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Naming your baby
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| 6/26/06
| Pat Burson
Posted on 06/27/2006 10:33:31 AM PDT by qam1
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To: MeanWestTexan
"Paul and Matthew are converts and theyre a bit much with the zealotry."
So was Peter, if you think about it. Indeed, probably all the apostles.
Right, but Matthew had lived a somewhat dissolute life and Paul was on his way to kill Christians. Peter was fisherman leading an oridary life. Matthew and Paul can be a bit like strident ex-smokers.
Dont get me wrong, Im not denying their holiness, its just I identify with Peter. He was chosen by Christ to lead the church despite his denying Christ. Since I am a sinner, its nice to know, its not a barrier to salvation. Its a testimony to Christ forgiveness and understanding.
To: dangus
I had a great aunt Jake. Actually a nickname. Her real name was Jesse.
Before she died she got Alzheimer's. She and her daughter visited us once and we called her Jake. She was very adamant and said "my name is Jesse." We didn't know she didn't like to be called Jake. We never knew.
Also, my aunt's second husband was named Louis. We all, including my aunt, pronounced it like Louis XIV. They were married over 30 years. He got sick with cancer, and before he died he said that his name was really Lou-is, like St. Louis. I guess she started calling him that and he never corrected her.
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:27:37 PM PDT
by
rwrcpa1
(April 15. Let's make it just another day.)
To: marmar
Amen.
A rose by any other name...
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:28:56 PM PDT
by
rwrcpa1
(April 15. Let's make it just another day.)
To: rwrcpa1
Did they call him "Stonewall".I do.
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:29:46 PM PDT
by
HIDEK6
To: hispanarepublicana
Make sure it sounds good after an elected title. (Senator Apple Paltrow or Congressman Moon Unit Zappa doesn't strike me). Leaf Phoenix changed his name to the more-normal (though still a bit unusual for an anglo) Joaquin. A few years later he was nominated for an Oscar. Let that serve as a lesson.
To: Tokra
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:31:33 PM PDT
by
rwrcpa1
(April 15. Let's make it just another day.)
To: ElTiante
Oh, I know what you mean, and agree.
But they were all Jews, and thus "coverts."
Just being a stickler. It's the Matthew in me.
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:31:53 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: qam1
James Daniel
That's a good, easy to spell, classic name. Glad we picked it nearly 20 years ago.
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:32:51 PM PDT
by
AK2KX
To: MeanWestTexan
I dated a girl named "Margeret Wong" in college for a long time. Dead serious.
But ultimately, she was the wong one for me.I almost suggested that you should have tried dating her sister, but then I remembered that two Wongs don't make one right.
(Thank you, folks. I'll be here all week.)
To: qam1
My daddy left home when I was three,
And he didn't leave much to ma and me,
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid,
But the meanest thing that he ever did,
Was before he left, he went and named me Sue.
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:33:46 PM PDT
by
gridlock
(The 'Pubbies will pick up two (2) seats in the Senate and four (4) seats in the House in 2006)
To: qam1
We wanted something different, so we took a chance and named our son Stephen. All of his pals have random surnames as first names: Cooper, Brady, Tate, Reese, etc., but we just had to be different. I just hope he doesn't come to us one day and say, "why couldn't you have given me a normal first name like, Fergus, Brinson, or Calloway".
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:33:54 PM PDT
by
DonGrafico
(Gowd demmit bub! You ain't from around heah ah ya?)
To: Tokra
I actually know a guy named Phil Morehead.
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:34:07 PM PDT
by
rwrcpa1
(April 15. Let's make it just another day.)
To: agooga
Ganoria, spelled gonorrhea was always my fav.............
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:34:12 PM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.)
To: rwrcpa1
Reminds me of that joke where the indian brave asks the chief how he comes up with names of the children in the tribe. Which reminds me of the joke about what the Indian brave asked the mermaid.
How?
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:34:39 PM PDT
by
hispanarepublicana
(Don't fall for the soft bigotry of assuming all Hispanics are pro-amnesty. www.dontspeakforme.org)
To: r9etb
Maybe they're secretly superheroes..... I think you're right. They are a great bunch of folks. The kids turned out remarkably well adjusted.
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:36:21 PM PDT
by
rwrcpa1
(April 15. Let's make it just another day.)
To: billygoatgruff
I was thinking John Wilkes, myself.
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:37:10 PM PDT
by
rwrcpa1
(April 15. Let's make it just another day.)
To: dangus
Hey, it's the women who keep stealing names like "Robin," "Sean," "Chris," "Alex," and "Hank."
My twin Brother is name "Sean", the proper Gaelic spelling. One of pet peeves is the seemingly innumerable, trailer-park misspelling of Sean, such as Shawn or Shaun
To: r9etb
I couldn't possibly read the whole thing, but this entry killed me:
I think it's good to name your baby a name different from anyone else baby, because there is so many people who have the same name your baby have or it's very difficult. Also, it's hard to name your baby a different name, because when you think that no-one have that name there will be someone who have the same name your baby have when think you have named your baby different. so, you really can't think of any name that's different from anyone unless it's something made up.
I really, really hope English is this person's second or third language, and if she were writing in Albanian or Farsi or whatever she would be so eloquent you'd weep.
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:37:36 PM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(Victory at all costs-in spite of all terror-however long and hard the road may be-for survival)
To: VegasCowboy
"Blade"
I do too. Some character from soaps or check out aisle lit? Just wierd...
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:37:37 PM PDT
by
gnarledmaw
(I traded freedom for security and all I got were these damned shackles.)
To: Centurion2000
Yep. That's the one. One of my all time favorite dirty jokes.
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posted on
06/27/2006 1:38:06 PM PDT
by
rwrcpa1
(April 15. Let's make it just another day.)
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