# Engelbert Humperdinck is God. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 19, 2002, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484 "2002-04-19T08:20:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Truth\_Seeker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Truth\_Seeker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truth_Seeker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/21 "2002-04-20T18:07:31Z")
I am deeply saddened that so many of you continue to reject the truth. I mean, there are STATISTICS, people! For those of you who share my extra-sensory ability to perceive the truth, please join me in a moment of devotion. Come! Let us pray! Oh, Engelbert, who art in Vegas, Headlined be thy name. Thy tour bus come, Thy show be done, In Kansas as it is in Vegas. Give us this day our daily croon. Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who listen to Tom Jones. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from Elvis. ---
**Author:** ![hobgnoblin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hobgnoblin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobgnoblin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/22 "2002-04-20T19:46:39Z")
Blasphemy!! but hilarious blaphemy. Good thing Clapton has a sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/23 "2002-04-21T04:18:09Z")
Vocal majesty? _Vocal majesty?_ If you people want vocal majesty, I suggest you listen to none other than Captain Beefheart. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/24 "2002-04-21T04:19:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hobgnoblin \* > Besides, Clapton is a merciful God. He would never torture me that way. N’Sync maybe, but not Teletubbies. \*\* Clapton _is_ a merciful god but he also has a wicked sense of humor. That is why if you screw up again he will be replacing all your cd’s with Humperdinks. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/25 "2002-04-21T04:25:50Z")
Puh-_lease_, release us, Let this go… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/26 "2002-04-21T05:32:38Z")
NO NO NO!!! You are all going to rot in Humperdink HELL!!! _Glenn Miller_ is GOD!!! Heathens! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/27 "2002-04-21T05:53:03Z")
Rubbage, all of you, Creedance Clearwater Revival are the Gods. There are no other. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/28 "2002-04-21T06:30:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Ya know, I’ve always kinda liked the name Humperdink. It sounds like you’re saying something really, really nasty involving sex Humperdink? I didn’t think women **had** dinks. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/29 "2002-04-21T07:56:04Z")
You are ALL wrong - Mick Foley is God… ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/30 "2002-04-21T09:27:42Z")
[sigh] Reprise, dear misguided soul, you are [sigh] wrong. Mick Foley is NOT god. He is but a cheap (and I mean CHEAP) imitation of the real thing. [bigger sigh] Ry Cooder is God. (He had a mainline to Jesus don’t forget!!) BTW WhoTF is Mick Foley??? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/31 "2002-04-21T10:45:15Z")
Hes a wrestler whos known for being a “hardcore” wrestler to the point that hes burned hiself alive broken various bones taken 30-50 food dives,slams ect off steel cages He even wrestled in “deathmatch” rings filled with steel tacks japanese landmines ect So the fans who like that style of wrestling thinks hes “'god” ---
**Author:** ![hobgnoblin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hobgnoblin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobgnoblin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/32 "2002-04-21T10:46:23Z")
_See You In Hell, Blind Boy_ ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/33 "2002-04-21T11:12:33Z")
_It’s just a funny little, pissant place, nothing too high-toned_ (CS reference. Singer, movie and year if you want points). ---
**Author:** ![hobgnoblin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hobgnoblin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobgnoblin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/34 "2002-04-21T11:24:30Z")
I’ll bite. Dolly Parton, _The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas_, 1978 ---
**Author:** ![hobgnoblin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hobgnoblin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobgnoblin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/35 "2002-04-21T11:27:51Z")
CS reference? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![hobgnoblin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hobgnoblin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobgnoblin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/36 "2002-04-21T11:34:24Z")
Oh, nevermind. I should’ve read [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110405&pagenumber=2) first. There _was_ something about a ‘little pissant place’ in BLWIT, though. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/37 "2002-04-21T11:38:01Z")
“CS” = \*Cafe Society[i/]. Dolly Parton sang the song in the movie “Best Little Whore-house in Texas” - thus the obscure reference to “CS”. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/38 "2002-04-21T11:41:59Z")
OK , mod-type person. I’ve obviously screwed up the “italics” code here. Can a mod fix it for me, and can you redirect all of us to why \* and \* no longer work? Thankies. Please tell me I don’t have to use HTML codes…puh-lease. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/39 "2002-04-21T11:56:06Z")
You have to put the slash before the “i”, not after. ---
**Author:** ![hobgnoblin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hobgnoblin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobgnoblin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484/40 "2002-04-21T13:53:42Z")
I’ve gotta stop trying to read between _every_ line on the board. Damn all these Englebert threads. After reading the thread I linked, I somehow got CS=Chris Sarandon. Anywho, if I got points, Yay me! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engelbert-humperdinck-is-god/104484.md?page=3)