Silliness.

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A recent not-really-funny-to-anyone-but-me submission to McSweeney's "Lists" Section that I doubt they'll select, so I'll put it up here.

Former and Current U.S. Ambassadors or Characters from Henry James' "The Ambassadors"

1. Waldemar J. Gallman
2. Maria Gostrey
3. F. Lammot Belin
4. Chadwick Newsome
5. R. Barrie Walkley
6. Marguerita Ragsdale
7. John

Comments

I think I've got spam from all of those people

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Great names. It's not got the universal appeal of "My little pony or porn star?" from brunching shuttlecocks, but it made this booknerd laugh!

Re: I think I've got spam from all of those people

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I know. People with weird names go far in life, I think.

I want to make another list of "Romantic Couplings of Famous People I Have Met That I Visualize During Boring Work Meetings." Par example: Traci Lords and George H.W. Bush.

Re: I think I've got spam from all of those people

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That was me, dammit.

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I forgot that of course, *you* might find this funny!

I tried hard to pick names that I thought would blend into Jamesian characters. I think they're virtually indistinguishable.