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underpants

(182,271 posts)
Tue May 2, 2017, 04:11 PM May 2017

Friend flushes baseball fan's remains down (16 so far)ballpark toilets

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19294701/friend-flushes-baseball-fan-remains-ballpark-toilets

NEW YORK -- A New York City man is on a mission to flush the cremated remains of his lifelong friend -- a plumber -- down ballpark toilets around the country.

Tom McDonald tells The New York Times that it's a fitting tribute for Roy Riegel.

"I know people might think it's weird, and if it were anyone else's ashes, I'd agree," McDonald said. "But for Roy, this is the perfect tribute to a plumber and a baseball fan and just a brilliant, wild guy."
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Friend flushes baseball fan's remains down (16 so far)ballpark toilets (Original Post) underpants May 2017 OP
Sounds like Roy was a guy with a wicked sense of humor. And it sounds skylucy May 2017 #1
the only thing missing is bagpipes oldcynic May 2017 #2
I like it n/t hibbing May 2017 #3
That's a lot of standing in line. malthaussen May 2017 #4
Only the chick line is long Wawannabe May 2017 #5
At least Steve Goodman murielm99 May 2017 #6

skylucy

(3,734 posts)
1. Sounds like Roy was a guy with a wicked sense of humor. And it sounds
Tue May 2, 2017, 04:18 PM
May 2017

like his friend is going to a lot of trouble to honor his request! And now I get to use this smilie....

malthaussen

(17,065 posts)
4. That's a lot of standing in line.
Thu May 4, 2017, 09:42 AM
May 2017

I understand the queues for those things can be interminable. Maybe he sneaks in when they're not playing a game?

-- Mal

Wawannabe

(5,580 posts)
5. Only the chick line is long
Thu May 4, 2017, 02:39 PM
May 2017

At ballgames. Most fellas can hold way more beer than me for sure. I've had guys do a double take when I came out if THEIR bathroom door. Lol.
Hey. when you gotta go you gotta go!

murielm99

(30,656 posts)
6. At least Steve Goodman
Sat May 6, 2017, 02:07 AM
May 2017

didn't get flushed down the toilet at Wrigley Field. Some of his ashes were sprinkled near the ivy, and some placed under home plate. The story was not told until a few years later.

I hope he was somewhere watching the World Series last fall.

RIP, Cubs Fan Steve.

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