Wait.. is that a breakfast cereal? - Idea submitted by Sarah (aka: The floss lady)

Colin Powell: former Secretary of State? Bowel Ailment? Or Breakfast Cereal?
Aka: Why do they pronounce his name "Colon" instead of "Collin?"

Thank you Sarah for the submission of this intriguing article idea. I too have wondered, in passing (gas), if this man's name has something to do with a bum (Besides George Bush ROFL). For some reason his name has always reminded me of the old Saturday Night Live "commercials" with the late great Phil Hartman: the "Super Colon Blow" breakfast cereal, guaranteed to make you so regular it hurts. (It will take you 10,000 bowls of Colon Powell to.. eh.. never mind)
However, I can also picture a rather serious doctor entering a hospital room, toting a patients chart, to deliver the bad news "Sir, I'm afraid you have Colon Powell, we will need to operate."

Unfortunately, the pronounciation of his name has made him the butt of many jokes, and why one would pronounce colon out of collin is quite odd indeed, it is, in fact: ridiculous!