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bmichaelh

(1,214 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:48 AM Yesterday

Tombstone quotation that could apply to Trump

When Doc Holliday describes Ringo.

A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.



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Tombstone quotation that could apply to Trump (Original Post) bmichaelh Yesterday OP
Kick dalton99a Yesterday #1
Yeah, fits trump for the most part... Wounded Bear Yesterday #2
That's the story of his afterlife EYESORE 9001 Yesterday #3
I'll just go with: "Finally, an enforcement mechanism" Oliver Bolliver Butt Yesterday #4
"He Never Wore a Tan Suit" usonian Yesterday #5
My favorite: "Please wash hands after urinating" RainCaster Yesterday #6
Accurate. evolves Yesterday #7
Right on the money. I guess we can thank his Dad, at least in part. He also had a great mentor in Roy Cohn. Martin68 23 hrs ago #8
Excellent. Prairie_Seagull 23 hrs ago #9

Wounded Bear

(64,430 posts)
2. Yeah, fits trump for the most part...
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:55 AM
Yesterday

although trump has never really put himself on the line like those guys did.

"What does he want?"

"Revenge"

"For what?"

"Being born."

EYESORE 9001

(29,807 posts)
3. That's the story of his afterlife
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:33 AM
Yesterday

He’s gonna become a hungry ghost - probably one that craves excrement, yet his tiny, straw-like mouth parts won’t allow its consumption. It’s nearly impossible to accumulate any good karma in that realm, so it looks like he’s stuck for eternity.

usonian

(25,856 posts)
5. "He Never Wore a Tan Suit"
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 11:09 AM
Yesterday



Until the enraged American Public found it a sweeter revenge than sending him off to hell in tar and feathers.




Martin68

(27,902 posts)
8. Right on the money. I guess we can thank his Dad, at least in part. He also had a great mentor in Roy Cohn.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:28 PM
23 hrs ago
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