They're de-monet-ising his work.
Connery introduced himself. "Bond. James Bond."
And Van Damme replied. "Damme. Van Damme. Claude Van Damme. Jean Claude Van Damme."
Claude.
His name was Jean Jaquette.
A painting by Claude Monet was recently discovered. It's an illustration of a man's nose. The museum decided to title it Mon Nez
Explanation :
Mon and nez are respectively French for my and nose. If one pronounces mon and nez correctly, and rapidly, it sounds a bit like Monet (mo-nénè)
Edit: I made an error with the accents; chose aigu (Γ©) instead of grave (Γ¨)
Jean Claude
Have you heard of the novel "Revenge of the Tiger" by Claude Balls?
Because Oscar Claude Monet
We've done a bunch of these lists on my podcast Shoddy Radio in the past including "Cars and Stars" (Steve Mitsubuscemi, Jean Claude Grand Am), "Groups and Poops" (Stool, The Brown Stripes), and "Chicks and Dicks" (Sigourney Wiener, Dickey Lake). Anyway, I thought some folks here might appreciate these and want to throw in some ideas. So far for our next list "Criminal Acts & Delectable Snacks" we've got Bacon and Entering, First Degree Burger, Child CornDography, Statutory Crepes and a few others I can't remember right now. Any submissions?
After I didn't know he pointed to this sign: http://imgur.com/ex7tc2c
Claude!
CLAUDE!! ππ
