orcenio
February 7, 2010, 12:13pm
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Despite having served for years as a distinguished Pakistani diplomat, Akbar Zeb reportedly cannot receive accreditation as Pakistan’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The reason, apparently, has nothing to do with his credentials, and everything to do with his name – which, in Arabic, translates to “biggest dick”:
](http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/02/03/ambassador_at_very_large )Yes; you read it right. Not just “dick” (which might suck), or even “big dick;” but “biggest dick!” …Go home folks, there’s absolutely nothin bigger then this schlong right here…
Akbar Zeb, I salute you in having the best name in the goddamned universe.
cmyk
February 7, 2010, 1:24pm
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I heard he changed his name, though; to Hugh Johnson.
No, he found a djinni out the desert that was slightly hard of hearing. For a wish he asked for a 12 inch pianist.
No wonder they made this guy their diplomat. I’ll bet he wins all the pissing contests.
I had a friend who’s mother was Spanish and his dad was english. They named him Richard Grande.
My best friend in high school was a girl with the middle name “Cockburn.” It’s properly pronounced coe - burn. But, I mean, really, how naive could her parents conceivably be and still, well, conceive?
Word to the wise. If you are invited to a Saudi zebutante ball, don’t go.
rjk
February 7, 2010, 9:34pm
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Peet’s Coffee has a variety they call “Major Dickason’s Blend.”
“Yeah, I’ll take a pound of the major dick!”
But it is good coffee.
I read the OP to my husband who is furiously changing his user name everywhere.
Hm… I don’t know Arabic, but I thought that “Akbar” meant “great”, which is to say, “big”, but not necessarily “biggest”. But perhaps it means the latter in certain contexts? Or perhaps my understanding is simply flawed.
He can win by just dripping.
[Saudi Diplomat introducing this man to his staff ]: Anybody else feel like a little… giggle… when I mention our esteemed Pakistani guest ‘Akbar’… [staff chuckle] Zeb?
[outright laughter]
Saudi Diplomat *: I’ve had enough of this wowdy webel sniggewing behaviour! Silence! Call yourselves dipwomats?*
19 hours in and no one has made the obvious Monty Python allusion? You guys are slipping badly . I’m disappointed.
Nah. He changed it to Hugh G. Rection.
some of you people are so going to hell …
The reference room at the UCLA undergraduate research library is named after a librarian “Hugh G. Dick”
Good times.
I was thinking it. I think.
Squink
February 8, 2010, 4:46pm
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orcenio:
Akbar Zeb
Allahu Akbar
Zebby Zebby Zebby!
Dude’s probably a daily Kos Kesh: كس كش
Sure he can talk the talk…
Moirai
February 9, 2010, 5:25am
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TruCelt:
My best friend in high school was a girl with the middle name “Cockburn.” It’s properly pronounced coe - burn. But, I mean, really, how naive could her parents conceivably be and still, well, conceive?
I went to HS with a girl named Charity Muff.
Yep, seriously- WTF, dad?
Some other great contenders are in this cracked.com article .
The winner there is Staff Sgt. Max Fightmaster