Hey, Frank...welcome back to the Forum, after a lengthy hiatus.
Your story about Paul made me immediately think of Paul (a Roman citizen) travelling along the road to Damascus, whereupon he changed his name to Saul, that being a Jewish manifestation of his given name, since he was mightily pissed off at being castigated by the Jews....(can't fight 'em, join 'em syndrome).
Upon entering Damascus, he entered the HFC (what the Hell is the HFC, some Forum readers may ask)...the rest is history...
Oh,...were you talking about our Canadian Prime Minister of Dithers?

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