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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Eponyms - My Favorite #165296 01/18/2007 6:30 PM Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1 Trikester stranger Trikester stranger Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1 Arte Johnson - named for the actor on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in, a comedy show from the '70s. He played the dirty old man and the german soldier, but the one that earned him his eponym is the one in which he rode a tricycle while wearing a raincoat and would run into something and fall over. Many cyclists call a crash, especially a single vehicle one, an Arte Johnson. It is especially suitable for those, like me, who are well into our second childhoods and have gone back to riding trikes. http://www.ice.hpv.co.uk/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Eponyms - My Favorite #165297 01/19/2007 12:18 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada vellly intellesting...but shtupid [peering thru'bushes-e] Hi Trikester I hadn't heard of an arte johnston but I have had at least one accident that looked just like his. right in front of the window of a crowded coffee shop! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Eponyms - My Favorite #165298 01/19/2007 7:28 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando ParkinT enthusiast ParkinT enthusiast Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando Funny. The most memorable character (for me) that Arte Johnson portrayed was "The Dirty Old Man" with Ruth Buzzy as his Nemesis! "I am certain there is too much certainty in the world" -Michael Crichton Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Eponyms - My Favorite #165299 01/19/2007 11:29 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Ya want some walnettos? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Eponyms - My Favorite #165300 01/21/2007 8:33 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada you bet your sweet bippie. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,917 Posts230,497 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,296 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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