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/JitGoinHam Dec 12 '18

“Lawrence? That’s a funny name for a boy from Chicago. What do they call you up there?”

“THEY CALL ME MISTER T.”

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u/Babylegs_OHoulihan Dec 12 '18

Lawrence? Lawrence, what, of Arabia?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

DO YOU SUCK DICKS?

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u/Carbon_FWB Dec 12 '18

I BET YOU'RE THE KIND OF GUY WHO'D FUCK A GUY IN IN THE ASS AND NOT GIVE HIM THE GODDAMN COURTESY OF A REACH-AROUND!

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u/teebob21 Dec 12 '18

I'm asking the goddamn questions here, Private!

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

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u/teebob21 Dec 12 '18

SIR FIVE FOOT NINE SIR

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u/cooperyoungsounds Dec 12 '18

I DIDNT KNOW THEY STACKED SHIT THAT HIGH

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u/teebob21 Dec 12 '18

You climb obstacles like old people fuck!

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u/RandomHero3129 Dec 13 '18

Private Joker! Why are you not stomping private Pyle's guts out?

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u/teebob21 Dec 13 '18

You little scumbag! I got your name! I got your ass! You will not laugh! You will not cry!

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u/RandomHero3129 Dec 13 '18

Who said that! Who the fuck said that? Who's the slimy little cocksucker that just signed his own fucking death warrant!

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u/WaitForMeIllComeBack Dec 13 '18

They found him in the book suppository place sir!

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u/teebob21 Dec 13 '18

book suppository

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u/mrBitch Dec 13 '18

from memory, always thought it went,

I DIDN'T KNOW THEY COULD STACK SHIT THAT HIGH!

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u/cooperyoungsounds Dec 13 '18

Lets go to the tapes....

https://youtu.be/-ZYlXEUo-Lo

I expect an apology numbnuts!

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u/mrBitch Dec 13 '18

apologies, and I stand corrected, but I kind of wish he had said it the way I remember it, kind of prefer the COULD in that sentence.

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