# I wonder what it's like to be bono? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 15, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-what-its-like-to-be-bono/274799 "2004-11-15T01:38:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-what-its-like-to-be-bono/274799/21 "2004-11-15T21:50:02Z")
> [@NE Texan](#): > > There’s a new book out called Killing Bono : I Was Bono’s Doppelganger by Neil McCormick. It’s by and about a guy that had a lot in common with Bono and paralleled him for a while, but didn’t quite make it, with an intro by Bono. It looked kind of interesting when I was looking through it in the bookstore, although I didn’t pick up a copy. If he paralleled him for a living would that make him a Pro Bono? ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-what-its-like-to-be-bono/274799/22 "2004-11-15T22:40:21Z")
I couldn’t say exactly, but I’ll bet it’s pretty difficult (and embarrassing!) trying to squeeze through doorways with that massive head on his shoulders! ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-what-its-like-to-be-bono/274799/23 "2004-11-15T23:37:25Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > If he paralleled him for a living would that make him a Pro Bono? Dude. Bad, bad, _bad_ pun… ---
**Author:** ![Arch\_Trout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Arch\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arch_Trout)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-what-its-like-to-be-bono/274799/24 "2004-11-16T04:49:42Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > That’s it. I wonder what it’s like to be the lead singer of the most loved band in recent history. Bono was in the Beatles? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-what-its-like-to-be-bono/274799/25 "2004-11-16T04:53:06Z")
> [@Arch Trout](#): > > Bono was in the Beatles? ‘Recent’. I’m surprised this thread has lasted so long since it was a drink-fueled idiotic spontaneous thought. ---
**Author:** ![Arch\_Trout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Arch\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arch_Trout)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-what-its-like-to-be-bono/274799/26 "2004-11-16T05:00:25Z")
‘Recent History’ I think the 1960’s counts as that. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-what-its-like-to-be-bono/274799/27 "2004-11-16T05:10:55Z")
> [@Arch Trout](#): > > ‘Recent History’ > > I think the 1960’s counts as that. ‘Recent’ is an extremely flexible word. It can mean weeks, days, minutes ago. In my OP the beatles are not ‘recent’. In musical terms they are ‘past’. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-what-its-like-to-be-bono/274799/28 "2004-11-16T05:27:19Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > If he paralleled him for a living would that make him a Pro Bono? If I had done it first, I would have been a Pre Pro Bono. ---
**Author:** ![Arch\_Trout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Arch\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arch_Trout)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-what-its-like-to-be-bono/274799/29 "2004-11-16T05:27:49Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > ‘Recent’ is an extremely flexible word. It can mean weeks, days, minutes ago. In my OP the beatles are not ‘recent’. In musical terms they are ‘past’. Agreed that it’s flexible, so in ‘musical terms’ what’s Mozart? Apart from infinitely more talented than Bono. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-what-its-like-to-be-bono/274799/30 "2004-11-16T05:31:07Z")
> [@Arch Trout](#): > > Agreed that it’s flexible, so in ‘musical terms’ what’s Mozart? > Apart from infinitely more talented than Bono. Look. I was drunk, OK? (Mozart is infinitely more talented than Bono. So are all the other popular composers) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-what-its-like-to-be-bono/274799.md?page=1)