# I'm gonna sue, you goddamn name thief

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-sue-you-goddamn-name-thief/43734>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 2, 2000, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-sue-you-goddamn-name-thief/43734 "2000-12-02T18:36:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-sue-you-goddamn-name-thief/43734/21 "2000-12-03T05:22:11Z")

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**Dr. Skipper** IS funny in itself, isn’t it?  
Like skipping the doctor 😕

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**Author:** ![drpepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@drpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drpepper)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-sue-you-goddamn-name-thief/43734/22 "2000-12-03T05:42:26Z")

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‘Dr Skipper’ (which cracks me up BTW) reminds me of my favorite off-brand knock off name: Panburger Partner.

I can just picture people in these product-naming committees sitting around: “Let’s see, we need a name that’s really really close, and will conjure up the original product in the consumer’s mind, so there is no doubt that this is the exact same thing… It should be alliterative, and should sorta rhyme, but not necessarily syllable for syllable… hmmmm”

“How about ‘Fryburger Friend’?”  
“No, no, I’ve got it…”

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-sue-you-goddamn-name-thief/43734/23 "2000-12-03T08:33:18Z")

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I’m paprika, you’re paprika, he’s paprika, she’s paprika, wouldn’tya like to be paprika too?

Do I contadict myself?  
Very well, I contadict myself.  
(I am large, I contain multitudes.  
Some of those multitudes think that Jenkinsfan is a whiny, punk-ass, sciamach.)

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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-sue-you-goddamn-name-thief/43734/24 "2000-12-03T10:07:16Z")

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Since **Ike** is gonna change, I want **Ukulele Ick**. It’s about my unfortunate tendency to drop small stringed instruments in the commode whilst practicing in the bathroom.

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