Richard Parker, the Bengal tiger from Life of Pi by Yann Martel, was named after an Edgar Allan Poe character from "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket," written in 1838.
In the story, however, the narrator explains that a hunter named Richard Parker shot the tiger's mother. Sometime during the baby tiger's transport to Ponticherry Zoo, the hunter's name was subsituted for the tiger's name, and the name stuck.
In the story, however, the narrator explains that a hunter named Richard Parker shot the tiger's mother. Sometime during the baby tiger's transport to Ponticherry Zoo, the hunter's name was subsituted for the tiger's name, and the name stuck.
Referring to Richard Parker, from p.198 of Life of Pi: "Don't you think that before he submits to eating puffy, putrefied zebra he'll try the fresh, juicy Indian boy just a short dip away?"
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Keith Richards was born in England in the same town as Mick Jagger (Dartford, Kent) in 1943, and coincidentally they are both part of the same band. (Guess which one.) He plays guitar, writes songs (Satisfaction, Wild Horses, &c.) and sometimes sings. Idolized by many, and serves as a joke to many more. Has probably had more drugs than you and all your friends put together. And is still alive. Syn: Leatherface, the human chemical lab, Keef.
by Erin Richards July 12, 2004
1940-2005
One of the greatest comedians to have ever lived...
you could consider him the 'black' George Carlin
who was also a brilliant comedian
One of the greatest comedians to have ever lived...
you could consider him the 'black' George Carlin
who was also a brilliant comedian
by 1940200519372008 March 06, 2010
An effeminate douche bag whose personality is the most highly effective birth control known to the medical community.
Thinks he's clever, yet has a room-temperature I.Q. on his best days. Likely abused as a child, indicated by his caustic nature and intellectually bankrupt ramblings.
No known cure, but hopes are that future breakthroughs in genetic engineering might lead to treatment less severe than mandatory euthanasia.
Thinks he's clever, yet has a room-temperature I.Q. on his best days. Likely abused as a child, indicated by his caustic nature and intellectually bankrupt ramblings.
No known cure, but hopes are that future breakthroughs in genetic engineering might lead to treatment less severe than mandatory euthanasia.
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