On 2008-02-12 05:07:17 -0800, Sea Wasp <seawaspObvious@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
said:
> Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> On 11 Feb, 16:47, Kurt Busiek <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2008-02-11 07:01:35 -0800, David Cowie <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:11:25 -0800, Kurt Busiek wrote:
>>>
>>>>> [Stephen King's] son Joe's first novel, HEART-SHAPED BOX (by "Joe
Hill")
>>>>> is a powerful horror novel that feels a lot like early King, but
with a
>>>>> very modern sensibility.
>>>>
>>>> His real name is Joe King?
>>>
>>> Joseph Hillstrom King.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Some parents just don't *think*, do they?
>>>
>>> I can only imagine the junior high years. "Hey, Joe said
such-and-such
>>> -- but he was only Joe King! Ha haha ha ha!"
>>>
>>> And worse.
>>
>>
>> Well, that's how it would go in the PEANUTS cartoons, sure.
>
> And in real life. I had similar jokes made about my name, and heard
> other jokes along those lines for other people.
There's a politician named Joe King, former speaker of the house for
Wa****ngton State, and his campaign signs got much the same reaction.
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