He partly was named after the famous blind Greek poet Homer, who wrote The Odyssey. It tickled creator Matt Groenig's fancy to name his dunce everyman after a famously wise epic poet.
Mrs. Edit - if you're talking about addressing a letter to two men - it's 'Messieurs'. For example - Messieurs Smith and Jones. --Snakester1962 (Supervisor) Re-Edit-- Mssrs. is an acronym for...