Bruce Johnson wrote: > 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...) LOL! Very funny story...but no, that's not *how* I came up with Sam Ting, although it really does fit. You don't what to know how I get names for NPC's do you? :) Eris AKU GM
