If I ever became the father to twins boy/girl I would call them "Denise and Denefou" :D
Bad Baby Names
For any of you who have kids or are thiking about it, how far in advance did you determine the name?
I think it's a better idea to give PETs the freaky/funny names…like I always dreamed of having 2 dobermans named Romulus and Remus (I actually have enough pet names lined up to fill a whole barn)
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:We could not agree on a name for the baby..especially if it was a girl. What we ended up doing was picking two names and then agreed to decide when he made his appearance. It was either Quinn or Rory (Rory being my choice) and when we saw him he just looked like a Rory…it's weird how that happens but it's true.
For any of you who have kids or are thiking about it, how far in advance did you determine the name?
Had he been a girl I think the name would've been Dena because that was the only name that one liked and the other didn't hate.
And Celeste is right, we came up with some great future pet names during the process.
We know this chick who actually wants to name twins Eli and Lily if she had a boy and girl…and she is aware of the pharmaceutical company…I just couldn't do that…
Originally posted by Celeste:One of the coolest names for a dog that I've heard recently was a German Shepheard called Mozart.
I think it's a better idea to give PETs the freaky/funny names…like I always dreamed of having 2 dobermans named Romulus and Remus (I actually have enough pet names lined up to fill a whole barn)
I'd like an English Bulldog and call him Winston.
But you'd have to change the bulldog's name to Nextel starting next year…
Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Celeste:One of the coolest names for a dog that I've heard recently was a German Shepheard called Mozart.
I think it's a better idea to give PETs the freaky/funny names…like I always dreamed of having 2 dobermans named Romulus and Remus (I actually have enough pet names lined up to fill a whole barn)
I'd like an English Bulldog and call him Winston.
Originally posted by mankie:yeah, those are good…for some weird reason, more than one person in my life has told me they knew a German shepherd named the same as my real name (not Celeste) must be the German thing…growing up, we had a (short)tradition of naming our German Shorthaired Pointers German names…our first was called Hildie and our second was called Otto…my brother's is called Muller…but now the family has a rat terrier named Wesley, so that tradition broke!
]One of the coolest names for a dog that I've heard recently was a German Shepheard called Mozart.
I'd like an English Bulldog and call him Winston.
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
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But you'd have to change the bulldog's name to Nextel starting next year…
So now Nextel has the NASCAR thing, does that mean we'll see all the rednecks with Nextel phones attached to their jeans by a chain, and stickers of that boy pissing on T-Mobile and Sprint phones on the back of their trucks?
I don't know about that, but I read that AT&T was going to fork out 15 million to sponsor Jeff Burton's car for a year, but NASCAR refused to allow it because of their deal with Nextel. NASCAR teams are hurting for sponsor money. Could end up that they don't get enough entrants to fill a 43 car field.
Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
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But you'd have to change the bulldog's name to Nextel starting next year…
So now Nextel has the NASCAR thing, does that mean we'll see all the rednecks with Nextel phones attached to their jeans by a chain, and stickers of that boy pissing on T-Mobile and Sprint phones on the back of their trucks?
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
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I don't know about that, but I read that AT&T was going to fork out 15 million to sponsor Jeff Burton's car for a year, but NASCAR refused to allow it because of their deal with Nextel. NASCAR teams are hurting for sponsor money. Could end up that they don't get enough entrants to fill a 43 car field.
Wouldn't bother me if NASCAR went away completely…it's not like it's real auto racing anyway? Although it's the biggest spectator sport in the country I believe.
Originally posted by Sir HC:A Washington Post small business column once held a "Worst Business Name Contest". The winner was a Chinese restaurant called the Poo Ping Palace.
Names I have run across:
Candy Poon (chinese restaurant name on the Time magazine subscription)
Here's a web page with more interesting business names.
There was a Foo King Chinese place on Georgia Ave right by Silver Spring. Not sure if it is still there.
Always wanted to go there and then I could compare any future Chinese meals as being Foo King good or not.
Always wanted to go there and then I could compare any future Chinese meals as being Foo King good or not.
I don't see where any other auto racing in the world is as exciting as NASCAR. Sure, grand prix and indy cars may go faster, but from what I've observed, there is very little passing that goes on with those cars. To me, racing is about passing, which is what NASCAR features.
NASCAR is racing on one of it's two road courses this weekend. And there's likely to be little passing. Yawn. Sure you can wine ahout the cars only going in circles, but there's ten times as many passes on an oval than a road course.
NASCAR is racing on one of it's two road courses this weekend. And there's likely to be little passing. Yawn. Sure you can wine ahout the cars only going in circles, but there's ten times as many passes on an oval than a road course.
Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
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I don't know about that, but I read that AT&T was going to fork out 15 million to sponsor Jeff Burton's car for a year, but NASCAR refused to allow it because of their deal with Nextel. NASCAR teams are hurting for sponsor money. Could end up that they don't get enough entrants to fill a 43 car field.
Wouldn't bother me if NASCAR went away completely…it's not like it's real auto racing anyway? Although it's the biggest spectator sport in the country I believe.
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
[QB] I don't see where any other auto racing in the world is as exciting as NASCAR. Sure, grand prix and indy cars may go faster, but from what I've observed, there is very little passing that goes on with those cars. To me, racing is about passing, which is what NASCAR features.
NASCAR is racing on one of it's two road courses this weekend. And there's likely to be little passing. Yawn. Sure you can wine ahout the cars only going in circles, but there's ten times as many passes on an oval than a road course.
Opening it up to cars other than American would make it a lot more interesting, but then Americans would never win a race if that happened so that's not going to happen….oh, and a right turn once in a while would help.
Originally posted by Sir HC:Let's not forget the "Cluck You Chicken" places that seem to be on every block on GA ave on the way to the 930.
There was a Foo King Chinese place on Georgia Ave right by Silver Spring. Not sure if it is still there.
Always wanted to go there and then I could compare any future Chinese meals as being Foo King good or not.
In Porstmouth, England there's a pub called the "Fawcette Inn" named after some Admiral Fawcette or something like that. With the local Pompey accent though they say the "Force-it Inn" which always got a giggle.
On the South (west) side of Chicago, there is a restaruant called the "Beefstro"…a play on "Bistro"
Keeping the cars American made is part of the NASCAR tradition. And much about NASCAR is about tradition, for better or for worse. Allowing in foreign made cars would be much worse to NASCAR than that designated hitter is to baseball. I know, I'm speaking Greek.
Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
[QB] I don't see where any other auto racing in the world is as exciting as NASCAR. Sure, grand prix and indy cars may go faster, but from what I've observed, there is very little passing that goes on with those cars. To me, racing is about passing, which is what NASCAR features.
NASCAR is racing on one of it's two road courses this weekend. And there's likely to be little passing. Yawn. Sure you can wine ahout the cars only going in circles, but there's ten times as many passes on an oval than a road course.
Opening it up to cars other than American would make it a lot more interesting, but then Americans would never win a race if that happened so that's not going to happen….oh, and a right turn once in a while would help.
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:as much as I hate smoking…I'd prefer they kept it The Winston Cup, too…
Keeping the cars American made is part of the NASCAR tradition. And much about NASCAR is about tradition, for better or for worse…
hey, then to bring this thread back to baby names what if we name our first child Winston in memory of the cup?