Jason V Smith sounds like a court case On 2013-03-28 2:47 PM, "Jay Smith" <jayvsm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wishful thinking Justin, I'm still here to guard the pink chair :) > > On 28/03/2013 2:03 PM, Ron wrote: > > Dude, "Jay Smith" is the 10th most common name in the world, and about > > 5th or 6th in English-speaking countries. There are Jay Smiths > > dying/getting arrested/etc. every day. It's the magic of that name! > > > > Ron > > To be fair, while my name is pretty common, it's not very often that I > see news of my death on the Google news front page. Thankfully I've lead > a pretty full life; in the last couple days I was in the news as a > firefighter[1], a sap collector[2], a member of the street-scape > committee in Ohio[3], a Lacrosse commentator[4], and a hairdresser[5]. > I'm just really glad I got to finish first in the Women's Event of the > Winter Meltdown Triathlon[6] before my tragic death. > > When I applied for my passport, the look on the clerks face could only > be described as concerned. Her helpful suggestion of adding my middle > initial to the passport has likely saved me a lot of grief. I worry that > someday the only difference between safe travels and extraordinary > rendition will be the single V in "Jason V Smith". > > It is, however, nice to see so many streets named after me. > > - Jason "Jay" Smith / @Sporked > > [1] > > http://bonneylake-sumner.patch.com/articles/april-pools-day-opportunity-to-learn-important-water-safety-skills-with-first-responders > [2] > > http://www.wdtimes.com/news/local/article_e8283a6a-9701-11e2-b33f-0019bb2963f4.html > [3] > > http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/germanvillage/news/2013/03/25/group-looks-to-create-parking-map-for-village.html > [4] > > http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2013/03/27/sports-briefs-lacrosse-hockey-ringette > [5] > > http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/woodlands/living/pigtails-crewcuts-provides-child-friendly-salon/article_4103f47d-ee03-51b0-8c58-5de8bb2d1655.html > [6] > > http://www.canmoreleader.com/2013/03/27/vine-takes-third-winter-meltdown-win > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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