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In reply to the discussion: Why do prominent Republicans give their children goofy names? Flame me if you want [View all]GoCubsGo
(32,078 posts)45. "Tagg" is short for "Taggart". See: "Atlas Shrugged"
The protagonist in this hunk of literary crap is named "Dagny Taggart".
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Why do prominent Republicans give their children goofy names? Flame me if you want [View all]
Suji to Seoul
Oct 2012
OP
There's always the option of picking your kid's name from an interstate highway exit sign
eridani
Oct 2012
#34
They're not yet calling themselves names like "Not Sure", "Frito", "Velveeta", Mountain Dew", or
aint_no_life_nowhere
Oct 2012
#3
Well, I don't know. Years ago there was a guy on my mail route whose first name was "Vaseline."
Nay
Oct 2012
#17
Scarier still in that it seems more of a documentary than a comedy, some parts are true now
Populist_Prole
Oct 2012
#47
They don't want their offspring to share a name with the commonfolk. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Oct 2012
#18
I know a person named Sidikat pronouced city cat. She's a nurse and always has to go
Raine
Oct 2012
#31
Well, on the Dem side you have Apple, Dweezil, Moon/Moon Unit, Lourdes....
Mike Daniels
Oct 2012
#37