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RegularWhiteShark t1_itfo0ia wrote

Reply to comment by LincolnCassiusClay47 in TIL that a prison riot in 1985 on Spike Island near Cork, Ireland, ended after a mother of a prisoner heard what was happening, came to the island,& roared at her son through a megaphone after he had been on a roof for hours; it took only a few minutes of shouting & the remaining prisoners came down by newshoeshudis

The joys of not having a middle name!

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Arcane_Opossum t1_itfoyj8 wrote

I only went by my middle since my parents decided to give me the human equivalent of Spot or Rover. Still can't stand it.

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