# Botticelli, July 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 1, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407 "2023-07-01T15:38:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/421 "2023-07-27T14:57:56Z")
Here goes nothin’: Are you L. David Sloane from the song of the same name by Michelle Lee? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/422 "2023-07-27T17:53:02Z")
Damn, thought I had it, with the sheriff from the Bob Marley/Eric Clapton song; but that’s not a surname. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/423 "2023-07-27T19:12:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Here goes nothin’: > > Are you L. David Sloane from the song of the same name by Michelle Lee? I am not. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/424 "2023-07-27T21:30:30Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Damn, thought I had it, with the sheriff from the Bob Marley/Eric Clapton song; but that’s not a surname. That was Sheriff John Brown, and not an S. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/425 "2023-07-27T21:30:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I am not. 'Twas a long shot. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/426 "2023-07-27T23:47:50Z")
I’ve got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/427 "2023-07-28T00:17:06Z")
I thought I had it - Sportin’ Life, from _Porgy and Bess._ But he’s from a musical, and - I believe - not unseen. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/428 "2023-07-28T04:17:54Z")
I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/429 "2023-07-28T10:55:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > Damn, thought I had it, with the sheriff from the Bob Marley/Eric Clapton song; but that’s not a surname. > > That was Sheriff John Brown, and not an S You’re right. I had forgotten the song gives his name. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/430 "2023-07-28T11:57:26Z")
I didn’t play in this round, but I also have no idea who this might be. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/431 "2023-07-28T14:20:07Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I thought I had it - Sportin’ Life, from _Porgy and Bess._ But he’s from a musical, and - I believe - not unseen. You are correct; I am not Sportin’ Life. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/432 "2023-07-28T15:06:57Z")
No clue but I’ll go with Mr Sandman in the hope that that gets him out of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/433 "2023-07-28T15:08:12Z")
I am not Mr. Sandman. Here’s an earworm for the rest of you: [Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX45pYvxDiA) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/434 "2023-07-28T20:01:49Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I thought I had it - Sportin’ Life, from _Porgy and Bess._ But he’s from a musical, and - I believe - not unseen. Also Porgy in Bess came out significantly before 1950. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/435 "2023-07-28T20:17:16Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > I thought I had it - Sportin’ Life, from _Porgy and Bess._ But he’s from a musical, and - I believe - not unseen. > > Also Porgy in Bess came out significantly before 1950 I know that now. But I got bupkis. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/436 "2023-07-28T20:29:22Z")
You were on the right track talking about a sheriff, because it’s # Sheriff John Stone from the Beach Boys’ 1966 hit “Sloop John B,” originally a Bahamian folk song: [Sloop John B - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloop_John_B) _The first mate, he got drunk_ _And broke in the captain’s trunk_ _The constable had to come and take him away_ _Sheriff John Stone_ _Why don’t you leave me alone?.._ Earlier versions of the song don’t refer to him, from what I could find. As it happens, there apparently have never been sheriffs in the Bahamas: [Royal Bahamas Police Force - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Bahamas_Police_Force) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/437 "2023-07-28T20:40:18Z")
Oh, yeah, I know that song. Good one, EH. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/438 "2023-07-28T21:12:41Z")
Clever choice, **EH**! ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/439 "2023-07-29T02:06:16Z")
Never would have gotten that, because I’ve always understood it as “Sheriff Johnstone”. Just checked Gallienne’s book (cited in the Wiki article) on Project Gutenberg, and he spelt it that way, too. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/440 "2023-07-29T02:11:32Z")
All the online sources with the Beach Boys’ lyrics that I found list the guy as “Sheriff John Stone.” But there were earlier variants, hence my DQ answers. Next up, I am # P [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=23)