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Old 05-02-2009, 11:56 AM
Skald the Rhymer Skald the Rhymer is offline
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Lunatic, villain, or nitwit?
This is a simple game. One poster names a famous real person; the next identifies said person as a lunatic, villain, or nitwit--or, perhaps, none of the above--and then offers another name for the next Doper to consider. For example, if hypothetical poster 0 had offered up Sarah Palin, my reply would be nitwit.

And now, to get things going: Fred Phelps.
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Old 05-02-2009, 12:10 PM
Really Not All That Bright Really Not All That Bright is offline
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Villain.

Ferdinand Porsche
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Old 05-02-2009, 12:11 PM
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Phelps is clearly all three. Better start over with a different example.
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Old 05-02-2009, 12:32 PM
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Phelps is clearly all three. Better start over with a different example.
Well, that's the point. Which of the three is most apt?

But since you're gonna be all Welsh on me, fine:

Tom Cruise.
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Old 05-02-2009, 12:37 PM
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Lunatic.

Rosie O'Donnell.
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Old 05-02-2009, 12:46 PM
Really Not All That Bright Really Not All That Bright is offline
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Nitwit.

Back to Ferdinand Porsche.
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Old 05-02-2009, 12:50 PM
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Villain, I guess.

John Ashcroft.
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Old 05-02-2009, 12:58 PM
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Villain.

Graham Kerr.
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Old 05-02-2009, 01:30 PM
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none of the above

Che Guevara
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Old 05-02-2009, 01:47 PM
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Nitwit.

Michael Foot.
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Old 05-02-2009, 05:09 PM
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Nitwit.

Michael Foot.

He's British, and I feel like a Star Wars fan today, so I'll say villain.

Andrew Jackson.
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Old 05-02-2009, 05:28 PM
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Villain.

Gavrilo Princip.
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Old 05-02-2009, 08:50 PM
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Gavrilo Princip.
Lunatic.

Donald Trump.
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Old 05-02-2009, 09:20 PM
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Donald Trump.
Nitwit. You can tell by the hair.

Leni Riefenstahl.
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Old 05-02-2009, 09:39 PM
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Leni Riefenstahl.
None of the above


John Wilkes Booth
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Old 05-03-2009, 12:31 AM
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Villain.

Mao Tse Tung
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Old 05-03-2009, 12:34 AM
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Mao Tse Tung
Villain


L. Ron Hubbard
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Old 05-03-2009, 01:28 AM
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Villain


L. Ron Hubbard
Lunatic.

Ayn Rand
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Old 05-03-2009, 02:08 AM
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Lunatic.

Ayn Rand
Villain.

George III
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Old 05-03-2009, 02:13 AM
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Nitwit.

Jimmy Carter (History's Greatest Monster)
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Old 05-03-2009, 02:15 AM
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Nitwit.

Jimmy Carter (History's Greatest Monster)
Nitwit.*

Kirk Cameron.


*Carter... a bigger monster than Stalin or Hitler... Really? Really?
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Old 05-03-2009, 06:38 AM
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Kirk Cameron.
Uh....who he?


My nominee: Arizona Kate ("Ma") Barker.
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Old 05-03-2009, 06:42 AM
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Nitwit.*

Kirk Cameron.


*Carter... a bigger monster than Stalin or Hitler... Really? Really?
Nitwit.

Steve Jobs
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Old 05-03-2009, 06:49 AM
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*Carter... a bigger monster than Stalin or Hitler... Really? Really?
Hey, Homer Simpson said it, not me!
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Old 05-03-2009, 10:46 AM
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Nitwit.

Steve Jobs
None of the above.

Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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Old 05-03-2009, 12:54 PM
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None of the above.

Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Villain.

Nicholas & Alexandra (counting them as one)
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Old 05-03-2009, 12:59 PM
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Villain.

Nicholas & Alexandra (counting them as one)
None ofthe above.

Alexis Denisof.
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Old 05-03-2009, 02:08 PM
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None ofthe above.

Alexis Denisof.
He just sired a child by Alyson Hannigan.

Both villian and bloody genius!
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