...Sunday Mo Jo...

This Sunday's Mo Jo has led me to the dissection of the word “Dude”...read on...it's quite fascinating...

According to Webster, the little black kid’s book of words, the word “dude” means:

1. a man extremely fastidious in dress and manner
2. a city dweller unfamiliar with life on the range
3. fellow; guy; sometimes used informally as address (hey, dude, what’s up?).


These definitions are all well and good…but…when hearing the word “dude” we all have pictures of certain people that pop into our head…let’s dissect what a dude really is…Webster, the little black kid…not a dude…
First off, being a dude is not necessarily a diss or a compliment…I don’t make up the rules…I guess it depends on the circumstance…see Kramer is a dude…which is a compliment…well…until he joined the clan and now apologetic white guys don’t want to be dudes anymore…Comedian Lisa Lampanelli, a dude…now for most females being referred to as a dude would destroyed their self-esteem and they’d resort back to their stripping days, but they no longer can use the excuse they’re paying for college and are a single mother…however, Lisa would laugh and take this as a compliment because she’s one of the funniest dudes around…

…who else is a dude?...

Sean Penn, a dude…however, Sean the actual Human (with a capital silent “H”) is not a dude…Sean Penn played a dude in the movie Fast Times at Ridgmont High…this character he played is not a dude just because he’d say “dude”…but like Webster’s definition, it has to do with the way he dressed and wore his hair; his whole body language…
Steve da Bod, a dude…not known to all blog readers…a college friend of my pops…this dude doesn’t drink, but takes off his shirt and dances at friend’s 40th birthday parties…you’re a dude if this is the case…compliment or diss?...well, he’ll take it as a compliment…he’s a dude…picture not available...this site keeps its' shirt on...hopefully our next dude candidate will keep its' shoes on...

Mr. Rogers, a dude…we’ve talked about him before…quite a different kind of dude than da Bod and Sean Penn’s character…a dude always-the-less in Rogers' case…imagine black people watching this guy…they’d say, “this white dude crazy”…

Randy Johnson, a dude…a dude when with the mustache though…on the Yankees he was no dude…don’t mistaken the rocking of thee stash as an automatic dude qualification…Jeopardy Host Alex Trebek has stash but he ain’t no dude…

Johnny Damon, a dude…always been and always will be a dude…he’s just got that dude in him…I’m an occasional underground reporter for the Yankees and I heard him ponder, “Was Jesus a dude? I think yes”...

Stiffler, a dude…the character from American Pie…we all agree he got screwed out of an Oscar on that one…
Rosie O’Donnell, a dude…well, to say she’s a dude overall is just too easy…more specifically she was a dude in the movie A League of Their Own…she certainly is and I’m guessing she agrees that a dude is living on top of Donald Trumps head…

Kenny Mayne, a dude...ESPN personality has had many dude moments over his reporting years...a memorable quote he used to use when reporting on homeruns, "taste like chicken"...I like any dude that mixes sports and chicken...he kind of resembles a more original Stifler...Kenny Manye...more like Kenny the Man...keep up the good work dude...

Thomas Haden Church, a dude…a dude’s dude…know what I’m saying dude…I mean this guy played the dude character in the sitcom Wings…and the character he played in the classic comedy Sideways actually ignited my whole debate of whom is a dude…some mo fos are debatable dudes…nobody can waver, not even Webster, on whether Thomas Haden Church is a dude…

...not many can out dude this mo fo...Thomas Hayden Church is also a mo fo, but that dissection will be saved for another dosage of the jo...more dudes will soon be added...feel free to give ideas on possible dude candidates...that I will most likely ignore...and there's a Cup of Sunday Mo Jo...