# Sallah is Gimli?!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallah-is-gimli/548792>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 1, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallah-is-gimli/548792 "2010-08-01T14:44:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallah-is-gimli/548792/61 "2010-08-05T14:33:32Z")

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> [@AClockworkMelon](#):
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> > [@Tom\_Scud](#):
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> > You need to rent _Priscilla, Queen of the Desert_ immediately. Of the 3 cross-dressing cabaret show performers making their way across the Australian desert, one is Agent Smith/Elrond; another is General Zod.
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> Not a Superman fan, sorry. 😛 I guess seeing Elrond in drag might be worth the laugh, though.

He’s an elf. He’s always in drag.

> [@MrDibble](#):
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> > [@palindromemordnilap](#):
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> > I thought Prof X was Gurney Halleck.
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> No, no, Gurney is King Leodegrance!

Slap a curly hair wig on him, and he’s Sejanus!

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallah-is-gimli/548792/62 "2010-08-05T14:53:19Z")

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> [@kim\_jung\_il](#):
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> As a scotsman, can I just point out that the accent you are writing with is fucking atrocious.
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> Thank you.:smack:

Surely you mean ‘fooking atrocious,’ laddie.

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallah-is-gimli/548792/63 "2010-08-05T16:35:30Z")

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> [@palindromemordnilap](#):
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> > [@Tanbarkie](#):
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> > And Captain Picard is played by Professor Xavier!
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> I thought Prof X was Gurney Halleck.

I thought Gurney Halleck was Sejanus.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallah-is-gimli/548792/64 "2010-08-05T17:42:03Z")

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> [@Sailboat](#):
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> > [@crowmanyclouds](#):
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> > [Rodrigues!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgun_%28TV_miniseries%29)
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> That’s where I first noticed him.

Same here. I thought of Sallah as Rodriques.

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