# The Idiot formerly known as Prince **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 18, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816 "2000-05-18T00:02:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2000, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/21 "2000-05-20T14:44:46Z")
> [@](#): > > “I Want to Phuck U 2” I dunno…Bono hasn’t been all that hot for years. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2000, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/22 "2000-05-21T09:54:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > 'Course it still begs the question . . . why do you CARE what he does or does not call himself? > > (Apart from Mindfucker’s hilarious diatribe about the end of civilization as we know, that is . . .) > > Hey, his wife may have called him “honey,” but his mama still called him “Prince.” > \*\* I don’t care what he calls himself. What bothers me is that everyone in the media played along. At least one of them should have laughed. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/23 "2000-05-24T00:09:40Z")
> [@](#): > > I dunno…Bono hasn’t been all that hot for years. Well, while we’re speaking of ridiculous psuedonyms…The Edge ain’t all that hot either. I hope he changes it to something less ghastly before he gets sent to a nursing home. Nothing like “The Edge” drooling all over himself. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/24 "2001-02-14T17:55:40Z")
Squiggle… hehehe. I like that. Thats what I’m calling him from now on. I used to call him “The artist presently known as the artist formerly known as Prince”. Maybe now I’ll call him “the artist formerly known as Squiggle”. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/25 "2001-02-14T18:22:24Z")
I respect the guy’s funk abilities and all but he’s definitely a space cadet - lol. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/26 "2001-02-14T18:25:14Z")
**Attrayant** , are you trying to [piss off Esprix](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=59739)? ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/27 "2001-02-14T18:49:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PunditLisa \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > I dunno…Bono hasn’t been all that hot for years. > > Well, while we’re speaking of ridiculous psuedonyms…The Edge ain’t all that hot either. I hope he changes it to something less ghastly before he gets sent to a nursing home. Nothing like “The Edge” drooling all over himself. > \*\* [aside] Actually, “The Edge” is what “the boys” would call him back in their school days, and it just stuck. We can at least give him credit for not coming up with it himself :D. [/aside] ---
**Author:** ![dustMagnate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dustMagnate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dustMagnate)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/28 "2001-02-14T20:34:37Z")
Lame rant. I’m still pissed for him not including ‘DMSR’ on the cd of ‘1999’. Little fuckwad. But he fucking rocks the pants off of everyone else. I mean everyone. A little James Brown, a little Jimi, some NoFace, some speed metal. What a riot. Prince rules, and those that can’t funk to him can piss right off. Don’t like him?–leave the party now and take your stale air with you. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/29 "2001-02-14T20:49:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PunditLisa \* > [BWell, while we’re speaking of ridiculous psuedonyms…The Edge ain’t all that hot either. I hope he changes it to something less ghastly before he gets sent to a nursing home. Nothing like “The Edge” drooling all over himself. > \*\* Personally, I would do The Edge in a second, just to scream out “The Edge” during sex. I mean, the man has an article in his first name. . . ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/30 "2001-02-14T21:33:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*\*Originally posted by Satan \* > …Coolio then came out after the song was already out… \*\* Can I mis-quote you on that? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/31 "2001-02-14T22:36:40Z")
Crist on a pogo stick! This is what you call an old thread. And a long dead one at that. Didn’t you folks see the date on the op? Mods - if you get a moment please close this thread and let it rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/32 "2001-02-16T09:08:43Z")
I bet Weird Al could kick Coolio’s ass. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/33 "2001-02-16T23:54:06Z")
Weird Al can kick his own ass - have you seen how flexible that guy is? Freaky. ---
**Author:** ![dewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@dewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dewt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/34 "2001-02-18T02:54:56Z")
howbout: The Squiggle Formerly Known as an Artist? People get upset about his name because it is pretentious but mostly because it’s _irritating_, like a bug flying in your eye kind of irritating. As a song writer, he’s not bad. Though he should leave the lyrics, song titles and his own name up to other, more sensible people. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/35 "2001-02-18T21:41:08Z")
Personally, I thought his egotism was a little silly, and I thought it was very amusing that when he tried to defy naming conventions, it backfired. Instead of being referred to as that little dingbat symbol, he was called AFKAP, where AFKAP stands for, “Fuck you, Prince.” Actually, the thing that bothers me about prince is that his sense of style has tanked. He used to be a hell of a poppinjay, and I admired that about him. Last time I saw him on television, he was wearing pajamas or something. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816/36 "2001-02-19T01:14:44Z")
You got it, dear heart. Why this was resurrected I have no clue, which is probably what I have in common with the person that dredged it back up. your humble TubaDiva Administrator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-formerly-known-as-prince/19816.md?page=1)