My grandfather's name was John Longest. Unfortunately, nobody ever had the stones to name anyone Richard in that branch of the family tree.
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Aug. 12, 2008 10:39 a.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor
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Aug. 12, 2008 10:59 a.m. 16vCorey Dork
In the mid to late '90s, two friends of my ex-girlfriend each had a daughter, one was named Madison and the other Savannah. Oddly enough, at the same time I friend (who didn't know the other two girls) who's favorite porn stars were Madison and Savannah. Weird.
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Aug. 12, 2008 11:26 a.m. Duke Dork
Dude, 1 out of 3 girls born in the mid-to-late '90s was named Madison or Savannah. It's not weird at all.
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Aug. 12, 2008 11:42 a.m. Datsun1500 HalfDork
shifty wrote:
I heard the Lemonjello and Orangejello story in Louisiana in the 80's.
No you didn't. It was Georgia in the 90's. Are you calling Svrex a liar?
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Aug. 12, 2008 11:50 a.m. 16vCorey Dork
Duke wrote:
Dude, 1 out of 3 girls born in the mid-to-late '90s was named Madison or Savannah. It's not weird at all.
So is it coincidence that there were two two big name porn actresses with those names, or were a lot of people watching porn in the mid to late '90s? I guess what I'm asking is this a case of art imitating life or life imitating art? You know, a chicken and egg sort of question.
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Aug. 12, 2008 12:12 p.m. 93celicaGT2 Reader
I went to college with a buddy named "Michael Hunt."
He was a very strange person and very proud of his name.
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Aug. 12, 2008 12:15 p.m. Gimp Dork
There is young man in the New Jersey School system, maybe 2nd grade now, who's first name is "President Kennedy". I know his former kindergarden teacher.
I also know a very rednecky guy who named his son "Honda", since that's what he liked to drive/stick huge wings on.
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Aug. 13, 2008 9:59 a.m. GSmith Reader
Salanis wrote:
I heard a similar story. Smacks of urban legend.
Poorly educated woman in labor sees a word in a hospital, thinks it looks exotic and would make a good name for her soon-to-be-born daughter. Asks the nurse how it's pronounced.
"Oh that's pronounced 'Guh-NOR-ea'..."
Referenced in the book "Unintended Consequences" for one. May or may not have happened in real life, but it wouldn't surprise me.
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Aug. 13, 2008 11:46 a.m. Duke Dork
93celicaGT2 wrote:
I went to college with a buddy named "Michael Hunt."
He was a very strange person and very proud of his name.
I did too. This would have been around the early-mid '80s. I suppose the two names themselves aren't uncommon, but together...
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Aug. 13, 2008 11:55 a.m. Salanis Dork
GSmith wrote:
Referenced in the book "Unintended Consequences" for one. May or may not have happened in real life, but it wouldn't surprise me.
I have read that book. I was not going to use it as a reference. I put about as much credence in his journalistic integrity as I do in Carl Hiaasen's. Maybe less, given that the book was a giant post-adolescent fantasy. I trust his knowledge of firearms, but not much else.
