Surprise me

Posted by GPP July 29, 2003In reply to I am so old... posted by ESC on July 28, 2003

I AM SO OLD THEY'VE CANCELED MY BLOOD TYPE - "(Bob) Hope was said to have taken the (100th birthday) festivities in his typical self-effacing manner. 'I'm so old, they've canceled my blood type,' the entertainer is said to have remarked to his family." ABC News online, abcnews.go.com/ sections/us/Entertainment/hope030728.html, July 28, 2003. "Bob Hope Dies
Legendary Entertainer's Career Started in Vaudeville, Moved on to Stage, Radio, Movies and TV"

BBC reported today that Bob Hope made the following reply when asked recently where he wanted to be buried - "Surprise me"

That's funny.

A friend and coworker had a terminal illness. He went to pick out his coffin and, not liking the selection, asked the funeral director if he had one with a racing stripe.

The "Surprise me" story is an old "Yogiism", something that American baseball player Yogi Berra may or may not have ever said--such as, "I didn't really say everything I said." The Yogi story is given as:
Yogi's wife Carmen: "Yogi, you are from St. Louis, we live in New Jersey, and you played ball in New York. If you go before I do, where would you like me to have you buried?"
Yogi: "Surprise me."
One of the best online sites for Yogiisms is www.umpirebob.com/ DATA/yogiisms.htm; Amazon also lists several collections of his sayings in book format.