I was watching The Daily Show and they had a clip of this guy introducing himself:
Sorry.. embedding was disabled..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I0gjvt_P44
Why.. it's none other than Dick Swett!
from wikipedia:
Richard "Dick" Swett (born May 1, 1957) is an American politician from the U.S. state of New Hampshire.
Swett was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and moved to New Hampshire with his family as a child. He attended Yale University and became an architect - working in Skidmore Owings and Merrill's San Francisco office. Swett became active in the Democratic Party and eventually began a political career. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1990 from the second district of New Hampshire. He was re-elected in 1992 but lost his re-election bid in 1994 to Republican Charles Bass. Swett was the last Democrat to represent New Hampshire in U.S. Congress until 2007. Swett is also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or the Mormon Church. In 1980 he married Katrina Lantos, daughter of Congressman Tom Lantos.
In 1996, Swett ran as the Democratic Party candidate for a seat in the United States Senate from New Hampshire, against incumbent Republican Robert C. Smith, but was narrowly defeated by a margin of approximately 242,000 votes for Smith to 227,000 votes for Swett. On the night of the election, in what may have been the most famous moment of his political career, many American media networks incorrectly projected that Swett had won.
In 1998, Swett was appointed by Bill Clinton to be the United States Ambassador to Denmark. He served in that position until 2001, and then moved back to New Hampshire. In 2002, his wife, Katrina Swett, daughter of California's 12th District Representative Tom Lantos, ran against New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district incumbent Charles Bass and lost by a margin of 57% to 40%. Dick and Katrina currently reside in Bow, New Hampshire with their children. Swett and Larry Coben wrote the national energy policy for Senator Joseph Lieberman's 2004 Presidential Campaign.
Swett has recently returned to the field of architecture, assuming the position of Managing Principal for the Washington DC office of Leo A Daly. He owns, and co-manages a firm in New Hampshire called Swett Associates.
On February 4, 2010, Swett was the center of a segment of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In this segment, Stewart poked fun at Swett's name, after he introduced himself as "Dick Swett" in a town hall meeting before asking a question to President Barack Obama.
Dick Swett. And how the hell does a mormon get elected to public office outside of Utah?
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What an unfortunate name...
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I can beat that, (so to speak, hharrrharrr):
In a previous life I was a member of a martial arts organization that includes a high ranking black belt named (name masked to protect this person's identity) J**** Bates.
So eventually through years of hard work and dedication, Mr. Bates is promoted to 5th Degree black belt, which has the status of 'Master'.
How does one go around this? I mean, at a tournament or other gathering, all the masters are respectfully addressed as 'Master Lee' or 'Master Jones', there is no other convention. So going out of the way to obfuscate the obvious problem only emphasizes the problem.... checkmate.
In a previous life I was a member of a martial arts organization that includes a high ranking black belt named (name masked to protect this person's identity) J**** Bates.
So eventually through years of hard work and dedication, Mr. Bates is promoted to 5th Degree black belt, which has the status of 'Master'.
How does one go around this? I mean, at a tournament or other gathering, all the masters are respectfully addressed as 'Master Lee' or 'Master Jones', there is no other convention. So going out of the way to obfuscate the obvious problem only emphasizes the problem.... checkmate.
It's a stack of fuck-shit on top of itself, Ninja.
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I thought this was going to be about this man I just read about today, Akar Zib, seasoned Pakistani diplomat and would-be ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
I thought this was going to be about this man I just read about today, Akar Zib, seasoned Pakistani diplomat and would-be ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
Foreignpolicy.com wrote:A high level Pakistani diplomat has been rejected as Ambassador of Saudi Arabia because his name, Akbar Zib, equates to "Biggest Dick" in Arabic. Saudi officials, apparently overwhelmed by the idea of the name, put their foot down and gave the idea of his being posted there, the kibosh.
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There was an English teacher at one of the high schools I attended. His name was Richard Head.
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This one is a bit minor league but for the context:
I was having to visit a urology office a few times over kidney stones, and one morning I am sitting in the waiting room and...
A nurse opens the door to the waiting room, looks down at her clipboard and loudly announces "MR. HARRY JOHNSON"
So yeah, extra lolz for context.
I was having to visit a urology office a few times over kidney stones, and one morning I am sitting in the waiting room and...
A nurse opens the door to the waiting room, looks down at her clipboard and loudly announces "MR. HARRY JOHNSON"
So yeah, extra lolz for context.
It's a stack of fuck-shit on top of itself, Ninja.
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The Dick Swett Incident - The Daily Show
Ah yes, being a New Hampshire resident, I am quite familiar with Dick Swett. When I was younger, Dick Swett was all I would hear about. Seemed like Dick Swett was quite popular.
I worked with a guy named Dick Treat. Refused to be called Richard.
Ah yes, being a New Hampshire resident, I am quite familiar with Dick Swett. When I was younger, Dick Swett was all I would hear about. Seemed like Dick Swett was quite popular.
I worked with a guy named Dick Treat. Refused to be called Richard.
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I met Dick Swet when I was in high school. I did a nerdy summer school thing at Georgetown and met several politicians . . . including Mr. Swet (as well as John Glenn and Edwyn Meese).
He was awesome. He even made a joke about his own name after talking to us for awhile.
". . . . and for those of you who had a chuckle over my name, it could be worse. In college I roomed with a guy named Timothy Burdick."
He was awesome. He even made a joke about his own name after talking to us for awhile.
". . . . and for those of you who had a chuckle over my name, it could be worse. In college I roomed with a guy named Timothy Burdick."
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Timber Dick... WinRabbit_Fighter wrote:I met Dick Swet when I was in high school. I did a nerdy summer school thing at Georgetown and met several politicians . . . including Mr. Swet (as well as John Glenn and Edwyn Meese).
He was awesome. He even made a joke about his own name after talking to us for awhile.
". . . . and for those of you who had a chuckle over my name, it could be worse. In college I roomed with a guy named Timothy Burdick."
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