Chevron used to have an oil tanker named after her. They have since renamed it.
Posted on 03/30/2006 12:41:35 PM PST by twippo
;-)
ROTFLOL and tears coming down on my cheeks!
"Shirley Sirius."
Surely you're not!
I actually know a girl with this name. She goes by Keren. Which is a rather nice name.
"Dear Third World Student, To help you determine whether the Harvard environment is consistent with your native culture, we are inviting you to a special Third World Weekend."
Come on, that's a joke, no?
Oh- I could entertain everyone with the French names of my ancestors! Imagine naming a baby Marie Zoe Philomene Eliska de Livaudais!
And'Marie' is a middle name for many of the males in my family tree. My great great grandfather was Jean Marie.
No reason to apologize. I can understand where you're coming from. I was just washing my hands of any stuff.
"But gone are the days , just to complete the circle, of a mother naming a boy Cassius Marcellusv , and NOT having him change it 20 some years later to Muhammad Ali."
Cassius Clay has to be the greatest name for a boxer, ever.
As my friend once pointed out, all of the great black atheletes who took Muslims names already had great names. I'm not sure what the moral to that story is, but it is still true.
As with Carol, Vivien, Francis,Ashely, Brooke, Jamie, Leslie, Marion, and Beverly.
"ROTFLOL and tears coming down on my cheeks!"
I only made it through the first 50 posts on this thread before I had to just skip to the end.
Beer kept shooting out of my nose!
"Placentia"
Had you named the cat after the singer of AC/DC, he would have been called Bon. (or Brian, if you had a sense of humor)
Signed, the former owner of a cat named Sabbath. (guess what color he was)
I remember that song. That was back in the days when "b!tch" was bleeped out.
Heywood Jablome ping
I'm sure you were half-joking, but I swear I recently saw a woman adress her little boy as Excedrin. It gave me a headache just thinking about it.
Chevron used to have an oil tanker named after her. They have since renamed it.
I've noticed a tendency: Hispanics prefer the name Jesus, Italians Salvatore, and Anglos/northern Europeans Christian, Chris, Christina, etc.
My point is,
My wife works as a nurse where a black mother named her quadruplets Placenta, lemonjello, oranjello, and shi'ithead. Before that, she took care of the old twin sisters, Ima and Ura Pigg before they died. True story.
Reading something true 17 times is annoying. Reading urban legends passed off as true 17 times in a row is slightly more so.
You must now call me 'Shaft'.
Oh. my. goodness.
pookie, your wonders will never cease!
Thank's for the George Mason/G. W. cartoon the other day, btw. Didn't have time to say thanks on the thread. The kid goes there and is a big W. fam, so of course I sent it along with proper credit to you, of course.
Mason is kicking butt, all the kids are totally over the moon!
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