# Botticelli
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [May 3, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932 "2008-05-03T21:23:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 7
### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/121 "2008-05-04T14:56:14Z")
Are you a disciple of John Dewey and Pragmatist philsopher?
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/122 "2008-05-04T15:01:24Z")
Did you, as a journalist, help expose a major military scandal?
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/123 "2008-05-04T15:16:14Z")
Did you get an Oscar nomination playing Mrs. Diego Rivera?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/124 "2008-05-04T15:29:21Z")
[QUOTE=astorian]
Are you a disciple of John Dewey and Pragmatist philsopher?
[/QUOTE]
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
> [@WF Tomba](#):
>
> Did you, as a journalist, help expose a major military scandal?
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
> [@astorian](#):
>
> Did you get an Oscar nomination playing Mrs. Diego Rivera?
No, I’m not Salma Hayek.
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/125 "2008-05-04T15:31:33Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
[/QUOTE]
Seymour Hersh.
Direct: are you associated with organized crime?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/126 "2008-05-04T15:35:33Z")
[QUOTE=WF Tomba]
Direct: are you associated with organized crime?
[/QUOTE]
No, I’m not associated with organised crime.
**SH is…**
[ul][li]Male[/li][li]Not a fictional character[/li][li]Not an artist[/li][li]Not an author[/li][li]Not an entertainer[/li][li]American[/li][li]Alive[/li][li]Under 50 years old[/li][li]Caucasian[/li][li]In a position of authority[/li][li]Does not hold a political office[/li][li]Not in sports[/li][\*]Not associated with organized crime[/ul]
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### Author:  [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/127 "2008-05-04T15:53:09Z")
Do you have a kind of dance named after you?
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/128 "2008-05-04T15:54:03Z")
Sidney Hook was the pragmatist philosopher?
Question: Is he very rich?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/129 "2008-05-04T15:58:34Z")
[QUOTE=Fretful Porpentine]
Do you have a kind of dance named after you?
[/QUOTE]
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
> [@astorian](#):
>
> Question: Is he very rich?
He makes a decent living; but no, he’s not very rich.
**SH is…**
[ul][li]Male[/li][li]Not a fictional character[/li][li]Not an artist[/li][li]Not an author[/li][li]Not an entertainer[/li][li]American[/li][li]Alive[/li][li]Under 50 years old[/li][li]Caucasian[/li][li]In a position of authority[/li][li]Does not hold a political office[/li][li]Not in sports[/li][li]Not associated with organized crime[/li][\*]Not a ‘very rich’ person[/ul]
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### Author:  [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/130 "2008-05-04T16:03:28Z")
> [@](#):
>
> No, and I don’t know who you mean.
Sadie Hawkins.
Direct question: Are you a businessman?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/131 "2008-05-04T16:06:26Z")
Are you a science cartoonist?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/132 "2008-05-04T16:07:59Z")
[QUOTE=Fretful Porpentine]
Direct question: Are you a businessman?
[/QUOTE]
‘Businessman’ is a broad category. I’ll give something away and say that he is part-owner of a business.
**SH is…**
[ul][li]Male[/li][li]Not a fictional character[/li][li]Not an artist[/li][li]Not an author[/li][li]Not an entertainer[/li][li]American[/li][li]Alive[/li][li]Under 50 years old[/li][li]Caucasian[/li][li]In a position of authority[/li][li]Does not hold a political office[/li][li]Not in sports[/li][li]Not associated with organized crime[/li][li]Not a ‘very rich’ person[/li][\*]Part-owner of a business[/ul]
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/133 "2008-05-04T16:09:36Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
Are you a science cartoonist?
[/QUOTE]
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/134 "2008-05-04T16:24:24Z")
Sidney Harris.
Direct question: Are you usually thought of as a West Coast person?
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/135 "2008-05-04T16:24:53Z")
Did you pitch for the Orix Blue Wave and the Seattle Mariners?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/136 "2008-05-04T16:26:04Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
Direct question: Are you usually thought of as a West Coast person?
[/QUOTE]
Yes, I am a West Coast person.
**SH is…**
[ul][li]Male[/li][li]Not a fictional character[/li][li]Not an artist[/li][li]Not an author[/li][li]Not an entertainer[/li][li]American[/li][li]Alive[/li][li]Under 50 years old[/li][li]Caucasian[/li][li]In a position of authority[/li][li]Does not hold a political office[/li][li]Not in sports[/li][li]Not associated with organized crime[/li][li]Not a ‘very rich’ person[/li][li]Part-owner of a business[/li][\*]A West Coast person[/ul]
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/137 "2008-05-04T16:27:07Z")
[QUOTE=WF Tomba]
Did you pitch for the Orix Blue Wave and the Seattle Mariners?
[/QUOTE]
No, I am not Shige Hasegawa.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/138 "2008-05-04T16:43:58Z")
Were you a Senators second baseman and later “boy manager”?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/139 "2008-05-04T16:45:36Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
Were you a Senators second baseman and later “boy manager”?
[/QUOTE]
No, I’m not Stanley Harris.
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/140 "2008-05-04T16:59:42Z")
Did you take cocaine by a somewhat unusual method?
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