06-19-2004, 06:09 PM | #1 |
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Sorry if anyone got frightened by the topic header, but short of dancing nekkid on the roof of my abode, I am at a loss as to how to resolve my conundrum.....which is this.....
Barry the Sprout is a longtime and revered member of IW (joined 19/10/2001 if my memory serves me well). I have noticed a connection between his online identity and the works of a certain English author by the name of Robert Rankin. Bear with me , oh best beloved, while I put my proposal forward for general dissection... I have read several of the multitudinous ourpourings of the abovementioned author, and, though not fully cognisant of his general worldview, I have never come across a character called Barry the Sprout, general Brentfordness and other miscellaneous oddities not withstanding. However, as I peruse the wondrous magnificence of "The Witches of Chiswick", lo and behold, slap bang in the first third of the book, who should turn up but BARRY THE SPROUT!!!. This book was first published in 2003!! Now, my question is this, how the heck did Bary the Sprout become a member here two years before he appeared in the works of the author with whom he is obviously attached?? Enquiring minds (well mine) want to know
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06-19-2004, 06:19 PM | #2 |
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I don`t know. You should ask him. (PM)
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06-19-2004, 06:29 PM | #3 | |
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06-19-2004, 06:30 PM | #4 |
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Perhaps it was written long before it was published? Perhaps Robert Rankin and Barry the Sprout are one in the same? Maybe, Robert Rankin stole the name Barry the Sprout from IW?
I'm not sure, but I smell a conspiracy!
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06-19-2004, 08:25 PM | #5 |
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Of course it could also be just coincidence. Working in a patent and trademark office, I cannot tell you how many times a client has come to us wanting to trademark a name for their business, and it sounds so unique, yet when we do a search for all the trademarks already out there, we find the exact same name, sometimes many of them, even for the same type of business. I guess it is one of those GMTA things. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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06-19-2004, 08:46 PM | #6 |
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You would be surprised at who has become a member here.. MANY Authors of Novels--some using their real names, some a nickname. Not just Authors either. Many Game Dev's and even some Hollywood people. When it first happened, I was VERY shocked they would even find IW.. but it is humbling.
Mouse, I bet Barry is that Author..
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06-19-2004, 08:53 PM | #7 |
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06-19-2004, 09:01 PM | #8 |
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or perhaps he is just a figment of our imaginations?
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06-19-2004, 09:20 PM | #9 |
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No Barry's a student, just graduating, I doubt he's that author. "Barry the Sprout" is probably not a unique name.
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