"Don' they come from Antwerp?"
Posted by in Tech at 4:17 p.m. on Jan. 14th, 20052 Comments 0 Pings
In Snatch, the main character was named ‘Turkish’ because his parents were supposed to be on a plane that crashed. In Top Secret, ‘Nick’ explained that his father though of the name while he was shaving. In one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first movies, he was named ‘Handsome Stranger’, after his father. And now, Sandy brings us this:
but this couplethey named their kid Yahoo because they found love on the Internet!
At the rate things are going, if I ever have a son, he’ll probably be called ‘Rohypnol’.
Comments
Arty
January 14, 2005 at 5:40 p.m.:I wanted to name my first 'Ramses' after the failed safe that allowed conception. Alas it was a girl which we named 'Alpha' followed 10 years later by another girl, christened 'Omega'. I got snipped right after that.
ann
January 14, 2005 at 4:24 p.m.:Hahaha! For some tips on protecting yourself in today's increasingly-estranged and schizmatic world, please see this review of this book, which has been highly recommended to me: The Gift of Fear. this link. Attendees of this workshop are probably not interested in that technology.