My name is Dave Thomas. It doesn’t matter if I introduce myself as David Thomas or David B. Thomas, I still get, “Huh, like the founder of Wendy’s? As if it might have escaped my attention. “It used to be one in ten people said, “Like the guy from SCTV? and I usually liked those people, and one in 50 would say, “Like the guy from Pere Ubu? and I always liked those people.” One year for Christmas my mother gave me and my father coffee mugs that say, “Yes, my name is Dave Thomas. No, I don’t have a daughter named Wendy. No, I don’t make hamburgers” On the bottom it says the cup was made by Thomas Tiles, so I assume there is a fellow sufferer out there who decided to cash in. I wish I had thought of it.
Having shared the name of a famous hamburger pitchman for decades, I have learned firsthand that if a name can be lampooned in any way, the namesake has probably heard it a hundred times. I could meet someone named Delicious Chocolate Pudding and I would say, “How do you do, Mr. Pudding”
All this is preliminary to what I am about to post. I know I have the same name as the late burger baron. Don’t bother pointing it out. You have been warned.
My friend Greta, who I’m sure has heard her fair share of Garbo jokes, hipped me to a site called Googlism, which does some kind of fancy internet magic and pulls together quotes about any term or name you enter. Here’s a sample of what you get for me:
dave thomas is truly the biggie man
dave thomas is covering his eyes with his hands in mock fear
dave thomas is a bigot
dave thomas is a life
dave thomas is a woodturner based just outside the picturesque village of shere
dave thomas is spared immortalization by way of clumsy cartooning
dave thomas is currently not yet a bronze member
dave thomas is an original american folk hero
dave thomas is wanting to go out in the parking lot and fight defending his own lie
dave thomas is available for viewing with windows media player
dave thomas is the perfect fit
dave thomas is revealing his inner workings
dave thomas is an award winning canberra cannon
dave thomas is leading the charge for legislative action to add a state fossil to michigan’s popular list of identifiable symbols
dave thomas is resigning his position after only three weeks
dave thomas is
dave thomas is your superior technical advisor
dave thomas is prominent in the worldwide ruby community
dave thomas is an unashamed packrat
dave thomas is not blues
dave thomas is 20th
dave thomas is one of the most underrated geniuses in the country
dave thomas is hot as
dave thomas is mentioned
dave thomas is sitting in the booth behind us
dave thomas is sexy
dave thomas is cool
dave thomas is getting a chance to do something like this
dave thomas is particularly proud of his customer service
dave thomas is a wonderful man
dave thomas is to blame
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