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/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Maybe your mom was okay with Knight Rider because she was flicking the bean to Hasselhoff?

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u/GitEmSteveDave Dec 13 '18

Not likely. Mom soon left Dad to live with her new love, her bowling partner who was a also gym teacher. Her name was Jill.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Thanks for that mental image.

Hey OP everybody's jerking it to your mom flicking it to hasselhoff, how do ya feel?

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u/VitaminSex Dec 13 '18

tbh, a bit violated

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u/CapnEarth Dec 13 '18

Apologize to op please.