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Thread #116859   Message #2514158
Posted By: Phil Edwards
13-Dec-08 - 05:46 AM
Thread Name: Mondegreens' cousins: Soramimis
Subject: RE: Mondegreens' cousins: Soramimis
One of the funniest things on last night's Have I got news for you was a question involving US politician Randy Bumgardner. They didn't make any jokes about the name - they didn't need to. By the time they'd said it four or five times I was in stitches, and the panellists were struggling to keep a straight face themselves. It helped that the host for that week was an American (Jerry Springer, in fact) and could read the name loud and clear without cracking up - I don't think a British host would have been able to.

(Rough translation into USEng: Horny Assgardner.)