From a (very fascinating) profile of Laurence Fishburne in the latest issue of the New Yorker magazine, in which the writer tells Fishburne he's having Thanksgiving dinner with an old acquaintance of Fishburne's:

"Tell that motherfucker my name is not Larry!" Fishburne said, his head swinging from side to side like a dashboard figurine. "My motherfucking name is Laurence! Since you're having fucking Thanksgiving at his house, tell that motherfucker to cut that shit out. And his fucking wife, too. I love him. I've known him all my life, but GOD DAMN, they make me mad with that shit. Fucking ten years I've beencalling myself Laurence! Every time I see this motherfucker, he calls me Larry."





I see a new Dave Chappelle skit on the horizon.

"hey larry, can i have an autograph?"

i think it's silly when people are that up tight about their names.

...continued....

In the middle of Fishburne's tirade, the phone rang. He picked it up and, to general laughter, shouted into it, STOP FUCKING CALLING MY HOUSE!"

JasmineFire said:

dammit, he should be at least glad that he has a name that folks won't mispronounce...larry, laurence, who gives a fuck?! you're bein addressed either way!!!!

...and finally...

"And if you don't like it you can fucking get in line to suck my dick! Fuck you!" He paused, then added, "Anyway, I just thought you could pass that on to Gordon."


That's got to be the funniest damn thing I've read in a long time.

Anxiety said:

fuckin rich-assed bastid.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

And to have it printed in the New Yorker???!!

Ol' Cowboy Curtis has got balls-a-plenty.

Anxiety said:

cowboy curtis!!! pee-wee's playhouse was awesome. i should get the DVDs.

AND DON'T FUCKING CALL ME LAURENCE, MOTHERFUCKER!!!!

Anxiety said:

sometimes i feel tempted to yell that while answerin the phone at my job.

Anxiety said:

If calling him Larry gets me a place in line to suck his dick, let me get a megaphone! That man is fine as hell

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

you and me both

some people ...

summerdawn said:

I always wanted to hire the guy from that movie Amazon Women On The Moon to answer my phone at work.... "AIN'T NO DAMN THELMA HERE!!!!"

Anxiety said:

I got so aggravated today, I just said 'Yep...I mean, damn...this is Summer' when I answered...

Gotta stop putting my job in jeopardy

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

U must be thinking of Larry Fishbourne, cause Laurence is one
bug-eyed ugly bastid child.