# What am I named?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [March 24, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104 "2018-03-24T02:03:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/21 "2018-03-25T21:41:04Z")

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Big Band tea?

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**Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/22 "2018-03-25T21:56:29Z")

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Jasmine tea

Diminutive bread for your ant’s burger.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/23 "2018-03-26T04:09:07Z")

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> [@Oly](#):
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> Jasmine tea
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> Diminutive bread for your ant’s burger.

OK, I need a hint…

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/24 "2018-03-26T04:44:21Z")

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Little roll—literal??

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/25 "2018-03-26T04:54:30Z")

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I was thinking Crumpets, as in crumbs for pets (“ **your** ant”).

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/26 "2018-03-26T07:38:49Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> OK, I need a hint…

Diminutive, like when you add a “y” to the end of a name. For example: John -\> Johnny.

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/27 "2018-03-26T07:57:11Z")

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> [@Oly](#):
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> Jasmine tea
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> Diminutive bread for your ant’s burger.

Pistolette?  
Trumps-folly in a ream.  
What am I called?

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/28 "2018-03-26T09:07:51Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Pistolette?  
> Trumps-folly in a ream.  
> What am I called?

Stormy Manuals?  
The solution to mine (…ant’s burger) is a classic cartoon character, related to someone/thing who will be making the rounds soon.

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/29 "2018-03-26T10:30:30Z")

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> [@Oly](#):
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> Jasmine tea
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> Diminutive bread for your ant’s burger.

Bugs Bunny. (edit: I got it without your clue, which I just saw right now. Last night I had “bunny”)

Give me a sec to think of one

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/30 "2018-03-26T10:35:31Z")

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Some say he still ‘Lives’.  
What am I called?

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/31 "2018-03-26T11:27:10Z")

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Elvis?

I am an anti-apartheid activist ballerina. Who am I?

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/32 "2018-03-26T11:31:02Z")

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yes. 😛

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/33 "2018-03-26T11:44:52Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Elvis?
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> I am an anti-apartheid activist ballerina. Who am I?

…something about Bishop Tutu…

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/34 "2018-03-26T12:52:04Z")

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Desmond Tutu.

(Hint about Trumps folly…it was a campaign promise…)

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/35 "2018-03-26T13:25:44Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Pistolette?  
> Trumps-folly in a ream.  
> What am I called?

Wallpaper.

Got it with the clue.

I’m the amount due for pasty glue. What’s my name?

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/36 "2018-03-26T22:32:37Z")

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We need a clue.

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/37 "2018-03-26T22:45:18Z")

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Clue: notable Disney cartoon character.

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/38 "2018-03-27T02:28:51Z")

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Bill Eggwash? - you know, the famous character from that movie with the kid in the place 😛

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/39 "2018-03-27T02:32:38Z")

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OK, Clue #2: “amount due” is a “fee”.

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/40 "2018-03-27T03:21:56Z")

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Goofee?  
(Goofy).

ETA:  
OK, I’m pretty sure that’s it, so I’ll go…

This is not original:

Aptly named Athenian tailor.

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