Thread: (2008-04-20) New survey on the RFC site: Totally OT (and just for

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:33:30 +0200, ChattyCathy
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>Apologies in advance to all those who abhor OT posts....
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>Gonna blame this on Reuters:
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>http://tinyurl.com/6h6yld
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>or
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>http://www.reuters.com/article/oddly...ddlyEnoughNews

In both instances I had a favorite name that I used. I had two
favorite boys names, so with DS it was a matter of deciding which
would be which. DD remained "Baby Girl" on her birth certificate
until she was in her 20s because we couldn't agree on a middle name at
the time. She took care of that when she needed a passport.

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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:33:30 +0200, ChattyCathy
<[email protected]> wrote:

>http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
>Apologies in advance to all those who abhor OT posts....
>
>Gonna blame this on Reuters:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/6h6yld
>
>or
>
>http://www.reuters.com/article/oddly...ddlyEnoughNews

In both instances I had a favorite name that I used. I had two
favorite boys names, so with DS it was a matter of deciding which
would be which. DD remained "Baby Girl" on her birth certificate
until she was in her 20s because we couldn't agree on a middle name at
the time. She took care of that when she needed a passport.

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ChattyCathy wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
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> Apologies in advance to all those who abhor OT posts....
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> Gonna blame this on Reuters:
>

I could never have children. Not even sad about it, truth be told.

kili

ChattyCathy wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
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> Apologies in advance to all those who abhor OT posts....
>
> Gonna blame this on Reuters:
>

I could never have children. Not even sad about it, truth be told.

kili

ChattyCathy wrote on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:33:30 +0200:

C> Apologies in advance to all those who abhor OT posts....

C> Gonna blame this on Reuters:

C> http://tinyurl.com/6h6yld

C> or

C>
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddly...ddlyEnoughNews

We spent a lot of time on the subject of names. We told my
daughter what would have been her name if she had been the first
born and she proceeded to give it to *her* daughter. So much for
a good choice!


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
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ChattyCathy wrote on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:33:30 +0200:

C> Apologies in advance to all those who abhor OT posts....

C> Gonna blame this on Reuters:

C> http://tinyurl.com/6h6yld

C> or

C>
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddly...ddlyEnoughNews

We spent a lot of time on the subject of names. We told my
daughter what would have been her name if she had been the first
born and she proceeded to give it to *her* daughter. So much for
a good choice!


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"kilikini" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> ChattyCathy wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>
>> Apologies in advance to all those who abhor OT posts....
>>
>> Gonna blame this on Reuters:
>>
>
> I could never have children. Not even sad about it, truth be told.
>

I could have had children, but I was afraid one or more might turn out like
Blinky.

They'd have had to switch babies at the nursery for me to have one turn out
like Greg. An asshole that big takes years of fine genetic tuning.

What do you want to bet Blinky chimes in with Wikipedia's best article on
the Genetics of Assholes like Greg.

"kilikini" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> ChattyCathy wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>
>> Apologies in advance to all those who abhor OT posts....
>>
>> Gonna blame this on Reuters:
>>
>
> I could never have children. Not even sad about it, truth be told.
>

I could have had children, but I was afraid one or more might turn out like
Blinky.

They'd have had to switch babies at the nursery for me to have one turn out
like Greg. An asshole that big takes years of fine genetic tuning.

What do you want to bet Blinky chimes in with Wikipedia's best article on
the Genetics of Assholes like Greg.

"ChattyCathy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Apologies in advance to all those who abhor OT posts....
>
> Gonna blame this on Reuters:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6h6yld

I had decided on Senior Daughter's name (Elizabeth, my middle name) before I
had even met my husband, and he went along with it.

But when I wanted Charlotte (generations of them in the family) for Junior
Daughter he threatened to walk out on both of us. We settled on Claudia.

Felice

"ChattyCathy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Apologies in advance to all those who abhor OT posts....
>
> Gonna blame this on Reuters:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6h6yld

I had decided on Senior Daughter's name (Elizabeth, my middle name) before I
had even met my husband, and he went along with it.

But when I wanted Charlotte (generations of them in the family) for Junior
Daughter he threatened to walk out on both of us. We settled on Claudia.

Felice

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:32:52 -0400, "cybercat" <[email protected]>
wrote:
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>What do you want to bet Blinky chimes in with Wikipedia's best article on
>the Genetics of Assholes like Greg.
>

Do I have to hose you two down?

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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:32:52 -0400, "cybercat" <[email protected]>
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>What do you want to bet Blinky chimes in with Wikipedia's best article on
>the Genetics of Assholes like Greg.
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Do I have to hose you two down?

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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:46:14 -0400, "Felice" <[email protected]>
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>But when I wanted Charlotte (generations of them in the family) for Junior
>Daughter he threatened to walk out on both of us. We settled on Claudia.

I wanted Claire, but we settled on Melissa which was my second choice
anyway.

Somebody may find this web site interesting.
http://www.babynameguide.com/top100.html

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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:46:14 -0400, "Felice" <[email protected]>
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>But when I wanted Charlotte (generations of them in the family) for Junior
>Daughter he threatened to walk out on both of us. We settled on Claudia.

I wanted Claire, but we settled on Melissa which was my second choice
anyway.

Somebody may find this web site interesting.
http://www.babynameguide.com/top100.html

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ChattyCathy wrote:

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
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> Apologies in advance to all those who abhor OT posts....
>
> Gonna blame this on Reuters:
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> http://tinyurl.com/6h6yld

We named our son after the father of my best friend. His name was Erik, so it was Erik if it was a boy and
Erika if a girl. His second name was is Grandfather's name, Jacob.

I don't think that having a great name is going to help anyone get ahead, but having a dorky one could
probably give a kid a complex. I had friends who envisioned themselves as hippies, though mooching dope
smokers would have been a more appropriate description of them. They named their son Sunny Jim. Sonny Jim
would not have been so bad, but Sunny.... Christ, they may as well named him Sue.

Then there is my poor great nephew whose family has a Dutch Vander... name and his mother is Hungarian, and he
was honoured <?> with the name of a great Hungarian hero... Atilla.

Parents really have to think about what names are going to do their children. The poor kids have to live with
them. They should not be silly little jokes, like a girl I knew in high school, Mary Chris Smith.

And why is it that almost every guy name Darryl is mullet wearing dullard?

ChattyCathy wrote:

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Apologies in advance to all those who abhor OT posts....
>
> Gonna blame this on Reuters:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6h6yld

We named our son after the father of my best friend. His name was Erik, so it was Erik if it was a boy and
Erika if a girl. His second name was is Grandfather's name, Jacob.

I don't think that having a great name is going to help anyone get ahead, but having a dorky one could
probably give a kid a complex. I had friends who envisioned themselves as hippies, though mooching dope
smokers would have been a more appropriate description of them. They named their son Sunny Jim. Sonny Jim
would not have been so bad, but Sunny.... Christ, they may as well named him Sue.

Then there is my poor great nephew whose family has a Dutch Vander... name and his mother is Hungarian, and he
was honoured <?> with the name of a great Hungarian hero... Atilla.

Parents really have to think about what names are going to do their children. The poor kids have to live with
them. They should not be silly little jokes, like a girl I knew in high school, Mary Chris Smith.

And why is it that almost every guy name Darryl is mullet wearing dullard?

Since I'm an old person, I had to chose names for both sexes as most of
us having babies in the early 70's didn't know for certain what the sex
was until the child was delivered and we looked between its legs.

When I was carrying my FB, an older (and wiser) friend told me what her
own dad had told her when she was carrying her FB: "Think of how the
name will fit when the child is fat and 50" That definitely ruled out
"Bambi" as a girl's name. :-)

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Since I'm an old person, I had to chose names for both sexes as most of
us having babies in the early 70's didn't know for certain what the sex
was until the child was delivered and we looked between its legs.

When I was carrying my FB, an older (and wiser) friend told me what her
own dad had told her when she was carrying her FB: "Think of how the
name will fit when the child is fat and 50" That definitely ruled out
"Bambi" as a girl's name. :-)

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

On Sun 20 Apr 2008 10:33:30a, ChattyCathy told us...

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Apologies in advance to all those who abhor OT posts....

If I did have children, which I don't and won't, I would definitely steer
clear of the trendy and "popular" names of the times. I would be more
inclined to pick from old-fashioned names that have stayed the decades.

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Wayne Boatwright
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