Of Clint Eastwood and his father...
now I'm normally the one convincing people of ridiculous things. I've probably repeatedly mentioned that I once convinced someone that Al Capone's real first name was Colin (in a spoooky coincidence that very question came up while playing Trivial Pursuit that very same day) and that it is called the Moonwalk because when you walk on the moon it looks like you are going backwards...

I had it handed to me good and proper however, and compounded it further through my own moronitude (it's a real word, look it up)

A good friend of mine told me in passing that Stan Laurel (of Laurel and Hardy fame) was Clint Eastwood's father. He said it in such an off-hand way, and was not renowned for being devious, so after a moment's thought I believed him and acted as such, only to be ridiculed for being taken in...

Fast forward a couple of months and completely unprovoked I mention to a group, one of them being the afore-mentioned vile deceiver, that the almighty Clint Eastwood had a famous father, none other than Stan Laurel.

Blank looks were delivered, and I was informed that not only was that not true, but that it had been made up by one of the people I was now confidently informing of it.

A blow to my reputation of know-all and smart-ass I can tell you!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:13, 3 replies)

A little aside...
I used to work for the DHSS and once saw Al Capone's file.


Though, this was Alphonse Capone, that lived in Acton.

True story though.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:46, closed)

same first name
as the famous one though ;-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:11, closed)

CLICK
for the word moronitude. thankfully the 1% non gullible part of my brain is fighting the urge to look it up.
(babyjak, Mon 25 Aug 2008, 13:06, closed)