On Feb 23, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Eris Reddoch wrote: > > Sammie Ting: a 40'ish man from Montrose. He is a broker who is > travelling back home after a visit to Serbia on business. > OOC> Let me guess...he was originally the Swedish immigrant Jon Johansen, and at Ellis Island the line went like this that day... What's your name? Jon Johanson! Another one!...Ok Jon here's your papers... NEXT What's your name Sam ting as him OK Sam, here's your papers.. :-) (This is, however a no-BS story. My wife used to work for a guy Mike Blank (no, really, his real name). His Polish great-grandfather didn't quite fill out his immigration papers right, and the last name was blank....while this sounds like an urban legend, it's the only way his family could ever figure out how their name changed like it did, they knew what their family name was, back in Poland...) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
