Post #151564 by Formikahini on Thu, Apr 7, 2005 3:26 PM

On 2005-04-07 13:04, Tiki_Bong wrote:
I saw Rip Torn at Trader Vic's at the International Market Place...
Ok, this is a rabbit trail from a Bilge topic but I had to share this - I just learned two weeks ago that Rip Torn is HIS REAL NAME!!!

An elderly friend of my mom was talking about, "[her] UT roomate Carrie [or something] Torn, you know, Rip Torn the movie star's sister, and..."

"WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!! You're telling me that's his real name?!? I always thought it was a bad movie star name, like Dash Riprock!!"

"Oh, I hadn't even thought about that - like "rip" and "torn" - why yes! I see. That is rather funny."

It felt like I was living the Monty Python skit where Cleese and Idle have the exchange when Idle introduces himself as "Nigel Smokestoomuch" and Cleese jokes, "Oh, better cut down then!" Idle responds in such a way that we realize he's never heard that joke before and he laughs at his own name for the first time! How could this woman not have realized how weird/stupid/fabulous Torn's name was?????

I swear, she wasn't pulling my leg.

Ok, back to our regularly scheduled program about Wheat Thins, Prince of Crackers (do we have to change the name of the cracker to a glyph now? "The Cracker Formerly Known as Wheat Thin"?)

I confess that I've eaten generic Wheat Thins from Kroger ("Wheat Squares"?"Wheat Crisps"?) I know - Traitor!!!!!