# Yes people I know I'm not Keanu Reeves... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 22, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045 "2003-09-22T07:23:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/41 "2003-09-22T19:50:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cuauhtemoc \* > \*\*Yes, **Waverly** , it’s the Golden Rule, some version of which appears in every major religion or culture throughout human history. “Fag unto others as you’d have them fag unto you.” It’s so beautiful, yet so simple… _\_ excuse me, I need a moment. I’m getting _verklempt_. Talk amongst yourselves. I’ll give you a topic: **Thaidog** is neither Thai, nor a dog. Discuss. \*\* The theme of ‘burning you dog’ is a thread running through all great western natural science and philosophy. The first law of thermodynamics states that in a closed fag, the energy you put into burning they dog is equal to the energy sparked by the golden retriever. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/42 "2003-09-22T20:40:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Thaidog \* > \*\*I get one good compliment and all of a sudden everybody hates me! Yes, I _looked_a _little_ like him back in college… but 'dat 'bout it fokes… > > [snip] > > So one girl gives me the compliment… Fuck people! shouldn’t I at least be able to bask in the glory of it? \*\* See, your first mistake was in taking that as a compliment. I can fathom no circumstances in which being compared to Keanu should be taken as a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/43 "2003-09-22T22:40:09Z")
Actually, Thaidog has a webcam, so I CAN see him. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/44 "2003-09-23T00:19:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bruce\_Daddy \* > \*\*Yes, and people, I am not Brad Pitt. Please stop telling me otherwise. Thank you. \*\* Well, this makes my not being Jennifer Aniston much easier to live with. …I don’t even know what that means. Kinda like the rest of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/45 "2003-09-23T01:51:50Z")
Dave’s not here, man. ---
**Author:** ![Thaidog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Thaidog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thaidog)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/46 "2003-09-23T03:01:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bad News Baboon \* > \*\*Thaidog, > > I think you misunderstand. I think that _most_ people here understand _what_ you said. it’s _why_ you said it that causes confusion. Are you that dense that you don’t realize how offensive you are? \*\* If I misinterpreted karomon, karomon my most humble appologies… This is the only person I have barked at on this thread… otherwise it would be misinterpretation on someone else’s part. What post are you talking about? If I’m rude, it’s because it’s the only thing that gets attention. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/47 "2003-09-23T03:23:35Z")
C’mon guys, don’t give him such a hard time, his name is Claude, after all. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/48 "2003-09-23T03:56:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anonymous Coward \* > \*\*whoa. > But do you know kung-fu? \*\* Does wire-fu count, Mr. Anderson? ---
**Author:** ![Thaidog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Thaidog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thaidog)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/49 "2003-09-23T04:13:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by milroyj \* > \*\*C’mon guys, don’t give him such a hard time, his name is Claude, after all. 😃 \*\* Noooo! my secret identity blown!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/50 "2003-09-23T15:17:26Z")
Ah, the resume gives us the inside scoop: Thai went to ECU! That explains it! He went to one block party too many and he’s operating on minimal grey cell capacity. ECU is in the middle of the tobacco fields and swamps of NC, and there’s nothing else to do out there but party. I went down there one Halloween, and every student house was a kegger. After getting totally blitzed, we piled into a pickup and went out to a farmhouse party which got so out of hand somebody started up a combine tractor and tried to demolish the house with it. Good thing he was drunk — he missed. Then somebody puked in the front seat of our car. We cleaned it out but had to ride with the smell all the way back to Raleigh. My hat’s off to you Thai for managing to graduate from ECU, but from what I understand it’s not that hard to do if you stay sober. ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/51 "2003-09-23T16:12:41Z")
Well, I think we’ve found an explanation for those dog burnings in North Carolina in the 90’s. There’s just one thing I don’t understand. Keanu Reeves’ real name is _Claude_!? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/52 "2003-09-23T17:05:07Z")
No; his real name is Keanu Charles Reeves. ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/53 "2003-09-23T18:02:58Z")
Is the purpose of this thread to gratuitously brag about compliments we received years ago? Fun!! Once, when I was 9, my teacher said I had really nice handwriting. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/54 "2003-09-23T19:08:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Thaidog \* > \*\* > What post are you talking about? > \*\* Thank you for clarifying that yes, indeed, you are _that_ dense. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/55 "2003-09-23T22:21:07Z")
Hey, leem the fag out of this! Anyway, I wish people would stop telling me I look like the divine embodied as a man. I cut the hair, shaved the beard, lost the sandals. . . Come on, people! DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/56 "2003-09-23T22:30:10Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Thaidog** _ > > Go get your head checked Dave! I make it a point not to fuck with yours… you could give me the same fag!.. > > Your 30 years old… I’m 28… we should both be past the point of ragging on each other’s Moms or whatever. Maybe you could also be past the point of calling someone “fag,” too. :rolleyes: Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Thaidog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Thaidog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thaidog)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/57 "2003-09-24T02:07:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Knowed Out \* > \*\*Ah, the resume gives us the inside scoop: Thai went to ECU! That explains it! He went to one block party too many and he’s operating on minimal grey cell capacity. > > ECU is in the middle of the tobacco fields and swamps of NC, and there’s nothing else to do out there but party. I went down there one Halloween, and every student house was a kegger. After getting totally blitzed, we piled into a pickup and went out to a farmhouse party which got so out of hand somebody started up a combine tractor and tried to demolish the house with it. Good thing he was drunk — he missed. > > Then somebody puked in the front seat of our car. We cleaned it out but had to ride with the smell all the way back to Raleigh. > > My hat’s off to you Thai for managing to graduate from ECU, but from what I understand it’s not that hard to do if you stay sober. \*\* Yeah… it’s a lot like Brent Road (inside joke) with the exception that it’s more like an entire city than just one road.😃 A lot of my friends did not graduate because of this… I graduated with a 3.0 in econ and a minor in art. And I’m very proud of it. To quote “Friday” “Peer pressure’s a mother fucker” ---
**Author:** ![Thaidog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Thaidog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thaidog)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/58 "2003-09-24T02:11:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > \*\*Maybe you could also be past the point of calling someone “fag,” too. :rolleyes: > > Esprix \*\* I never called him a fag. I posted it here to vent where he’s not. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/59 "2003-09-24T02:20:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrazyMonkey \* > \*\*While we’re at it, despite the distinct similarities, I am not the infamous “Long Dong Silver”, so please quit asking for my autograph or I burning your dog. Thank you. \*\* I read. I laughed. I choked. Thanks, you. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-people-i-know-im-not-keanu-reeves/203045/60 "2003-09-24T02:33:42Z")
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