# Holy crap! I just got...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-just-got/642666>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 1, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-just-got/642666 "2012-12-01T11:43:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-just-got/642666/121 "2012-12-24T03:04:32Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> Last night I finally figured out that Flo Rida is a dude from Florida.

> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#):
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> And of course, a rapper calls his rap style his ‘flow’, and speaks of ‘riding’ the beat.
> 
> So Flo Rida rides the flow.
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> I hate Flo Rida with a passion. Not the person, I heard the person is cool. I hate his music.

It took me forever to figure that one out also.

One that took me even longer to figure out is Eminem. I got the whole M&M candy thing, and I’ve known for a long time that his real name is Marshall Mathers, but I never noticed that M and M are his initials!

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-just-got/642666/122 "2012-12-24T04:54:28Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Good point. The poem was meant as a satire. Byron was using the pronunciation in jest.

So why do the British refer to Cervantes’s novel as _Don Quix-ote_? 😕

Also, has anyone noted that in addition to being an alcoholic, Bender is an \*industrial \*robot whose primary function is to bend metal? :dubious:

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