My name is Rip Van Winkle and I can't sleep (AP)

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My name is Rip Van Winkle and I can't sleep
    (AP)

 

AP - An Oregon man says people usually think he's joking when he introduces himself as Rip Van Winkle. But that's the name on his birth certificate. Really. Van Winkle told the Corvallis Gazette Times that his father and grandfather were nicknamed Rip, but his dad made things official for his son, figuring the nickname would eventually stick to him too.


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