Does anyone know why Skinner is called Skinner?

[dorktv]

Is it a reference to that really bad movie with Traci Lords and Rikki Lake?

[Skittles]

1. JAYSUS DORKTV

it's his name......good guess though :thumbsup:

[dorktv]

2. Um okay...I thought his name was something else but okay! :)

I mean my name is not really Dork. But it is my prefered nickname.

[Kingshakabobo]

3. His name is David Allen.

I always wondered about the reason for "Skinner". My GUESS is it's a Simpsons reference?? Principal Skinner??

[Skittles]

4. OMG!

Dorktv needs to kick my ass! I believe I was thinking of Nancy Skinner - she used to be here in the DU! :o

[dorktv]

5. Are you an evil Republican who has broken the heart of someone

I care about?

[Skittles]

8. NO!

I'm just a gal who had a looooooong day - including helping her boyfriend take FOUR CATS TO THE VET! In the SAME CAR! And now I can't sleep! I am pleading mercy! :D

[dorktv]

10. Well then why would I kick your ass? I only harm others when someone has

caused grevious harm to my friends and family...so you are cool. :)

[Skittles]

12. I threaten to kick ass for highly minor offenses

off course, I enjoy it thoroughly! :hi:

[dorktv]

24. It would ruin my political career to be violent to someone so it has to be

for a darn good reason.

[blondeatlast]

20. Can we charge for tickets, all proceeds donated to DU?

:rofl:

[dorktv]

25. *gasp* While I would NEVER normally decide to fight someone...if it

is for the good of DU...then Okay...

[dorktv]

7. That is what I thought his name was...I once wrote a story about

a serial killer named David Allen. *glup*

[Bunny]

13. He used to have a Principal Skinner avatar.

So I'm guessing it's a Simpsons reference, too.

[HeeBGBz]

6. I was thinking Skinner from the X-files

That was my guess.

[norml]

9. It's from Mule Skinner Blues

Mule Skinner Blues
The Fendermen

The Fendermen's version

Well, good morning, Captain
Well, good morning to you
Do you need another mule skinner
Down on your new mud run
Ha, ha, hip, ee, ee.........

CHORUS
Well, I'm an old mule skinner
From down Kentucky way
And I can make any mule listen
Or I won't accept your pay
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Hee, hee, hee, hee, hee, ha, ha
Well hey, hey

Little water boy, come here boy
Bring that water bucket around
Ha, ha, ha
If you don't like your job
Water boy, put that bucket down
Ha, ha, ha, ee, ee, ha, ha, ha

(CHORUS)
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Jimmy Rodger's version



A.k.a. Mule Skinner Blues
Original title "Blue Yodel" #9

Well it's good morning captain
Good morning shine
Do you need another muleskinner
Out on your new mud line

I like to work
I'm rolling all the time
I can pop my initials
On a mule's behind

Hey little water boy
Bring that water round
If you don't like your job
Set that water bucket down

Workin' on the good road
Dollar and a half a day
My good girl's waiting on a Saturday night
Just to draw my pay

I'm going to town, honey
What you want me to bring you back
Bring a pint of booze
And a John B Stetson hat

I smell your bread a-burning
Turn your damper down
If you ain't got a damper, good gal
Turn your bread around
==============================================

[dorktv]

11. Are you sure?

[norml]

22. Sure, we're the mules, and he's the Mule Skinner.

It all makes sense.

[dorktv]

26. I am an Ass not a mule!

A DEMOCRATIC ASS! heehee

[Enraged_Ape]

14. Well, since he used to have a Principal Skinner avatar...

I assume it's a Simpsons reference.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

15. Just like the Skinner in The Simpsons, he's our principal...

And he lives with his mother and is having an affair with one of the teachers (monitors). God, what goes on in my head is SOOOO much more interesting than what goes on in real life!! HEHE
Duckie

[bertha katzenengel]

16. B.F. Skinner, maybe?

Wasn't he a behavioral scientist or something? :shrug:

[Longgrain]

17. Yep. Author of Walden Two, and inventor of the isolation box

I'm still not sure what to make of that Skinner.

[FuzzySlippers]

28. OMG!

We're just the lab rats he's experimenting on!:D

[blindpig]

18. Neuromancer?

Was there not a heavy duty cyber cowboy in Gibson's classic with that handle? Or am I completely out to lunch?

[derby378]

19. Not that I remember

Aside from Case himself, McCoy Pauley and Bobby Quine were mentioned.

[Robb]

21. Because Boner was already taken?

(rimshot) :D

[dorktv]

27. Gasp!

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. Well, this one time...at band camp...

;) I have no idea honestly. :hi:

[Placebo]

29. Principal Skinner