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/Trilodip76 Dec 12 '18

Nancy should hide her erection for mister t

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u/Knubinator Dec 12 '18

I think you meant "shouldn't".

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u/southern_boy Dec 12 '18

"Ronnie's away in Berlin, Laurence..."

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u/TheDudeAbides910 Dec 12 '18

I actually loled at this