02-20-2023, 01:32 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-20-2023, 01:54 AM by UptownCord. Edited 1 time in total.)
During his first interview as a member of the Portland Pythons, John Stark VIII was asked quite a rude question. An uninformed reporter asked Stark why his parents named him after a family from the hit TV series Game of Thrones that aired 40-some-odd years ago. This greatly upset Stark as the reporter had clearly not done his research, ignoring known information and instead making an assumption. Stark then quickly informed the reporter that he was indeed not named after the TV show, but rather his Great-Great Grandfather's Great Grandfather, Revolutionary War general John Stark. Stark was just as offended by the reporter's lack of research as he was by the disrespect to his family's history. Stark then went on a five minute rant, getting into great detail about his ancestors life and accomplishments as one of New Hampshire's leading founding fathers, especially the fact that he coined New Hampshire's state motto, Live Free or Die.