I was thinking Butch Vig sounds more mob enforcer than nerdy record producer
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 16 October 2024 16:50 (ten months ago)
Taylor Swift - her sewing is actually quite slow
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 16 October 2024 16:55 (ten months ago)
Catfish Hunter was actually a baseball player
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 16 October 2024 17:16 (ten months ago)
Gershon Legman proclaimed himself to be an ass man.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Wednesday, 16 October 2024 18:13 (ten months ago)
Neil Walker only drew 35-40 walks a season, well below league average
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 October 2024 18:16 (ten months ago)
conversely, Grant Balfour threw less ball fours than the average pitcher
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 October 2024 18:19 (ten months ago)
Neil Young is actually 78 years old
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 16 October 2024 18:27 (ten months ago)
Kerry Wood had a bat boy and carried the Cubs offense a lot more than he actually carried wood.
― felicity, Wednesday, 16 October 2024 19:24 (ten months ago)
Frank Zappa was never frank, in fact he never shut the fuck up
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 October 2024 19:43 (ten months ago)
Dick Trickle's unobstructed urethra generates a flow of urine that is frankly prodigious
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 October 2024 20:08 (ten months ago)
https://foodforthepoor.org/director-finance-committee-member-robin-g-mahfood/
― nxd, Friday, 28 March 2025 06:44 (four months ago)
I hope not (!!) — that one had me convulsing
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 28 March 2025 19:27 (four months ago)
laughing so hard at that.
― visiting, Friday, 28 March 2025 19:47 (four months ago)
I know of several bakeries owned by Boucher families (which means butcher in French)
― StanM, Friday, 28 March 2025 20:13 (four months ago)
and yes! Boucherie Boulanger also exists (a butcher called Baker)
― StanM, Friday, 28 March 2025 20:15 (four months ago)
is there an opposite analog for this thread? I want to share "Montreal fire department section chief André Laflamme" with you all
― rob, Tuesday, 5 August 2025 14:01 (three weeks ago)
idk i think he might fit in this thread. his name indicates a pyromaniac, not a pyro-preventer!
― gestures broadly at...everything (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 5 August 2025 16:41 (three weeks ago)
lol good point!
― rob, Tuesday, 5 August 2025 17:32 (three weeks ago)
How could John Tory ever do anything besides enter Conservative politics?
― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 5 August 2025 18:07 (three weeks ago)
I think this thread is intentioned for reverse nominative determinism, like the defence attorney who was called Sue Yoo or whatever, so I think it was the correct thread for rob's post, or is my brain just nominatively confused!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Tuesday, 5 August 2025 18:39 (three weeks ago)
People whose names seemed to predict their career or job
― Kim Kimberly, Tuesday, 5 August 2025 18:51 (three weeks ago)
Dying at Robin Mahfood mentioned upthread.
― Kim Kimberly, Tuesday, 5 August 2025 18:53 (three weeks ago)
omg
― five six seven, eight nine ten, begin (map), Tuesday, 5 August 2025 19:03 (three weeks ago)
ah thanks, Kim! though yes calz, voodoo chili made me realize that this actually is the right thread for firefighter Laflamme, even if initially I was just thinking "tee hee a guy named The Flame is a fireman how amusing"
― rob, Tuesday, 5 August 2025 20:42 (three weeks ago)