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|    Cujo DeSockpuppet to Will-Dockery    |
|    Re: THE PICK    |
|    07 Feb 26 13:30:49    |
      From: cujo@petitmorte.net              will.dockery@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (Will-Dockery) wrote in       news:Su-dnddFCdp9qBr0nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@giganews.com:              >> HarryLime wrote:       >>       >>> Will Dockery wrote:       >>> 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."       >>>>       >>>       >>>       >>> 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.       >       > And FWIW, the names "Michael Malefica Pendragon" and "Will Donkey" are       > also unique.[/quote]       >       > Okay, I know there's at least one other well known person using the       > same "Michael Pendragon."       >       > Using the middle name probably definitely helps keep your name unique.              "Cujo DeSockpuppet" and "Little Willie Douchebag" should be considered       unique too, Douchebag.              "Based on a search of public records and databases, there are no recorded       individuals with the name "Little Willie Douchebag." It is highly likely       that this is not a real name or a fictional/mock name."              "Based on search results, "Cujo DeSockpuppet" appears to be an online       pseudonym or username used in technical forums (such as The Daily WTF and       embeddedrelated.com) and Usenet groups around 2011–2018.       There are no indications that this is a real person's legal name, and it       is likely a single individual using a pseudonym."              This is why people laugh at you, Douchebag.              Why are you so fucking stupid? Was it genetics, lead paint chips or       drugs? Or was it all three?              --       "The fact that it doesn't apply to the poem is of little consequence to       you, because your poems don't have a literary basis, because you're       functionally illiterate and haven't got a clue as to what a poem is." -       Little Willie Douchebag gets another asskicking from Pendragon              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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