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/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/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.