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Tommy Carcetti

(44,585 posts) Thu Oct 23, 2025, 01:28 PM Oct 2025

Twist deus ex machina ending:

Trump gets mesothelioma from all the asbestos released into the air from demoing the East Wing.

I'm just saying, it would be quite the twist, wouldn't it?

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Twist deus ex machina ending: (Original Post) Tommy Carcetti Oct 2025 OP

Takes too long. marybourg Oct 2025 #1

Asbestos typically has a latency period of 20-40 years. rsdsharp Oct 2025 #2

What got Steve McQueen in the end n/t gay texan Oct 2025 #3

Merlin Olson, too. rsdsharp Oct 2025 #4

And my dad, who spent WWII spraying asbestos lining into huge marybourg Oct 2025 #5

I'm so sorry for your loss. Mesothelioma is a God awful disease. rsdsharp Oct 2025 #8

Maybe lead poisoning from paint JoseBalow Oct 2025 #6

Yes, I like that scenario canetoad Oct 2025 #7

marybourg

(13,659 posts)

1. Takes too long.

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 01:34 PM

Oct 2025

rsdsharp

(12,093 posts)

2. Asbestos typically has a latency period of 20-40 years.

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 02:12 PM

Oct 2025

Neither he, nor I, would live to see him go through the hell of meso, as richly deserved as it might be.

gay texan

(3,252 posts)

3. What got Steve McQueen in the end n/t

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 02:18 PM

Oct 2025

rsdsharp

(12,093 posts)

4. Merlin Olson, too.

Reply to gay texan (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 02:34 PM

Oct 2025

marybourg

(13,659 posts)

5. And my dad, who spent WWII spraying asbestos lining into huge

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:26 PM

Oct 2025

naval cannons.

rsdsharp

(12,093 posts)

8. I'm so sorry for your loss. Mesothelioma is a God awful disease.

Reply to marybourg (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:09 PM

Oct 2025

JoseBalow

(9,739 posts)

6. Maybe lead poisoning from paint

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:37 PM

Oct 2025

after eating ketchup he scrapes off walls from the Oval Office dining room?

canetoad

(21,021 posts)

7. Yes, I like that scenario

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:42 PM

Oct 2025

Except for it not being a quick killer.

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