[Charles Henrickson]

Here is the guy we FReepers have affectionately have come to call "Bluto." He picked up the name on the live thread this morning as we were watching the citizens of Baghdad go after the Saddam statue. This Bluto guy seemed to be one of those leading the charge. He was a one-man wrecking crew! His spirit and enthusiasm and joy came through on the television!

[Paul Atreides]

If I had a hammer,

I'd hammer in the morning...

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[Charles Henrickson]

Bluto is saying to Saddam:

"All your base are belong to us!"

[Slyfox]

Old Bluto packs a pretty mean punch.

[AnnO]

So glad you caught a pic of Bluto.......I loved watching him do his thing this morning and he was such a shock to see up there swinging the sledgehammer. Nice to see this great guy again. What a great day we all had today! Sure hope the rest of the country will fall fast without more loss of Coalition lives tomorrow. Those pockets of resistance in Baghdad are worrisome also. Maybe someone should have gotten Bluto's name and address and put him to work convincing other Iraqis to surrender.

[Charles Henrickson]

Here is the memorable thread from this morning (started by kattracks) in which we were introduced to our friend "Bluto":

Iraqis TOPPLE LARGE statue of Saddam- Live Thread

[Larry Lucido]

"Statues? Statues? We don't need no statues! We don't need no stinkin' statues!!"

[July 4th]

I had CNBC on for a while, and the anchors were really excited about this guy. "Man, he's huge...they should just let him keep at it."

[yonif]

I am so glad we liberated these people. This shows how much they have suffered under the brutal dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.

[bonesmccoy]

Bluto or John Rhys-Davies?

"But, Innnnddyyyy????"

[Grampa Dave]

Just Dial 1800BLUTTO for quick and massive BURP, BAGHDAD URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS! BLUTTO HAS SLEDGE AND WILL HAMMER!

[GeorgiaYankee]

"It's HAMMER TIME!"

(play Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" in background)

[Teetop]

I wouldn't doubt if "Bluto" was part of the Iraqi power lifting team at one time & lost his whole family to the regime.

"I'll knock him down to size!"

[Illbay]

BLOW you down?!?!? I'll show you some BLOWS!!!

[SpyktRose]

"Give me enough time, I'll tear down this statue my DAMN self!"

[pulaskibush]

That guy really did stand out in the crowd. Maybe for the new Iraqi government, he can be the Minister of Destroying Saddam's Statues.

[magslinger]

When I read about Bluto my first thought was John Belushi's charector in Animal House, they tore down a statue and used the head as a hood ornament.

[MomwithHope]

caption - "This is much more fun than working in Saddam's torture chambers."

Not funny I realize, but when my hubby first saw this guy his first reaction was that was his former job. Ya' never know.

[Spruce]