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   Message 44,942 of 45,517   
   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   
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