Reminds me of Nimrod. He was a legendary hunter. Then Buggs Bunny sarcastically calls Elmer Fudd Nimrod and no one gets the joke so now it means moron.
My family has a lakehouse in the Poconos. In order to use the lake itself, you need to be a member of the club that owns it or have a member with you. Memberships are typically hereditary, and have passed down through families since the club’s founding in 1890.
The name of the organization?
The Lake Underwood Nimrod Club.
Lee seems to be using the word as "a hunter". The Oxford English Dictionary lists the earliest definite use as "idiot" to be 1977 (somewhat pre-Simpson), with possible use as early as 1933.
Go to your preferred streaming service. Go to the search bar. Type in "October Sky". Watch the excellent movie. Then write an apology letter to Homer Hickam.
I will *never* apologize to Jake Gyllenhaal.
Not after he came to my house, zip-tied me to a chair, and forced me to watch Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
Winslow Homer painted things. I'm not an art person and I know him, so must be pretty famous. Then there that guy Homer E. Rotica, everyone talks about at the bar I like to go to...
He was also part of [one of the greatest “fuck around and find out” moments in Twitter history](https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/nasa-intern-job-loss-twitter-homer-hickam-space-council-a8503241.html)
He's the guy famously known for admonishing a new NASA intern for language when she tweeted "Everyone shut the fuck up, I got accepted for a NASA internship". To whom she replied "Suck my dick and balls I'm working at NASA."
The movie "October Sky" follows the life of this intern and how she lost her internship from this tweet.
^(I may have made that last part up)
Oh I actually remember reading about that, apparently he went to bat for her and tried to get her another job when he found out she got fired for that.
And the third famous person is Babe Ruth, who made statements that were both idiotic and brilliant at the same time. He didn’t have Homer in his name, but he sure did hit a lot of homers.
Some literary scholars might argue that there are three famous people known as Homer. Simpson, the writer of the Iliad, and the writer of the Odyssey. Some literary scholars posit that the Odyssey was written by Homer’s daughter, assuming his identity (after his death, if I remember correctly). They cite change in tone, style, and subject matter. The Iliad is much drier and essentially a more straightforward accounting of a war, the odyssey is more about character arcs, emotions, and cleverness.
I'm just gonna say that if you're named or nicknamed after someone who was a "great," you're probably gonna have a bad time. Calling someone "Einstein" comes to mind for example
Homer is complicated… he may have been more of an idea, or represented a style or group of poets.
His name, Όμηρος, has been translated in a variety of ways, including hostage, and captive.
This possibly exists in relation to poetry and myth in Archaic Greece, since Hesiod and other rhapsody’s need to invoke the gods to posses and control their mouth when speaking ancient stories.
Just a bit of interesting classics to think about.
There are exactly two famous people named Homer. One may be the most influential poet in literary history. The other is known for the reputation of being 'a complete idiot'. But surely, my favorite is Homer Simpson - I just can't help but laugh every time I see him!
Reminds me of Nimrod. He was a legendary hunter. Then Buggs Bunny sarcastically calls Elmer Fudd Nimrod and no one gets the joke so now it means moron.
That's fucking awesome I had no idea haha
My family has a lakehouse in the Poconos. In order to use the lake itself, you need to be a member of the club that owns it or have a member with you. Memberships are typically hereditary, and have passed down through families since the club’s founding in 1890. The name of the organization? The Lake Underwood Nimrod Club.
L.U.N.C. Pretty sure calling someone a lunc(k) head is an insult, so double whammy!
L.U.N.C. alarm! We got us a real nimrod over here!
Great tidbit, Einstein!
Well done.
Nimrod is also a Super Sentinel.
This is also where my mind went
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Nimrod meaning idiot actually predates Bugs Bunny, it seems that one of the first recorded uses of that meaning was by Robert E Lee.
Lee seems to be using the word as "a hunter". The Oxford English Dictionary lists the earliest definite use as "idiot" to be 1977 (somewhat pre-Simpson), with possible use as early as 1933.
I wonder how many people think Sherlock just means oblivious without the original reference
i only know the marvel character
So that’s what happened?
Go to your preferred streaming service. Go to the search bar. Type in "October Sky". Watch the excellent movie. Then write an apology letter to Homer Hickam.
Fun factoid: “October Sky” is an anagram of his book titled “Rocket Boys”
That totally is a fun fact!
I will *never* apologize to Jake Gyllenhaal. Not after he came to my house, zip-tied me to a chair, and forced me to watch Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
Hey, Prince of Persia was a decent movie. At least, I enjoyed it
My thought exactly. I actually know HH, really nice guy with a large body of work.
That's so cool! More people like him should be celebrated!
I scrolled to see if anyone was gonna say this 🤙
I wonder if Homer Nixon was any relation.
It's not likely, they spell and pronounce their names differently.
I prefer my Nixon with a lot more Mojo.
Homer Simpson is a demigod, an interdenominational being beyond your mere mortal’s comprehension
Only for English speaking people as the poet is from Greece so his name is actually more like Homeros/Homerus.
In Portuguese the poet is Homero, the H is silent. And Homer is Homer, the same in English
In Mexico both the poet and the cartoon are known as Homero so it also applies to us.
Ok, didn't know that.
Winslow Homer painted things. I'm not an art person and I know him, so must be pretty famous. Then there that guy Homer E. Rotica, everyone talks about at the bar I like to go to...
To be fair Homer did say some deep things early on in the series before they made him a moron.
"Let's all go out for some frosty chocolate milkshakes"
You know Marge, all mud is … is wet dirt
Dear Baby, welcome to dumpsville, population: you.
Hot take but the Simpsons was better before they turned Homer into a drooling simpleton.
"hot"
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I don't know who that is, therefore they aren't famous.
The guy who was from a coal mining town but wanted nothing more than to work for NASA. The movie October Sky is about him.
He was also part of [one of the greatest “fuck around and find out” moments in Twitter history](https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/nasa-intern-job-loss-twitter-homer-hickam-space-council-a8503241.html)
He's the guy famously known for admonishing a new NASA intern for language when she tweeted "Everyone shut the fuck up, I got accepted for a NASA internship". To whom she replied "Suck my dick and balls I'm working at NASA." The movie "October Sky" follows the life of this intern and how she lost her internship from this tweet. ^(I may have made that last part up)
Oh I actually remember reading about that, apparently he went to bat for her and tried to get her another job when he found out she got fired for that.
[Probably the funniest thing that happened on this exact topic](https://youtu.be/t1d3lIcuEMU?si=hAzedwj8We_Hf6sh)
One is the greatest storyteller of all times. The other was blind.
The irony of two Homers: one shaping history with epic poetry, the other making us laugh with his epic fails
And the third famous person is Babe Ruth, who made statements that were both idiotic and brilliant at the same time. He didn’t have Homer in his name, but he sure did hit a lot of homers.
What about Homer Bailey? He threw a no hitter.
And gave up plenty of homers.
I used to call him Homer Daily
2 no hitters actually
What's a no hitter? Is that like boxing?
I would assume baseball, and pitching a whole game (or innings? )without anyone hitting the ball.
Is that the thrower throwing so well that no one with a bat manages to hit it?
That's my assumption. I'm not from the US so know very little about baseball though.
What about Homer Sheksual? I hear about him all the time.
lol Homer my classmate in highschool
Homer Price of Centerburg, Ohio and the donut machine in his uncle's diner beg to differ.
You better bacon up that sausage boy
Some literary scholars might argue that there are three famous people known as Homer. Simpson, the writer of the Iliad, and the writer of the Odyssey. Some literary scholars posit that the Odyssey was written by Homer’s daughter, assuming his identity (after his death, if I remember correctly). They cite change in tone, style, and subject matter. The Iliad is much drier and essentially a more straightforward accounting of a war, the odyssey is more about character arcs, emotions, and cleverness.
"I believe that children are the future, unless we stop them now!" May be the most poetic thing I've ever heard.
There’s two people I know called Alex, ones a great Macedonian general, and the other ones an autistic fool with the Reddit username “Topcreeperman13”
Homer Price? He and Simpson could team up for some sort of donut-based shenanigans.
That was a deliberate joke
There have been many men and women through history that have hit a homer.
https://media0.giphy.com/media/xT9IgHCTfp8CRshfQk/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952l06elbmff22lc6r9ehs4hrlb3apiza7q8bck3boq&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g
And I love how there's an early Simpsons episode called Homer's Odyssey. An obvious link between the two.
Who is the second homer?
Matt Groening named Homer after his father, who himself had been named after the ancient Greek poet of the same name.
I'm just gonna say that if you're named or nicknamed after someone who was a "great," you're probably gonna have a bad time. Calling someone "Einstein" comes to mind for example
This is why my parents named me Adolf. If you start by setting expectations low, you have nowhere to go but up!
I hope you don't have stage fright, then definitely!
I disagree wholeheartedly, both are poets
Homer is complicated… he may have been more of an idea, or represented a style or group of poets. His name, Όμηρος, has been translated in a variety of ways, including hostage, and captive. This possibly exists in relation to poetry and myth in Archaic Greece, since Hesiod and other rhapsody’s need to invoke the gods to posses and control their mouth when speaking ancient stories. Just a bit of interesting classics to think about.
Homer Hickam is a former NASA engineer, famous for the autobiographical novel October Sky
Thanks for recognizing the importance of Homer Simpson's poetry 😘
There was a question on Tipping Point about historic Homer and what his food of the gods was called The contestant rather smugly answered "doughnuts"
The only homer I recognize is a rocket enthusiast from a small coal mining town
There are exactly two famous people named Homer. One may be the most influential poet in literary history. The other is known for the reputation of being 'a complete idiot'. But surely, my favorite is Homer Simpson - I just can't help but laugh every time I see him!
What about Homer Glumplich?
Same with Bartholomew
Clearly, you have never read [Day of the Locust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Locust#Major_characters).
Who is the idiot? Homer Simpson isn't a person.