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Dec 4, 2003, 04:15 PM
 
if you had the power of your parents back in the day to name you, what would you choose?

mine would be bob.
     
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Dec 4, 2003, 04:17 PM
 
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Dec 4, 2003, 04:21 PM
 
could it be possible for you start a few more pointless threads?
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Dec 4, 2003, 04:31 PM
 
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Dec 4, 2003, 04:35 PM
 
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Dec 4, 2003, 04:48 PM
 
Heathcliff. Or maybe Algernon.
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Dec 4, 2003, 05:44 PM
 
Dave. I always wanted to be called Dave. I don't know any uncool Dave's yet.

(So if your name is Dave, and you aren't cool, I don't want to know you. Don't shatter my dream bitch)

     
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Dec 4, 2003, 05:52 PM
 
I will name my first legitmate child "Demonhood"...
     
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Dec 4, 2003, 05:59 PM
 
hmmm....

If anything, I would want the inferior spelling of my name to be destoryed

Mine is "Bryan"
Inferior = "Brian"



-Owl
     
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Dec 4, 2003, 06:21 PM
 
I wish my name was Ethan. I don't know why but I always thought it's a cool sounding name.
     
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Dec 4, 2003, 06:25 PM
 
nemesis,
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Dec 4, 2003, 06:25 PM
 
guybrush. guybrush threepwood.
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Dec 4, 2003, 06:32 PM
 
I used to order pizza or any take-out with a fake name.. I called myself Steve.
     
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Dec 4, 2003, 06:37 PM
 
Originally posted by kertong:
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I always wondered if that was a real name anyone had...

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Dec 4, 2003, 06:50 PM
 
ralph. like the dog from the muppets. that or bill or george, anything but sue.
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Dec 4, 2003, 06:55 PM
 
I have always wanted to be called Shamus for some strange reason, I think it would be cool.

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Dec 5, 2003, 09:13 AM
 
Originally posted by Kenneth:
I used to order pizza or any take-out with a fake name.. I called myself Steve.
I'm saying Steve too. Sure as S*** beats being called Gomer Pile...
     
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Dec 5, 2003, 09:18 AM
 
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Dec 5, 2003, 09:32 AM
 
Originally posted by OwlBoy:
Mighty Pirate!



I always wondered if that was a real name anyone had...

-Owl
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Dec 5, 2003, 11:34 AM
 
Originally posted by Kenneth:
I used to order pizza or any take-out with a fake name.. I called myself Steve.
I'll have to remember that. My real name is too hard for most Americans to pronounce.
     
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Dec 5, 2003, 12:41 PM
 
I am proud of the first name that I have now. Would have no desire to change.

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Dec 5, 2003, 12:47 PM
 
I kinda like my first name, but I've come across some crackers though.
At school there was a guy called Paul Shagabattery, no joke.

A girl called Chewme Chan, and another girl called Penar Butterlock.
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Dec 5, 2003, 01:17 PM
 
'The'

or maybe 'Mister'.
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Dec 5, 2003, 04:40 PM
 
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Dec 5, 2003, 04:49 PM
 
Dr 'Danger' Love.

The first name would forever remain an enigmatic mystery, but 'Dr Love' would be awesome and, of course, Danger is my middle name.

If I had to pick a real name? As a previous poster said, and I second, I've never met an uncool guy named Dave, but then again I might go for something slightly more literate / exotic and have Horatio, Mercutio, Agravain or something like that - Shakespeare and Malory are full of wicked names.

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Dec 5, 2003, 04:51 PM
 
'Geoff" - spelled that way.
     
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Dec 6, 2003, 10:43 PM
 
Paris. ( seriously, before that sluttish wench showed up on the scene- still like the name though)

Or Kenya.

Or Coriander.

Or Limerick.
     
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Dec 7, 2003, 01:01 AM
 

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Dec 7, 2003, 02:53 AM
 
Originally posted by ThisGuy:
could it be possible for you start a few more pointless threads?
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Dec 7, 2003, 05:09 AM
 
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Dec 7, 2003, 10:37 AM
 
Originally posted by Stuphalina:
Great cartoon! Sort of like here on MacNN, eh?
     
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Dec 7, 2003, 11:01 AM
 
Originally posted by variable06:
I wish my name was Ethan. I don't know why but I always thought it's a cool sounding name.
That's my son's name.

How about Seven?
     
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Dec 7, 2003, 12:02 PM
 
Originally posted by Gankdawg:
That's my son's name.

How about Seven?
Only if your surname is 'of Nine'
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Dec 7, 2003, 12:06 PM
 
Originally posted by christ:
Only if your surname is 'of Nine'


I didn't think of that, I was actually making a Seinfeld reference!
     
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Dec 7, 2003, 12:45 PM
 
Originally posted by malvolio:
Heathcliff. Or maybe Algernon.
Hey! That's my name!

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Dec 7, 2003, 01:52 PM
 
Originally posted by variable06:
I wish my name was Ethan. I don't know why but I always thought it's a cool sounding name.
my 2 year old nephews name is Ethan and he is pretty cool

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Dec 10, 2003, 03:47 PM
 
I'm a Latin American with an English name. Sometimes I wish my parents had named me something closer to our culture, like Raul or Eduardo. Something with a little umph to it.

Definitely glad they didn�t name me Jose or Jesus though. Practically every other Latin American in US is named Jose or Jesus.

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Dec 10, 2003, 06:02 PM
 
Originally posted by ankle_brains:
if you had the power of your parents back in the day to name you, what would you choose?

mine would be bob.
mine would be bob smackett
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Dec 10, 2003, 11:21 PM
 
Skuyler.

If I was named Skuyler, I could grow out my hair to my shoulders and buy those trendy leather bracelet things. I would be good at surfing and I would do everything to the EXTREME.
     
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Dec 10, 2003, 11:56 PM
 
I like my first name; it's not common here in the U. S.

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Dec 11, 2003, 12:13 AM
 
Originally posted by thePurpleGiant:
Dave. I always wanted to be called Dave. I don't know any uncool Dave's yet.

(So if your name is Dave, and you aren't cool, I don't want to know you. Don't shatter my dream bitch)

Honestly, I've never met a Dave I liked.

I've noticed this many times... every single Dave I know is a ****.

David's are generally okay, but can be ****'s... but Daves are just ****ed.
     
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Dec 11, 2003, 12:21 AM
 
Originally posted by Cipher13:
Honestly, I've never met a Dave I liked.

I've noticed this many times... every single Dave I know is a ****.

David's are generally okay, but can be ****'s... but Daves are just ****ed.
I said: don't shatter my dream, bitch
     
   
 
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