# Wanna play Botticelli? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759 "2007-03-13T16:18:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/101 "2007-03-13T20:41:22Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Edmund Hillary – ME = Mount Everest. Just how do you measure “high” then? 😃 [/QUOTE] Activate private messages and I’ll tell you. EM, Are you a record setting college football turned actor? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/102 "2007-03-13T20:42:40Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Have you been higher than almost anyone else who ever lived? [/QUOTE] No, I’m not Edgar Mitchell. > [@Zeldar](#): > > Did you write the music for some Eastwood movies? No, I’m not Ennio Morricone. > [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Are you a noted Broadway performer? No, I’m not Ethel Merman. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/103 "2007-03-13T20:43:54Z")
EM Did Albert Finney play you in a movie starring Julia Roberts? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/104 "2007-03-13T20:46:02Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Are you a record setting college football turned actor? [/QUOTE] No, I’m not Ed Marinaro. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/105 "2007-03-13T20:46:50Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Activate private messages and I’ll tell you. [/QUOTE] Go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/106 "2007-03-13T20:46:57Z")
EM Are you one half of a famous fifties improvisational duo? **Zeldar** \*\*Johnny \*\*got the “high” reference right. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/107 "2007-03-13T20:48:44Z")
EM Are you a Hall of Fame infielder? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/108 "2007-03-13T20:49:33Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Did Albert Finney play you in a movie starring Julia Roberts? [/QUOTE] No, I’m not Ed Masry. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/109 "2007-03-13T20:50:36Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] **Zeldar** \*\*Johnny \*\*got the “high” reference right. [/QUOTE] Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/110 "2007-03-13T20:51:56Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Are you one half of a famous fifties improvisational duo? [/QUOTE] No, I’m not Elaine May. > [@Enginerd](#): > > Are you a Hall of Fame infielder? No, and I don’t know who you mean. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/111 "2007-03-13T20:52:17Z")
Were you frustrated at Kursk? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/112 "2007-03-13T20:53:41Z")
Were you involved in a famous scientific experiment? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/113 "2007-03-13T20:54:48Z")
Are you a former US Cabinet member notorious for a particular racist joke? Edit: Not a cabinet member, but a cabinet level official. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/114 "2007-03-13T20:55:01Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] No, and I don’t know who you mean. [/QUOTE] Hall of Fame infielder could have been Eddie Mathews (3B) or Eddie Murray (1B). Did you work in the aviation field? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/115 "2007-03-13T20:56:09Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Are you a former US Cabinet member notorious for a particular racist joke? [/QUOTE] There was a good one by EB, too. (loose shoes) ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/116 "2007-03-13T20:57:36Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] There was a good one by EB, too. (loose shoes) [/QUOTE] Hey! Don’t give Johnny any hints. He’s blowing my ducks right out of the bathtub. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/117 "2007-03-13T20:59:13Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Hey! Don’t give Johnny any hints. He’s blowing my ducks right out of the bathtub. [/QUOTE] I’d say Johnny’s doing damn well for somebody who sucks at pop-culture. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/118 "2007-03-13T20:59:27Z")
EM Is a famous legal concept named after you? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/119 "2007-03-13T21:00:16Z")
[QUOTE=MonkeyMensch] Were you frustrated at Kursk? [/QUOTE] No, I’m not Erich von Manstein. > [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Are you a former US Cabinet member notorious for a particular racist joke? No, and I don’t know who you mean. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/120 "2007-03-13T21:01:12Z")
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