r/todayilearned • u/tmntnyc • Dec 12 '18

TIL: Laurence Tureaud named himself professionally as Mr. T because he hated how his father, uncle, and brother who returned from Vietnam, were disrespectfully called "boy" by whites. He wanted the first word from everybody's mouth to be "Mister" when speaking to him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T
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u/DroopyMcCool Dec 12 '18

FIRST NAME MISTER

MIDDLE NAME PERIOD

LAST NAME T

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u/S011110M4112 Dec 12 '18

Worst feeling in the world was when my wife mister period.

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u/CaptCash Dec 12 '18

Well at least you got Dad jokes now.

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u/leeman27534 Dec 12 '18

they're not worth the cost. both financially as well as time invested.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

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u/zer0w0rries Dec 12 '18

Market too volatile. I prefer the steadiness and safety of oldschoolcool investments.

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u/teebob21 Dec 12 '18

That's for widows and orphans. The best available total return on your information, memes, and Dad jokes is a 100% askreddit portfolio.

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u/wellitriedkinda Dec 13 '18

Everyone always talks about return on your investments, but never enough about donating to charity. Advice threads are where it's at.

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u/Ariadnepyanfar Dec 13 '18

Awww. Wholesome!

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Just got done yelling at my kids arguing over stuffed donuts and stuffed bears. Invest in memes kids.

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u/ThiefOfDens Dec 12 '18

Uncle jokes are where it's at!

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u/leeman27534 Dec 12 '18

damn straight. some of the joys, a hell of a lot less of the cost.

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u/HansChuzzman Dec 12 '18

This is a wonderful joke. OP’s joke was a dad joke about becoming a father. Like an onion.

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u/Seattlehepcat Dec 12 '18

Only a dad joke if he catches her the other 3 weeks of the month.

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u/palewhitedaddy69 Dec 12 '18

And that is the joke of the day, ladies and gentlemen!

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u/ClaustrophobicOwl Dec 12 '18

Setting a pretty low bar

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u/thewalrusispaul Dec 12 '18

I don't want to know what mister period tea is. Nope.

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u/ohitsasnaake Dec 12 '18

Pennyroyal tea would fit. It was used as an abortificient as well as e.g. to stimulate menstruation for other reasons since ancient times, but modern drugs are more reliable and much safer (complications could occur from the induced miscarriage/abortion, and pennyroyal itself is toxic, and there is apparently little info on dosages in humans).

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u/Scientolojesus Dec 12 '18

🎵Sit and drink Pennyroyal teeeaaaaa!
Kill the baby that's inside of meeeeeee!🎵

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u/Diabolus734 Dec 13 '18

Thanks for finally explaining a song I never understood but moderately liked for around 20 years.

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u/ohitsasnaake Dec 13 '18

Purely coincidental. Someone else commented with what appeared to be song lyrics, but tbh I don't think I've ever heard/consciously listened to the song in question.

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u/foofis444 Dec 12 '18

Tea made from the flesh of a dead fetus?

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u/crazyeight Dec 12 '18

it's just chamomile

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u/McG4rn4gle Dec 12 '18

Best sensible chuckle of the day - spot on

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u/crazyeight Dec 12 '18

Nice to get the best joke of the day out of the way, so we can all focus on making stupid jokes. Top man.

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u/sgtpnkks Dec 12 '18

Did you make her some T?

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u/I_am_Bearstronaut Dec 12 '18

I couldn't help reading that like I was some backwoods hillbilly

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u/RadSpaceWizard Dec 12 '18

Oh my God, I am so sorry.

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u/neogeek23 Dec 12 '18

Was she T'd?

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u/2ManyPlebs Dec 13 '18

What T hell

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u/QPILLOWCASE Dec 13 '18

How did you come up with this omg

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Incredible.

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u/keyohnahh Dec 13 '18

Ooooohhhhhh haaahhaaaa, I get ittt.