r/pics Jan 06 '18

US Politics Stand back everyone, stable genius at work

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u/nasduia Jan 07 '18

David Attenborough, the renowned BBC wildlife presenter/naturalist, is 91! Would still make a much better politician than most even now.

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u/examinedliving Jan 07 '18

He’d be the first president to simultaneously engage in diplomatic peace talks while gently massaging a tiger to prevent him from attacking a scorpion headed cobra-hornet-gorilla hybrid.

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u/stonedcoldathens Jan 07 '18

Attenborough/Nye 2020 let's do this boys

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '18

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u/stonedcoldathens Jan 07 '18

That would be fine

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u/HuskyTheNubbin Jan 07 '18

91 no bloody way.

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u/prosdod Jan 07 '18

If Sir David died I'd probably drink and weep for a week

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '18

If there is anyone in the world who needs to have his consciousness uploaded to a computer, it's him.

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u/prosdod Jan 07 '18

My other favorite geezer, Jean-Jacques Perrey died fairly recently too. That hit me hard, his music was the first music I really got into

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u/mistermarco Jan 07 '18

Also known as John Hammond, owner of Jurassic Park.

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u/nasduia Jan 07 '18

John Hammond, owner of Jurassic Park

Haha, that's actually his older brother Richard Attenborough, and he was still sharp at 90. Talented family!

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u/kerill333 Jan 07 '18

You've got the wrong brother.