John Tothill
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This American Life
881: I Want What I Want
And of course, we've got to talk about Edward Dando, haven't we?
This American Life
881: I Want What I Want
Do we know about Edward Dando?
This American Life
881: I Want What I Want
The celebrated 19th century oyster glutton?
This American Life
881: I Want What I Want
How do I tell you about Edward Dando?
This American Life
881: I Want What I Want
You know how on Wikipedia, if you look something up on Wikipedia, Wikipedia has to purport to be objective, but to a fault.
This American Life
881: I Want What I Want
Wikipedia will be like, Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician.
This American Life
881: I Want What I Want
You think, yeah, get on with it.
This American Life
881: I Want What I Want
But if you look up Edward Dando on Wikipedia, Wikipedia says, Edward Dando was a British thief.
This American Life
881: I Want What I Want
And it's like, okay, cancel my appointments for the afternoon.
This American Life
881: I Want What I Want
So Edward Dando was a kind of minor celebrity in about the 1800s.
This American Life
881: I Want What I Want
completely forgotten about now.
This American Life
881: I Want What I Want
But he was famous in his day for frequenting oyster restaurants, right?