Really?
Posted on 04/06/2012 9:54:45 AM PDT by Rio
The suspect in a California shooting rampage that killed seven people and wounded three had changed his name because he thought "Su" sounded like a girl's name, according to a court document.
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Really?
If it weren’t for the dead, that would be funny...
Well, can’t say that Johnny Cash didn’t warn about naming a boy named Su.
My name is Su, how do you do?
My daddy left home when I was three
And he didn't leave much to ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me “Sue.”
Well, he must o’ thought that is quite a joke
And it got a lot of laughs from a’ lots of folk,
It seems I had to fight my whole life through.
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red
And some guy’d laugh and I'd bust his head,
I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named “Sue.”
Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,
My fist got hard and my wits got keen,
I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.
But I made a vow to the moon and stars
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
And kill that man who gave me that awful name.
Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I just hit town and my throat was dry,
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.
At an old saloon on a street of mud,
There at a table, dealing stud,
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me “Sue.”
Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad
From a worn-out picture that my mother’d had,
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.
He was big and bent and gray and old,
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold
And I said: “My name is ‘Sue!’ How do you do!
Now your gonna die!!”
Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes
And he went down, but to my surprise,
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
Kicking and a’ gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.
I tell ya, I've fought tougher men
But I really can't remember when,
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,
He stood there lookin’ at me and I saw him smile.
And he said: “Son, this world is rough
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said goodbye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's the name that helped to make you strong.”
He said: “Now you just fought one hell of a fight
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do.
But ya ought to thank me, before I die,
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you “Sue.’”
I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,
And I came away with a different point of view.
And I think about him, now and then,
Every time I try and every time I win,
And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him
Bill or George! Anything but Sue! I still hate that name!
Gee, this guy got teased a lot for being in such a liberal, progressive part of the country.
Johnny Cash’s Fault! And Bush!
Definitely!
The song A Boy Named Sue was written by Shel Silverstein
and was inspired by a friend of his named Jean Parker
Shepherd—I think he was named after Jean Valjean. Anyway,
he probably got some grief because of the way it’s spelled...
like a girl’s name. (Though quite acceptable in France, etc.)
You know Jean Shepherd—the man who gave us A Christmas Story.
I worked with a Japanese lady named Saiko, pronounced psycho in Japanese. In American she went by Seiko. She was not a psycho and she never shot anybody.
I’ll bet she lost less than a minute a month. Did management feel like they had to watch her lest she embezzle funds?
San Francisco TV says also that he had a deep hatred of women. HOw in Hell was this person going to be a NURSE??????
Seiko was a good employee as were her co-workers Keiko, Teiko, and Reiko.
Hyun-Su means “long life”
In-Su means humanity and life
Jung-Su means righteous and honest
Yong-Soo means prosperity, excellence
Nothing wrong with those Korean names.... or was it the family name? A bit disrespectful to change his family name though.
****I worked with a Japanese lady named Saiko, pronounced psycho in Japanese. In American she went by Seiko. She was not a psycho and she never shot anybody.****
But she had - timin’! Ticka ticka ticka ticka timin!
I’ve been a Jean Shepherd fan since I was 12 years old (that’s a long time, believe me), and I have never heard that story. I’ve always loved Shel Silverstein, too (one of my homeboys). Thanks!
You’re welcome!
From Jean’s bio Excelsior You Fathead by Eugene Bergmann:
“That Shel wrote ‘A Boy Named Sue’ in response to Jean’s complaints about having a girl’s name may never be confirmed, though it seems consistent with Jean’s humor and treatment of his old pals.”
and
“Shepherd was named Jean after his father whose sister, it is said, had admired the Victor Hugo novel Les Miserables and suggested that her baby brother be named Jean after the main character. Jean was sensitive about being given a name that in the United States is usually reserved for girls. In various broadcasts he said he disliked being called Jeanie by his parents.”
Jean was mistakenly assigned to a girls’ gym class once,
and another teacher insisted his name must be Gene. And:
“The adult Jean’s buddy, Shel Silverstein, reportedly noted Jean’s problems with his name in his lyrics to a song made famous by Johnny Cash, ‘A Boy Named Sue’”.
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