# A thread for Rudy {Rudy Giuliani} **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 16, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355 "2023-08-16T04:08:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 37
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/721 "2024-05-18T15:39:44Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > For the younger Dopers out there, she’s referencing the Battle of Normandy, in which a battalion of two British soldiers knocked on Hitler’s door and handed him some papers. ?? A quick Google search comes up with nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/722 "2024-05-18T15:42:11Z")
My thought exactly ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/723 "2024-05-18T16:26:51Z")
I may be slightly misremembering the details of the battle of Normandy, but I must have gotten the gist of it right, if this was like Normandy. > **[Operation Overlord](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord)** > > Allied victory > 16,714 Allied airmen killed (8,536 members of the USAAF, and 8,178 flying under the command of the RAF) > Civilian deaths: ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/724 "2024-05-18T16:32:41Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > A quick Google search comes up with nothing. That was sarcasm on @Left_Hand_of_Dorkness 's part, I’m pretty certain. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/725 "2024-05-18T16:47:07Z")
Apparently he was served with the papers just as the guests were singing “Happy birthday to you”. > Giuliani was reportedly served just after party guests sang happy birthday to him, a reporter with Arizona’s ABC-affiliated station [posted](https://x.com/RLJnews/status/1791704827531276557) on X. [https://www.axios.com/2024/05/18/rudy-giuliani-indicted-arizona-election-trump](https://www.axios.com/2024/05/18/rudy-giuliani-indicted-arizona-election-trump) ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/726 "2024-05-18T16:47:40Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > That was sarcasm on @Left_Hand_of_Dorkness 's part, I’m pretty certain. And Jonathan Swift didn’t really want to eat babies. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/727 "2024-05-18T18:26:56Z")
To be fair, we don’t know that for sure. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/728 "2024-05-18T18:43:48Z")
Hahahah. I really hope that’s the way it happened. Happy Birthday Rudy 😆 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/729 "2024-05-18T18:43:55Z")
Seems as if DesertDog’s sarcasm meter needs a new memory module. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/730 "2024-05-18T19:32:35Z")
Or their cookies cleared. Maybe try turning it all the way off and back on again. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/731 "2024-05-18T19:34:02Z")
Mmmm, cookies. 🍪 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/732 "2024-05-18T21:27:03Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I want to learn more about the assertion that if they can’t find him and serve him by tomorrow they have to dismiss the indictment. Is that a thing? It’s most likely another attempt to set up a “the Deep State is illegally harassing me by breaking this rule (that I just made up)” narrative. It’s a stupid argument, but its purpose is to gin up support from stupid people. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/733 "2024-05-18T21:29:43Z")
> [@](#): > > party guests sang happy birthday to him 🎵 …Happy Birthday, you fink You belong in the clink All covered in hair dye With no booze to drink… 🎵 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/734 "2024-05-18T21:53:24Z")
Excellent! What’s verse 2? 😆 ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/735 "2024-05-18T22:52:17Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > This article is _chef’s kiss_. I like this one better… If he got rid of the “stain-blocking ceiling paint” he could probably get an 85-inch TV. > Giuliani is expected to celebrate his birthday, again, on May 31 at the Midtown eatery Amata. Both parties come with a gift registry including everything from an electric razor and Giorgio Armani cologne to “stain-blocking ceiling paint” and a 55-inch TV. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/736 "2024-05-18T23:00:03Z")
Well, if anyone else needs to serve him with court process, they know where to find him on May 31. Nice of him to publicise it. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/737 "2024-05-18T23:34:47Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Happy Birthday, you fink You had to be jinky and tease the clinky what are you going to do when you don’t have a drinky. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/738 "2024-05-18T23:53:27Z")
😀 😄 😆 😂 ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/739 "2024-05-19T00:02:45Z")
He took a strong stance In the election fraud dance. In the four seasons driveway With his hands in his pants. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/740 "2024-05-19T00:18:28Z")
Is giuliani Italian slang for “self-own”? - Step on rake and get cracked in the head - Friends: You totally giuliani’d yourself! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355.md?page=38)