# The Wire 2/10: The Dickensian Aspect

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 11, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-2-10-the-dickensian-aspect/437126 "2008-02-11T05:22:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-2-10-the-dickensian-aspect/437126/1 "2008-02-11T05:22:57Z")

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You think I’m going to start this thread _every_ week?

One of you yos can step up this week.

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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-2-10-the-dickensian-aspect/437126/2 "2008-02-11T06:03:09Z")

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Here’s who Jimmy was talking to: [Major General Samuel Smith](http://www.federalhill.info/images-gallery/gallery.php?Qwd=.&Qif=Federal-Hill-Statue.jpg&Qiv=thumbs&Qis=M). (I’ve never heard of him, either.)