If your name is Sam Hill are you destined to be nutty?

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I was reading an article in today's paper about Maryhill Double, an art instillation in the Colubia River Gorge which I now must see.

I must also see Maryhill. It was envisioned as a Quaker agrucultural community but the Quakers said "no thank you" because, well, it is in the desert part of Oregon so Sam turned it into a museum.

http://www.maryhillmuseum.org/images/aerial_lrg.jpg

Read more: http://www.maryhillmuseum.org/aerial.htm

Maryhill double:

http://www.disjecta.org/img/events/maryhill_433x284.jpg

Read more: http://www.disjecta.org/events/maryhill_july06.php

I don't think that this Sam Hill was the original "What in the name of Sam Hill" Sam Hill but I'm wondering...

If your name is Sam Hill are you destined to be a nut?

Are there any other names that assume you are a certain way?

If your name is Sam Hill I particularly welcome your reply if you are capable of coherent thought.

Thanks!

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Ah, that's an Island on the Land...

like the double thingie.

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I want to know how Queen Marie of Romania got involved in Sam Hill's life. Somehow her name is even nuttier than his.

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Is Tar Nation related to Joe?

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How about "Cooter Brown" as in...

He was drunker than Cooter Brown.

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From a webpage....

"The expression "Sam Hill" was born in early 19th century America. During that time, it was considered "vulgar" and "improper" to use profanity in civilized conversation. This included the word "hell".

This expression was the result of altering the word "hell", using "hill" instead to deem it proper to use in public. The use of the name "Sam" is believed to have been derived from Samiel, the devil in von Weber's opera Der Freishuetz, first performed in New York City in 1825. Upon putting those two words together, listeners were able to quickly realize that the speaker was referring to hell."

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littlek wrote:

Is Tar Nation related to Joe?

Yes. He and his twin, Dam, are Joe's cousins on his father's side. I don't imagine their mother, Carrie, got along too well with her Irish in-laws.

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I see from researching immigration records that their grandad came from Ireland. He had been a senior blacksmith who aged poorly. He became athritic and could no longer smith, so he eventually took his family to America. Upon his arrival at Ellis Island, he tried to tell the agent his name, because he was illiterate and couldn't write it himself, but his toothless slur made it difficult to understand him. So, the agent misprinted his name Master Bation. It took decades for the family to right the wrong.

If your name is Sam Hill are you destined to be nutty?

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