THIS MAN IS DIZZY GILLESPIE.
THIS MAN IS NOT DIZZY GILLESPIE.
People must FUCKING STOP calling him that. Cunts.
Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most influential musical geniuses of the modern era. Despite his prodigious talent as practitioner and teacher (he was known affectionately as "Professor"), he was also a little nutty - known for his penchant for silly hats, and sometimes taking a break from his trumpeting mid-tune to dance merrily around the other musicians. This eccentricity earned John Neil Gillespie the nick-name "Dizzy".
The other Gillespie is very good at throwing a ball, and sometimes hitting a ball with a stick.
You MAY NOT bestow a previous well-earned nickname on someone completely different, just because they have the same surname. Jason Gillespie has achieved great things in his field, sure. Give him his own nickname. "Mullet" or "Batty" or "Handy-With-Balls" or something. He's NOT ALLOWED to have Dizzy's name.
Sorry. I don't really know why this annoys me so much. As you were.
You are a bad man, Mr Byron. And you know it, don't you.
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