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Anyone here own a cannon?

M

MrDingleDangle

Lifer
http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGN...D=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - The family of writer Hunter S. Thompson is looking for a cannon to blast his remains skyward, honoring a wish he often expressed.

Anyone wishing to provide the cannon is asked to write a 100-word essay and mail it to the Aspen Daily News, which will pass the entries on to Thompson's family.

"Were talking 100 words, not 101. And snail mail only. No e-mails or phone calls," said Daily News associate editor Troy Hooper.

The winner of the contest will have to bring the cannon to Aspen at his or her own expense and possibly short notice.
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Created: 2/25/2005 6:16 AM MST - Updated: 2/25/2005 6:16 AM MST






ASPEN (AP) - The widow of journalist Hunter S. Thompson said her husband killed himself while the two were talking on the phone.

"I was on the phone with him, he set the receiver down and he did it. I heard the clicking of the gun," Anita Thompson told the Aspen Daily News in Friday's editions.

She said her husband had asked her to come home from a health club so they could work on his weekly ESPN column, but instead of saying goodbye, he set the telephone down and shot himself.

Thompson said she heard a loud, muffled noise, but didn't know what had happened. "I was waiting for him to get back on the phone," she said.

Hunter Thompson, famous for "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and other works of New Journalism, shot himself in the head Sunday in the kitchen of his Aspen-area home. He was 67.

His son, daughter-in-law and 6-year-old grandson were in the house when the shooting occurred.

Anita Thompson, 32, said her husband had discussed killing himself in recent months and had been issuing verbal and written directives about what he wanted done with his body, his unpublished works and his assets.

His suicidal talk put a strain on their relationship, she said.

"He wanted to leave on top of his game. I wish I could have been more supportive of his decision," she said. "It was a problem for us."
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seriously saad
 
"...but instead of saying goodbye, he set the telephone down and shot himself."

i wish this would happen to all the stupid people i talk on the phone with
 
When the word "badass" is entered into the dictionary, there will be a picture of Hunter S. Thompson next to it.
 
Let's see here... if you win, you get to pay to have your cannon shot with this loser's ashes? Killer contest.
 
Maybe we can hollow-out a pumpkin and store his ashes inside then launch with a pumpkin canon.

Or maybe fire his remains in 21 hollowed-out potatoes using a spud launcher. A 21-spud salute.

 
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