Talk:Layman Josef

encounter

were dose this second encounter take place? in Nebo Terrace?- Zesbeer 01:27, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

never mind found it right outside of the hot springs theses pages need some work and need to give either a map or exact location.- Zesbeer 01:33, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Possible Name Origin

I'm thinking that he's named after Josef Stalin, a leader of the Soviet Union known for his economic collectivization of farmlands, and that Farmer Milton is named after the economist Milton Friedman. Cheez Whiz F T W 22:56, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Milton does worry about Josef stealing his farm and Milton suggest that he might burn it instead, which is an example of the kind of scorched earth tactics employed by Stalin. On the other hand, Milton and Josef are common-enough names and farm collectivization and scorched earth have existed nearly as long as civilization itself. Also: there's nothing in Josef's dialogue that sounds like Stalin.

In other words, this theory is more likely than many I've seen proposed, but too speculative to include in the article itself (without confirmation or something else in their in-game backstory). – Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 23:01, 16 January 2012 (UTC)