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|    Message 44,935 of 45,517    |
|    Will Dockery to All    |
|    Re: THE PICK    |
|    07 Feb 26 06:59:04    |
      From: user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid              mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) posted:       > Will Dockery wrote:       >> HarryLime wrote:       >>> Will Dockery wrote:       > >>>> HarryLime wrote:       >       >>>> And what if I did do it?       > >>>> Even though I admit to nothing, and never will.       > >>>> What does that make me?       > >>>> And I'm not here just defending myself but all those       > >>>> pickers out there who've been caught.       > >>>> Each and every one of them, who has to suffer the shame and humiliation       because of people like you..       > >>>> Are we not human?! If we pick, do we not bleed?!       > >>>> I am not an animal!       > >>>>       > >>>> -- Jerry Seinfeld       > >>>       > >>> Ping: NancyGene, have you looked up how many people are named "Jerry       Seinfeld" in the United States or the world?       > >>>       > >>> Just curious.       > >>       > >> I'm the one who quoted Seinfeld       > >>       > >> And everyone knows which Jerry Seinfeld I was quoting.       > >       > > Probably, but not absolutely.       > >       > > As NancyGene pointed out about names earlier :       > >       > > nancygene.andjayme@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (NancyGene) wrote in       > > news:Dt6dnZHiu5Vk4hv0nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@giganews.com:       > >       > > "There are at least 26 people living in the United States right now who       > > have the name "Jack Kerouac."       > >       > > Dockery: That's amazing, I never looked it up.       > >       > > Thanks for that bit of trivia.       >       > To which NancyGene responded:       >       > "The lesson for the day is that neither William Dockery nor Jack Kerouac is       "the one and only."       > [/quote]       >       > So, I asked NG:       >       > "Okay, so how many people are there named "Jerry Seinfeld," as I asked       earlier?       >       > Since you seem to enjoy looking up such bits of trivia, I thought you might       know."       >       > According to Dance's "trusted source," the name may be unique:       >       > While the famous comedian and sitcom creator Jerry Seinfeld is the most       well-known person with that name,       > there is no public data or official record indicating the exact number of       other people named "Jerry Seinfeld". It is highly likely to be an extremely       low number or just the one individual, as it is not a common name combination.       >       > Jerry Seinfeld (Comedian): Born Jerome Allen Seinfeld, he is universally       recognized from the show Seinfeld.       > Name Rarity: While "Jerry" is a common first name and "Seinfeld" is a       recognized surname of Austrian origin, the specific combination is, for all       intents and purposes, unique to the celebrity.       >       > It is rare for multiple people with distinct, celebrity-adjacent names to       have a large number of exact name-sakes in publicly available records.       >       > [END QUOTE]              That's interesting, thanks for posting.              > This is a response to the post seen at:       > http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=688824294#688824294              --       Poetry and songs of Will Dockery:       https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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