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Subject:Re: David Marshall / A Rose by Any Other Name ...
From:Joy Hecht
Date:Thu, 8 Apr 2004 21:41:19 -0400

When my dad was in the army (WWII) he had a friend named Walter Smith, who
was also in the army.  They organized people by last name for training
purposes.

Walter Smith was in a class where everyone in the whole class was named
Walter Smith.

It's almost Friday, does that count?

Joy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of George Goff
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 12:18 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: David Marshall / A Rose by Any Other Name ...
>
>
> In a message dated 4/7/04 12:27:39 PM, vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG writes:
>
> << At least I am not John Smith! >>
>
> I went to school with Joe Smith and Wolfgang Fundinger.  Joe
> hated his name
> because whenever he introduced himself, a lot of people thought
> he was joking.
> Wolfgang must have had the same problem.  Once I called information to get
> Wolfgang's number and the operator hung up on me.
>
> I am sure this information has enriched everyone's life.
>
> George
>