Really funny...NOT

by jt4Blue on Dec 15, 2007 9:36 AM PST

So Deadspin picks up on a "story" of an Asian-American Bruin band member named Brian Suksomwong. Evidently this is the funniest name of all time. Well, its not that funny, in my humble opinion.

I think the folks at deadspin need to get a life. We all know sc fans will pick up on this with their UCLA monikers refering to the majority of students being Asian.

Whatever. Right now with the coaching search going the way it is this is the LAST thing I want to see being bantered about on the sc boards. Maybe if Pedersen actually comes around we can have the last laugh and they may actually stop being so proud (or is it arrogant??...hmmmm...).

Anyway I thought about providing a link, but you'll just want to trust me its not a very flattering "story" and probably won't make your Saturday morning.

I like deadspin usually, but this time they need to get a life and leave us alone (at least until Pedersen is hired).

GO BRUINS!
Evdently I still don't have 200 words so I will just write some more until I do. There that should do it.

GO BRUINS!

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jt4Blue

Can you provide a link to the story? Please make sure to provide us links in this kind of situation. Thanks.

by Nestor on Dec 15, 2007 9:40 AM PST reply actions

Sorry, didn't know it was mandatory...

http://deadspin.com/sports/and-ladies-%27%27%27-he.s-single/could-this-be-at-long-last-the-worlds-fu nniest-name-333908.php

by jt4Blue on Dec 15, 2007 10:00 AM PST reply actions

Not mandatory

But definitely a courtesy to rest of the members of this community. I embedded the link in your post. If you click on edit, you will see how it is done. Thanks much and keep it coming.

by Nestor on Dec 15, 2007 10:05 AM PST up reply actions

I know him

He graduated about 2.5 years ago and since then he has changed his last name to his mother's maiden name (not because of his old name, however)

by tsunugundam on Dec 15, 2007 12:04 PM PST reply actions

I gotta say

that the name is kind of unfortunate. and a little bit funny...
A Bruin is a Bruin, regardless.

by bruinbunz on Dec 15, 2007 12:05 PM PST reply actions

A good friend of mine knew a nice couple --

Harry and Rosie Tuch. He swears that's true.

I don't know if they were Bruins.

by Fox 71 on Dec 15, 2007 12:48 PM PST up reply actions

Ack - critical typo

It was Tush.

by Fox 71 on Dec 15, 2007 12:49 PM PST up reply actions

C'mon now

This is a nothing of a story that will quickly succumb to the short attention span of the blogosphere. In any event, if it wasn't a Bruin, I'm sure the adolescent in all of us would find the name amusing. I'm sure this isn't the first time Brian S. has had to deal w/ someone chuckling upon hearing his name.

Deadspin's just doing what Deadspin does. Let's not get our panties in a bunch just b/c the guy is wearing a Bruin uniform.

And if this is the best that USC could do to mock us, then they really aren't paying attention to the bumbling around of the administrators in the athletic department the last few weeks.

by insomniacslounge on Dec 15, 2007 2:42 PM PST reply actions

Agreed

It could have been worse. The kid's name could have been something like Harry Dong (a real name from state of CA as shown on Lettermen few years ago) or Vajina Johnson (I believe she appeared on Oprah).

So it could have been much worse!

by Nestor on Dec 15, 2007 3:07 PM PST up reply actions

What does

Buck Naked have to say about all of this?

Well I'm sure Brian has built up enough character to brush off silly remarks like Deadspin's.

by tasser10 on Dec 15, 2007 3:26 PM PST up reply actions

My English 185 Professor

Told us he had a childhood friend who's parents didn't want children, so they were quite underwhelmed when they discovered his impending arrival.

They named him Frank N. Stine.

by bruinbabe2000 on Dec 15, 2007 4:43 PM PST up reply actions

Here's another one

Phuoc Hu

(Vietnamese I think)

I also knew a Harry Cox

"This is not a place for just any coach" Dan Guerrero

by godblesstyus95 on Dec 15, 2007 8:58 PM PST up reply actions

A very similar one

I worked at a bank in between my sophomore and junior years in college. One of the bank's clients was a Mr. Fok Yu.

by bornagainbruin on Dec 16, 2007 2:10 PM PST up reply actions

One more

Sir Fat Rat

God honest, that's a real name!

"This is not a place for just any coach" Dan Guerrero

by godblesstyus95 on Dec 15, 2007 9:01 PM PST up reply actions

I remember another one.

There is or was a woman out there whose first name (on her complaint anyway) was Kay and her last name was Sera. I don't think anyone else had ever heard of Doris Day at the time, so the reference was lost on those Philistines.

by Fox 71 on Dec 15, 2007 9:17 PM PST up reply actions

Not juvenile but odd..

..I had a root canal done by a Dr Fang in Tustin, California.

Swear to God.

by whp68 on Dec 15, 2007 10:55 PM PST up reply actions

A couple more

There's an orthopedist in LA named Dr. Bonecutter, and there is a lawyer named Argue.

by Fox 71 on Dec 16, 2007 12:56 PM PST up reply actions

In a New York taxicab

the name of our driver as displayed on his taxicab medallion was MAN FUK.

by tasser10 on Dec 17, 2007 11:59 AM PST up reply actions

If anyone remembers...

the 2003-2004 bball season and the long-haired band member that would wildly jump up and down in front of the opposing team's charity strip attempt, that was Brian.

by bhmt on Dec 15, 2007 11:46 PM PST reply actions

LEAVE SUKSOMWONG ALONE!

How f*cking dare anyone out there make fun of Suksomwong after all he has been through.! (sobbing) He graduated, he changed his name! He had two f*cking trumpets! All you people care about is..... readers and making money off of him. HE'S A HUMAN! (sobbing) What you don't realize is that Suksomwong is making you all this money and all you do is write a bunch of crap about him. He hasn't performed on the field in years. He should play "Gimme More" for a reason because all you people want is MORE! MORE-MORE, MORE: MORE!. (sobbing) LEAVE HIM ALONE! You are lucky he even performed for you BASTARDS! LEEEAVE SUKSOMWONG ALLLLLONE!.....Please. (sobbing) Leave Suksomwong Alone Please.... ! (sobbing) Leave Suksomwong alone! Right now! I mean it.! Anyone that has a problem with him you deal with me, because he is not well right now. (sobbing) Leave him alone! (sobbing)

by WhatWouldKornheiserDo on Dec 16, 2007 12:43 PM PST reply actions

LOL

Good Call.

by Tydides on Dec 16, 2007 1:41 PM PST up reply actions

Lighten up, Francis

by Sweetbreads Bailey on Dec 16, 2007 3:27 PM PST reply actions

Poor guy, but it is funny.

Speaking of unfortunate names, though, has anyone else ever seen the sign that hung in the University Research Library commemorating Mr. Hugh G. Dick? I think they might have since taken the sign down, but it was definitely up (albeit hidden) the whole time I was at school.

by London on Dec 17, 2007 3:55 AM PST reply actions

I forgot about that!

I think my sophomore year, they re-named it after Charles Young. Mr. BB and I were having a convesation about the research library with his sister over Thanksgiving weekend.

by bruinbabe2000 on Dec 17, 2007 10:11 AM PST up reply actions