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malthaussen

(18,426 posts)
Mon Jul 1, 2024, 02:17 PM Jul 2024

I wonder what the "H" in "Jesus H Christ" stands for...

... boy, I bet people would feel stupid if it turned out his middle name was Irving.

-- Mal

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I wonder what the "H" in "Jesus H Christ" stands for... (Original Post) malthaussen Jul 2024 OP
I always heard it was "Horatio" JoseBalow Jul 2024 #1
Jinx, you owe me a coke bottomofthehill Jul 2024 #4
Horatio bottomofthehill Jul 2024 #2
H stands for Harold Dave Bowman Jul 2024 #3
Cheers...that's funny!! walkingman Jul 2024 #6
Thanks! Dave Bowman Jul 2024 #11
Husein - a fine middle-eastern name rurallib Jul 2024 #5
Husein it is! vishnura Jul 2024 #8
Shouldn't it be Spanish, like his first name? JoseBalow Jul 2024 #10
Hernando? Dave Bowman Jul 2024 #12
Humberto? JoseBalow Jul 2024 #13
Don't know what the H. stands for but I know it's a horse at the race track Marthe48 Jul 2024 #7
Harrison. bif Jul 2024 #9
Hugo. n/t Yavin4 Jul 2024 #14

Dave Bowman

(6,733 posts)
3. H stands for Harold
Mon Jul 1, 2024, 02:22 PM
Jul 2024

— he was named for his Dad. You know, “Our Father who art in Heaven, Harold be Thy Name…”

Marthe48

(22,753 posts)
7. Don't know what the H. stands for but I know it's a horse at the race track
Mon Jul 1, 2024, 02:43 PM
Jul 2024

I heard the blacksmith say, "Jesus H. Christ! Get off my foot!"

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