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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-05 04:14 PM
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Fun Fact: Bulldog Was Victor Ashes's Nickname In College
Edited on Sun Feb-20-05 04:16 PM by cryingshame
this is just one of those funny coincidences...

:D

Or is it?

:think:


Mojorabbit (176 posts) Sun Feb-20-05 02:04 PM
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182. bulldog x's 2


I don't know if this means anything.
But victor ashe's nickname was also bulldog from one of *'s speeches...
I want to thank my old college classmate -- you used to call him Bulldog, we call him Victor -- the Mayor of Knoxville, Mayor Victor Ashe.

http://www.vote-smart.org/speech_detail.php?speech_id=4491
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-05 04:30 PM
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1. LOL
(snip)

Ashe, often called "The Bulldog" for his focus and tenacity (a sculpture of a bulldog graces the outside of the mayor’soffice to remind visitors of whom they are dealing with) ...

(snip)
http://www.cofc.edu/chrestomathy/vol1/dossett.pdf

Ashe, 39, resurrected his kindergarten nickname, "Bulldog," for the ... (have to pay for the article, but that comes up in the google preview)

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,951330,00.html

I'm guessing the kindgartners didn't give him that name because of his "focus and tenacity." More likely it was based on looks or he peed on a hydrant, given how five year olds think.
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two gun sid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-05 04:34 PM
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2. LMFAO
Peed on hydrants. Think chimp likes to have ol' Bulldog Vic pee on him?
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-05 04:42 PM
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3. Some of Gannon's photos were apparently
of him urinating. That makes no sense to me, but there's a lot I don't know about that kind of stuff.
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-05 07:08 PM
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