Ol' Festerpants

October 3, 2005 3:08 PM

700 hobo names as read by John Hodgman, author of The Areas of My Expertise (accompanied by Jonathan Coulton on the git box).
posted by tristeza (10 comments total)

Sigh. I miss the Little Gray Book lectures. (Although not enough to move back to NY.) Thanks for this, tristeza.
posted by dersins at 3:40 PM on October 3, 2005

I almost fell down at "hobo zero" but "Sweet Daddy Champagne" and "James Finnimore Cooper" were great too.
posted by Sellersburg/Speed at 3:47 PM on October 3, 2005

I preordered this book on Amazon months ago, hope it's funnier than this piece...
posted by jonson at 3:57 PM on October 3, 2005

This is wonderful.

#71: Canadian Football Pete
#82: Stick-Legs McOhio
#93: Ovid
#127: Terri Gross
#147: Jetho the Pagan

... but you can only listen to this for so long...
posted by Ricky_gr10 at 8:06 PM on October 3, 2005

[this is good]
posted by muckster at 8:22 PM on October 3, 2005

There is no such thing as a "hobo" name.
posted by davy at 6:54 AM on October 4, 2005

If there's no such thing as a hobo name, how do you explain those SEVEN HUNDRED hobo names, huh? That's like saying there's no such thing as a Jedi name! Of course there's such a thing as a Jedi name! I got a Jedi name! Nyah! I even got my own cyborg name!
posted by ZachsMind at 9:02 AM on October 4, 2005

...and my own Pokéname!
posted by ZachsMind at 9:08 AM on October 4, 2005

...and my own Mr. T Name!
posted by ZachsMind at 9:09 AM on October 4, 2005

...and my own Military Codename!
posted by ZachsMind at 9:18 AM on October 4, 2005