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Thursday, November 5, 2009

A Penny For the Guy















Fun Fact: When, on this day in 1605, as Guy Fawkes was found leaving a cellar under the Palace of Westminster brushing gunpowder off his hands while going to fetch some matches, he threw the authorities for a loop when he gave his name as John Johnson. […I work in Wisconsin, I work in a lumber mill there. The people I meet when I walk down the street, they ask me my name and I say: My name is John Johnson I work in Wisconsin, I work in a lumber mill there. The people….]

4 comments:

The Bug said...

John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, his name is my name too...

Pea said...

...whenever we go out the people always shout John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt......

Miffie said...

So, I gave you an award but apparently I had to tell you about it.

So... I gave you an award.

(Also, did I ever tell you that I used to think your adress was leery annotes?)

steph said...

i used to have an obsession with Guy Fawkes...one of my best friends is English and lives in England (obviously, though maybe not) and the first time i went over when i was 13, they all told me about guy fawkes and he captured my imagination.

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