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3_Limes

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3. I hear ya.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:58 AM

Mar 6

But with a name like that, it's really hard not to.

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I know it's silly and superficial, but the name "Markwayne Mullin"... [View all] Tommy Carcetti Mar 6 OP

Sounds rather judgemental based on a name. True Dough Mar 6 #1

I hear ya. 3_Limes Mar 6 #3

I was thinking of a meth-addicted, backwoods hillbilly, but yeah. 3_Limes Mar 6 #2

Kinda like Jim Bob Cooter. I think he was actually a big time college football coach. chicoescuela Mar 6 #6

If Markwayne Mullen was driving around in a white van, no one would get in. Swede Mar 6 #4

That his parents chose to combine two first names is bad enough but that he didn't hlthe2b Mar 6 #5

That's the best they could do for a compromise William Seger Mar 6 #22

;-{).... Goonch Mar 6 #7

Funny you should say that. "Wayne" seems to be serial killers' favorite middle name. Ocelot II Mar 6 #8

Truth, and then on top of it there's Mr. Bobbitt of the thingie fame. carpetbagger Mar 6 #23

THANK YOU for this.... bleedingulcers Mar 6 #24

Maybe Moskowitz will mistakenly call him MarkWayne Gacy during hearings. Probatim Mar 6 #30

'The Number of Murderers and Murder Suspects With the Middle Name 'Wayne' Is Insane' sop Mar 6 #9

Is it just killers from 70's and 80's? MustLoveBeagles Mar 6 #13

Wayne Mark McMuffin Johonny Mar 6 #10

a Bluesky poster said it sounded like the name of a cocktail Quiet Em Mar 6 #11

The fake tuff guy who hid behind a row of seats johnnyfins Mar 6 #12

All he needs is a mullet... kentuck Mar 6 #14

And if he liked getting breakfast at McDonalds... Tommy Carcetti Mar 6 #15

it's the classic "Wayne" serial killer middle name. nt Javaman Mar 6 #16

Is he SSS... lame54 Mar 6 #17

Sounds like a character in a James Joyce novel. Martin68 Mar 6 #18

Stately, markodochartaigh Mar 6 #29

Exactly! Martin68 Mar 6 #34

Corey will just call him Kristi... Ol Janx Spirit Mar 6 #19

LOL - it really does. Maybe because it triggers the thought of John Wayne Gacy. Vinca Mar 6 #20

His parents obviously couldn't agree on anything nuxvomica Mar 6 #21

The character "Richard Wayne Gary-Wayne" from the TV show LeftinOH Mar 6 #25

You beat me to it. Arrgh Mar 6 #31

He will kill or maim more people than any serial killer Whyisthisstillclose Mar 6 #26

Since he is a plumber, he is used to shoveling crap so he should fit right in this administration. appleannie1 Mar 6 #27

My mentor mocked him years ago jfz9580m Mar 6 #28

Don't really Tom Cotton to Markwayne either! czarjak Mar 6 #32

We are locked in what might be mortal combat with an enemy that absolutely EMBODIES silly and superficial. BobTheSubgenius Mar 6 #33

Bobby Joe Long, serial killer in Tampa Fla in the mid eighties ms liberty Mar 6 #35