Principled Man Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 (edited) [ OK, OK.....so he's not "THE" David Gilmour.....] David Gilmour, a Canadian-born entrepreneur who made millions in real estate and gold mining, but who remained best known for bringing a glamorous, square-edged approach to hydration as the founder of Fiji water, died June 11 at his home in Manhattan. He was 91. The cause was cardiac arrest, said his wife, Jillian Gilmour. By the time he came up with the idea for Fiji water in the early 1990s, Mr. Gilmour had amassed a fortune from his business ventures with Peter Munk, friend from his college days in Toronto. Together they launched a popular stereo company, Clairtone Sound; assembled a chain of more than 50 hotels across the South Pacific; and funneled their earnings into a Canadian oil company that evolved into the world’s largest gold mining business, Barrick Gold. Edited July 6, 2023 by Principled Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Well, that's not what I was expecting when I read the thread title. RIP to the water magnate... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 Yes, I am indeed a dirty rotten….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 7 minutes ago, Principled Man said: Yes, I am indeed a dirty rotten….. It would have been worse to put it in the music forum. Here, it wasn't guaranteed to be what most may have initially thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 I'm listening to John Fugelsang's SiriusXM radio show so I know it's not the real one. It would be mentioned as breaking news immediately. Speaking of which... https://nypost.com/2022/10/19/mark-latunski-guilty-of-murdering-man-named-kevin-bacon/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 6 minutes ago, invisible airwave said: I'm listening to John Fugelsang's SiriusXM radio show so I know it's not the real one. It would be mentioned as breaking news immediately. Speaking of which... https://nypost.com/2022/10/19/mark-latunski-guilty-of-murdering-man-named-kevin-bacon/ Truth IS stranger - and more disgusting - than fiction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, Principled Man said: Truth IS stranger - and more disgusting - than fiction. Now, excuse me while I connect him to Sir Tony and Brian Cox in 6 or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 That almost completely wrecked my night 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMontanaSKY Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Arrrgh dammit. You worried me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 You need to change that title. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezJem Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 I`ve bought precisely as many bottles of Fiji Water as I have Pink Floyd records. And the ellipsis in your thread headline contain too many dots. Please remove all but three. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Top Tier trolling that was kind enough to deliver the punchline in the post title. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Oh wait, I see the title was changed from the original. So the original was just plain savage. That's even better, honestly, especially since it existed, but I didn't have to see it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 I think the best thing about sharing a name with a famous person would be that when you die, people will think...whew, thank God it wasn't the real (insert name here). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Just now, laughedatbytime said: I think the best thing about sharing a name with a famous person would be that when you die, people will think...whew, thank God it wasn't the real (insert name here). "whew" was the very thought I had. Dave's time is coming, for sure, and I don't know how much creative juice he has left, but it's still gonna' be a sad day when he's gone to play that great gig in the sky. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastillePark Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 3 hours ago, IbanezJem said: I`ve bought precisely as many bottles of Fiji Water as I have Pink Floyd records. And the ellipsis in your thread headline contain too many dots. Please remove all but three. Technically an ellipsis is only 3 periods so that monstrosity up there is something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezJem Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 26 minutes ago, BastillePark said: Technically an ellipsis is only 3 periods so that monstrosity up there is something else. I figured his cat sat on the keyboard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grep Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Even with the title edit my blood pressure went up about 20 points after parsing the first 5 words. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Ok it's actually good that this David Gilmour died, because screw Fiji water as a company, but the way my heart jumped when i read this title............... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 19 hours ago, Principled Man said: Yes, I am indeed a dirty rotten….. 19 hours ago, laughedatbytime said: It would have been worse to put it in the music forum. Here, it wasn't guaranteed to be what most may have initially thought. As far as first impressions, where the thread is posted doesn't matter if you first see it in the Recent Topics sidebar, like I just did. All I saw at first was "Rest in Peace, David Gilmour." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Well, at least he lived to see Fiji make a comeback after Bullet Train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken hawk Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 I never tried a Fiji water , but i will say R.I.P. David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grep Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 This one got me again.... FFS. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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