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Old 04-04-2007, 03:28 PM   #11
Trilby
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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl View Post
He once told a man he worked with that his middle names were Anything Except William because his father was drunk when he registered the birth and just thrust a piece of paper at the clerk. Because the man swallowed it without comment, Dads was too embarrassed to bring it up again. I often wonder if someone will relate it back to me one day as something that really happened.
So that's where you get it from! That's hilarious, SG.

I've a nephew named William but we tell him his FULL name is Trespassers Will. A little Pooh humor.
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