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Glenn

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Jun 7, 2004, 9:01:52 AM6/7/04
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in one episode, and I don't remember right off which one (as usual, I know),
Hawk says to someone something to the effect of " that's highly selassie of
you sir"...the spelling of that word has to be wrong, because I don't
understand the word, and don't get the reference, so I'm hoping someone
knows the line and can help...
thanks
Glenn


David Brunt

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Jun 7, 2004, 9:09:24 AM6/7/04
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"Glenn" <notn...@notnohow.com> wrote

Heile Selassie was president of Ethiopia in the 1950s.

It's a phonetic play on the words "Highly Significant"

ShandaRose

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Jun 7, 2004, 10:41:23 AM6/7/04
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was it the ep with the Ethiopian soldier, who thanks Hawkeye in his language?


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David Brunt

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Jun 7, 2004, 12:44:04 PM6/7/04
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"ShandaRose" <shand...@aol.com> wrote

> was it the ep with the Ethiopian soldier, who thanks Hawkeye in his
language?

Not sure, but I think it was used a couple of times over the series.

Glenn

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Jun 7, 2004, 4:45:23 PM6/7/04
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the play on words part I got, the primary reference went over my head...
I also like "are you cereal, Frank?" another Hawkism

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Brad Filippone

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Jun 7, 2004, 11:07:32 PM6/7/04
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ShandaRose (shand...@aol.com) wrote:
: was it the ep with the Ethiopian soldier, who thanks Hawkeye in his language?

Yes, and the scene is in "O.R."

The Other Brad

Albert Giesbrecht

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Jun 8, 2004, 5:36:46 AM6/8/04
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That's a vague reference to the Emperor of Ethiopia.

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Tony Daniel

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Jun 8, 2004, 2:01:20 PM6/8/04
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Haile Selassie was the ruler of Ethiopia at the time.. the soldier thanking
Hawk was Ethioipian... hence the reference..

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Mikael Uhlin

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Jun 9, 2004, 12:48:13 PM6/9/04
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"Rob Petrie" <r...@att.net> wrote:
>His real name was Sig Heile. [j/k!]
>Haile Selassie was president of Ethiopia from the early 1930s (until
>1974; d. 8/75) and was in power when Mussolini's Italy invaded that country
in 1936.

Actually, he was Emperor, and his person and real name - Ras Tafari - was
the inspiration for the rastafari-movement on Jamaica. In the colonial days
of the 1930s, Hailie Selassie really stood out as Emperor of one of the only
independent African countries and thus became a symbolical Emperor of all
blacks.


vb

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Jun 9, 2004, 6:20:16 PM6/9/04
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"Mikael Uhlin" <mikael...@posten.se> wrote in message
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Actually, the REAL fact is "Haile Selassie was born Tafari Makonnen in
Ethiopia in 1892."and " Tafari was crowned emperor, the 111th emperor in the
succession of King Solomon. Upon this occasion he took the name Haile
Selassie, meaning "Might of the Trinity".

'Nuff said.

V.B.


D. Gordon

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Jun 10, 2004, 10:17:07 AM6/10/04
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Actually the real fact is the Ethiopians are often mulato in origin (in
regards to black emperors). Another real fact is this talk about
Selassie has gone on too long here and nobody sane cares about him
anymore.

ShandaRose

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Jun 10, 2004, 1:37:21 PM6/10/04
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>Another real fact is this talk about
>Selassie has gone on too long here and nobody sane cares about him
>anymore.
>
yes, but some of us who didn't know what Haile Selassie referred to now know!

What an educational newsgroup
:-D

George Hiebert

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Jun 12, 2004, 7:07:31 PM6/12/04
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"vb" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:H5adnZ4MW8_...@look.ca...

>
> "Mikael Uhlin" <mikael...@posten.se> wrote in message

> > Actually, he was Emperor, and his person and real name - Ras Tafari -


was
> > the inspiration for the rastafari-movement on Jamaica. In the colonial
> days
> > of the 1930s, Hailie Selassie really stood out as Emperor of one of the
> only
> > independent African countries and thus became a symbolical Emperor of
all
> > blacks.
> >
> >
>
> Actually, the REAL fact is "Haile Selassie was born Tafari Makonnen in
> Ethiopia in 1892."and " Tafari was crowned emperor, the 111th emperor in
the
> succession of King Solomon. Upon this occasion he took the name Haile
> Selassie, meaning "Might of the Trinity".

Right, Ras Tafari simply means Prince Tafari. Rastafarians worshipped him as
God on earth and believed him to be the second coming. Marcus Garvey started
the movement when he prophesied about a coming black king.


Louis Martinez

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Sep 9, 2004, 10:38:04 PM9/9/04
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Could he have meant .....Surreal?
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> x-no-archive: yes

>
> "David Brunt" <dv...@davidbrunt.fsnet.co.u.k> wrote in message
> news:ca1pe5$dei$1...@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > "Glenn" <notn...@notnohow.com> wrote
> > > in one episode, and I don't remember right off which one (as usual,
> > I know),
> > > Hawk says to someone something to the effect of " that's highly
> > selassie of
> > > you sir"...the spelling of that word has to be wrong, because I
> > don't
> > > understand the word, and don't get the reference, so I'm hoping
> > someone
> > > knows the line and can help...
>
> > Heile Selassie was president of Ethiopia in the 1950s.
>
> His real name was Sig Heile. [j/k!]
>
> Haile Selassie was president of Ethiopia from the early 1930s (until
> 1974; d. 8/75) and was in power when Mussolini's Italy invaded that
country
> in 1936.
>

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