Hard not to laugh

[Rob Wright]

I am Lakota and Yakima,

Getting completely off topic, Doc I was born in Yakima Washington
Being called Gimli is quite the compliment since the Dwarves resemble the scots quite a bit. 8)

My wife calls me Shrek.

Ogres are like onions, they have layers!

Rob Wright

[Hamish]

Thanks for the explanations Mike, Glen and Magnus. When I was a child in the 1940s, and every other film to come out was a 'Cowboys and Indians', the latter were always "Red Indians". I knew of no other sort, and as for different tribes, well, forget it!

There is far too much so-called "Political correctness" in our lives thesedays for my liking. It's ridiculous. I prefer my coffee without milk/cream, but apparently it's not PC to ask for a black coffee, as we have done for as long as I can remember. One should request "coffee without"!!!!

[Magnus Sporrano]

Hamish, you can turn political correctness completely on its ear and tell your waitress "I like my coffee the way I like my women; hot and black." This works well. Most of the time, anyway. Keep an eye out for unidentified floating objects, though, just in case.

[Hamish]

Hamish, you can turn political correctness completely on its ear and tell your waitress "I like my coffee the way I like my women; hot and black." This works well. Most of the time, anyway. Keep an eye out for unidentified floating objects, though, just in case.

Thanks Marcus. However, if I said that I'd be lying!

[Dreadbelly]

Red Indian? Bah. I am olive skinned.

Red Indian or Redskin aint to bad. I can deal with those just fine. Ignore the words and go about my business.

As a kid though, I got teased a lot... And was called a "Prairie N****r" almost on a daily basis. I can't deal with that. Somebody gonna have a real bad day they say that to my face now. I once stuffed somebody into a mailbox for saying that. You know those big blue mail boxes out on the street corners? I made somebody fit. You could see his scrawny little legs sticking up out the top.

I assure you... I am a very friendly cheerful person... I am one of the nicest people you ever will meet, I promise. Nothing remotely scary about me. I can't help I had a terrible name and turned out short to boot growing up. It was almost as bad as being named "Sue" having the name that I do. I am a victim of circumstance I tell you. I am not a violent person, I always try to avoid a fight. Most of the time. When I can. So long as somebody is not just begging for it.

As a kid, I was the bully that beat up other bullies. Bullies can't steal somebody's lunch money when they have broken pinkies. And bullies can't scare people when somebody holds them down and writes funny things on their faces with a permanant marker or shaves off their eyebrows.

When I was younger I was known simply as "The Ogre."

[Anthony]

Sometimes it's hard not to laugh.

I was in the super market when I hear a childs voice ask "Daddy why is that man in a skirt" as I'm turning around this guy says "hey nice skir..." and cuts it short as we make eye contact then finish's his statement "Kilt".

The expression on this gentlemen's face was just short of fear, maybe it was the cross look I felt come across my own face as he started to say skirt. I did find it funny that he changed what he was saying mid-word.

He and the two ladies who complimented my Pittsburgh Kilt today are the only people who have had anything to say about my kilts in well over a week.

[bubba]

I rarely get any comments anymore. I guess everyone is pretty used to me now.

[Anthony]

Other then at work, very few people say much at all.

I believe this is due largely to my living in Los Angeles, and partly due to my deportment, carriage and bearing.

[Rigged]

and partly due to my deportment, carriage and bearing.

Well, you do look like you could rip a guy's arm off at the shoulder and beat him about the head and neck with it.

[bubba]

I'm not a big guy, but I guess I have a look that tells people it's dangerous to mess with me. I'm really not sure why though, I'm really not a badass type. Maybe it's the general lack of a smile.