Notes on an overheard phone conversation with an unexpected observation about a name

Ring.

Ring.

“Hello?”

“Hi. I'm calling on behalf of a national marketing firm to see if you quality for a study group that will pay you $500 for your opinions. What is your name?”

“Sean Conner. That's S-E-A-N. C-O-N-N-E-R.”

“You must get a lot of jokes about The Terminator [1].”

“Actually, you are the first one! If there are jokes, it's about James Bond [2], although that's actually rare.”

“Oh!”

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Connor

[2] http://jamesbond.wikia.com/wiki/James_Bond_(Sean_Connery)

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