>>I tend to believe that depicts only minorities. The silent majority is probably best shown by Mr. Bean.
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>You rang?
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>You would not believe how often people hear my name and immediately make some comment about the movie. Very annoying. There are times I wish my name was John Smith.

But since you know that this will happen, you can have some standard answers ready spanning most of the situations - whereas everybody else has to fumble with the "newness" of your name <g>.

thomas