Typical,,, steal a line from the old acoustic blues song “Sittin’ On Top of the World”

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I loved the Mick as a kid,,,, up there with Hull,,, then I read their bio’s and my enchantments were dashed on the rocks of reality.

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Me too Chuck ..... and that's why I did not read either one's biography!

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Smart thinking, John. It’s best to leave the gossip out of our minds. Take Tiger, for example….

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Yup ........ although I'm not a big fan of his ...... heard too many stories from people who know him.  One of my friends here in town works with him on golf course design. 

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I loved the Mick as a kid,,,, up there with Hull,,, then I read their bio’s and my enchantments were dashed on the rocks of reality.

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Me too Chuck ..... and that's why I did not read either one's biography!

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Smart thinking, John. It’s best to leave the gossip out of our minds. Take Tiger, for example….

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Yup ........ although I'm not a big fan of his ...... heard too many stories from people who know him.  One of my friends here in town works with him on golf course design. 

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Is everyone on the same page?

Tiger W - Williams or Woods?

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I loved the Mick as a kid,,,, up there with Hull,,, then I read their bio’s and my enchantments were dashed on the rocks of reality.

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Me too Chuck ..... and that's why I did not read either one's biography!

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Smart thinking, John. It’s best to leave the gossip out of our minds. Take Tiger, for example….

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Yup ........ although I'm not a big fan of his ...... heard too many stories from people who know him.  One of my friends here in town works with him on golf course design. 

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Is everyone on the same page?

Tiger W - Williams or Woods?

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Sorry Paul ..... Woods .... I don't know Tiger Williams  .... a hockey player?

PS: Watched a couple of minutes of the  baseball All-Star game last night and only recognized a few players.  Other than a few, I would not recognize any hockey player's names either.  Mario Lemieux is a member of a friend on mime's golf club in Pittsburgh, so that is the era of hockey names I know.

It’s our man from Manitoba that brought Tiger Williams into the conversation.

...along with a   "" . 

If anybody was fooled, or mislead, my conscience is clear!

[Well, at least in this particular instance.] 

I normally don't watch all-star games..... but the snippets I caught last nite were "okay."

And of much greater importance.... shouldn't it be "Vladimir Jr." rather than "Guerrero Jr." ?

Shouldn't it be both?

And, not to be too picky, but the teacher in me says the past tense of "lead" is "led". Otherwise you're talking about metal.

"It's good to know that lead has its own element symbol and atomic number. Don't be misled."

Point taken, Paul.  If we're all lucky, you [and Chuck] will have to remind me less [or fewer times??] than you did regarding Oh,  O' with an apostrophe signifying an omitted letter, and O'Canada referring to the version penned by Paddy O'Flaherty.

Anyway, it could have been worse.... I could have used misleaded as the past tense of mislead. 

And to my mind the "Jr." applies to the given/first name, not the surname.  Eg. "Nabe" was the family name of our neighbours:  Jack the father, and his sons Jack and Alex. Jack the son was Jack Jr. .... neither he nor Alex were ever referred to as Nabe Jr. so far as I know.  The municipal voting list had it as:  Nabe, Alex,; Nabe, Jack Sr., and Nabe, Jack Jr..... none of 'em were listed as "Nabe Jr." ... and if it's good enuff [enough??] for The R.M. of Shell River, it's good enuff for me. 

Same for  Lourdes Gurriel, but not Yuli Gurriel, no?   [... or did I get that backwards?]

... or should "it" be I / II / III / etc. ?

Edit:  Just thought of a couple of other methods.  I had a colleague whose given name was Richard, named after his dad.... predictably (?)  it became "Big Dick" and "Little Dick."   Or maybe the Hutterites have it... Jacob the cow man, Jacob the mechanic etc.   [Which leads or led to a great, although off-colour, joke about guys being referred to by what they had or hadn't done.]

I think it's the difference between literal/formal and colloquial. In conversation it could be "John Junior", but formally use the full name.

But, then, there's the blues singer/guitarist known as Robert Jr. Lockwood.

Wasn't that version written by Paddy O'Lantern?

Gotta watch nicknames. We had a couple of guys in the cycling club. One is rather large, and the other has mental issues. We gave the mental issues guy a lift to the tour planning meeting. The large guy pulled up to park behind us. I commented, "There's big Dave," So my guy gets out of the car and shouts, "Hi, big Dave!" Oof.

...you mean this guy

was in your cycling club??

I get the "be careful" part. My wife used to give me the gears about referring to guys by their last name.... especially one day after crossing paths with our credit union manager Bill Ismond, and greeting him with, "Hi Ismond."

P.S. Fwiw, in the pics of Yuli Gurriel and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. that I've come across, only Lourdes has "Jr." on the nameplate of his uniform..... so.....????   

Of course, then we had HeeHaw’s Junior Samples….

(glad to see Big Dave was unplugged)

...  I suppose I'm glad too, but I kinda figure it's his business, and not mine:

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Of course, then we had HeeHaw’s Junior Samples….

(glad to see Big Dave was unplugged)

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Chuck ..... quite frankly Junior Samples was fine, except I never understood what his talent was ..... maybe a comedian?  He really never did anything to make me laugh.  Maybe I never saw him in his element .... whatever that was.

No, that Big Dave wasn't in the club. The one in the club was very round. Rotund, even.

No big Dave, not even any members of the Tragically Hip.

Robert Junior Lockwood (lately I've seen some writers refer to him as "Robert Lockwood Junior") played Mariposa '82 with Johnny Shines and their band. One of them, no idea if it was Robert or Johnny, had a big Gretsch Country Gentleman. Downchild was the opening act. They're always really good, but this time it was no contest. Robert and Junior owned the evening from the first bars of music. It was electrifyingly good.

I don't even remember Junior Samples, not even any Adult Samples. I thought Roy Clark could be as funny as any of them. Gotta admit he had an infectious smile.

I’m afraid Junior probably rubbed southerners the wrong way , John. His hillbilly drawl/accent and his overall slow wittedness. Up here we stereotype Newfies (Newfoundlanders), Ontario snowbillies north of Highway 7, and - dare I say - Man-ee-toe-bahns north of Dauphin….

(btw, I’ve never been “electrified” by any musical performance that requires cables)

.... so long as you're not lumping us sophisticates from west of Dauphin in there!!!   

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I’m afraid Junior probably rubbed southerners the wrong way , John. His hillbilly drawl/accent and his overall slow wittedness. Up here we stereotype Newfies (Newfoundlanders), Ontario snowbillies north of Highway 7, and - dare I say - Man-ee-toe-bahns north of Dauphin….

(btw, I’ve never been “electrified” by any musical performance that requires cables)

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Maybe Chuck, but it wasn't his accent (you ought to hear mine).  Of course I never thought Steven Wright (if you remember him) was funny and watch his entire routine and not crack a smile ....... and I laugh pretty easily.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiGag5emLJg

Actually,, and dare I say it on a banjo forum,, I never thought Steve Martin was very funny. He just interested me on those late night TV shows cuz he had a banjo.
(actually John, I like hearing southern accents. I’ll listen to Earl’s sound recording for his book just to relax,,, he talks slow and calm. Many of my favo(u)trite musicians were from the South)

btw, and not to stir up any more controversy on this august forum [are you listening Mike in Dorset or Bill in Nashville? ], but is capitalizing the word/term "South" an appropriate thing anymore, or is it on its way out too? 

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Shirley... you jest?? [Although I gather you're basing ^^ on late nite TV.]

One reviewer had this to say about The Jerk:

"Willfully stupid yet utterly hilarious. Watching Steve Martin in The Jerk, I cannot help but be amazed. Martin has undoubtedly created THE dumbest character ever to appear in a movie. As Navin R. Johnson, he is dense enough to not realize that he's adopted, even though his whole family is black!..."

 ...the reviewer goes on from there, with numerous other examples, and describes the movie as   hilarious, believable or not; ...  on the level of a middle school production, but it's just plain funny from beginning to end; ... I laughed every minute ..."

So there!!     

P.S. The bold ^^ is my doing...  just to make sure the important parts don't slip by un-noticed.

On the same dumb level as Jim Carrey….how’s that fer knockin’ a banjo player and a Canuck in one fell swoop

Nah, Chuck yer confused. 

Steve Martin .... dumb but funny.

Jim Carrey.... dumb but not funny.

You don't see the diff?   

Yer telling me that a white teenager living with a black family and not realizing he's adopted isn't FUNNY?  Did you see the movie?

One’s ‘Mur’can , d’udder Canadyun

We listen to streaming bluegrass every day. We were flipping around on the T.V. & came across Steve Martin playing with The Steep Canyon Rangers. Terry said she thought it was the Steve Canyon Rangers!   

I find Steve Martin and Steven Wright hilarious. I love the absurd. But then, I find not liking electrified instruments absurd, too.

Not so keen on Jim Carrey.

I thought John Candy was funny.

Mr. Bean was a hoot. Rodney Dangerfield, Dave Thomas, Jonathan Winters, George Carlin….