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Death Will Not Release You
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| − | A motto of [[LASFS]], although in latter days they have been known to expel unwanted members.
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| − | [[Francis T. Laney]] said this when he discovered the club's exaggerated claims to 500+ members by the early 1940s was largely due to the fact that no one who'd ever paid dues as a [[LASFS]] member had ever been removed from the membership roster, even long after they failed to attend or pay dues.
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| − | Laney's remark alluded to a question that [[Charles Burbee]] reportedly asked [[Rick Sneary]] about the [[Outlanders]]; [[Rick Sneary|Sneary]] didn't answer the question.
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| − | Like many a [[Laney]] or [[Burbee]] catchphrase, "Death Will Not Release You" caught on with later generations of [[LASFS|LASFans]]. On one notable occasion, [[Ernie Wheatley]] (called "the dormouse of [[LASFS]]" for his tendency to put his head down on his arms and fall asleep at after-meetings in local restaurants) woke up just as someone was using the phrase to add, "Even if you die!" – and then promptly put his head back down on his arms and went to sleep again.
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| − | from Does Death Release You? in [[Fancyclopedia 2]] ca. 1959
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| − | From the [[Outlanders]], that is. [[Sneary]] was questioned thus by [[Burbee]], but evaded answer.
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Latest revision as of 18:02, 7 February 2021
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