# Best of the Beatles: The Beatles (aka The White Album) - Part Two **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-beatles-aka-the-white-album-part-two/684133 "2014-03-20T02:46:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-beatles-aka-the-white-album-part-two/684133/41 "2014-03-28T10:42:14Z")
> [@Esox\_Lucius](#): > > We must have read the same “somewhere”, but I don’t remember the reason for changing the object of his disaffection. I assumed it was for legal reasons but JRDelirious seems to have answered it. Yes. Someone knowledgable (can’t recall who – Alan Pollack, perhaps?) cited it as an example of how John, for all his “nastiness,” could tone it down in favor of kindness and decency when he wanted to. Overall, John was more interested in condemning institutions or policies than in shaming individuals. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-beatles-aka-the-white-album-part-two/684133/42 "2014-03-28T12:12:28Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > You did? What, from holding the pick too strongly while strumming that rhythm guitar? :). Actually, your mistake is cool – it makes the statement surreal (perhaps lysergically induced) rather than literal. That’s actually quite a common error. Lots of people thought–and probably still think–it was John. Back in the Usenet days I used to see extended arguments about it on the Beatles newsgroup. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-beatles-aka-the-white-album-part-two/684133/43 "2014-03-28T12:52:57Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > That was Ringo? All these years I thought it was John. For a long time I did too, until I happened to look it up for my comment in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-beatles-aka-the-white-album-part-two/684133/44 "2014-03-31T15:53:55Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > That was Ringo? All these years I thought it was John. Until a couple of weeks ago when I found out otherwise, I would have bet my house that it was John. It’s so much like him and so unlike Ringo. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-beatles-aka-the-white-album-part-two/684133/45 "2014-03-31T15:58:35Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Yes. Someone knowledgable (can’t recall who – Alan Pollack, perhaps?) cited it as an example of how John, for all his “nastiness,” could tone it down in favor of kindness and decency when he wanted to. Overall, John was more interested in condemning institutions or policies than in shaming individuals. In this case, I think Lennon would have been justified in naming the Mahapoopi. He was an Indian version of Jimmy Swaggert. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-beatles-aka-the-white-album-part-two/684133/46 "2014-03-31T21:08:45Z")
> [@Esox\_Lucius](#): > > In this case, I think Lennon would have been justified in naming the Mahapoopi. He was an Indian version of Jimmy Swaggert. Whose voice sounded like Mickey Mouse on Valium. (said Johnny Carson) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-beatles-aka-the-white-album-part-two/684133.md?page=2)