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|    Will Dockery to Cujo DeSockpuppet    |
|    Re: THE PICK    |
|    07 Feb 26 19:06:59    |
      From: user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid              Cujo DeSockpuppet wrote:       > 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:       >       > >>> 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.       > >>>       > >>> 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.       > >>>       > >>> "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."       > >>       > >> Of course most of us know you're really Kevin Fries.       > >>       > >> That's not supposed to be a secret, is it, Kevin?       > >>       > > Trying to out me       > > [/quote][/quote]              [Cujo's latest tizzy snipped for brevity]              Not at all, Kevin Fries is your real name and since I'm not on your low level       of childish name-calling, I'll call you Kevin Fries.              HTH and HAND.              --       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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