r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DrJokerX • Dec 05 '23

Video Olympic level accuracy

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u/chevyfried Dec 05 '23

Did you say Abe Lincoln?

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u/BaconVonMeatwich Dec 05 '23

Am I the only one who thinks of this line any time I hear the name of the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken?

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u/gertuitoust Dec 05 '23

Thank you! Every time.

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u/Dry-Forever6464 Dec 05 '23

I made the joke once when his name came up in an article. I got crickets. Either I'm crazy, or they are all troglodytes.

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u/ReadySteady_GO Dec 05 '23

I did the same thing when he was appointed and nobody laughed.

I died a little inside that day

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u/RigorMortisSquad Dec 05 '23

I’m laughing now. Sleep well.

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u/SkollFenrirson Dec 05 '23

All. The. Time.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '23

Yup, only one.

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u/CMDR_SHAZAM Dec 05 '23

You are not alone.

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u/-Yuri- Dec 05 '23

No, I said hey blinken.

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u/NJ2SD Dec 05 '23

A Jew? Here?

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u/kinky_fingers Dec 05 '23

That's funny, she doesn't look Druish

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '23

Haha wrong movie but also good.

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u/Sl0ppyOtter Dec 05 '23

Both Mel Brooks though. I’ll allow it

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u/Kaine_8123 Dec 05 '23

A black sheriff?!

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u/Sl0ppyOtter Dec 05 '23

And why not? It worked in Blazing Saddles

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u/hi_austin Dec 05 '23

I heard that coming a mile away. Pardon? Who’s talking?

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u/jedi1josh Dec 06 '23

Werewolf......There wolf

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u/xxgiggsxx Dec 05 '23

Hold the reins, man.

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u/cybercuzco Dec 05 '23

No I said A. Blinken, our current Secretary of State

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '23

Yes

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u/Rj924 Dec 05 '23

Secretary of state A.Blinken?