# Getting Shafted in the Name Department **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400 "2005-01-24T12:37:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/61 "2005-01-24T21:08:05Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > What? You’re my Father-in-Law? “Join me, **VunderBob** and together we can rule the board as father and son(-in-law)!” And **vb** , you did out from that ice storm this weekend? I was watching Channel 13, (big big crush on that one girl reporter Vanessa) and I swear that the line between nothing (what I got) and a s\*\*\*load of messy frozen rain (what you got) was at the HRBT. I ate a whole box of Little Debbie Boston Creme Rolls watching the weather this weekend. Names, oh yeah. Um, I’m named after my mom and dad. At least I think that’s the origin of the name Michael Patrick (my dad is Michael Joseph Jr., and my mom is named Patricia.) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/62 "2005-01-24T21:12:29Z")
> [@Kallessa](#): > > Why did you ask? You don’t think his Mother when down to the middle of town, do you? Will she be home in time for tea? But King John _did_ say he was sorry. 😃 > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > So, I’m worth the honor of a 9-cent Goo? > > Words fail me… No, No, Sweetie Pie, Honey Bunch, Mon Petite Chou, What I meant was that these were lower echelon Goos, leftover, discarded, _discounted_ :eek: candy. Such thing should never pass your dainty lips, my dear. I took the bullet _for_ you, you see? I was only thinking of you, my pet. Did anybody ever see little Debbie’s cooking show? It was on FoodTV for a little while IIRC. Words fail me in trying to describe it, or her. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/63 "2005-01-24T21:18:31Z")
> [@susan\_foster](#): > > Now, I’m assuming that FCM’s b’day was yesterday. If it was Saturday, then I had eaten 4 brownies for her. Yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy brownies. It was Sunday. Jan 23. 1/23. Actually, 1/23/54. Had it been 1/23/45, it wound have required my mom to give birth at age 11, and that’s just too creepy to contemplate. Brownies are good, tho. I need to buy some cocoa so I can make some. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/64 "2005-01-24T21:23:17Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > Well, I got an OK first name. James. Nit to bad, but people alwys want to call me Jim, which I’m not too big a fan of. I’m with you on this. If I introduce myself as “James” - which I _always do_ - then that’s what I want to be called. Not “Jim” or “Jimmy” or “Jimbo”. I will not respond to those, so don’t even try it. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/65 "2005-01-24T21:37:01Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Brownies are good, tho. I need to buy some cocoa so I can make some. I would give you the recipe for the brownies I made, because they honestly were the best brownies I’ve ever had, but the recipe is from a very recently published cookbook, and I don’t want to violate the copyright here. So - go see if you can get the King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion out of the library - the recipe I made is the On-the-Fence Brownies. Susan ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/66 "2005-01-24T21:53:08Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Well, you just had to go and do it didn’t ya **yellowval**? You just _ **had** _ to mention Swiss Cake Rolls. Little Debbie Swiss Cake Rolls are a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge addiction of mine. I usually don’t buy them nor do I even think of them because if I buy them I cannot rest until the whole box is eaten. They sit there and taunt me. “But, swampy”, you say, “you can buy the individual two packs ya know.” Well, yeah, I know, but I have to go to the grocery store today for other stuff and they **don’t sell the little two packs**. They sell the boxes of six two packs. I will probably be compelled to buy a box. It’s all your fault **yellowval**. You hear me? All your fault! It is on your head. Ha! I love it! The whole joy of my Swiss Cake Roll experience was that my husband talked me into them at the grocery store one day and I had forgotten all about them. So when I found the box it was extra-special. Kind of like winning the lottery, you might say, except better. Last week I brought one to work with me to have as my 3 o’clock feeding and I made it all the way until 1:38 before I ripped open the package and devoured them without a thought. I especially love the ends, don’t you? I also like it when they’re stuck together so the frosting from one sticks to the other when you pull it apart. Then you have to eat the one with less frosting first and the second one with the extra frosting is even more delightful. These were a tiny bit on the stale side, but they were still awesome. If it will make you feel better, I will put Swiss Cake Rolls on my grocery list for this evening and buy a box for myself and eat the whole thing. I’ll even think of you when I eat them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/67 "2005-01-24T22:08:10Z")
Apropos of nothing, has anybody heard from **Welby** since he had laserbeams fired at his eyes? Laserbeam knitting needles… pork chops and applesauce ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/68 "2005-01-24T22:31:14Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > On the other end of the scale is my name, which both first and last, is so common and bland that there are pages of me in any decent sized metropolitan area. James Williams. How common, eh? Me, too! Although in my case they are first and middle names. Named after my father, who was named after his father, who was named after _his_ father. I was called Jamie until I was six, at which point I decided that I was a Jim, not a Jamie, and made it stick, too. My mother’s side of the family runs to old-fashioned names. She is Cecily Ann, and her brother is Forbes (her Dad’s middle name). Her mother was Yvonne, and her mother’s sister was Chloë. Regarding nicknames, my SIL named her daughter Tara, among other reasons, as a name that couldn’t be turned into a nickname. She was called Tats before she was a month old. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/69 "2005-01-24T22:37:33Z")
I pity the poor grad student from India I knew, who had the unfortunate sounding (in English) name of **Ramee Updias**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/70 "2005-01-24T22:49:55Z")
> [@Rue DeDay](#): > > At least she’s not named “Olga”. > -Rue. From the guy who named his kids “Katcha” and “Soupo”… Happy Birthday, FCM! ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/71 "2005-01-24T22:50:17Z")
Yeah, well, it’s (more-or-less) Kyra Busbridge now, so I still have an uncommon last name. Now, however, it’s at least easier to dictate. Not difficult to spell at all. We went to a Chinese buffet for lunch. My Dad’s fortune was “Be nice to pigeons. Someday you will become famous.” 😃 Driving Husband will be here soon, and I haven’t figured out what we’re eating this week. I’ll just drag him around the supermarket for a couple of hours, and buy random weird stuff. If all else fails, I made chocolate peanut butter rice krispy squares yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/72 "2005-01-24T22:51:15Z")
People! We have a kitty to talk about, you know! Where’s all the questions, where’s the congratulations, where’s the "perfect now, but just wait until she. . . "? Maybe I’ll just pretend that she’s a invalid cat and ask for recipes for healthy cat food that even a human would eat. Is that what it’s gonna take? Huh? Huh? Hostess cupcakes are better than Little Debbie’s stuff. I have fond memories of them from m childhood, and about once a year I try to re-capture them and buy a couple of 'em. They’re horrid, of course, but in such a good, warm-fuzzy feeling way. The cat, people–don’t ignore the cat! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/73 "2005-01-24T22:59:09Z")
> [@Kallessa](#): > > The cat, people–don’t ignore the cat! You need to post pictures if you want us to discuss your pus… er cat. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/74 "2005-01-24T23:09:38Z")
> [@Kallessa](#): > > People! We have a kitty to talk about, you know! Where’s all the questions, where’s the congratulations, where’s the "perfect now, but just wait until she. . . "? > > Maybe I’ll just pretend that she’s a invalid cat and ask for recipes for healthy cat food that even a human would eat. Is that what it’s gonna take? Huh? Huh? > \*\*Hostess cupcakes are better than Little Debbie’s stuff. \*\* I have fond memories of them from m childhood, and about once a year I try to re-capture them and buy a couple of 'em. They’re horrid, of course, but in such a good, warm-fuzzy feeling way. > The cat, people–don’t ignore the cat! Bolding mine…meh, I always preferred the Ding Dongs myself. I just loved that all around chocolate covered outside. I hated Twinkees. The cupcakes were okay, and Little Debbies are alright too, but my favorite Little Debbies are those chocolate, peanut butter wafer thingies. Those are good. I’m not ignoring your cat, she’s ignoring me. That’s what cats do, ignore you until they want food, water, a clean litter box, or your peanut butter cookies. Yes, I have a very strange cat. Your cat will be your bestest friend until you introduce a new pet. Then it will pee in your closet or yak in your shoe just to show you how much you’ve upset it. Trust me, it WILL happen. Back to the name thing…my first name is Doreen. It’s just so “blah” and old-fashioned. I don’t like my name at all, never have, never will. My last name is now at the front of the alphabet, but my maiden name means “a servant slave”. Humpfh, I guess that’s why I am (aptly) working for the gummint. ---
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/75 "2005-01-24T23:19:01Z")
**lissla,** I don’t think this is where you were going with this, but I ended up with “Be nice to pigeons _in bed_. Someday you will become famous.” Yes, indeed, he would. So: I hear somebody got a cat, but won’t talk about it. Is it a tabby? What color are its eyes? Does it let you sleep through the night? My grandmother’s name was Leona. That was just wrong. She named her daughter Doris Leona. I lucked out. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/76 "2005-01-25T00:00:15Z")
With all due respect to your snack cake choices, all are sawdust before the bliss that is TastyKake! Little chocolate donuts, chocolate juniors, butterscotch krimpets, peanut butter kandy kakes… **droooool** ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/77 "2005-01-25T01:13:41Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > **Regallag** your name isn’t James James Morrison Morrison Wetherby George DuPris is it? No, that’s not my name, but how awesome would it be if it was? The only name that could top that would be like: “Nineteen-Twenties-Style Deathray Jones.” Or, like: “Only-Once-In-The-Sixtiesandfor-Twenty-Minutes McMally.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/78 "2005-01-25T01:14:18Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > You need to post pictures if you want us to discuss your pus… er cat. We definitely don’t want to talk about pus. Kalessa, I have 9 cats. It is impossible to ignore them. IMPOSSIBLE! ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/79 "2005-01-25T01:28:56Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > **Regallag** your name isn’t James James Morrison Morrison Wetherby George DuPris is it? No, that’s not my name, but how awesome would it be if it was? The only name that could top that would be like: “Nineteen-Twenties-Style Deathray Jones.” Or, like: “Only-Once-In-The-Sixtiesandfor-Twenty-Minutes McMally.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400/80 "2005-01-25T01:31:33Z")
Ooops. How did that happen? I hit post, but it took me back to the reply screen. There are strange doings afoot at the Straigth Dope Message Boards! I must solve this mystery… or slack off, and froget about it. Yeah, I’ll do that second one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shafted-in-the-name-department/286400.md?page=5)