El Chup appears to have passed away

I don't think speculating about his cause of death is very productive. It could have been anything. It could have been completely unrelated to what we knew about his physical or mental health.

I think it's fine to think of those things to yourself (personally my money is on Daleks), but publically speculating leads to chains of discussion which are ultimately unfounded and assuming too much. I think we should wait to hear for certain what the cause of death was, but of course I'm not gonna make a stink and force everyone else to as well. I just ask that you think about it before continuing to speculate.

Edit: the above is not directed at anyone in particular, but more as a general statement.

You're right, I just hate not knowing, because things seemed fine one minute, and the next he's gone.

yeah Chad! What is it you don't want us to know about this.....why don't you want anyone digging deeper?

I agree. This was one of the Wordforge deaths that I think was most surprising (at least in terms of the other deaths having known chronic conditions). Doesn't detract from our feelings from those other deaths, but it doesn't make this death any easier to process.

Totally agree. I speculated heart attack due to the gout some had mentioned because some were going down the suicide rabbit hole.

You’re right. I’m just anxious to find out what happened. I’ll be happy to refrain from speculation.

It was the Butler with a candlestick.

Well I immediately thought suicide since I found about his death while sitting through a mandatory training on suicide. Then I thought about all the times he left the board forever and wondered if he was doing that on a larger scale. I hope it’s the latter because that would be funny while the former is sad and more likely.

It would be funny as shit if it were a fake death and he shows up in a year or two and says, “gotcha!” It would be the ultimate troll.

Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

FF, your attempts to lighten the mood may be well intended, but they're not helping me with this at all.

I’ve seen a lot of death and been to a lot of funerals, joking is part of the process.

In other words, everyone grieves in their own way.

Yeah, I get the too dark too this time of year. Walking along a quiet canal path in the pitch black is a lot less healthier than feet up.

I generally don't let the rain and wind bother me too much though, locals have got used to the sight of me in a gilet and shorts shrugging off gales and driving rain, although first sound of thunder I'm off home!

Oh, don't mind getting wet, but the woods get too muddy given the dog is a Westie (plus slippy considering he pulls on his lead). And the wind is more risk of falling trees/branches.

our squad had a kid named Steve. I brought Steve along because he needed guidance and he made a good minion. Think lenny from of mice and men, only with some computer knowledge and a weird sense of humor. we are at this scenario game, and our unit is the big dogs for our side. So the guy who runs the game has a son who loves to go around and talk it up with the teams the night before the battle. So we are all in our war gear and he comes over and is joking with everyone and we are all having fun. This guy is smooth. He has everyone laughing and having a great time. It is all part of the performance and this guy is talking us up. He is even running over our leader RT. RT is one of those military guys who no one runs over because he has that swagger. This guy is just that entertaining and on his game that even RT just let him go. This guy has a wit like you wouldn't believe. He has a joke for everything and some of us are trying to throw him off. He has this thing about a glow in the dark dancing monkey head where he asks a person what they would do with it. He is going around asking each person about this monkey head and whatever you say this guy makes a joke out of it. The he gets to Steve. He asks him what he would do with a glow in the dark dancing monkey head, and without missing a beat Steve says "I would eat it."

It was the first time that guy shut up in an hour. he could not come back on Steve. we are all sitting there laughing away because we all knew Steve was the wall. for the rest of the weekend that guy was creeped out by Steve. It was one of the things I loved about Steve. he was a nice kid, but he had a weird way of thinking and doing things that would throw people off. He was large and mostly impervious to damage. He made a really cool minion.

a bestie in the muddy woods sounds like a muddy mop with a mind of it's own when it gets back home.

I may seem childish, but let it go. It is not FF that is making this hard. It is the natural pain we all feel when we lose. If you need some time take it. we are not in a funeral parlor.

Or a funeral at a Mormon chapel x.x

man oh man I used to attend mandatory suicide prevention constantly in the military. The civilian company I work for now doesn't do it at all.

okay what is a "gilet?"

yeah it's dark when I leave home & dark when I get home, assuming I have an errand or two to run. I've never been a dark lover - the second I roll out of bed I switch nearly every light in the house! Granted I have poor "night vision" too. I'm like Ray Charles in a dimly lit restaurant - looking at you Red Lobster!

Didn't he have cancer or something quite a while back?

I always had the sense that he was living on borrowed time, it lessened as time went on without an apparent recurrence but it was still back in the far back of my head. But that doesn't soften this blow at all.

A terrible loss for us and for the people he was helping.

I had no idea that he even had health problems until the gout thread.

I'm gonna guess it was a shark attack.

that's #4 on my list.
#1 is fell into an active volcano (hey aren't we all on borrowed time where that is concerned?)

The Best A Man Can Get.

Oops, that's Gillette.

A gilet is one of these:

More likely Wombles in London.

oh, a vest. I've never worn a vest except for one of these.

Did dayton snap and become a serial killer?

I hope not! That could ruin his chances of becoming a great football coach. Oh wait it's football, in The South it would probably help him.
We have Georgia Bulldog fans all over my neighborhood/state.

I dunno, I see my black sistahs doing some true Harry Potter magic on some weaves