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Did you just call me Coltrane? · 07-07-2003, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
I've thought about dropping both of my names and going by my nickname. Of course I am cool enough to pull it off, it just seems like changing all the credit cards etc. would be a major hassle.

We'll see.

I've thought about changing my name to one word: Hasselhoff.

Replaced_Texan · 07-07-2003, 02:05 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
I've thought about dropping both of my names and going by my nickname. Of course I am cool enough to pull it off, it just seems like changing all the credit cards etc. would be a major hassle.

We'll see.

My brother has been talking about legally changing his name for years, but the pain in the ass factor seemed to override the desire to have his legal name be the same as the name he's gone by since he was an infant.

LessinSF · 07-07-2003, 02:09 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
What porn star is named Madison?

http://excaliburfilms.com/porn_star_...Madison_GS.htm (duh)

Less (I exist to serve) inSF

Penske_Account · 07-07-2003, 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Yes, you are tres cool, but no one, repeat, no one, has successfully been able to pull off Dick since Nixon.

not7yS

What if I use the French spelling, Dicque?

07-07-2003, 02:12 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
My brother has been talking about legally changing his name for years, but the pain in the ass factor seemed to override the desire to have his legal name be the same as the name he's gone by since he was an infant.

I legally changed my name a couple of years for the same reason. It's a simple process (I didn't have to appear in court or anything), and it took no time for all of my credit stuff to switch.

Honestly, it was a very freeing experience and I am glad I did it.

Anon since everyone knows I changed my name

Penske_Account · 07-07-2003, 02:18 PM

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Originally posted by LessinSF
http://excaliburfilms.com/porn_star_...Madison_GS.htm (duh)

Less (I exist to serve) inSF

Exactly, and to expand on my question, was she really a Star, or just another in the plethora (gaggle? pride?-what is a group of porn starlettes called??) of young cum-hither nameless ingenues who grace our mastubatory video screens for a scene or two and then disappear, like a passing ship in the nite?

Atticus Grinch · 07-07-2003, 02:20 PM

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Originally posted by purse junkie
This whole discussion reminds me of the old SNL sketch "Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber" with Steve Martin--and his assistant, "Brunngilda" (Radner, of course.)

That's odd. It reminded me of The Man with Two Brains. Doctor Hfuhruhurr; Anne Uumellmahaye. All of life reminds one of Steve Martin, I guess.

A(that, and "Sister Euphemia of the Five Wounds. 'Five Wounds' for short.")G

leagleaze · 07-07-2003, 02:28 PM

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Originally posted by Gattigap
Leagl -- Consider the ramifications of having moderator TOS violators.

Penske -- It's time to up your retainer again. Call me.

Gatti(both sides)gap

You make my brain hurt.

Atticus Grinch · 07-07-2003, 02:30 PM

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Originally posted by Jack Manfred
Which actor or actress would be more successful in porno?

I'm gonna have to go with Traci Lords for $200, Alex.

Penske_Account · 07-07-2003, 02:38 PM

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Originally posted by leagleaze
You make my brain hurt.

Even worse is the fact that I'm paying for posts like that. I need new counsel.

purse junkie · 07-07-2003, 02:38 PM

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Originally posted by Jack Manfred

Which actor or actress would be more successful in porno?

Gretchen Mol. She's like one of the lesser Tilly sisters (who, come to think of it, could use the work).

P(don't know about 'Gretchen' as a t&a name though)J

Flinty_McFlint · 07-07-2003, 02:41 PM

Am I the only one who thinks you should give your kids "normal" first names, especially boys, so they don't get the crap kicked out of them in grade school? I have a vanilla first name, and it was still hard, but jesus, I felt bad for the boys in my class named Shannon, Engel and Sequoia. Those guys were teased mercilessly and hassled on a daily basis, except for Shannon, who grew into a very very large kid and began doling out punishment on his own.

I think you can be more creative with girls' names, but within reason. If you want to be really creative, save it for their middle name, and let them decide later on what they want to be called. It just seems cruel to burden a kid with a funky name, especially when they are young and don't particularly want to be set apart from the crowd.

Just my $0.02.

Atticus Grinch · 07-07-2003, 02:43 PM

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Originally posted by andViolins
Could someone please explain to me the apparent media fascination with Mo Rocca? I saw him on Fox News a few days ago. He was frightfully boring and anything but funny. What gives?

Mo Rocca is not funny. On the Daily Show he is not funny, and doesn't even make the list of best 7 TDS correspondents, because everyone else on that show is a better comedian. On Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, he is not funny --- he makes P.J. O'Rourke look like a brilliant improv comic, because everyone else on that show is a better comedian.

Perhaps he was not funny on Fox News, because everyone else on that show is a better comedian.

leagleaze · 07-07-2003, 02:44 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
Even worse is the fact that I'm paying for posts like that. I need new counsel.

Clearly.

Back to names, all three of my names are very common. There are many women wandering around with the same exact name as mine.

For years I thought about changing it but then I figured it actually is a pretty enough name, and I'm used to it, and what would I change it to?

But it is a pain when I go to the doctor and they have trouble differentiating me from the other women and probably, a little bit dangerous. One of these days they are going to cut off my leg and the defense wil be, but there was another Leagleaze who needed her left leg off, how were we to know?

I can see it now. I however won't hire gattigap to handle my case. He would just mess it up, I can tell from the posts. I wouldn't hire penske either though, cause he is very confused.

tmdiva · 07-07-2003, 02:45 PM

I think the Utah names list is over-inclusive. Perhaps all those names have actually been used by Utah Mormons, but a much smaller percentage of them are quintessentially Utah-Mormon, imo. Amasa, for instance, was the name of a notable early Mormon, Amasa Lyman, but that name is much older and does not spring from the Utah Mormon tradition.

And TM, you misunderstood me--I'm all for unusual names (none of my picks for future girls or boys are in the top 1000), but without funky spelling, capitalization or punctuation. Your name passes on both counts, mine only on the former.

As far as talking about chosen names beforehand, there are pros and cons. It seems like everyone knows at least one horror story of a favorite name being "stolen" by a friend/relative/acquaintance. However, I think some talking is good, especially among people you trust. They can tell you if a name is too out there or too popular, or reassure you that it's not. And if you have a family like mine, you can "dibs" names for future use and expect that no one will "steal" them.

tm

Edited to add that the Utah names site also seems to ignore the phenomenon of nicknames as given names. I have known a Nate and a Becky (not Nathan or Rebecca), and an adoption client at a firm where I once worked was choosing between Skyler and Chet Ronny (after his daddy) for her newborn son (he ended up with Skyler).