# Kennedy promises to still be in the Senate next January?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 26, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-promises-to-still-be-in-the-senate-next-january/461311 "2008-08-26T15:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-promises-to-still-be-in-the-senate-next-january/461311/41 "2008-08-26T21:25:49Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] Teresa could use a hobby. [/QUOTE] Doesn’t Mrs Thierstein-Simões-Ferreira-Heinz-Kerry technically live in Pennsyvania? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-promises-to-still-be-in-the-senate-next-january/461311/42 "2008-08-26T21:58:44Z")
[QUOTE=alphaboi867] Mrs Thierstein-Simões-Ferreira-Heinz-Kerry [/QUOTE] I realize this is a bit of a joke, but I wonder at its underlying message. Should we start counting and rating the marriages of all public figures and their spouses? Because if we do, I suspect that those on the opposite end of the aisle from Mr. Thierstein-Simões-Ferreira-Heinz-Kerry are going to come out the worse. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-promises-to-still-be-in-the-senate-next-january/461311/43 "2008-08-26T22:18:36Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Who do you mean by “us”? [/QUOTE] Me 'n **Oy!** , who until just this moment was was Oyl, as in Olive. :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-promises-to-still-be-in-the-senate-next-january/461311/44 "2008-08-26T22:42:51Z")
[QUOTE=acsenray] Should we start counting and rating the marriages of all public figures and their spouses? Because if we do, I suspect that those on the opposite end of the aisle from Mr. Thierstein-Simões-Ferreira-Heinz-Kerry are going to come out the worse. [/QUOTE] She’s only been married twice; you’ve got some extra hyphens in there. She just has a long name. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-promises-to-still-be-in-the-senate-next-january/461311/45 "2008-08-26T22:50:53Z")
and never divorced. sen. heinz died in a 'copter crash. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-promises-to-still-be-in-the-senate-next-january/461311/46 "2008-08-26T22:57:14Z")
[QUOTE=acsenray] I realize this is a bit of a joke, but I wonder at its underlying message. Should we start counting and rating the marriages of all public figures and their spouses? Because if we do, I suspect that those on the opposite end of the aisle from Mr. Thierstein-Simões-Ferreira-Heinz-Kerry are going to come out the worse. [/QUOTE] Her born name is Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões Ferreira, so she’s actually shortened it, even with her two married names. From wiki: [Teresa Heinz - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Heinz_Kerry). ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-promises-to-still-be-in-the-senate-next-january/461311/47 "2008-08-26T23:14:36Z")
(1) It wasn’t me who first referred to her with that name. (2) I didn’t say she had been divorced. (3) My question stands. What is the underlying message? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-promises-to-still-be-in-the-senate-next-january/461311/48 "2008-08-26T23:54:09Z")
Hyphenated names. Ugh! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-promises-to-still-be-in-the-senate-next-january/461311.md?page=2)