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Hinda
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Israel
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 Posted - 10/10/2005 : 07:03:58 AM
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Originally posted by Juniper
I actually think Harley Quinn is cute, but I'd get an adorable black and white checkered cat to stick that name with, not a child.
I call the stray cat who lives outside the library where I work, and who I give food and water to, Froniga, after the Gypsy title character in Elizabeth Goudge's The White Witch. |
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Paul LoJ
Supreme Potentate
USA
420 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 08:48:31 AM
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Originally posted by Mr. Blue
-One of my roomates had the last name of 'Pyle'. He married a lovely girl with the last name of 'Weed'. And so, as I love to point out, Mrs. Weed-Pyle.
A gal I used to work with had a last name of 'Dunn' and married a gentleman with the surname of 'Wright.'
At least she's in a good position to start any kind of business that has its name painted on a van...
"...You know perfectly well what is the matter with you. You have known it for years, though you have fought against the knowledge. You are mentally deranged." |
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PaulaJohnson
Minister of the Sacraments of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 10/10/2005 : 10:04:20 AM
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My family's screwed up on naming. Not to celebrity proportions, but almost worse. Because we actually go into these names with the best of intentions. Here are some highlights.
My sister unknowingly named her second son "John Thomas." I told her not to worry about it, unless he went to England, it shouldn't be TOO bad of a problem. Since the kid's a bruiser (he's an extremely tall and beefy 8-year-old, weighing in at 110 pounds, rugby player material), she looked at me and said, "I DARE someone to make fun of that kid's name."
I used to thoroughly enjoy saying my living uncles names as quickly as possible - Phil, Phil, Phil, Bill, Ted, Ed, Fred, Ches, Les, Otto, and George.
When I was younger, I had an Aunt Tick and an Uncle Kraut. Tick, because her little brother couldn't say Matilda. It camme out "Maticker" and got shortened. Uncle Kraut (an uncle by marriage, I hasten to add) got that name because, at the age of 18, his friends decided he'd outgrown the nickname "Cabbagehead."
My great-grandfather by the name of Johan Johanson immigrated from Sweden in the 1800's. After a few years, he decided he was lonely and wrote his parents, asking them to find him a nice girl. They arranged his marriage to a nice girl named Johanna.
I used to list my phone number in directories with my initials rather than my full name. I once answered the phone to a friend laughing his butt off. I asked why, and he said, "I just looked you up in the phonebook, and then called up 'peein' Johnson.'" I dropped the N after that.
My brother has been balding since the age of 19, and is an expert horseman and former cowboy. We were disappointed when he didn't name his only son after himself. Until we looked up the translation of "Calvin Philip" and discovered it meant "Bald Lover of Horses."
ETA: I recently remarried, but I did not want to give up my maiden name of Johnson. My husband's name is Biggs. I am NOT hyphenating.
I came, I saw, I was really too tired to deal with it so I just went to bed. |
Edited by - PaulaJohnson on 10/10/2005 10:06:34 AM |
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Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Canada
1026 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 10:35:53 AM
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Well, I can't blame Nick Cage TOO much - my dad wanted to name me after the heroine of his favourite movie.
I would have been called Gigi Foster. Fortunately, my mother DID recover quickly enough to kill that idea quickly. |
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KurtVon
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
387 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 11:12:40 AM
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I used to work with an Anita Damico. She went back to her maiden name a few months after marrying a John Beeding when right after the honeymoon she was intoduced at work in Georgia as "Ah need a beatin'".
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RVHorror
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
532 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 3:54:37 PM
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It's be pretty sad if the kid grew up to be a bald, maniacal, evil super-genius. And then he hung around with a talking ape, a chick in a cat suit and a guy stuffed with straw.
Though I'm sure they'd make a reality TV series about it. |
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1294 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 5:51:43 PM
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"Legion of Doom: The Surreal Life"
I, for one, would tune in if we were promised at least one good catfight between Cheetah and Giganta. |
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KarlyMc
Archdeacon of Jabootu
USA
20 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 8:47:28 PM
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my maiden name is Underwood, so there were always alot of "underwear" jokes. I would be called "curly underwear" and my sister Macie Jean was "lacie jean underwear" My fav was Karly under-who's-wood.
I have three daughters. I took special care to give them fairly unique names that were easy to spell and not wierd. They are
Allison Jade, Chloe Grace (who is now four and we all take great pleasure in calling her Chloe Grace poopoo face), and the baby Mikah Shea. Now when we have something for the baby we say "this is for Mikah" (I know, it's a countertop.)
My husband's middle name is Shea. When he first got an email account he used sheaboy@wherever.com. He had to change it due to the amount of emails he recieved about transgender topics..
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RVHorror
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
532 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 11:11:56 PM
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| I would have LOVED to have had a name like John or David. (Everyone says I look like a Dave, so that's half of it.) |
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Atomic Glee
Archdeacon of Jabootu
USA
24 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 11:42:15 PM
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Jason Lee's son is named "Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf-Lee."
Now THAT is painful.
Kevin Buchanan
Atomic Glee - The blog/modern pulp mag. http://www.atomicglee.com |
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Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Canada
1026 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 08:18:11 AM
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(blinks) Yes, after that, Kal-El starts to look GOOD!.
Does Mr. Lee expect his son to get a job with the FAA? |
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Ubiq
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
347 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 10:27:32 AM
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Originally posted by Atomic Glee
Jason Lee's son is named "Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf-Lee."
That would be a pretty good name for a villain in an issue of Nick Fury and his Howling Commandoes; for a kid, not so much.
I hope somebody gives him a monocle for his birthday.
BM: I should have mentioned this at the beginning. I solve my problems with violence. |
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