were going to have a field day.

[Mister K]

44. May you rest in peace Mr. Brooks

For you left this world in better shape then when you entered it.

I cannot imagine a world without Hooters :)

It would just be too depressing.

[ItNerd4life]

45. hehe, I thought it said Horny County...

but it's actually Horry County. My bad.

[LanternWaste]

46. Ahhh... Hooters!

Ahhh... Hooters! One step away from strip clubs on the entertainment food-chain.


"But... but they have the BEST wings!"
"Yeah. Right-- that's why you take your kids there only when the wife's outta town"

(Coversation snippet from three weeks ago)

[Roland99]

48. So, he went tits up?

I know, I'm going to hell for that one. ;)

[DinahMoeHum]

49. ROFL !!!!!!!!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: