My favorite monkishly-named persona:

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Bud Abbott	7/7%
Jeremy Beadle	1/1%
Elizabeth Bishop	0/0%
Freddie "Boom Boom" Cannon	3/3%
Charlie Chaplain	12/13%
Thelonius Monk	40/42%
Alan Parsons	8/8%
Billy Pilgrim	4/4%
Alexander Pope	4/4%
Christopher Priest	1/1%
Richard Prior	11/11%
Eva Marie Saint	5/5%
	96 total votes

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Re: My favorite monkishly-named persona: by marto (Cardinal) on Nov 01, 2005 at 10:56 UTC
What? No option for Nicholas Parson(s) (Host of the BBC Radio 4 show Just a minute)? :) Martin	[reply]
Re^2: My favorite monkishly-named persona: by vek (Prior) on Nov 02, 2005 at 06:12 UTC
And host of Sale of the Century don't forget. Oh yes, the good old days. Who could forget that pinnacle of quality TV eh? -- vek --	[reply]
Re: My favorite monkishly-named persona: by ccarden (Monk) on Nov 01, 2005 at 16:02 UTC
Billy Pilgrim was great ... A couple more: Bobby Bishop John Chancellor And pushing the limits: Fernando Lamas	[reply]
Re^2: My favorite monkishly-named persona: by Popcorn Dave (Abbot) on Nov 01, 2005 at 18:06 UTC
Don't forget: Joey Bishop :) Useless trivia: In the 2004 Las Vegas phone book there are approximately 28 pages of ads for massage, but almost 200 for lawyers.	[reply]
Re: My favorite monkishly-named persona: by tbone1 (Monsignor) on Nov 01, 2005 at 12:58 UTC
I know I shouldn't complain about limited choices, but how about: J.B. Priestly? Art Monk? Irving Friar? Mo Nunn (of Mo Nunn Racing)? "John Paul" Jones? Abbie Hoffman? Okay, it's getting silly; well, silli-ER. I'll stop now. -- tbone1, YAPS (Yet Another Perl Schlub) And remember, if he succeeds, so what. - Chick McGee	[reply]
Re: My favorite monkishly-named persona: by zentara (Archbishop) on Nov 01, 2005 at 11:34 UTC
Why be sexist? I like Blue Nun. :-) I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh	[reply]
Re: My favorite monkishly-named persona: by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Nov 01, 2005 at 15:54 UTC
I like this poll, being a monkishly-named-monk. Cheers, Happy-the-monk	[reply]
Re: My favorite monkishly-named persona: by Mago (Parson) on Nov 02, 2005 at 01:43 UTC
Happy-the-monk is very Happy !!! Mago mago@rio.pm.org	[reply]
Re: My favorite monkishly-named persona: by SirBones (Friar) on Nov 02, 2005 at 02:48 UTC
Elizabeth Bishop but not Anne Sexton? tsk, tsk. "This bounty hunter is my kind of scum: Fearless and inventive." --J.T. Hutt	[reply]
Re: My favorite monkishly-named persona: by vek (Prior) on Nov 02, 2005 at 06:05 UTC
Adrian Monk. Oh, er, I mean Tony Shalhoub. Wait, he doesn't have a monkishly-named persona. Oh well, nevermind. -- vek --	[reply]
Re: My favorite monkishly-named persona: by wfsp (Abbot) on Nov 01, 2005 at 13:29 UTC
Hi, I'm a 14. :-)	[reply]

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