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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
Gosh. Okay, I buy that. But I'm utterly lost about the quote might ever have meant. Any ideas?
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The expletive Gordon Bennett appears to be a minced oath. It is a version of Gor blimey, which is itself a euphemistic version of God blind me. That, combined with Bennett's famously outrageous lifestyle and newsworthy stunts, is sufficient to explain why his name was picked out.
But exactly why, that's an interesting question...or was it the 64 thousand dollar question...