Stupid Names

[jacki]

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From the book Freakonomics

[censored] (Pronounced Shih-theed) Johnson
Twins named OrangeJello and LemonJello

There were more, but I don't have the book in front of me.

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These are urban legends. See snopes.com.

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And here's a link, you gullible fvcks.

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For the record, the author does identify Orangejello and lemonjello as having not been verified by social securty data, but also says that he learned of the names firsthand from "Doug McAdams, a socialogist at Standford University, who swears he met the twin boys at a grocery store" (i'm looking at the book). Anyway, do the boys exist? Probably.

Shih-theed? That one may be fake; the source is someone who called into a radio show complaining about the name given to her new baby neice.

Gullible [censored]? I take offense to that. What's the need for the condescension? The link doesn't even say the names are fake.

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"But because the story fits in with what's already believed about the shortcomings of whichever group the mother is supposedly part of, the tale will be re-told and believed anew."

[MonkeeMan]

Guy I worked with whose name was Dick Seeman (no lie).
Laughter would ensue when he was paged over the speaker system. Why he didn't go by Richard or Rich I'll never know, maybe Dick was not a nickname.

[Georgia Avenue]

I know some kids from college (bro & sis) named Lady Elizabeth and Lord Gregory. Their mom was a gigantic hippie. Liz was smart enough to get it changed but the dude refused to do it. Somehow, he was not a total dbagger...he just had the name of one...

[dcasper70]

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Guy I worked with whose name was Dick Seeman (no lie).
Laughter would ensue when he was paged over the speaker system. Why he didn't go by Richard or Rich I'll never know, maybe Dick was not a nickname.

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'Rich Seeman' is no prize either...

[tolbiny]

high school teacher, dick sac

Edit: his wife taugth french in middle school- Madamn sac is humerous to a lesser extent.

[kyro]

This kid I work with is named Shawn (or Shaun, not sure) Vancourt. But for some reason I thought his last name was Vachon. And I started thinking how awesome of a name that would be. Shawn Vachon. I wish my last name was Vachon so I could name my kid Shawn.

Shawn Vachon.

[Bradyams]

When I was younger my Dad had a golf buddy named Dick Little. What's even funnier is everytime he called the house the caller ID showed, "Little Dick". As a 12 year old I was quite amused by that.

I once voted for a man named Dick Small.

Much better, my step-father once knew a family whose last name was Trout. The children were named Brook, Golden, and Rainbow.

[mason55]

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This kid I work with is named Shawn (or Shaun, not sure) Vancourt. But for some reason I thought his last name was Vachon. And I started thinking how awesome of a name that would be. Shawn Vachon. I wish my last name was Vachon so I could name my kid Shawn.

Shawn Vachon.

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I knew a kid in school name Larry Carrey. Always thought that was funny.

[PoBoy321]

This girl came into work yesterday to apply for a job and her name was Shakita. When I first met her, I was like "Shakita, you mean like the banana?" That didn't go over too well.