User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Reference Desk/@comment-4139960-20131130010054/@comment-9435571-20131130080329

User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Reference Desk/@comment-4139960-20131130010054/@comment-9435571-20131130080329 "I just think Russell puts enough ham on the plate that it's hard to take him seriously"

I think he's just making fun of the fact that an aristocrat is pretending to be a "common man" using a more common name as a pseudonym.