Name Dropping

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Sometimes I'll make up fictional names and throw them into the conversations I have with people. Many people nod knowingly or even add a word of praise for the fictional person. It is a technique I picked up from direct marketing pioneer J. Thomas Oxford to ascertain who's going to be upfront with me.
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    Not to be confused with the equally fictitous "Thomas J. Oxford", perhaps?
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  • When I was younger and partied more, I'd introduce myself at parties or bars with an outlandish name just to watch people's reaction.

    Hi, I'm Noggustram Nigglenorf.
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    • What I want to know is if you were "partying", how you pulled off saying that tongue twister of a name without slaughtering it, lol!

      Terra
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  • I heard something similar from renowned marketing guru Stephon Chezburgru
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    • My friend, Stephen Cheeseburger (correct spelling) recently went Hollywood and shortened his immigrant name to "Cheese" .

      It worked, he recently got a promotion to Mayor of Cleveland. He now goes by...yup....Mayor MacCheese.
  • I didn't really know him like you did Claude, but I did hear he came up with this marketing idea:

    (starts at 0:19)

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    • Speaking of name dropping, no one knows this better than Mister Ty Tull-Plummet. :p

      Terra

  • P.P. Cranium told me you'd try to pull this one off sooner or later.
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    Name Dropping

    Sometimes I'll make up fictional names and throw them into the conversations I have with people. Many people nod knowingly or even add a word of praise for the fictional person. It is a technique I picked up from direct marketing pioneer J. Thomas Oxford to ascertain who's going to be upfront with me.