Have you ever inadvertently mentioned "Tweety " IRL?

[ruggerson]

Happened to me at work. I went into this laborious explanation and they kind of looked at me and backed out of my office.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. I know this is going to sound weird, but who is "Tweety?" nt

[rox63]

3. Chris Matthews n/t

[Sarah Ibarruri]

12. Why do they call him Tweety? nt

[BeyondGeography]

13. Some see a familiarity with the cartoon character

the full cheeks, the blond hair, etc.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

16. Somebody thinks kindly of him lol nt

[rox63]

2. Yep, I've called him that to a liberal coworker who'd never heard that before n/t

[C_U_L8R]

4. Same with Pickles

"Pickles? Who's Pickles?"

[Just-plain-Kathy]

5. Same with "Big Dog". I heard a RWer talking head say that "Big Dog is Condi Rice". ...n/t

[sce56]

10. That be the lady that killed her boy friend back in 63

Laura "PICKLES" Bush Throw Pillow

[bunkerbuster1]

6. Similar things happen when I mention the "Excrement in Broadcasting"

Ok, Rush's actual fans get it, but normal people don't.

[Der Blaue Engel]

7. I tend to pronounce acronyms like GOP and SCOTUS as words

And get a lot of :wtf:

At least I don't say LOL. Lol! :blush:

[asdjrocky]

8. Matthews = Biggest Tool Ever

[alteredstate]

9. Yep --- same thing happened to me.

I, too, received the "WTF are you talking about?" look.

[NastyRiffraff]

11. I thought DU WAS real life!

::scratching head:: Isn't it?

[bigwillq]

14. I have.

My mom and sister had no idea who or what I was talking about.

[Lucinda]

15. Not inadvertently. It's pretty much SOP with me.

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