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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 09:00 AM Original message |
Cassius Clay sure could box, man. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Archibald Leach was one of my favorite actors |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Are you talking of Cary Grant or John Cleese. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wrong...Robert Zimmerman really really sucks at playing the harp |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I don't believe you. You're a liar! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. LOL! |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Ditto! Loved it! |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. and don't forget the Joseph Levitch Telethon |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. That's a great picture of Ellas McDaniel (ne Bates) you've got, too. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. :-D |
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adadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
6. And there is Ralph Lifshitz |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. meh, I'll just call him by his given nickname... |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. Reginald Kenneth Dwight sure can play the piano |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. And so can Stevland Judkins. And him being blind, too. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Ditto for Armando Corea |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. Mocking a person based on traits over which they have no control |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. Even when Mohammad Ali formally changed his name |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Exactly. He remained 'Bobby' so he can court the racists. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. This is all very well, but is it any reason to call him jeeringly by a name he doesn't use? |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I am definitely not a jeererer. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Let's turn it into a pata-topic, and discuss your intent for discussing it. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. New term for me! |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. With the Dali avatar I thought you'd be familiar with pataphysics |
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ozu (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. It's quite common in Indian households |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Is Nick running for office? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. He decided to court racists when he was four years old? nt |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. you mean |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
17. What the hell are you all so worked up about? |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
19. How do you feel about people saying "Barack Hussein Obama"? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Depends on context, as it does for Jindal |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I think I misunderstood the purpose of the thread |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Context? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. Times like this really make me miss Henry John Deutschendorf. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
26. Most of those people you mentioned legally changed their names- Jindal |
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specimenfred1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. Peeeeeeeyussssssssshhhhhhhh, something smells around here! |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. That Julius Marx fellow was quite the comedian. |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Except that Adolph later switched to being called "Arthur." (n/t) |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. I usually ridicule those who mindlessly correct me..... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Yours is not a proper ellipsis in the preceding. |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Actually, it wasn't mindless. |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. It had no affect on anything. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. So you're saying "Piyush" is his slave name? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Nope. Just that one's choice of name should be respected |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. This is pretty much the opposite of what Mohammed Ali did. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. In other words, Jindal has no right to go by "Bobby," because you don't respect him |
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TheTimmer (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
40. A guilty pleasure, |
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J-Lo Biafra (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. This thread reminds me of that old MDC song "Marion Morrison Was a Nazi." |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
42. Irony alert! Irony alert! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
46. It's just a cute way for white folks to never let us forget that we've got a brown person with us... |
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