TIL The creators of the Red Dwarf series acknowledge that Rimmer's surname comes from a snobby prefect with whom they attended school. They claim, however, that only the boy's name was used, and not his personality because that would imply he had one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Rimmer



Submitted January 23, 2015 at 01:36PM by dieper http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2tdvot/til_the_creators_of_the_red_dwarf_series/