In NASCAR I miss Dick Trickle - wish he didn't retire -

My mom taught elementary school and her theory was if your name was hard to spell then it provokes you to see yourself as bad in school at an early age. She pointed out that even normal names like Christopher were very difficult for young kids. Needless to say I have a very normal almost invisible name. My kids all had normal names because Mom and my husband would flit a sh___ if I even mentioned naming the baby something unique. One of my kids had such a normal name that it was one of the first words the kids in Kindergarten learned to spell. One parent even called me and asked how my child was dressing because everyone in the class wanted to dress like her. The outfit was a t-shirt and sweat pants. She retained her popularity through high school and is quite happy today. But I got my say a little with middle names.

Ima Hogg!

I have to put mine in.

My Aunt is a school teacher in Louisiana. She has a little girl in her class named (wait for it) Vaginna. Yes, you read it right...with 2 n's. She also had some twins in her class named Adidas and Previous.

I think parents who do this kind of cruelty to their children should be brought up on charges.

when i was in elementary school there was this girl named Candie Boxx. looking back on it now, it was a perfect hooker name. I always wondered how she turn out.

I had a classmate named Harry Dick..............Great guy, but what was his parents thinking. Used to feel bad for him when he was teased and actually was a really nice guy. He got the last laugh. He is now a neurosurgeon and changed his first and last name when he was in college.

Parents have a responsibility to their children, if they give them names that are off the track, what makes you believe they will care what happens to them.

Let's not forget Marion Michael Morrison (aka John Wayne?)

I went to school in the 80s with three sisters named Stormi, Wendi, and Misti....
What were their parents thinking?

I have a strange name too. My experience is that Euro-descended people favor those with names similar to the ones in their culture, even among themselves. Patrick, Jim, and Kevin form bonds quicker than Klaus, Bruno and Herbert. Just sayin.

GOD, that's an ugly baby.

One of my best friends is named Tevy.
You couldnt meet a more Righteous person on the planet.
Helluva of a Man, Helluva a Marine

every time i enter a conversation about odd names, i have to list a few from my high school days in the mid-60s.


i went to high school with a nice girl named Sunny Ann Rainey. if you're out there, Sunny, i do wonder who you married.


also, Gay Thumb. one of the sweetest girls in our class, btw.


and then i met Rocky Mountain when i was in a county wide club. i asked him at the time "how did you get such a name?" and he replied: "my folks had a sense of humor."


my brother went to school with a Howard Johnson, who took some ribbing because Howard Johnson's was rather popular at the time as a restaurant.


he also went to school with Bernie Butts. yep.


so a big hello to all of you.

every time i enter a conversation about odd names, i have to list a few from my high school days in the mid-60s.


i went to high school with a nice girl named Sunny Ann Rainey. if you're out there, Sunny, i do wonder who you married.


also, Gay Thumb. one of the sweetest girls in our class, btw.


and then i met Rocky Mountain when i was in a county wide club. i asked him at the time "how did you get such a name?" and he replied: "my folks had a sense of humor."


my brother went to school with a Howard Johnson, who took some ribbing because Howard Johnson's was rather popular at the time as a restaurant.


he also went to school with Bernie Butts. yep.


hello to any who may be reading this blog.


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I believe all of this is true. I can't tell you how many times I've worked with small businesses, and thought, if you only changed your bizarre name this whole marketing process would be considerably easier. Who wants to pick up the phone and call a person who has a name anyone would be embarrassed to say. I say change your first name to something neutral and standard. It'll make your life so much easier. Who wants to tell their parents they're dating someone named "insert all those names you hate."