Ignorance and "Mama" Cass Elliot

"Mama" Cass Elliot

Ignorant people really, really, really get on my nerves. Before you open your damn mouth, please know what you are talking about before arguing with me! Now, if I open my mouth, and I am corrected, I quickly shut it. I have researched many topics, and while I do not consider myself to be a genius, I do think myself to be a qualified authority on some topics.

For instance: Today I had a conversation with an acquaintance, who now we will call "Mr. X". We began talking about old bands, etc. I simply stated I was on a Mama's and The Papa's kick lately, and he told a "joke" about "Mama" Cass Elliot. I consider Cass to be a great. She, along with Janis Joplin, Elvis, and Jimi Hendrix left the world long before their time.

The joke was this:
If Mama Cass gave Karen Carpenter(who died of Anorexia Nervosa) a chicken leg both of them would still be alive.

First of all, the legend is a ham sandwich. I could understand the joke being, giving Karen Carpenter the ham sandwich, but seeing as there was no chicken leg.....anyway, that is irrelevant.

What actually happened to "Mama" Cass, was she died of a heart attack in her sleep, after performing to sold out crowds at the Palladium in London. After performing that night, she phoned Michelle Phillips(The Mama's and the Papa's) overjoyed at her successes in London. As you will read there was no chicken leg, or ham sandwich in her trachea. But there was fatty tissue which caused the heart to stop beating.

Mr. X had no right opening his damned mouth about that. But, after I corrected him, he claimed to know the truth. This pissed me off; not only because I knew I was right, but because he tended to be making fun of obese people. Arguing does nothing to solve a problem, so I stopped both the argument and the discussion promptly!

Here are links to Cass' Wikipedia Page, as well as her death certificate to prove who was correct on the matter.

Cass Elliot Wikipedia

Cass Elliot's death Certificate