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Tommy Carcetti

(44,368 posts) Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:28 PM Oct 23

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 23 OP

Takes too long. marybourg Oct 23 #1

Asbestos typically has a latency period of 20-40 years. rsdsharp Oct 23 #2

What got Steve McQueen in the end n/t gay texan Oct 23 #3

Merlin Olson, too. rsdsharp Oct 23 #4

And my dad, who spent WWII spraying asbestos lining into huge marybourg Oct 23 #5

I'm so sorry for your loss. Mesothelioma is a God awful disease. rsdsharp Oct 23 #8

Maybe lead poisoning from paint JoseBalow Oct 23 #6

Yes, I like that scenario canetoad Oct 23 #7

marybourg

(13,587 posts)

1. Takes too long.

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:34 PM

Oct 23

rsdsharp

(11,701 posts)

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

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 01:12 PM

Oct 23

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

gay texan

(3,139 posts)

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

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 01:18 PM

Oct 23

rsdsharp

(11,701 posts)

4. Merlin Olson, too.

Reply to gay texan (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 01:34 PM

Oct 23

marybourg

(13,587 posts)

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

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:26 PM

Oct 23

naval cannons.

rsdsharp

(11,701 posts)

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

Reply to marybourg (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:09 PM

Oct 23

JoseBalow

(9,068 posts)

6. Maybe lead poisoning from paint

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:37 PM

Oct 23

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

canetoad

(20,002 posts)

7. Yes, I like that scenario

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:42 PM

Oct 23

Except for it not being a quick killer.

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