orangejello, lemonjello and shithead
RKS1205
claims to have clients with children named: orangejello, lemonjello and
shithead (pronounced shi-teud)... anyone hear of these names before? He claims
that the mother said, "I named my two girls after my favorite foods while I was
pregnant (lemonjello and orangejello) and my boy after his father (shithead)."
Please help me to debunk this guy because he gets on my nerves to no end!
Thanks, Rebecca
Bailey Cameron
RKS1205 wrote:
>
> My husband's best friend works with a social service agency in Missouri and
> claims to have clients with children named: orangejello, lemonjello and
> shithead (pronounced shi-teud)... anyone hear of these names before? He claims
> that the mother said, "I named my two girls after my favorite foods while I was
> pregnant (lemonjello and orangejello) and my boy after his father (shithead)."
It's legal for parents to name their kids anything they want, isn't it?
I suppose it *could* be true. The best way for you to find out would be
to go to the school library, and look up Lemonjello Smith, Orangejello
Smith, and Shithead Smith in the yearbooks. If they won't let you in,
check the county's public birth records, or do a bit of research at the
library, though the newspapers. Unfortunately, you're going to need
more information, a last name at least, birth dates and the name of
their school, at best. (Please don't post this information).
If you are this annoyed by your husband's friend, maybe you should ask
*him* to prove it, and tell him you won't believe another word he says
until he shows you proof that their names are so weird.
Although, I have a friend from Florida, who swears she knew a family who
had similarly horrible names... Apple Joe, Pepsi, and Jello,
respectively. I think they had an AOL account, too... Coincidence?
Bailey
Medieval Knievel
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> My husband's best friend works with a social service agency in Missouri
and
> claims to have clients with children named: orangejello, lemonjello and
> shithead
I heard this in part as a comedy routine on Comicview, which is on BET, and
also in the movie "Stewart Saves His Family."
The comedy routine had to do with two little girls named after the Jell-O
flavors, and the movie featured Stewart's father naming his daughter's
ex-husbands "Dopey, Drunkey, and Shithead."
Sounds like a breakroom comic stealing material.
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Don Whittington
(Babs804) wrote:
> Well, I heard the story over 20 years ago - although Shithead was not a
sib. I
> believe it was a coworker's wife's friend. (Is there a pattern here?)
>
> However, the names were pronounced with a French accent. Or-rhan-jello and
> La-monge jello.
>
> I believe the same person claimed there was a Placenta, too.
>
> BTW - I remember hearing the ol glue on the parts story almost 30 years ago.
> My first UL. Because of the character involved, people still talk about it as
> if it had happened. And if I recall, it was amazing how many people I
knew who
> had a mother who had a friend who worked in the emergency room.
Everybody gets a turn, and I guess this one is mine.
Hello, new folk and welcome to the Funny Names Thread (FNT). First, let
me assure you this is not a flame. Not even close.
My very first post to afu was one of these, in all innocence, repeating a
claim made to me by my father. So believe me, I feel your pain. Several
regulars were kind enough to write to me and explain why they were not
welcome here. (Funny names threads, not the regulars.) Allow me to recap:
1) FNTs encourage a certain racist segment of the Usenet family to post
here and swear these stories are all true.
2) Proof of such names in reliable form has not surfaced.
3) It's been done to death.
It is the nature of these things that this thread will continue long
beyond this posting. That's too bad, since a moment's thought will
confirm for you the fact that folk have been known to name their children
all kinds of things from River Phoenix to Moon Unit Zappa and therefore it
simply isn't remarkable and probably not worth discussing. The Urban
Legend aspect, which is that some professionals are abusing poor,
illiterate patients and clients by suggesting insulting names for
children, has also proved mostly untrue. Nevertheless, folks are gonna
post. I just want everyone to understand that from this point forward if
you indulge your need to share some funny name you heard, you may receive
an exaggerated and possibly unfriendly response.
Not from me, though. We are saved through like sins.
Don "and now my turn is over" Whittington
--
"I don't know why you set up this particular straw man but somewhere
there is pig unable to build his house."--Andrew Warinner
Led Gein
>My husband's best friend works with a social service agency in Missouri and
>claims to have clients with children named: orangejello, lemonjello and
>shithead (pronounced shi-teud)... anyone hear of these names before? He claims
>that the mother said, "I named my two girls after my favorite foods while I was
>pregnant (lemonjello and orangejello) and my boy after his father (shithead)."
>
>Please help me to debunk this guy because he gets on my nerves to no end!
It's nice to know that Social Services in Missouri has an employee who
likes to repeat racist stories and claim they are true. You didn't
mention race in your post, but everytime I hear this one, it's in the
context of " Aren't those negroes dumb!" I've heard about Orangello
and his brother in Kentucky, Illinois and Georgia all from people with
stories like your buddy's. Great to know he has such respect for the
people he's supposed to be helping. In short, he's lying to you. The
fact that he claims that they are _his_ clients makes him a liar,
rather than a gullible repeater of ULs.
"You think just because a guy reads comics,
he can't start some shit?!?"
--Mallrats
Babs804
Nathan Tenny
Led Gein <cherzo...@evansville.net> wrote:
>It's nice to know that Social Services in Missouri has an employee who
>likes to repeat racist stories and claim they are true. You didn't
>mention race in your post, but everytime I hear this one, it's in the
>context of " Aren't those negroes dumb!"
I don't think I've ever heard it in the wild with that subtext. (Actually,
this is a new set of f*nny n*mes to me, but it's obviously the same story
as all the others.) When I've run into these, they're always in a setting
where the point is as blunt as "look at the f*nny n*mes people give their
kids".[1] I don't doubt that racist variants *do* occur, but I think you're
overreacting to view every instance as a racist diatribe.
Disirregardless, let's not go down this road too far. It's not *exactly*
off-topic, but there are historical lessons that we don't need to learn
over again.
NT
[1] Exception: the "placenta" version, which sits somewhere between "aren't
those <insert Spanish-speaking group or slur directed thereat>s dumb" and
"aren't false cognates goofy", depending on who's telling it.
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Bruce Tindall
>"aren't false cognates goofy",
Yep, goofy-false-cognates threads are no go in this froup.
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Constance S Marshall
with these names being recruited by the football coach at TCU. The racist
element is pretty specific in the book. Also, the fiance of the daughter
of a friend of mine (honestly, this is not a friend of a friend), told my
friend that he had encountered kids with these names in the ER at Jefferson
Hospital in Philadelphia when he was a medical resident. Having read the
book before I talked to my friend, I'd tend to think he was passing on a
story he heard. Connie "not clever enough to put a funny catchline in here"
Marshall
and
> claims to have clients with children named: orangejello, lemonjello and
> shithead (pronounced shi-teud)... anyone hear of these names before? He
claims
> that the mother said, "I named my two girls after my favorite foods while
I was
> pregnant (lemonjello and orangejello) and my boy after his father
(shithead)."
>
> Please help me to debunk this guy because he gets on my nerves to no end!
>
Paul Martin
> My husband's best friend works with a social service agency in Missouri and
> claims to have clients with children named: orangejello, lemonjello and
> shithead (pronounced shi-teud)... anyone hear of these names before? He claims
> that the mother said, "I named my two girls after my favorite foods while I was
> pregnant (lemonjello and orangejello) and my boy after his father (shithead)."
>
> Please help me to debunk this guy because he gets on my nerves to no end!
>
> Thanks, Rebecca
Yup, he's full of it. I've heard the same story recently here in Virginia from a
friend who works with my wife in the emergency room. He told it as being witnessed
by a friend of a friend or some such. I think we can relegate this to UL status.
Paul (but what about Deniece and Denephew?)
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exchange of ignorance."
John Gilmer
The mother named her child, "Nosmo King".
When she was asked how she picked the name she said when her head had
cleared after the birth, she saw a sign with this name on the wall:
NO SMOKING!!!
So, take that in your pipe and smoke it!
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_______________________
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Stephen Suffet
>
> My husband's best friend works with a social service agency in
> Missouri and claims to have clients with children named: orangejello,
> lemonjello and shithead (pronounced shi-teud)... anyone hear of these
> names before? He claims that the mother said, "I named my two girls
> after my favorite foods while I was pregnant (lemonjello and
> orangejello) and my boy after his father (shithead)."
>
> Please help me to debunk this guy because he gets on my nerves to no
> end!
Greetings:
These are more likely jokes (not intended to be believed) than urban
legends. But, of course, it's very hard to prove that something didn't
happen, so debunking is not always possible.
There is, however, a night club singer named Peter Lemongello, who
is very much real. He was fairly popular in the 1970s. His family name
was probably once "Limongiallo" meaning "lemon-yellow" in Italian.
Regards,
Steve
Miche and Dave
> RKS1205 wrote:
> >
> > My husband's best friend works with a social service agency in Missouri and
> > claims to have clients with children named: orangejello, lemonjello and
> > shithead (pronounced shi-teud)... anyone hear of these names before?
He claims
> > that the mother said, "I named my two girls after my favorite foods
while I was
> > pregnant (lemonjello and orangejello) and my boy after his father
(shithead)."
>
> It's legal for parents to name their kids anything they want, isn't it?
Not in some countries! In Denmark there is an approved list of names from
which you may not deviate. France had a similar law, but I think it's
since been removed from the books.
Even in New Zealand, which one thinks of as a liberal country (like
Denmark or France) there is a piece of fine print on the birth
registration form which basically says the government can refrain from
registering a child if they do not approve of the name chosen. I've never
heard of the law being enforced.
Miche
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> Not in some countries! In Denmark there is an approved list of names from
> which you may not deviate. France had a similar law, but I think it's
> since been removed from the books.
Almost correct. Actually, the list of approved names can be dispensated
from, upon application from the parents. This means that there are four
types of names:
1: Generally approved names. This list is quite big, really.
2: Names which can be used with dispensation. A dispensated name may or
may not be moved the no. 1 list.
3: Foreign names, only available to parents of foreign background.
4: Prohibited names
When you hear some of the names parents have applied for, you may begin
to appreciate why we have this system:
Anus
Esso
Tarzan
Flyvia
Sambo
Bimmer
Christophpher (note: two ph's)
The "Christophpher" case is well known in Denmark, because the mother
refused to take no for an answer. She actually paid fines every month
for over 10 years, before a court appeal made her son's name legal.
Until then, his official name had been "Fornavn" ("Firstname").
> Even in New Zealand, which one thinks of as a liberal country (like
> Denmark or France) there is a piece of fine print on the birth
> registration form which basically says the government can refrain from
> registering a child if they do not approve of the name chosen. I've never
> heard of the law being enforced.
It certainly is enforced en Denmark.
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Miche and Dave <miche_c...@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
news:miche_campbell-...@dialup097.albatross.co.nz...
> In article <370D0914...@hotmail.com>, bail...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > RKS1205 wrote:
> > >
> > > My husband's best friend works with a social service agency in
Missouri and
> > > claims to have clients with children named: orangejello, lemonjello
and
> > > shithead (pronounced shi-teud)... anyone hear of these names before?
> He claims
> > > that the mother said, "I named my two girls after my favorite foods
> while I was
> > > pregnant (lemonjello and orangejello) and my boy after his father
> (shithead)."
> >
> > It's legal for parents to name their kids anything they want, isn't it?
>
> which you may not deviate. France had a similar law, but I think it's
> since been removed from the books.
>
> Denmark or France) there is a piece of fine print on the birth
> registration form which basically says the government can refrain from
> registering a child if they do not approve of the name chosen. I've never
> heard of the law being enforced.
>
GOD, I am so thankful to be an AMERICAN!!
JLG
dollface
<3713fc89$0$13...@mojo.crosslink.net>...
>GOD, I am so thankful to be an AMERICAN!!
>
>JLG
As am I. But sometimes I wish there were laws like that here; I
went to college with a girl who planned to [1] name her daughter
Zalarisha Zakawanda Zoe.
dollface "my real name is bad enough, wouldn't wish it on anyone;
and certainly wouldn't do that to my child!"
[1] I have no idea if she actually went through with it. I
moved away before she had the child.
Tim Yorath
we call you 'Merkins from offshore, old boy.......
Tim 'Damn glad to be British'
> GOD, I am so thankful to be an AMERICAN!!
>
> JLG
>
> >
Alexander Supertramp
>OK, so you can call yourselves what you like. Can't be half as bad what
>we call you 'Merkins from offshore, old boy.......
>Tim 'Damn glad to be British'
How cute, we let the brats play war with us, errm, I mean NATO *wink*[1] and
they puff out their chests and start stomping their feet.
Alexander "Didn't you once have an empire?" Supertramp
[1] Does that qualify as a smiley?
D.M. Procida
> GOD, I am so thankful to be an AMERICAN!!
I'm thankful for it too.
But since I don't want to discuss anything as unpleasant as John Gilmer,
perhaps we can talk about that pillar of western civilisation, the
_Readers' Digest_.
In this country the _Readers' Digest_ is responsible for more junk mail
than any other organisation (the Automobile Association comes second). I
seem to get an enormous number of invitations to take part in their
fantastic free prize draw.
"You, Ms Procida," boasts one of their their latest letters (which
arrived in an envelope with 10 different pieces of paper and a 'car
key') "are about to receive benefits which aren't open to everyone. In
fact, in the whole of South Glamorgan, only 89 out of every 100
households have been selected as V.I.P.s to receive our subscription
offer and the other special benefits you'll be getting -- as well as the
chance to win as much as UKP250,000!"
Presumably this is supposed to be impressive (and it is, in a way - for
89% of the population to be included in their prize draw is quite an
achievement). But am I supposed not to realize, but to be thrilled at
the wonderful odds? Have they made some kind of mistake? Is South
Glamorgan just amazingly over-represented? How on earth can the Readers'
Digest Association afford to send out such quantities of junk mail just
to earn a few subscriptions to the magazine?
D.M. Procida
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I do not read followups to their articles.
I do not read articles crossposted to more than one other newsgroup.
My enjoyment of AFU is greatly improved as a result.
John Gilmer
> JR finally, Jicksma, Dr H, and nob...@replay.com are in my Kill File.
> I do not read followups to their articles.
> I do not read articles crossposted to more than one other newsgroup.
> My enjoyment of AFU is greatly improved as a result.
Please, please: Put me in your kill file!
H.W.M.
> "You, Ms Procida," boasts one of their their latest letters (which
> arrived in an envelope with 10 different pieces of paper and a 'car
> key') "are about to receive benefits which aren't open to everyone.
Do you share the childish impulse to cut the papers up into uniform
pieces and sending them back in the "yes" -envelope?
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Mitcho
>
> In this country the _Readers' Digest_ is responsible for more junk mail
> than any other organisation (the Automobile Association comes second).
Haugh. On this side of the Atlantic _Readers Digest_ are pikers when it
comes to filling your mailbox with bewildering quantities of pure
shite. Hereabouts (sun-dappled Goat Hill, California) the worst
offenders are the coupon rags, followed up closely by everyone and his
brother trying to get you to sign up for a new credit card. Most of the
latter come from companies with which you already have a card, natch.
But by far the most vile intrusions are those attempting to get you to
*insure* your credit cards. So determined are consumer credit companies
to sell you this completely unnecessary service, they follow up weekly
mailings with monthly phone calls to your home and office. Absolutely
infuriating, even more so because you really can't vent on the nice
telemarketing people who are only doing their job and in fact don't even
work for the annoying company whose products they are hawking.
It's bad, really really bad. Yacouta tried for a year after moving here
to get a credit card, and once she got one the postal onslaught
commenced in force. It was suddenly no longer a curious mystery to her
(as it would be to most non-Americans) why I binned or ripped to shreds
fully three quarters of our daily haul from the mailbox after a quick
glance at the envelopes.
And now, after being out of town for only two days, I have to drive to
the post office Monday to collect my mail because my mailbox
overflowed. I've gone the entire weekend without my _Economist_. This
is really impacting my quality of life.
> Glamorgan just amazingly over-represented? How on earth can the Readers'
> Digest Association afford to send out such quantities of junk mail just
> to earn a few subscriptions to the magazine?
As a businessman, I like to think I understand such questions, but this
is a baffling mystery to me as well. Lotteries promoted with television
advertising, mass mailings, school funding programs (I was solicited for
magazine subscriptions by my niece's Catholic school), undernourished
young people in suits going door-to-door, these publishers spend a hell
of a lot on enhancing circulation. The advertisers should get a clue
one of these days and add up the numbers. If every member of your
desired demographic suscribes to five or six monthly magazines, how much
time does he or she get to spend reading your ad?
Mitcho
Ex-advertising redneck
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Phil Edwards
wrote:
>"You, Ms Procida," boasts one of their their latest letters (which
>arrived in an envelope with 10 different pieces of paper and a 'car
>key') "are about to receive benefits which aren't open to everyone. In
>fact, in the whole of South Glamorgan, only 89 out of every 100
>households have been selected as V.I.P.s to receive our subscription
>offer and the other special benefits you'll be getting -- as well as the
>chance to win as much as UKP250,000!"
<snip>
>am I supposed not to realize, but to be thrilled at
>the wonderful odds? Have they made some kind of mistake? Is South
>Glamorgan just amazingly over-represented? How on earth can the Readers'
>Digest Association afford to send out such quantities of junk mail just
>to earn a few subscriptions to the magazine?
Could just be a misprint for 8 (or 9). Or South Glamorgan could be
particularly rich in likely prospects for Readers' Digest.
As for how they afford it, multiply the cost per item by the number
sent out. Then multiply the price of what they're selling by the
number of people mailed who are likely to buy. Then multiply by the
expected retention rate for a subsequent year and add that on.
(Retention is the great secret of subscriber-based magazine
publishing. 1000 people paying x in year 1gives you, in all
probability, 700-800 people paying x all over again in year 2.)
Even if the proportion of people who reply seems vanishingly small and
the promotion seems ridiculously expensive, if the product's expensive
enough - and long-term enough - it can be well worth it. RDA can carry
a lot of cost in the short term, of course.
Phil "I don't do that stuff any more" Edwards
--
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"Ostriopliosis is a problem particularly likely to strike
children who will be the subject of chain letters" - Deborah Stevenson
FrogPrinc9
>D.M. Procida wrote:
>
(snip)
>> How on earth can the Readers'
>>Digest Association afford to send out such quantities of junk mail just
>>to earn a few subscriptions to the magazine?
>
> Then multiply by the
>expected retention rate for a subsequent year and add that on.
>(Retention is the great secret of subscriber-based magazine
>publishing. 1000 people paying x in year 1gives you, in all
>probability, 700-800 people paying x all over again in year 2.)
>
>Even if the proportion of people who reply seems vanishingly small and
>the promotion seems ridiculously expensive, if the product's expensive
>enough - and long-term enough - it can be well worth it. RDA can carry
>a lot of cost in the short term, of course.
>
most successful direct mail marketers in the world. They sell CDs, records,
tapes, hardback and softback books (published by RDA, of course), I believe
insurance, and more.
As a further source of revenue, direct marketers do not sell their list of
names and addresses to other marketers, they *rent* them for one-time use. RDA
can offer list brokers not only a very large list of accurate addresses, but
can offer (apparently) large lists of Folks Who Actually Read Unsolicited Sales
Offers (sweepstakes subscribers) and the most desired, Folks Who Actually Have
Been Proven Willing To Order Products From Direct Sales Solicitations. (1)
One of my responsibilities at my former employer was to rent address lists for
$15-45.00 US per thousand. It is not an insignificant financial benefit to a
successful direct mail campaign.
>Phil "I don't do that stuff any more" Edwards
John "Nor do I, but would consider an offer" Brown
"Secondly, posting to afu isn't a game of Whack-The-Gullible." Phil Edwards
on alt.folklore.urban
Richard Brandt
>
> The Howard Stern show had a better "fake name".
>
> The mother named her child, "Nosmo King".
>
> When she was asked how she picked the name she said when her head had
> cleared after the birth, she saw a sign with this name on the wall:
>
> NO SMOKING!!!
>
> So, take that in your pipe and smoke it!
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Richard "Missing Howard Stern more since I read this" Brandt
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"You children shouldn't be out crucifying yourselves in heat
like this" -- Chef
R H Draney
> The advertisers should get a clue
> one of these days and add up the numbers. If every member of your
> desired demographic suscribes to five or six monthly magazines, how much
> time does he or she get to spend reading your ad?
I'd settle for something simpler: magazine publishers who have your
subscription paid up thru the year 2006 should mail the mag out WITHOUT
sixteen blow-in subscription cards...save big bucks on postage freight....r
--
"If you don't mind smelling like a peanut for a few days, peanut butter makes
a darn fine shaving cream" --Barry Goldwater
Richard Brandt
>
> > --
> > JR finally, Jicksma, Dr H, and nob...@replay.com are in my Kill File.
> > I do not read followups to their articles.
> > I do not read articles crossposted to more than one other newsgroup.
> > My enjoyment of AFU is greatly improved as a result.
>
> Please, please: Put me in your kill file!
Your plea falls on deaf ears.
Richard "Surprised etc." Brandt
D.M. Procida
> D.M. Procida wrote:
> >
> > In this country the _Readers' Digest_ is responsible for more junk mail
> > than any other organisation (the Automobile Association comes second).
>
> Haugh. On this side of the Atlantic _Readers Digest_ are pikers when it
> comes to filling your mailbox with bewildering quantities of pure
> shite. Hereabouts (sun-dappled Goat Hill, California) the worst
> offenders are the coupon rags, followed up closely by everyone and his
> brother trying to get you to sign up for a new credit card.
But which is the biggest *single* offender in the USA - or indeed, in
the world?
D.M. Procida
nancy g.
> >> In this country the _Readers' Digest_ is responsible for more junk mail
> >> than any other organisation (the Automobile Association comes second).
>> Haugh. On this side of the Atlantic _Readers Digest_ are pikers when
>> it comes to filling your mailbox with bewildering quantities of pure
>> shite. Hereabouts (sun-dappled Goat Hill, California) the worst
>> offenders are the coupon rags, followed up closely by everyone and his
>> brother trying to get you to sign up for a new credit card.
> But which is the biggest *single* offender in the USA - or indeed,
> in the world?
Ed McMahon?
H.W.M.
It has been said a name casts a blame on no man, it is a man that casts
a blame on his name. Regardless, one tidbit from the daily just happened
to cross my eyes and I think it has a few interesting vectors.
STT/Reuters
"" 'Brazil is the Melting Pot of Names'
Brazil is one of the most colourful country in the region especially
when the issue comes to names. There are no taboos in what inspires a
child's name in Brazil, so there is a Michael Jackson in the women's
championship soccer team. A great number of Brasileiros have a Catholic
Saint as their namesake, but names can be found in everyday life. Little
Madeinusa [ probably rhyming with medusa if I recall Portugese correct ]
got her name after her mom was inspired while washing clothes. Sherlock
Holmes and Ben Hur stroll down the streets along with Lux, Kodak and
Unesco. If a Brasilian does not like the given name, they can adopt an
alias such as Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known better as Pele did. A
lot of Soccer players do have aliases, and in the football-crazed
country they gain namesakes daily to honor the national heroes. Little
Tospericagerja has a name honoring all the great ones; Tostao, Pele,
Rivelino, Carlos Alberto, Gerson and Jairizinho. The advent of such
compound names has challenged the calendar-makers, when should for
example Avagina have her nameday? Avagina of course named after Ava
Gardner and Gina Lollobrigida [ ...you dirty minded individuals you...].
One family quite practically has named their children in French numerals
from Un to Catorze. Rock Hudson Lopes da Silva says he never has thought
of changing his name. " My father picked it up from a newspaper, and I
do not think it is that odd. One sugar plantation owner has the name Um
Dois Tres de Oliviera Quatro, which I find a bit peculiar. [ "1-2-3 of
Oliviera 4" -peculiar, no if your dad has a Lotus Office]
The richness of Brazilian names is being threatened by the parliament,
where three times a law has been tried to be passed regarding names. A
law gives a registrar a right not to accept a name if the registrar
feels the child shall be taunted later on due to the name. Most
Brazilians with special names do not see any need to change the present
practice.""
So I think we can attest that regardless of the name, the mother still
thinks her child is the most beautiful.
PS On the Nosmo King stuff, I remember seeing a bunch of bumper stickers
in the 70's with a sort of an Elvis-figure and 'NosmoKing' sort of
itertwined. The pun line was -"Kuningasajatus" i.e. "the king of
thoughts"...it was an anti-smoking campaign aimed for youth I guess. Saw
one sticker on a rustbanger today...
John Francis
He's pretty large, certainly (or at least he looked large on TV).
But is he single? I thought he was married.
But to get back to the amount of junk mail: In our house it has to be
the clothing catalogues. Roamans seem to send at least one a week,
and of course there are also the four other companies that share the
same mailing address (and offer about a 50% overlap in merchandise).
If catalogues don't count then I nominate MBNA. We've already got
two different MBNA credit cards (one in my wife's name only, so she
can get a credit rating that doesn't depend on me). But we still
get deluged with offers of yet more pre-approved credit cards.