# It appears that I have joined the Ku Klux Klan **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709 "2006-02-09T18:10:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/1 "2006-02-09T18:10:56Z")
I received my new debit card today. The letters “KKK” are printed after my name. Somebody’s finger must have slipped while trying to add the “III.” I’m definitely going to keep the card. It’s funny to look at. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/2 "2006-02-09T18:12:47Z")
So, are they mailing the robe and hood separately? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/3 "2006-02-09T18:36:07Z")
if so, it will be billed directly to the card in easy installment payments (assuming it’s not covered in the yearly card fees). I wonder why KKK - missed the home keys (assuming US English keyboard)? Input directly using a blurry printout? Also interesting that the data isn’t pulled directly from the source, though I suppose that is a security precaution as well - explains several of the misspellings and entwanglements I’ve seen over the years. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/4 "2006-02-09T18:40:59Z")
Your Ku Klux kode name will now be Knooooopy. Now you can tell all the girls you’re wizard under the sheets. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/5 "2006-02-09T18:45:18Z")
By accepting the card, your name will be entered into the database of the **NLCHBGWBA** (National Loose Conglomeration of Hispanic Bus Guys With Bad Attitudes). Any day now, you can expect to wake to find a giant flaming enchilada on your lawn. Wait til it cools, then help yourself. You prefer chicken or cheese? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/6 "2006-02-09T19:01:45Z")
Keep that card. When passing through Pulaski, TN, flash it at the local soul food joint and get some free collards and hamhocks. Then be wary when they invite you back to the “club house.” They don’t tell you up front that it’s not the sort of “club” you get to join. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/7 "2006-02-09T19:16:39Z")
You can use it to pay for your meal at the Coffee Cup Cafe in Hico. Ooops… I misspelled Koffee Kup Kafe. I think your credit’s gonna be good there. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/8 "2006-02-09T19:20:32Z")
I became an AARP member when I was 12. Nothing like having a name that will never be popular again ( not like Shirley!) and getting that card in the mail! _Hey, you kids…get offa my lawn!_ The only thing that could top a KKK after a name, I would think is a North American Zen Institution abbreviated after it. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/9 "2006-02-09T20:24:48Z")
I could have turned that into a hilarious Pit rant if that had happened to me. :: Opens mail :: :: Stares :: :: Logs onto Computer:: ::Opens thread on Stormfront message boards:: “Dear Brothers, Guess what? I am one of you.” ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/10 "2006-02-09T20:33:11Z")
Typos are fun. I found out two years ago that the Social Security Administration insists that I was born in 1974 instead of 1973. It has spread to other government databases since then and I have had things sent back for revision when I put my correct year of birth. I have to agree that I was born in a different year now. I finally talked to someone there about what it would take to fix it. We both finally agreed that if I just die before I am 67, it shouldn’t be much of a problem at all. Until then, just burn the baby photos and play dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/11 "2006-02-09T20:58:01Z")
You could attend the Krusty Komedy Klassic. [Krusty]KKK!? Thaaat’s not good!![/Krusty] ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/12 "2006-02-09T21:49:50Z")
Are you sure it stands for Ku Klux Klan? You might just be certified as kosher. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/13 "2006-02-09T21:53:49Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Are you sure it stands for Ku Klux Klan? You might just be certified as kosher. This suggests alternatives to mere typos: Keep Kard Klean Karry Kard Konfidentially Kard Kontains Kode Knowbody Knows Knothing Kroger Keeps Karing Klose Kover Kwickly ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/14 "2006-02-09T22:08:06Z")
There are three rivers that run through Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of which is the Kinnickinnic. It’s commonly referred to as the KK River, leading many people to observe that it’s a good thing there are only two kinnics. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/15 "2006-02-10T01:02:19Z")
Well, **Snooooopy** , if you move up the ranks of the clan and become the top dog, that would make you the… Grand Kleagle Beagle. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/16 "2006-02-10T03:53:47Z")
Maybe the KKK doesn’t stand for “Ku Klux Klan.” Maybe you struck out three players. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/17 "2006-02-10T04:25:43Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > Maybe the KKK doesn’t stand for “Ku Klux Klan.” Maybe you struck out three players. I have to admit, I couldn’t strike out your grandma. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-appears-that-i-have-joined-the-ku-klux-klan/343709/18 "2006-02-10T15:30:22Z")
One of my co-workers is named Chris, and his last name starts with T. Our office phones display our first names and last initial - so he’s ChrisT.