Comments on: Sam I Am: How a N.Y. Butcher Became America’s Most Famous Face. http://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/sam-i-am-how-a-ny-butcher-became-americas-most-famous-face/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ron http://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/sam-i-am-how-a-ny-butcher-became-americas-most-famous-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1970945 Ron Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:30:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/sam-i-am-how-a-ny-butcher-became-americas-most-famous-face/#comment-1970945 Also, Great Britain (more specifically England) has its personification John Bull. Here is a site with the British version of a pointing symbol encouraging people to join up and serve. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bull Also, Great Britain (more specifically England) has its personification John Bull. Here is a site with the British version of a pointing symbol encouraging people to join up and serve.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bull

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/sam-i-am-how-a-ny-butcher-became-americas-most-famous-face/comment-page-1/#comment-29010 Alex Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:09:58 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/sam-i-am-how-a-ny-butcher-became-americas-most-famous-face/#comment-29010 thanks kuanes - I've fixed that typo (and several others!) Rest assured, the mistakes weren't in the mental_floss article - they were mine. thanks kuanes – I’ve fixed that typo (and several others!) Rest assured, the mistakes weren’t in the mental_floss article – they were mine.

]]> By: kuanes http://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/sam-i-am-how-a-ny-butcher-became-americas-most-famous-face/comment-page-1/#comment-29003 kuanes Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:19:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/sam-i-am-how-a-ny-butcher-became-americas-most-famous-face/#comment-29003 gotta love the unintended irony supplied by an errant keystroke... "By the time the Civil War started, Uncle Sam had become representative of a UNTIED ([caps are mine for effect] federal government." the editor/english teacher in me always notices ridiculous things like this... gotta love the unintended irony supplied by an errant keystroke…

“By the time the Civil War started, Uncle Sam had become representative of a UNTIED ([caps are mine for effect] federal government.”

the editor/english teacher in me always notices ridiculous things like this…

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