i was telling someone at the meetup that i remembered from the internets that mutombo was a major charitable force in the congo. i love it when random factual assertions turn out to be true. we should all sex mutombo tonight.
Maybe "sexing Mutombo" should be the new slang for "doing good works." So, for example, when ac wonders if she ends up paying less attention to worthy charities in her private life because she's doing good works as her work, she's asking whether she pays less attention to charity because she sexes Mutombo at the office all day, every day.
"Mutombo is attributed with coining the phrase, 'Who wants to sex Mutombo?', which he allegedly developed as a pick-up line during his Georgetown days. The phrase has achieved cult status among basketball fans of both genders, though there is no evidence he ever said it and it is likely an urban legend."
That's so weird -- when I clicked on your "Illumination" before I was spirited away to some blog about "Grammar Police" -- presumably maintained by Ben or somebody -- now it is pointing to a Wikipædia article with an answer to my question. Thanks, and sorry for the misunderstanding.
15: I thought the phrase "Who wants to sex Mutombo?" was supposedly made public during that court case in which a bunch of NBA players testified about their doings at that Atlanta strip club.
I heard that he would regularly make entrances at bars and parties by opening his arms and asking "Who will fuck Dikembe?". It is, in fact, a great way to enter a party.
Excellent.
Posted by Clownæsthesiologist | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 8:49 AM
Only the merest attenuated connection to the post (good works), but: LB, you're being paged.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 9:08 AM
i was telling someone at the meetup that i remembered from the internets that mutombo was a major charitable force in the congo. i love it when random factual assertions turn out to be true. we should all sex mutombo tonight.
Posted by matty | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 9:08 AM
From Unfogged, maybe? It's come up before.
Posted by David Weman | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 9:15 AM
2: "I'm a tool. A tool, tool, tool, with no college loans. Hatin' on the JFK, though. Tool."
Posted by Cala | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 9:16 AM
Maybe "sexing Mutombo" should be the new slang for "doing good works." So, for example, when ac wonders if she ends up paying less attention to worthy charities in her private life because she's doing good works as her work, she's asking whether she pays less attention to charity because she sexes Mutombo at the office all day, every day.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 9:17 AM
Tim, let it go.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 9:54 AM
But it makes him so happy.
Posted by ac | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 10:09 AM
What's weird about the link in 7, given one of today's other big stories, is the chosen metaphor of setting his computer on fire.
Posted by I don't pay | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 10:16 AM
I'd actually kind of forgotten that, but that might be why ac sprang to mind for the example.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 10:18 AM
Alternate title: Who Wants To Emulate Mutombo?
Posted by Armsmasher | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 10:43 AM
Wait, was "Who Wants to Sex Motumbo" supposed to be a proposal for a quiz show? I had never gotten that bit -- thot it was just a catch-phrase.
Posted by Clownæsthesiologist | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 10:46 AM
Illumination, Clownę.
Posted by Armsmasher | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 10:50 AM
Just in general, or as regards a specific issue?
Posted by Clownæsthesiologist | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 10:56 AM
"Mutombo is attributed with coining the phrase, 'Who wants to sex Mutombo?', which he allegedly developed as a pick-up line during his Georgetown days. The phrase has achieved cult status among basketball fans of both genders, though there is no evidence he ever said it and it is likely an urban legend."
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 11:02 AM
To 12? Did I miss the point of your q?
Posted by Armsmasher | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 11:02 AM
That's so weird -- when I clicked on your "Illumination" before I was spirited away to some blog about "Grammar Police" -- presumably maintained by Ben or somebody -- now it is pointing to a Wikipædia article with an answer to my question. Thanks, and sorry for the misunderstanding.
Posted by Clownæsthesiologist | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 11:11 AM
"Presumably maintained by Ben or somebody," heh.
Posted by arthegall | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 11:36 AM
15: I thought the phrase "Who wants to sex Mutombo?" was supposedly made public during that court case in which a bunch of NBA players testified about their doings at that Atlanta strip club.
Posted by Cryptic Ned | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 11:44 AM
The claim is that he came into a NW DC bar, right after a big Georgetown win, spread his arms wide, and asked, "Who wants to sex Mutombo?"
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 11:51 AM
I heard that he would regularly make entrances at bars and parties by opening his arms and asking "Who will fuck Dikembe?". It is, in fact, a great way to enter a party.
Posted by Megan | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 12:08 PM
Friend of mine from law school who attended G'Town with Mutombo said he witnessed it at a party, only it was "Who wants to sex Dikembe?"
Posted by Ugh | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 12:11 PM
Followed by the apparently obligatory flocking of the women to him.
Posted by Ugh | Link to this comment | 08-15-06 12:12 PM