Floppy, 2 months ago

@ldodds what about his dad?

Floppy, 2 months ago

@ldodds I can't even remember what this is in reference to, and the Internet is coming up with nothing on a search for "Bela Lugosi's Dad". Was it a PWEI track or something? WHO KNOWS.

Floppy, 2 months ago

@ldodds or Carter, or something

rgarner, 2 months ago

@Floppy @ldodds I have a friend who named his son Carter, and interestingly enough this friend was indeed a USM IRL. I've never asked him whether he did this ironically, and I never will.

Floppy, 2 months ago

@rgarner @ldodds surely real Carter fans name their firstborn "Jimbob Fruitbat".

ldodds, 2 months ago

@Floppy I wasn't sure either tbh!

Floppy, 2 months ago

@ldodds I'm beginning to think I dreamt it. Or maybe it was a @pikesley name at one point.

pikesley, 2 months ago

@Floppy @ldodds

Bela Lugosi's dad's dog's dead is the full thing, I think, but the only references I can find are this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_MvbB4MQYc (not old enough) and this https://b3ta.com/board/8985405

Maybe we all hallucinated it?

Floppy, 2 months ago

@pikesley @ldodds THAT'S IT, that's where I know it from! It's someone's handle on b3ta. Well done.

gilesdring, 2 months ago

@Floppy @pikesley @ldodds this is a riff off Ken Dodds Dad’s Dog’s Dead, surely….

ldodds, 2 months ago

@gilesdring @Floppy @pikesley we're in a maze of twisty cultural references all alike...

gilesdring, 2 months ago

@ldodds @Floppy @pikesley So true. I’ve been searching for Half Man Half Biscuit lyrics mentioning Bela Lugosi. Closest I got was “With Goth On Our Side”

Floppy, 2 months ago

@gilesdring @ldodds @pikesley and then this pops in my feed. https://aus.social/@jimbob/112218255396843242

Shit like this could turn a man into a simulation theory solipsist.