# Weird Coincidence \[Hairspray\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 2, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidence-hairspray/414196 "2007-08-02T22:14:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidence-hairspray/414196/1 "2007-08-02T22:14:20Z")
I saw Hairspray today. I hated it. I hate musicals. I could start a Pit thread about the sheer crappiness of musicals. But that is not what this thread is about. This thread is about the racist policeman in the movie. The one that the main charachter person bludgeons on the head Well, that policeman has the same name as me. On the newscast it says talks about the racist policeman, Sgt or some other Mike Morris. I was with a group of friends, and they all looked at me. Wow. Can a mod put the spoiler box where the words spoiler are now? I forgot how to do spoilers. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidence-hairspray/414196/2 "2007-08-03T02:31:17Z")
Not a problem, coding fixed. To do spoilers: **[spoiler]stuff ya wanna hide[/spoiler]** (be sure to remove that extra space in the opening tag) You accidentally put the slash at the end of the closing tag, like this: [spoiler/] Also, I’ll move this to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidence-hairspray/414196/3 "2007-08-03T02:32:46Z")
Why go to a musical if you hate musicals? A woman would be my guess. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidence-hairspray/414196/4 "2007-08-03T02:37:11Z")
I saw the musical on Broadway and I don;t remember a character called “Captain Socks.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidence-hairspray/414196/5 "2007-08-03T03:55:25Z")
So let’s see if I understand the OP: You hate musicals, but you went to one anyway. One of the characters has the same name as you, and your friends looked at you. Yeah, life’s a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidence-hairspray/414196/6 "2007-08-03T05:02:53Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Socks] Can a mod put the spoiler box where the words spoiler are now? I forgot how to do spoilers. :smack: [/QUOTE] Probably because you got bludgeoned on the head. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidence-hairspray/414196/7 "2007-08-03T05:09:36Z")
[Hey, now, there are much worse police cops to be named after.](http://www.snpp.com/episodes/AABF09) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidence-hairspray/414196/8 "2007-08-03T11:24:14Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] I saw the musical on Broadway and I don;t remember a character called “Captain Socks.” [/QUOTE] My real name. And **panache45** , I just wanted to share this because the coincidence is… kind of weird. Sort of. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidence-hairspray/414196/9 "2007-08-03T11:42:18Z")
And then we all had a good laugh about it afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidence-hairspray/414196/10 "2007-08-03T13:55:26Z")
Now you know how Homer Simpson felt when his TV namesake went from suave to stupid. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidence-hairspray/414196/11 "2007-08-03T20:43:57Z")
[QUOTE=Zoggie] [Hey, now, there are much worse police cops to be named after.](http://www.snpp.com/episodes/AABF09) [/QUOTE] Uh-oh, SpaghettiOs! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidence-hairspray/414196/12 "2007-08-03T21:00:32Z")
I had a similar experience during the _South Park_ movie, when Kyle’s mom revealed the name of her anti-Canadian organization. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidence-hairspray/414196/13 "2007-08-03T21:20:01Z")
In The Cider House Rules, Delroy Lindo’s character has the same name as my grandfather.