What if Osama Bin Laden changed his name to Ol Minty?

[steve(thelil)]

I bet he'd be alot more popular, specially around Christmastime!!!

[Dr Dave]

Ol Minty is a lot better than a lot of the alternatives:

Osama bin Shoppin'

Osama bin Shtuppin'

Osama bin Loadin'

Osama bin 25 (this is a wine joke)

Osama bin Hurtin'

Osama bin Minton

O Say Can You Bin Ladin

O Mama bin Boppin'

Osama bin Mama

Osama bin Limin' (Carib Beer edition)

Osama bin Fartin'

[Brian Olewnick]

Osama Rolaid-in.

[steve(thelil)]

Out of respect for recent events, I am not dedicating a whole 'nother separate thread out of this tangent: If Milton Berle had been Minton Berle he would have been Uncle Minty and then Osama's Q-rating would really throb if he changed his name to Ol Minty.

testing your tolerance with an added boldness due to recent sad events in my life , I remain:

-a guy who doesn't really, well not totally, expect to snap and ride around in subways - all day and night, exept for donut and soup breaks, in my Mets cap with a twisted (sort of smile) before the onset of a cold, cruel winter..

[Dr Dave]

Originally Posted by steve(thelil)

Out of respect for recent events, I am not dedicating a whole 'nother separate thread out of this tangent: If Milton Berle had been Minton Berle he would have been Ol Minty and then Osama's Q-rating would really throb if he changed his name to Ol Minty.

testing your tolerance with an added boldness due to recent sad events in my life , I remain:

-a guy who doesn't really, well not totally, expect to snap and ride around in subways - all day and night, exept for donut and soup breaks, in my Mets cap with a twisted (sort of smile) before the onset of a cold, cruel winter..

That's good. That's good that you don't expect to snap and ride the A to Far Rockaway. Those stations in Queens...they're so spooky...

[frankenmeister7]

goodyear blimp or firestone tire

This brings up a good point.

Something I've always thought about was that if Jack The Ripper's name had been Ernie, would he still seem like such an ominous figure?

[crawjo]

I think a fellow's name can go a long way toward exaggerating his reputation. For those of you who are baseball fans out there, I'm convinced that Bert Blyleven would be in the Hall of Fame if his name wasn't Bert Blyleven.

Actually, Osama bin Ladin should legally change his name to Derek Jeter. That would really confuse the hell out of people.

[crawjo]

Originally Posted by Mo Noyz

This brings up a good point.

Something I've always thought about was that if Jack The Ripper's name had been Ernie, would he still seem like such an ominous figure?

I think this happened to one guy. I think people would take Pol Pot more seriously if his name was something other than Pol Pot. Actually, if you really wanted to be a genocidal dictator, you should give yourself a name like Snuggles the Cat, or something. It would take a long time before people got fed up with you.

Exactly!!!!

[Dr Dave]

Yes, exactly. What a world.

[steve(thelil)]

I'd like to apologize to the Berle family and my jazzcorner family for suggesting in post 3 that Uncle Milty was known as Ol Milty. I've changed the reference.

[clinthopson]

Originally Posted by steve(thelil)

I'd like to apologize to the Berle family and my jazzcorner family for suggesting in post 3 that Uncle Milty was known as Ol Milty. I've changed the reference.

He looked his best in a minty gown.

[Dr Dave]

I'm changing my name to Rin Tinton...no, wait...no...

[Dennis Gonzalez]

What if Vitas Gerulaitis' real name was Bitas Meatalnite-us?

[stonemonkts]

Originally Posted by crawjo

I think this happened to one guy. I think people would take Pol Pot more seriously if his name was something other than Pol Pot. Actually, if you really wanted to be a genocidal dictator, you should give yourself a name like Snuggles the Cat, or something. It would take a long time before people got fed up with you.

I once reported to a Cambodian dictator er director and in a meeting where he was being especially dictatorial I uttered "relax, Pol Pot".

Believe me, this guy took Pol Pot very seriously!! WoW

[Monte Smith]

Seen in this light, Osama really wouldn't be all that bad. He should change his name to Ol' Minty. And maybe go to Mass, comb his hair with Brylcreem, and wear some nicely pressed plaid slacks.

[Dr Dave]

Originally Posted by Monte Smith

Seen in this light, Osama really wouldn't be all that bad. He should change his name to Ol' Minty. And maybe go to Mass, comb his hair with Brylcreem, and wear some nicely pressed plaid slacks.

Well, except for the Mass and plaid slacks part, he might be mistaken for ZOMBIE REAGAN!

[Monte Smith]

Zombie Reagan!? Dave, you have just gone and character assassinated a beloved American figure. Well done, you fiend.

[Dr Dave]

I'm not that good, Monte. I just picked up on someone else's work.

BRAAAAAAAINS! BRAAAAAAAINS!

[steve(thelil)]

If you look at the first post, you will see that it's actually a Christmas thread.

[Dr Dave]

I think I saw Osama (Ol' Minty) on the cover of last week's New Yorker, wearing a Santa suit.

[frankenmeister7]

Originally Posted by crawjo

I think this happened to one guy. I think people would take Pol Pot more seriously if his name was something other than Pol Pot. Actually, if you really wanted to be a genocidal dictator, you should give yourself a name like Snuggles the Cat, or something. It would take a long time before people got fed up with you.

i don't think that the name of snuggles the cat would of helped pol pot either.

osama is mad as a hatter...but after reading almost all of the volumes of cases that were played during WWII...there was only one insane man that went way beyond his own comprehension of the world around himself and the people who helped him.

two words - Dr. Josef Mengele

the most dispicable being on the planet. it is said that his son gives him praises for being a great doctor of that time. experimental is not the word i would use for Josef Mengele.

Osama binLadin vs Dr. Josef Mengele. i have got to say that Mengele has it way over the top compared to binLadin.

Osama is a bad man and should be found but Mengele lived and died some 40 years after the war and the authorities still can't figure out if those bones they found in a shallow grave are his. "he is still alive".

that in itself is very unsettleing(sp) to know that a guy who puts twin eyeballs on a wall as decoration could still be wondering the earth.

[clinthopson]

Osama? - Yo Mama!