# Boutros Boutros-Ghali has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boutros-boutros-ghali-has-died/746269 "2016-02-16T16:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boutros-boutros-ghali-has-died/746269/21 "2016-02-17T02:24:28Z")
Nope. And good one! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boutros-boutros-ghali-has-died/746269/22 "2016-02-17T11:40:30Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Top Ten Boutros Boutros-Ghali Pick-up Lines > > number 10. Can I can I buy you a drink a drink? > > number 9. The nations are united – why not you and me? > > number 8. I’m the man so nice they named me twice! > > number 7. I’m so depressed about the unstable world situation that I really don’t think I should spend tonight alone > > number 6. You were fabulous in ‘Basic Instinct,’ Ms. Stone > > number 5. It must be fate – you don’t have any boutroses, and I’ve got one to spare! > > number 4. I have the complete line of general foods international coffees back at my place > > number 3. In your honor, I’m declaring 1994 the international year of the babe > > number 2. Want to have sex, Madonna? > > And the number one Boutros-Boutros Ghali pick-up line is… > > 1. I’ve got a peacekeeping force in my pants > > **From “The Late Show with David Letterman”, 05/06/1994** Letterman was all over that name. I recall another line from another top ten list (how you know you’re going to have trouble getting laid, or something like that): Letterman: “Your first name is Boutros-Boutrous, but your last name ain’t Ghali”. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boutros-boutros-ghali-has-died/746269/23 "2016-02-17T12:29:05Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Letterman was all over that name. It’s an example of why I quit watching Letterman. The name is kind of funny the first time you hear it, but Letterman ran that into the ground so hard he made it anti-funny. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boutros-boutros-ghali-has-died/746269/24 "2016-02-17T12:58:04Z")
Two threads merged. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boutros-boutros-ghali-has-died/746269/25 "2016-02-17T23:38:50Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Letterman was all over that name. > > I recall another line from another top ten list (how you know you’re going to have trouble getting laid, or something like that): > > Letterman: “Your first name is Boutros-Boutrous, but your last name ain’t Ghali”. Letterman GOLD. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boutros-boutros-ghali-has-died/746269/26 "2016-02-17T23:49:26Z")
His name means ‘Peter Peter Expensive’ ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boutros-boutros-ghali-has-died/746269/27 "2016-02-18T00:48:04Z")
His good daughter was known as Miss Molly. Good Ghali, Miss Molly. Sorry. I’ll see myself out. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boutros-boutros-ghali-has-died/746269/28 "2016-02-18T11:17:07Z")
The definititive Boutros-Ghali interview by Ali G: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/C5P9J1wCgNM/hqdefault.jpg "Ali G Interviews Boutros Boutros Ghali") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5P9J1wCgNM) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boutros-boutros-ghali-has-died/746269.md?page=1)