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NY3V
08-20-2012, 12:05 PM
His name is Mudd.

Jackmeoff Mudd :shock:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/16/jackmeoff-mudd-arrested-florida_n_1792366.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/16/jackmeoff-mudd-arrested-florida_n_1792366.html)

X-Rated
08-20-2012, 01:21 PM
With names like Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop, who needs a name?

W3WN
08-20-2012, 01:59 PM
Any relation to Harcourt Fenton Mudd?

WØTKX
08-20-2012, 02:01 PM
This is the National Enquirer/TMZ portion of The Island. :lol:

N2NH
08-20-2012, 07:28 PM
Donald Duck?!

KJ3N
08-20-2012, 09:00 PM
Any relation to Harcourt Fenton Mudd?

You're such a Trekkie.....

(I was thinking the same thing, actually)

:geek:

NA4BH
08-20-2012, 09:03 PM
NERDS

WX7P
08-20-2012, 09:46 PM
Do you guys know where the term "you're name is Mudd" came from?

The original was Dr. Samuel Mudd MD, who attended to John Wilkes Booth after his assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

NA4BH
08-20-2012, 09:52 PM
And then this happened

YOUR NAME IS FUDD

http://images.pictureshunt.com/pics/e/elmer_fudd-5189.jpg

Sorry, couldn't help it

N2NH
08-21-2012, 03:30 AM
And then this happened

YOUR NAME IS FUDD

http://images.pictureshunt.com/pics/e/elmer_fudd-5189.jpg

Sorry, couldn't help it

I am Elmer J. Fudd, Millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht.

As far as Mudd, who attended to John Wilkes Booth (he likely didn't know Booth had assasintated Lincoln), he spent 4 years of his life imprisoned on the Dry Tortugas. These are islands in the tropical waters of the Gulf of Mexico 70 miles West of Key West... wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.

kf0rt
08-21-2012, 07:21 AM
Dunno, the park service makes it look like, well... a day in the park.

http://www.nps.gov/drto/index.htm

But in the 1800's....

NQ6U
08-21-2012, 09:03 AM
Do you guys know where the term "you're name is Mudd" came from?

The original was Dr. Samuel Mudd MD, who attended to John Wilkes Booth after his assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

That explanation is in question, mainly because use of the expression predates Lincoln's assassination.

X-Rated
08-21-2012, 09:06 AM
That explanation is in question, mainly because use of the expression predates Lincoln's assassination.

True dat. I was using it during the Spanish Inquisition.

W3WN
08-21-2012, 09:44 AM
You're such a Trekkie.....

(I was thinking the same thing, actually)

:geek:Please. Trekker.

W3WN
08-21-2012, 09:45 AM
True dat. I was using it during the Spanish Inquisition.Oh? I didn't see that one coming.

But then... Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition...

KJ3N
08-21-2012, 09:50 AM
Oh? I didn't see that one coming.

But then... Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition...

It's the Comfy Chair for you!

N2NH
08-21-2012, 03:38 PM
Oh? I didn't see that one coming.

But then... Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition...

Eddie Izzard did a nice bit on the Spanish Inquisition - if Church of England did it...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFyuhTwi_OE

WX7P
08-21-2012, 05:26 PM
That explanation is in question, mainly because use of the expression predates Lincoln's assassination.

As usual, Il Papa, you are correct. My calculations tell me, Captain, that while the use of Dr. Samuel Mudd's name was associated with the expression, "your name is mud" did predate the 1860's.

NA4BH
08-21-2012, 05:32 PM
If the phrase wasn't originally 'your name is Mudd', how did it originate?

Mud is exhaustively defined in the OED as "soft, moist, glutinous material resulting from the mixing of water with soil, sand, dust, or other earthy matter". The word began to be used in a figurative sense as early as the 16th century to refer to things that were worthless or polluting. That usage was later extended to apply to people, as listed in the 1703 account of London's low life, Hell upon Earth:

Mud, a Fool, or thick skull Fellow.


http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/your-name-is-mud.html

NQ6U
08-21-2012, 06:20 PM
You can trust me because I never lie and I'm always right.

—Pope Carlo I

WX7P
08-21-2012, 06:21 PM
You can trust me because I never lie and I'm always right.

—Pope Carlo I

I bow to thee, your eminence... (...front-It's a put-on!)

NY3V
08-21-2012, 06:44 PM
You can trust me because I never lie and I'm always right.

—Pope Carlo I Pretender! Fraud!

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I'm the Real Deal

(Don't you dare call me Santa!)

kb2vxa
08-22-2012, 02:08 AM
...and don't call me Shirley!