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Ah, I see. Shall wander over there soonish.
Aw, c'mon...surely Jack be Nimble and Jack Jumped Over the Candlestick are the same dude? If not, fine then, I submit 'Jack Be Quick' to round out the trio.  For my newie, how about Jack in a Box? ----------------------------- "Y'know, if I had a time machine there are a number of things I would probably do with my time machine- I would obviously go off and travel through time and space and fight crime and things..." ~Mr. Neil, during the Coraline radio interview~ |
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d'oh!
but ... maybe they are a triumvirite! and who is Jack Dandy? anyway, did we have Jack out of 24 yet? ~ I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. when is spring due? CHIKKINZ? |
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Jack Dandy was one of the Jacks in GYB- the silver-white haired fellow, tried to shoot Bod.
But I'd heard the name before (also known as Jack-a-Dandy)- it means a fellow who thinks himself right smartly dressed...in fact, google says: "Jack`-a-dan´dy n. 1. A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow. " Nope, no Jack Bauer yet, not that I recall. Our list is up to 20 with this post though, wooh! (I'm only counting one of the triumvirate Jacks-with-nimbleness-and-candlesticks though, sorry) My next one is...Jackanapes. Not 'a' Jack to be precise, but it is a name to hang on someone, like most 'Jack' names. I came across it in a kids' book years ago. Here's a definition for ye- "jack·a·napes (jk-nps) n. 1. A conceited or impudent person. 2. A mischievous child. 3. Archaic A monkey or an ape. ------------------------------------------------ [From Middle English Jack Napis, nickname of William de la Pole, Fourth Earl and First Duke of Suffolk (1396-1450).]" ----------------------------- "Y'know, if I had a time machine there are a number of things I would probably do with my time machine- I would obviously go off and travel through time and space and fight crime and things..." ~Mr. Neil, during the Coraline radio interview~ |
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Black Jack
--------------- "That's in every contract, that's what you call a sanity clause." "You can't a fool a me there ain't no sanity clause" |
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Jack-Jack Parr, the little superbaby from The Incredibles.
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Jackanory?
"Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth." -Brian Andreas Limertilly: A pagan deity forgotten by man and therefore banished to the realms of memory and darkness now remembered by a young girl in downtown L.A. in the form of a dream and therefore freed to reap your revenge on the people who discarded you, thereby forcing said girl to learn to use her innate yet awesome powers as a soothsayer to gather forces of the Earth to defy you and once more banish you to your cold, cold prisoooooon |
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'Djaq', from Robin Hood, the new BBC series...
c'mon, it's pronounced 'Jack'...  http://images.google.com.au/im...2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG ----------------------------- "Y'know, if I had a time machine there are a number of things I would probably do with my time machine- I would obviously go off and travel through time and space and fight crime and things..." ~Mr. Neil, during the Coraline radio interview~ |
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Jackknife
--------------- "That's in every contract, that's what you call a sanity clause." "You can't a fool a me there ain't no sanity clause" |
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Hmm, some context would be nice, to prove that you're not just adding the verb or noun 'jackknife' there
 Apparently 'Jackknife' is a character from 'Superjail!' though... I'm sure that's who you meant, right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superjail! Jack Fool. From page 269 of TGYB: "More know Jack Fool than Jack Fool knows". ----------------------------- "Y'know, if I had a time machine there are a number of things I would probably do with my time machine- I would obviously go off and travel through time and space and fight crime and things..." ~Mr. Neil, during the Coraline radio interview~ |
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No. I really meant jackknife. But I think it fits though. As would jackhammer. Both make awesome names.
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Erm..so we're just making them up now? I thought "Jacks from nursery rhymes and fables are preferred, but other jacks are acceptable so long as they are wholly fictional." meant fictional that already exist, not names we make up...I could make up 'Jack the Fisherman', in that case.
I thought sticking to existing fictional Jacks was the idea...  Next one: Jack Skellington! Can't believe I didn't think of him before now.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pumpkin_King----------------------------- "Y'know, if I had a time machine there are a number of things I would probably do with my time machine- I would obviously go off and travel through time and space and fight crime and things..." ~Mr. Neil, during the Coraline radio interview~ |
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Jack in the Green is a participant in traditional English May Day parades and other May celebrations, who wears a large, foliage-covered, garland-like framework, usually pyramidal or conical in shape, which completely covers their body from head to foot. The name is also applied to the garland itself.
Jack-In-Irons is a giant of Yorkshire lore who haunts lonely roads. He is covered with chains and wears the heads of his victims. He wields a large, spiked club. |
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Jumpin' Jack Flash
ego forceps ergo ego forceps **** "Chives?"� "Yes, m'lud?"� "Is that Ms Ephemera hovering over the croquet lawn?"� "Indeed m'lud. She's marshalled all the haggle-dans. Missy-twigs and vale-nymphs from Claypole Woods. Apparently she intends to tear this house down and dance on the ruins."� "Well, Chives, you'd better start the car, what? And pack my tennis things too"� --- Joe 3Heads |
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Jack Shephardthe heroic doctor dude from Lost.
because hotlinking is not allowed on the neilgaiman message board, i've replaced the hotlink with a hyperlink. This message has been edited. Last edited by: Smaug, ----------------------------- "Y'know, if I had a time machine there are a number of things I would probably do with my time machine- I would obviously go off and travel through time and space and fight crime and things..." ~Mr. Neil, during the Coraline radio interview~ |
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Jack Spratt, with two t's would be cheating, wouldn't it?
damn jasper fforde... "If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books." Roald Dahl "I still love the book-ness of books, the smell of books: I am a book fetishist - books to me are the coolest and sexiest and most wonderful things there are." Neil Gaiman "Even so, there is no excuse for putting pineapple on pizza." Terry Pratchett Have you fed your adorable, lovable and huggable lost girl lately? I obey the Alaura High Priestess in the Alaurian Movement      Add people, develop industrialization or improve transport at Alindaville! |
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how about Jack Black? he is a fiction unto himself, verily.
okay, no, but Alinda's counts! ~ fLame Woosh ~ Elite Special Force Procrastinator, trained in High Arts of Extended Coffee Breaks and Master Linguist of the Water Cooler Conversation |
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Wassa 'hotlink'? Sorry, I didn't realise putting pictures in was bad?  ----------------------------- "Y'know, if I had a time machine there are a number of things I would probably do with my time machine- I would obviously go off and travel through time and space and fight crime and things..." ~Mr. Neil, during the Coraline radio interview~ |
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has anyone said 'Captain Jack' yet, as in Jack Harkness from DW/ Torchwood?
----------------------------- "Y'know, if I had a time machine there are a number of things I would probably do with my time machine- I would obviously go off and travel through time and space and fight crime and things..." ~Mr. Neil, during the Coraline radio interview~ |
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Jack Torrence?
Jack Johnson Jack Cox _____ "Fairy tales are more than true — not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten." |
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Argh, all these Jacks without context!
For the sake of people like me who aren't well-edumacated, please include a few words on who yer Jack be? Jack Carter, the sheriff on 'Eureka' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Carter_(Eureka) - man, I wish they'd kept that show on our non-HD channels... btw- one per post, Alex...tsk tsk...you have to sit out for two turns now ----------------------------- "Y'know, if I had a time machine there are a number of things I would probably do with my time machine- I would obviously go off and travel through time and space and fight crime and things..." ~Mr. Neil, during the Coraline radio interview~ |
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