OMG! Do you know what Wolf Blitzer's real name is?!

[MonkeyFunk]

It's "Wolf".

The "Leslie" thing was an Al Franken joke, and it's getting a little old.

[Fenris]

1. Next you're gonna tell me Chris Matthews' name isn't Tweety!

[Jack Rabbit]

28. It isn't

His real name is Sylvester.

[TwilightZone]

2. According to Wikipedia,

you're correct: it is Wolf.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Blitzer

Interesting how widespread the "Leslie" misconception spread. I admit that I had no clue (until now) that it was false.

[physioex]

8. AIPAC lobbyist???

Now that is something new I learnt today.........

[originalpckelly]

12. Oh indeed, never listen to him anymore about Israel/Palestinian/etc.

Everything else is ok, but on that issue he's biased.

[physioex]

13. Ohhh...Absolutely.

That is very useful information

[shance]

25. Shows we have lobbyists and special interests governing our 'mainstream' media

That should explain a lot.

[physioex]

31. Ohhh...Absolutely....EOM

[wicket]

3. What started the Leslie "joke"?

n/t

[NYCGirl]

6. It's from Al Franken's routine at the 1994 WH Correspondents Dinner:

http://home.hawaii.rr.com/snlcn/franken/whcd2.html

[wicket]

26. I still don't get the joke

But thanks! :hi:

[Lex]

4. Next you're going to tell me Laura isn't named Pickles!

nt

[SoCalDem]

5. Or george's name isn't really Shithead. n/t

[petepillow]

17. yes, it's fuckface.

fuckface w peesashit

[sarge43]

18. Oh please, everyone knows it's Asshat McFubar n/t

[Sydnie]

27. He changed it to blivet**

you know, one name like Cher or Prince. Sheesh, where have you been that you hadn't heard that? ;)

[TankLV]

29. OK - just what is "blivet"?

I see it many times, and damned if I know the conotations...

[Sydnie]

30. Blivet

blivet /bliv'*t/ 1. An intractable problem.
2. A crucial piece of hardware that can't be fixed or replaced if it breaks.
3. A tool that has been hacked over by so many incompetent programmers that it has become an unmaintainable tissue of hacks.
4. An out-of-control but unkillable development effort.
5. An embarrassing bug that pops up during a customer demo.
6. In the subjargon of computer security specialists, a denial-of-service attack performed by hogging limited resources that have no access controls (for example, shared spool space on a multi-user system).
This term has other meanings in other technical cultures; among experimental physicists and hardware engineers of various kinds it seems to mean any random object of unknown purpose (similar to hackish use of frob). It has also been used to describe an amusing trick-the-eye drawing resembling a three-pronged fork that appears to depict a three-dimensional object until one realises that the parts fit together in an impossible way.

[sarge43]

32. Specialty definition in the munitions maintenance game

Blivet: Five pounds of shit in a four pound bag. An suitable description of Smirky the Wonder Chimp.

[TankLV]

33. Thank you!

Now I know...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. Here's a picture of a blivet:

[XNASA]

7. You must be kidding.

Al Franken doesn't even know how to tell a joke.

[htuttle]

9. I don't CARE what your silly 'facts' and 'books' tell you!

I looked it up IN MY GUT, and my GUT says his name is Leslie!

I'm certain of it!

[MonkeyFunk]

11. LOL...

good 'un

[Name removed]

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[Initech]

14. Not nearly as funny as Michael Savages' real last name being "Weiner"

[lectrobyte]

15. Savage Weiner. How appropriate.

[mitchtv]

16. You are correct either way you decide to pronounce it

Weener or Whiner

[AlCzervik]

19. i guess "The Weiner nation" wouldn't be good for ratings.

everytime i drive through SF i see the billboard with his crazy ass picture on it--"Look mom it's the Savage Weiner!"

[sarge43]

24. .....

:spray::applause:

[izzie]

20. This one is fun.

--

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

21. Was he raised by nomadic Lakota Indians?

He probably had a dream quest where as an adolescent boy living among the plains Sioux, he went off on his own, weaponless and wearing nothing but a loincloth and mocassins for days in the wild, eating and drinking nothing until he saw the image of a great wolf of power and wisdom and took the name as his own.

And now he has incarnated the dream quest and has become that great wolf of power and wisdom, so resolute and fearless, that we all look up to. Just look how brave Wolf was during the Cheney interview.

[MonkeyFunk]

23. nope

just your normal everyday Germans.

[terrya]

22. Thanks for the info.

I really appreciate you saying that. Yes, that "Leslie" stuff was getting a bit tired.

I can, however, still comment that the sound of his voice is worse than listening to a thousand fingers scraping a thousand blackboards.

[LSK]

35. leslie originates from the 1994 WHC dinner

http://the-hamster.com/franken1.html

Although the OP should learn to use sources.