Re: Portland

On 5/18/12 9:37 AM, Wayne Morrison wrote:
> jgoldie247@btinternet.com said:
>>> I'd rather go see "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" .
>>
>> You mean "Pirates: Adventures with Scientists", of course ;-)
>
> It was advertised that way for a few hours over here, then the name changed.
>
> Similarly, "John Carter of Mars" lost the last two words during the
> advertising phase.

A friend of mine used to use the sig line, "John Carter of Wichita, not
Mars"....

He was lucky enough to be born with the name. His parents probably
didn't think of the combination, being accustomed to "Carter" and
wanting their son named John. Or maybe they thought of it, and weren't
bothered.

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