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Sun Dec-04-05 03:27 PM
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| 3. The woman who named her daughter Syphilus... |
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She pronounced it as Si-phil-us.
Oh, and when I was in High School I had a female classmate named
Lasagna Watson.
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| -What's the oddest first name for a kid you've run into? |
yurbud |
Dec-04-05 03:19 PM |
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Urea.. |
SoCalDem |
Dec-04-05 03:21 PM |
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Two sisters named Leather and Metallica |
Clarkansas |
Dec-04-05 09:58 PM |
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I went to school with girls named Sparkle, Bubbles and Sunshine |
LeftyMom |
Dec-04-05 03:26 PM |
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Damn, were you homeschooled on the road with The Dead? |
eeyore |
Dec-04-05 03:31 PM |
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Worse, suburban public school when the hippies grew up & started breeding. |
LeftyMom |
Dec-04-05 03:32 PM |
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You Californicators are wacky! |
eeyore |
Dec-04-05 03:59 PM |
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I knew a Tree |
Oeditpus Rex |
Dec-04-05 04:41 PM |
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I knew a Sunshine at a Jr. College in Oakland. |
Crazy Guggenheim |
Dec-05-05 06:10 PM |
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The woman who named her daughter Syphilus... |
Horus45 |
Dec-04-05 03:27 PM |
#3 |
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Yep, |
fudge stripe cookays |
Dec-04-05 06:37 PM |
#46 |
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my college roommate went by "Cheese" |
yurbud |
Dec-05-05 12:09 AM |
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Cheese Luise! |
I_love_SNL |
Dec-06-05 05:21 PM |
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Nimrod |
eeyore |
Dec-04-05 03:29 PM |
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Nimrod was a Biblical king. |
Left Is Write |
Dec-04-05 04:04 PM |
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Yes. |
tofunut |
Dec-04-05 03:30 PM |
#5 |
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Advice to parents: |
XemaSab |
Dec-04-05 03:34 PM |
#8 |
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Agreed. |
LeftyMom |
Dec-04-05 03:37 PM |
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That's my plan. |
lakemonster11 |
Dec-04-05 06:53 PM |
#48 |
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"Del Monte" - no joke. |
HypnoToad |
Dec-04-05 03:36 PM |
#9 |
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I went to school with a girl whose parents were |
SOteric |
Dec-04-05 03:47 PM |
#11 |
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Echo isn't bad |
lakemonster11 |
Dec-04-05 06:57 PM |
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Happy Tillya Amnesty Rainbow |
underpants |
Dec-05-05 12:28 PM |
#113 |
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Went to school with a girl named Happy... |
colinmom71 |
Dec-06-05 08:43 AM |
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I went to school with Cinnamon Rose Parfait |
eeyore |
Dec-04-05 04:00 PM |
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"Female" (pronounced fee-mally') |
DemoTex |
Dec-04-05 04:25 PM |
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yep |
StellaBlue |
Dec-04-05 07:17 PM |
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I actually saw more than one "Female". |
DemoTex |
Dec-04-05 07:36 PM |
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There are quite a few kids with the names |
spindrifter |
Dec-04-05 10:05 PM |
#74 |
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Cinnamon N/T |
Ekirh |
Dec-04-05 04:26 PM |
#16 |
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I once saw Syniman...took me a while to figure it out. |
lady of texas |
Dec-05-05 03:30 PM |
#128 |
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Friendship |
Xithras |
Dec-04-05 04:26 PM |
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That's pretty bad... |
zanne |
Dec-04-05 04:38 PM |
#18 |
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The Puritans used names like Faith, Charity, etc. |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-04-05 07:25 PM |
#60 |
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my mom is "Hope" |
northzax |
Dec-05-05 06:07 PM |
#139 |
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Harry Butts |
Evergreen Emerald |
Dec-04-05 04:40 PM |
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Here is a real one: Ima Hogg (1882 - 1975) |
DemoTex |
Dec-04-05 05:01 PM |
#21 |
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oh that is awful. |
Evergreen Emerald |
Dec-04-05 07:47 PM |
#64 |
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I knew of an Anita Dick |
mzteris |
Dec-05-05 06:49 PM |
#147 |
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There's an OB/GYN in Fairfax, Virginia |
northzax |
Dec-05-05 06:05 PM |
#136 |
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OMG! |
Crazy Guggenheim |
Dec-05-05 06:47 PM |
#146 |
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Tom. |
ContraBass Black |
Dec-04-05 05:15 PM |
#22 |
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A girl - Darius Mercury |
proud2Blib |
Dec-04-05 05:16 PM |
#23 |
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I knew a boy when I was little named Darius. |
lakemonster11 |
Dec-04-05 07:00 PM |
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I have know a couple boys named Darius. |
proud2Blib |
Dec-04-05 07:02 PM |
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It seems like "Daria" would be the obvious female equivalent. |
lakemonster11 |
Dec-04-05 07:08 PM |
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Well her parents are |
proud2Blib |
Dec-04-05 07:18 PM |
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I know a female Darius, too! |
CanuckAmok |
Dec-05-05 12:10 AM |
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Gene Pool |
suzbaby |
Dec-04-05 05:21 PM |
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OH, yeah - try these |
StellaBlue |
Dec-04-05 05:26 PM |
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I've heard of two other Dorcas' nt |
momophile |
Dec-04-05 05:28 PM |
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remember years ago when David Letterman... |
momophile |
Dec-04-05 05:31 PM |
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I knew of a Harry Dix |
blockhead |
Dec-04-05 05:46 PM |
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Was that the list he got Dick Assman off of? |
JohnnyCougar |
Dec-04-05 08:17 PM |
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Hey, they have an Asman on Faux News. |
AtomicKitten |
Dec-05-05 05:16 AM |
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Justin Thyme |
AtomicKitten |
Dec-05-05 05:17 AM |
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also, I went to school with: |
StellaBlue |
Dec-04-05 05:30 PM |
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Candy Cain was our real estate agent once nt |
momophile |
Dec-04-05 05:35 PM |
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I knew a "Candy Barr" and a "Paige Turner" in college. |
Ladyhawk |
Dec-04-05 05:40 PM |
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and I knew of a Lake and his sister Brook... |
momophile |
Dec-04-05 05:37 PM |
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Brud. |
Ladyhawk |
Dec-04-05 05:40 PM |
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An Aunt from my father's fundamentalist side of the family... |
Earth_First |
Dec-04-05 05:41 PM |
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Swindell. n/t |
calico1 |
Dec-04-05 05:43 PM |
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I almost forgot Justin Case! nt |
momophile |
Dec-04-05 05:44 PM |
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And there is Justin Thyme. |
spindrifter |
Dec-04-05 10:07 PM |
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This may just be an urban legend |
Giant Robot |
Dec-04-05 05:45 PM |
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YES! My great-uncle taught a student with that name. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Dec-05-05 06:16 PM |
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Why you ask, Two Dogs Humping? |
bmbmd |
Dec-04-05 05:45 PM |
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My mom has a friend named Dorcas.. I still laugh |
purr |
Dec-04-05 06:12 PM |
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I was only 19 when I had my first son. |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-04-05 06:15 PM |
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Hi sfexpat. |
Joan_Alpern |
Dec-04-05 06:18 PM |
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He's a really cool guy. |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-04-05 06:20 PM |
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Dick |
graywarrior |
Dec-04-05 06:17 PM |
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The most striking name I've ever encountered is |
Hardhead |
Dec-04-05 06:28 PM |
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There's a whole website of 'em, funniest..website..ever |
carpetbagger |
Dec-04-05 06:33 PM |
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SCATMAN |
GirlinContempt |
Dec-04-05 09:56 PM |
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OMFG.... |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Dec-05-05 06:44 PM |
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A family of kids that went to Lanier, my old HS.... |
fudge stripe cookays |
Dec-04-05 06:44 PM |
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Yushismita |
Seabiscuit |
Dec-04-05 06:55 PM |
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My first grandson is named Talon |
woofless |
Dec-04-05 07:04 PM |
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Are his parents Star Wars fans? |
lakemonster11 |
Dec-04-05 07:12 PM |
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Not especially. |
woofless |
Dec-04-05 07:27 PM |
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Dorcas is a Greek name |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-04-05 07:21 PM |
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It still sounds bad in English |
yurbud |
Dec-05-05 05:46 PM |
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Richard (i.e. Dick) Head...name was on a mortgage application |
DebJ |
Dec-04-05 07:25 PM |
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Three-in-One |
rug |
Dec-04-05 07:33 PM |
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Minor Bishop. |
Sacajawea |
Dec-04-05 08:36 PM |
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Hill |
haydukelives |
Dec-04-05 09:05 PM |
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Mike Hunt |
spacelady |
Dec-04-05 09:12 PM |
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ROTC classmate Napoleon Bonaparte "Jackson" (last name changed) |
Rowdyboy |
Dec-04-05 09:16 PM |
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we have "skye blue rainbow" in our family |
ucmike |
Dec-04-05 09:18 PM |
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God, how cruel is that? |
fudge stripe cookays |
Dec-06-05 04:24 PM |
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Rugathurd |
Seabiscuit |
Dec-04-05 10:00 PM |
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I went to school with a Dorcas many ,manyyears ago. That's not |
GrumpyGreg |
Dec-04-05 10:08 PM |
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Dorcas? Dork? Dorky? Even if the word "dork" wasn't an insult, it would |
yurbud |
Dec-05-05 12:07 AM |
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Dorcas is from classical Greek pastoral lit. |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-05-05 05:21 AM |
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LaTrina. What the hell did she use for a nickname, "John?" |
Redstone |
Dec-04-05 10:26 PM |
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Addisson, |
DanCa |
Dec-04-05 10:28 PM |
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Bunny. And if you can believe it, he was a "Jr." |
A HERETIC I AM |
Dec-05-05 12:20 AM |
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There was a kid in a |
LibDemAlways |
Dec-05-05 12:26 AM |
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I knew a Hungarian family with an Arpad, |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-05-05 12:25 PM |
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I worked with a Gidget. nt |
AlienGirl |
Dec-05-05 12:46 AM |
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I have a kid in class |
ChoralScholar |
Dec-05-05 01:14 AM |
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Elvis Costello's real name is Declan McManus. |
driver8 |
Dec-05-05 01:49 AM |
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Costello traded the clunky for the stupid |
yurbud |
Dec-05-05 01:58 AM |
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That's blasphemy!! |
driver8 |
Dec-05-05 02:34 AM |
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I amend: half tacky, half stupid |
yurbud |
Dec-05-05 05:44 PM |
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it makes me wonder if his second choice wasn't "Jethro Abbott" |
yurbud |
Dec-05-05 05:45 PM |
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as long as she didn't marry a guy named Bates |
yurbud |
Dec-05-05 01:56 AM |
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That's a pretty common Irish name. |
bezdomny |
Dec-05-05 03:26 AM |
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Humphrey |
barb162 |
Dec-05-05 01:38 AM |
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Bobby |
ashling |
Dec-05-05 01:44 AM |
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Not kids, but |
ashling |
Dec-05-05 01:48 AM |
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I haven't run into any kids yet. |
Dangerously Amused |
Dec-05-05 03:02 AM |
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Muffin Lord. |
bezdomny |
Dec-05-05 03:47 AM |
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I once heard of a boy named Marion... |
regnaD kciN |
Dec-05-05 05:05 AM |
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Kid w/ first name Mister. And another whose first, middle & last names |
Tari |
Dec-05-05 06:52 AM |
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I knew a guy with 2 daughters - Allegro and Adagio |
AllegroRondo |
Dec-05-05 08:13 AM |
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He obviously doesn't understand Italian |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-05-05 12:21 PM |
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Smokey Knight |
windlight |
Dec-05-05 08:15 AM |
#102 |
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Does she have a sibling named Pips? n/t |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-05-05 12:19 PM |
#109 |
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but Smokey was a he. |
windlight |
Dec-06-05 11:08 AM |
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Aquaneta. |
Lumily |
Dec-05-05 10:32 AM |
#103 |
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Tequila! I have known 2 girls by that name! |
Shell Beau |
Dec-05-05 10:36 AM |
#104 |
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Antjuan |
kwassa |
Dec-05-05 10:50 AM |
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Bich |
bob_weaver |
Dec-05-05 11:02 AM |
#106 |
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Gravel |
dolo amber |
Dec-05-05 11:03 AM |
#107 |
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Tequila, and Legit...n/t |
_testify_ |
Dec-05-05 11:04 AM |
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As a teacher I encounter many unique names as well |
Left_Winger |
Dec-05-05 12:23 PM |
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My aunt is named Dorcas. Unusual but not unknown here the south. |
CottonBear |
Dec-05-05 12:33 PM |
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Crayon |
merh |
Dec-05-05 12:34 PM |
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Senator |
antfarm |
Dec-05-05 01:34 PM |
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Thor. |
youthere |
Dec-05-05 01:41 PM |
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I know someone who named all of her kids unusual names |
conflictgirl |
Dec-05-05 01:47 PM |
#118 |
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it's a classic name |
northzax |
Dec-05-05 06:06 PM |
#138 |
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Back in the 1940s and 50s, interns were allowed to name children |
satireV |
Dec-05-05 01:50 PM |
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I knew of a Mercedes Benz in high school |
WildEyedLiberal |
Dec-05-05 01:59 PM |
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Pussy |
RedCloud |
Dec-05-05 02:37 PM |
#121 |
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Squirrelisha & Jermajesty |
WeRQ4U |
Dec-05-05 02:42 PM |
#122 |
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Marvalista |
Rob H. |
Dec-05-05 02:54 PM |
#123 |
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I was once acquainted with Pepper and Speara Minte... |
SteppingRazor |
Dec-05-05 02:55 PM |
#124 |
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THAT is just hysterical! |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Dec-05-05 06:18 PM |
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"Depressed Cupboard Cheesecake" |
Dead_Parrot |
Dec-05-05 03:02 PM |
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Squirrelisha |
MN ChimpH8R |
Dec-05-05 03:17 PM |
#126 |
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Princeton |
Taverner |
Dec-05-05 03:17 PM |
#127 |
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o.k. not only giving a child a wierd name, but spelling it wierd, too. |
lady of texas |
Dec-05-05 03:31 PM |
#129 |
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storm and raindrop...and neither of their parents are weather forecasters |
ElsewheresDaughter |
Dec-05-05 03:34 PM |
#130 |
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One unfortunate underclassman at my HS was named... |
seawolf |
Dec-05-05 03:42 PM |
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Branch, Huckle, Blue, |
bicentennial_baby |
Dec-05-05 05:47 PM |
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I knew a "Branch". |
trof |
Dec-05-05 06:10 PM |
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Radio |
trof |
Dec-05-05 06:06 PM |
#137 |
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Scartisha n/t |
mzteris |
Dec-05-05 06:44 PM |
#145 |
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Oscar... |
Bzzzz |
Dec-05-05 07:41 PM |
#148 |
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Ora, middle name Lee. Really. |
Dave Reynolds |
Dec-05-05 07:57 PM |
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Get this...a kid in my high school class was SEYMOUR BUTTS... |
hopein08 |
Dec-05-05 09:26 PM |
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We had one too. |
fudge stripe cookays |
Dec-06-05 04:28 PM |
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TriAnthony. CatWoman loves that name. |
ulysses |
Dec-05-05 09:50 PM |
#151 |
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Randy Mann was a friend of my eldest brother |
sakabatou |
Dec-05-05 11:08 PM |
#152 |
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Sandy |
CC |
Dec-05-05 11:57 PM |
#153 |
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I knew 2 sisters named |
ariesgem |
Dec-06-05 04:38 AM |
#154 |
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Have a friend in Colorado |
laylah |
Dec-06-05 05:03 AM |
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These are real. I can only remember four out of six but they are |
roguevalley |
Dec-06-05 05:15 AM |
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yurbud |
BikeWriter |
Dec-06-05 05:17 AM |
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It's my read name backwards: DuBruy |
yurbud |
Dec-06-05 10:59 AM |
#160 |
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Blaize, Zowie, Aliscaya or Blaze, Zoey, Alicia |
cmd |
Dec-06-05 06:22 AM |
#158 |
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I used to work with a woman whose first name was "Pornpen". |
Horus45 |
Dec-06-05 11:11 AM |
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Floyota.... |
Cathyclysmic |
Dec-06-05 11:14 AM |
#163 |
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Kfearless nt |
Chalco |
Dec-06-05 11:17 AM |
#164 |
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Latrina |
alfredo |
Dec-06-05 11:25 AM |
#165 |
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reprehensor used to work with a girl |
fudge stripe cookays |
Dec-06-05 04:31 PM |
#168 |
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Brothers: Beau and Arrow |
RumpusCat |
Dec-06-05 04:50 PM |
#169 |
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I went to school with an Asswini (sp) |
dr.strangelove |
Dec-06-05 05:02 PM |
#170 |
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Dick Hickey |
mcar |
Dec-06-05 05:05 PM |
#171 |
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