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[vansmack]

Body of Steelers Fan Viewed in Recliner
 
 PITTSBURGH - The body of rabid Pittsburgh Steelers fan James Henry Smith, who died Thursday, was laid out this week in what his family said was his favorite spot â?? a recliner with the Steelers on the television.
 
 Smith, 55, of Pittsburgh, died of prostate cancer. Because his death wasn't unexpected, his family was able to plan ahead for the unusual viewing Tuesday night.
 
 Mourners stood before a small stage erected in the viewing room of the Samuel E. Coston Funeral Home, on which funeral director Roland Criswell had placed furniture, much as it was arranged in Smith's home on game day.
 
 Smith's feet were crossed; a pack of cigarettes and a six-pack of beer were at his side. A continuous loop of Steelers highlights was playing on TV nearby, as Smith was reclined with a television remote in his hand and a Steelers blanket across his legs.
 
 The reaction of Smith's loved ones varied.
 
 "I couldn't stop crying after looking at the Steeler blanket in his lap," his sister, MaryAnn Nails, 58, of Pittsburgh, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for Wednesday's editions. "He loved football and nobody did (anything) until the game went off. It was just like he was at home."
 
 "I saw it and I couldn't even cry," said longtime friend Mary Jones of Wilkinsburg. "People will see him the way he was. This is just a celebration."

[Random Citizen]

Damn, too bad Six Feet Under is in its last season. They could have used that on a future episode.  

[Sir HC]

"The reaction of Smith's loved ones varied."
 
 I thought someone would be against it after that line.

[Frank Gallagher]

How do they know he was dead an not just asleep after suffering through a runny-catchy game for 18 hours or however long an alleged 60 minute game lasts.

[chaz]

Originally posted by O'Mankie:
  How do they know he was dead an not just asleep after suffering through a runny-catchy game for 18 hours or however long an alleged 60 minute game lasts.

Yeah...it would be a much better sport if they scored only once every other game like limey football.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Fine French Chaz:
     

Originally posted by O'Mankie:
  How do they know he was dead an not just asleep after suffering through a runny-catchy game for 18 hours or however long an alleged 60 minute game lasts.

Yeah...it would be a much better sport if they scored only once every other game like limey football. [/b]

errr, that would be WORLD football, but yes, the limeys did invent the beautiful game. What's this score crap anyway? There's only the little skinny, usually hispanic one, who ever attempts to score in your retarded game, and he usually ends up putting it over. What you refer to as scoring is actually nothing more than offside.
 
 BTW, did you know that ice hockey was invented by British troops while stationed in Canada? It was on the Discovery channel the other night.

[Random Citizen]

Here's a photo:
  <img src="http://images.ibsys.com/2005/0707/4694425_320X240.jpg" alt=" - " />

[poorlulu]

i was just thinking put me in a recliner watching american football i'd die of boredom too......
 
 that is what this thread is about right?

[hitman]

I can't believe there's a photo...unbelievable!