# Harry Belafonte disses Powel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-belafonte-disses-powel/131598>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 9, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-belafonte-disses-powel/131598 "2002-10-09T23:57:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-belafonte-disses-powel/131598/1 "2002-10-09T23:57:44Z")

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Does anyone have a link or the text of the complete quote used on CNN?  
On a radio program Belafonte said Powel was “the Master’s dog let into the house” and that when he disagreed with “the Master he will be put out to pasture.”

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**Author:** ![bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bee_with_an_itch)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-belafonte-disses-powel/131598/2 "2002-10-10T00:21:50Z")

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I don’t know the link nor do I have the text but I’d like to state that I almost wet myself while laughing at the fact that I misread the title of this thread as “Harry Belafonte pisses dowel”…

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-belafonte-disses-powel/131598/3 "2002-10-10T00:41:04Z")

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I started a Pit thread on this subject last night.

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**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-belafonte-disses-powel/131598/4 "2002-10-10T01:26:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by bee with an itch \*  
> \*\*“Harry Belafonte pisses dowel”… \*\*

Some cranberry juice would clear that right up.

Or not.

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**Author:** ![bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bee_with_an_itch)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-belafonte-disses-powel/131598/5 "2002-10-10T02:07:55Z")

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> Harry Belafonte pisses dowel

That would leave awful splinters.