During the blizzard of 1888 Evander Berry Wall walked into a bar wearing gleaming leather boots that went up to his hips. This event would be remembered for all time as the Battle of the Dudes. Later, Wall would change outfits no less than 40 times between breakfast and dinner, trouncing all opposition and forever securing the the title of King of the Dudes.
You see, Jian watches alot of TCM... a just, just an ungodly amount of TCM...
Intensive research on Wikipedia began immediately.
The history of the word dude is filled with glitz, glamor, politics, intrigue...
A battle between the Old Gods...
Around the same time scholars believe the Battle of the Dudes took place, prominent Canadian rapper Oscar Ferdinand Telgmann busted out this crunk off the heezy titled We are the Dudes:
We are the Dudes you read about in all the papers
Social Etudes,
We captivate all hearts by our capers,
Once every week the bank pays each and all of us two dollars;
But, by cold cheek we sport the latest thing in coats and collars,
Weep ye, en masse!
We're suffering most excruciating pain;
For oh! Alas!
The Prince of Wales has ceased to carry a cane!
'Til we learn whether His Highness orders that the cane shall go;
Each with a feather we promenade the city streets just so!
"Oh shit, son!" -Chester A. Arthur, 1889Anyway, it's all on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evander_Berry_Wall
