# I.P. Freeley, Seymour Butz, and others **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2000, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-p-freeley-seymour-butz-and-others/47388 "2000-12-27T16:29:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![big\_yellow\_kingswood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@big\_yellow\_kingswood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_yellow_kingswood)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-p-freeley-seymour-butz-and-others/47388/21 "2000-12-28T05:58:27Z")
and the lost tribe of pygmies in the long grasslands of the serengeti who wander around and introduce themselves as “we’re the phukawi”… ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-p-freeley-seymour-butz-and-others/47388/22 "2000-12-28T06:01:38Z")
Hugh G. Rection, Phil McCrevasse, Dick Trickle (oh, wait, he’s real!)… ---
**Author:** ![Short](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Short](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-p-freeley-seymour-butz-and-others/47388/23 "2000-12-28T07:58:02Z")
Xavier Onassis I hope I spelled that right. Guy Wire Pete Moss Amanda Reconwith Listen to NPR’s Prairie Home Companion (Saturdays, in the US, check local listings 🙂 ). Garrison Keilor does a slew of them at the end of the show (the rest of the show is darn funny as well). ---
**Author:** ![hesredbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc348/32.png) [@hesredbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hesredbird)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-p-freeley-seymour-butz-and-others/47388/24 "2000-12-28T09:01:03Z")
and the car dealership in Georgia; Pinkley Taurus and the meat market in Michigan; Beecher Meat ---
**Author:** ![FloChi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@FloChi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloChi)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-p-freeley-seymour-butz-and-others/47388/25 "2000-12-28T13:39:28Z")
Well, one of the ministers in an Australian government is called [Richard Face](http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/PHWeb.nsf/Members!OpenFrameSet). And that is the way it is written in all the newspapers and so on. Quite amusing really. (just checked preview, for a picture of him, find him under all by name, or minister of gaming) Argus Tuft ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-p-freeley-seymour-butz-and-others/47388/26 "2000-12-28T14:01:17Z")
Years ago, I found a site dedicated to this kind of thing. The address is: [http://www.eskimo.com/~dobe/](http://www.eskimo.com/~dobe/) ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-p-freeley-seymour-butz-and-others/47388/27 "2000-12-28T14:04:12Z")
Growing up there was a listing in the phone book for I.P. Rainwater. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-p-freeley-seymour-butz-and-others/47388.md?page=1)