# Let's come up with some bad ideas!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-bad-ideas/452062>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 6, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-bad-ideas/452062 "2008-06-06T21:01:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-bad-ideas/452062/201 "2008-06-20T06:34:01Z")

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We could put Customs and Immigration and Agriculture together into a single organization and expect them to function more efficiently than they did before.

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**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-bad-ideas/452062/202 "2008-06-20T06:55:53Z")

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If your last name is O’Rourke, buy a Buick and name your sons Ralph, Earl and Huey.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-bad-ideas/452062/203 "2008-06-24T20:24:08Z")

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After you establish the Lear Jet company, name your daughters Shanda, Gonda and Cava.

Don’t worry. It’s an urban legend. But there _was_ a famous Ima Hogg.

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