I don't understand why you kick ass THEN take names

[HEyHEY]

Seems to me you take names first, then kick the asses of the people whose names you took. :shrug:

[Inchworm]

1. Yer right!

Names get their ass kicked.. hm.. wait a sec... YEA!

IT'S TWOO!

:hi:

[elshiva]

2. Or shoot first and

ask questions later? :shrug: Silly cliches...

[DarkTirade]

3. I happen to like shooting first

as opposed to shooting second.

[HEyHEY]

4. It is a good strategy for winning

[DarkTirade]

5. It's also ironic

since that particular Han Solo quote was in a book from that came out shortly after the original trilogy... then several years later Lucas decided to edit in the whole 'Greedo shot first' crap. :P

[elshiva]

7. I was not thinking about Hans Solo.

Thinking more of the cliche in detective fiction.

[pokerfan]

11. A long time ago in a galaxy far far away

they fought with Broomhandle Mausers?

[DarkTirade]

18. Broomhandle Mausers... modified to add the face of a Masterlock on the side.

... god damn it, I know too much about this shit. I am such a geek. :P

[democracyindanger]

6. People with kicked asses don't give fake names.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. it is like notches on a bed post --

You can't take their name until you kick their ass.

Then you pass the list onto YOUR boss to prove that you are worth the big money he is paying you.

[HEyHEY]

9. Ahhh.. that's what it's about

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. Stick with me, kid --

The ways of the world, I know them ;) :D

[Skittles]

12. I never take names

my ass-kickings suffice

[LostInAnomie]

13. It shows restraint.

Usually when I kick ass I do it so hard people aren't capable of giving names afterward.

[madeline_con]

14. I think you have to put your foot on their neck as you write. n/t

[Doug.Goodall]

15. They cooperate better after being kicked

[Orsino]

16. You need to take names first...

...just in case you have to stop kicking ass for some reason. Later, you can go back to your list, confident that you will not forget any ass.

[zanne]

17. Did you kick the ass of that polar bear? nt

[Shell Beau]

19. I like that polar bear!! So sweet!

But yeah, take some names and then kick some ass. I don't want to kick your ass if I don't even know who you are!! Jeez!

[DS1]

20. It's what you do when you're all out of bubble gum

[JBoy]

21. It's similar to this macho saying:

[BulletproofLandshark]

22. That's why I keep an assistant around when I'm kicking ass.

It's simple really, I kick someone's ass, they jot down the name of the ass-kickee on their clipboard. For posterity, you see.

[PeaceNikki]

23. It demonstrates wreckless disregerd.

Like "I don't give a fuck who you are, you're getting your ass kicked".

Get it?

[Richard Steele]

24. You are ASSUMING it happens in that order- it's a common mistake.

The actual phrase is "Kicking ass AND taking names",
which can be interpreted as an either/or situation
in which the ass-kicking is reserved for those who fail
to provide a name, on a case-by-case basis.

[RadiationTherapy]

25. Names? Pffft. They are what I calls em! nt

[KansDem]

26. Perhaps if you ask for names first, people will assume you want to kick their asses next...

So they will do some Bushesque "preemptive ass-kicking" and kick your ass first.

"HEY, what's your name? YEAH, YOU!!! I'm talking to you!!! I WANT YOUR NAME, NOW...OW!!...OW!!...OW!!...OW!!..."