OT - Lack of Freedom in China

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:54 pm

Cranberry wrote:My birth name is......Harold.

Now I'm thoroughly confused. I thought you said your name is Gasp.

Best wishes,
Jerry

Will O'B · Post by **Will O'B** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 6:04 pm

dubhlinn wrote:I was plagued with jokes for months afterwards.Every time I played a gig some wag would request "Mary had a little lamb"!

Slan,
D.

Sorry, Dubhlinn. I'm not really laughing at you, but it is funny.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:11 pm

TyroneShoelaces wrote:Although this possibly doesn't qualify because they are initials and not an actual first/middle name, let us still not forget that immortal Cornhuskers running back: I. M. Hipp

There was also a far less fortunate kid on my block while growing up whose father, Mister Dover, (yes, you probably guessed it; and yes, this is true) named Ben (Ben Dover). I can only imagine that he has long since changed his name.

In this region of the map, I know a man with the name Dick Hare. He was a professor at Oxford and he's actually written and published several books. He uses his initials though, officially, but all his friends call him Dick.

TyroneShoelaces · Post by **TyroneShoelaces** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:50 pm

Wombat wrote: In this region of the map, I know a man with the name Dick Hare. He was a professor at Oxford and he's actually written and published several books. He uses his initials though, officially, but all his friends call him Dick.

Wombat, I believe Ben always said that his parents intended for the world to call him "Benjamin," but obviously the kids at school had different ideas. Likewise, if I were Mister Hare, I believe I would stress the name "Richard" over that of "Dick".

In the same vein of your post, although I have never actually known anyone with this name, I have seen many references over the years to guys who were named "Mike Hunt".

TyroneShoelaces · Post by **TyroneShoelaces** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:41 pm

Cranberry wrote: When I adopt them in 10 years, I'm gonna name my little girls Ophelia, Opal, and Ocey. And my boys are gonna be Jerry, Dale, amar, and jim stone. Mabey Bloomfield, if I have that many.

And not a Tyrone in the bunch, I see. But, hey, that's cool. I guess you're just one of those dad's who go for the unusual names like Jerry, Dale and Jim. I just know that I would never saddle my kid with a name like that. Just think of all the taunting that's in store for him from all the Dweezles, Kozmos, and Ogilthorpes in the world. For the sake of your unborn children, use some restraint!

kga26 · Post by **kga26** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:21 pm

I chose what I thought was a beautiful traditional and femine name for my daughter....Harriette. Over the years it has been Hatti - which is the name they use for her at school, Harry, Hats, Hattitude, H(my brother in law) Horace (my Stepdad) and her brother calls her Harold! In fact I can't remember the last time anyone did call her by her given name. However, she has now told me that if she ever has a child she intends to call it 'Gollum'. .....Ho Hum.

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:35 pm

My sister's first married name was "Parker", so, naturally, lots of us were lobbying for her to name her first daughter "Cynthia Ann" (see http://www.lnstar.com/mall/texasinfo/Cy ... Parker.htm).

However, she said that she was afraid people would call her "Cyn", so my niece ended up "Charlotte", instead. (My sister was influenced by a TV show in which a little girl named "Germaine" was referred to as "Germy".)

She slipped a bit with the second daughter, naming her "Georgianne", resulting in her being variously "George", "Georgie", "Georgie Porgie", and "G.E.O.".

Interestingly, both girls ended up attending Cynthia Ann Parker Elementary School in Houston. Meanwhile, my brother named his first daughter "Cynthia Ann", and she was always just "Cindy".

NZ_Chris · Post by **NZ_Chris** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:10 pm

When I was at school there was always much talk of Mr and Mrs Pipe naming their son Dwayne. Never met him though

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:16 pm

eeww eeewww eeewww...not to go totally OT on this OT thread but Dar, that avatar is SCARY!!! Even though I once thought of myself as a budding entomologist (Fabre was my hero), I never liked spiders at all. GROSS!!!!!
Anyway, just wanted to let you know that. You all can continue as before....

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:22 pm

izzarina wrote:eeww eeewww eeewww...not to go totally OT on this OT thread but Dar, that avatar is SCARY!!! Even though I once thought of myself as a budding entomologist (Fabre was my hero), I never liked spiders at all. GROSS!!!!!
Anyway, just wanted to let you know that. You all can continue as before....

Well, who wouldn't be frightened by a quarter-inch monster like that?
Be careful. You know what they say: "Ruffles have spiders."

(Actually, that's a broken cornstalk in our flowerbed, where I shot her last year. I thought she was cute, playing peek-a-boo with me. Doesn't she have a bit of a Muppet look? I had an assassin bug avatar for a long time, and a mantis after that, and no one complained. I guess I should avoid the shots I got of spiders eating, or the one shedding. Amar was already grossed out by the yellow jacket eating my poor baby mantis on http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... start=1620 earlier this year. A bunch of the babies are on the previous page.)

NZ_Chris · Post by **NZ_Chris** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:13 am

sorry to seem bug-ignorant here ... but spiders shed??

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:13 am

Spiders shed.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 7:40 am

Cranberry wrote:Spiders shed.

I have a spider shed, but I don't like to go into it much....

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 7:44 am

Darwin wrote: I guess I should avoid the shots I got of spiders eating, or the one shedding. Amar was already grossed out by the yellow jacket eating my poor baby mantis on http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... start=1620 earlier this year. A bunch of the babies are on the previous page.)

I don't mind the mantis ones. Mantises are just plain COOL. We always tend to have quite a few in our yard each summer. Just avoid the spiders and their ilk. I know they are supposed to be good, but they are just plain scary

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 7:57 am

izzarina wrote:
Cranberry wrote:Spiders shed.
I have a spider shed, but I don't like to go into it much....

Spiders are actually very gorgeous animals. I find something magical in them. When there is one in the house or at school, I never kill it. I take it outside, and oftentimes people have thought I was just plain crazy for doing it, but there is really no point in stomping them dead just because they've come in. And the ones that don't want to go outside (i.e. live in closets) aren't harmful anyway, for the most part.

I'm reminded of a Cranberries lyric that goes, "Leave the cobwebs in the closet, cause tearing them out is just not right!"