# Why does Craig Ferguson flash emails the way he does?

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**Created:** [January 13, 2011, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-craig-ferguson-flash-emails-the-way-he-does/567440 "2011-01-13T11:39:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-craig-ferguson-flash-emails-the-way-he-does/567440/41 "2011-01-14T23:17:05Z")

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> [@Claude\_Remains](#):
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> That would be Claire Daines and her father-in-law Jonathan Dancy.

Thanks, dude. Say, can I put you on retainer for remembering all the things I forget? 😃

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**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-craig-ferguson-flash-emails-the-way-he-does/567440/42 "2011-01-14T23:37:57Z")

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> [@Musicat](#):
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> Strangely enough, I don’t know _anyone_ in Wisconsin who talks that way unless they are imitating how “comedians” :rolleyes: think they talk. It’s a stereotype that has outlived its source.

Speaking as someone who dated a woman in Wisconsin when I was in the Navy - just about everyone I met up there spoke like that.

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