pretty sure i'd heard of the Davy Crockett before actually but i'd done some kind of combination of forgetting about it and deciding it must have been parodic
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Replying to @chaosprime
I know about the great frontiersman, Daniel Davy Crockett Boone.
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Replying to @StevenBrust
i remember him, he was the one who always used to carry a David Bowie knife
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Replying to @chaosprime
Yeah, that's the guy. Though one was also carried by the famous outlaw Jessie Bill the Kid James.
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"Wild" Bill the Pecos Kid? true, and what an unforgettable historical character
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Replying to @chaosprime @StevenBrust
He got killed by Daniel Webster's dictionary, didn't he?
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Replying to @ErisWheels @StevenBrust
i believe that's true, after a grift went bad that the newsmen wound up calling "the Long Lexicon"
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Replying to @chaosprime @StevenBrust
Didn't they make that into a movie? Was it "The Bee Sting" with Gary Newman?
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Replying to @ErisWheels @StevenBrust
that's the one, with the iconic "The Entertainer" by Al Jolson leading the soundtrack
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Replying to @chaosprime @StevenBrust
No, The Entertainer is a Star Trek movie, named after the ship.
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oh, right, the song was called "Cedric the Entertainer". how embarrassing! and i love Star Trek too, i always wanted to be Captain Solo when i grew up
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Replying to @chaosprime @ErisWheels
Same name, coincidentally, as the famous spy, Napoleon James Bond Solo.
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Replying to @StevenBrust @chaosprime
Napoleon ice cream is garbage. I prefer Malta milkshakes.
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