sassylesmiserables:

in which jean valjean expresses the sentiments of every person who has ever read the brick

I agree with that, but I&amp;#8217;ve also always wondered why &amp;#8220;Dick&amp;#8221; is short for &amp;#8220;Richard&amp;#8221;. At least, if the name was &amp;#8220;Rickard&amp;#8221; it&amp;#8217;d make more sense already, and perhaps it initially came from that&amp;#8230;but yeah&amp;#8230; names logic, my friends&amp;#8230;.names logic&amp;#8230;