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Yulia Nox Posted Tue 21 Oct, 2008 9:56 PM |
I just remembered that a guy called J. Smith was one of the first english men who extracted saltpeter from Chile during the XIX century xD!
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akanksha Posted Wed 22 Oct, 2008 3:27 AM |
| Ooh. That's a cool piece of trivia! Google informs us there was a Captain J Smith, Admiral of New England, J Smith a Scottish politician, a professional wrestler J Smith, even a British folk singer J Smith...he could be anyone :P |
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Yulia Nox Posted Wed 22 Oct, 2008 8:28 PM |
| wow..so Fran really picked the right name to represent the "everyman" |
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fenchurch Posted Wed 22 Oct, 2008 8:32 PM |
| Oh, oh! And the guy in the disney Pocahontas is John Smith, the Mel Gibson guy :) |
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Yulia Nox Posted Wed 22 Oct, 2008 8:50 PM |
fenchurch wrote: Oh, oh! And the guy in the disney Pocahontas is John Smith, the Mel Gibson guy :)
lol... I completely forgot about that J. Smith xD |
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fenchurch Posted Wed 22 Oct, 2008 8:53 PM |
Yulia Nox wrote: fenchurch wrote: Oh, oh! And the guy in the disney Pocahontas is John Smith, the Mel Gibson guy :)
lol... I completely forgot about that J. Smith xD
He's the best! Even if he does have a very strong american accent for an English fella, lol :) |
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gladsadmad Posted Wed 22 Oct, 2008 8:56 PM |
The current home secretary Jacqui Smith MP [Wikipedia]
She's not a man, but does represent everybody in the country. The everyman (and woman) figure. |
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