# My name is a sentence **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 27, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542 "2020-07-27T22:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/21 "2020-07-29T01:26:52Z")
I was thinking this would be about names that are sentences, like “Jack Withers” or “Rob Hunts.” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/22 "2020-07-29T05:22:13Z")
Pete Rose. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/23 "2020-07-29T07:09:01Z")
Twenty-To-Life. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/24 "2020-07-29T07:37:12Z")
Frank Burns. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/25 "2020-07-29T07:38:11Z")
Beck Wrecked ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/26 "2020-07-29T16:47:57Z")
Tom Waits ---
**Author:** ![MrMrmrmr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrmrmrmr/32/5828_2.png) [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/27 "2020-07-29T23:50:30Z")
Heywood Jablowme I always wanted to call in to a radio station, and when they asked me my name, I would say “Steward from the doughnut shop, you know Stew-da-baker”. It’s a car brand for you youngsters. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/28 "2020-07-30T04:38:46Z")
Watch out, Beck, you have a new rival for self-absorbed and completely silly thread-starters. And this thread is in Cafe Society why? Can you keep your drivel in the right forum? ---
**Author:** ![KMS94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@KMS94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KMS94)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/29 "2020-07-30T14:52:18Z")
> [@MrMrmrmr](#): > > I always wanted to call in to a radio station, and when they asked me my name, I would say “Steward from the doughnut shop, you know Stew-da-baker”. There’s a town not far from me called Holden, Maine. The radio station I listened to in the 80s and 90s had a guy call in every once in a while who identified himself as "Dick Hurtz, from Holden. ---
**Author:** ![MrMrmrmr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrmrmrmr/32/5828_2.png) [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/30 "2020-07-31T00:10:13Z")
Drivel sounds insulting, is that your intention? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/31 "2020-07-31T09:05:32Z")
Chuck Berry? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/32 "2020-07-31T12:23:00Z")
Holly Marie Combs? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/33 "2020-07-31T12:31:15Z")
> [@MrMrmrmr](#): > > Drivel sounds insulting, is that your intention? Wel, I laughed. I also stopped myself before posting a joke reply that maybe was a bit sexist. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/34 "2020-07-31T16:57:17Z")
Well, this isn’t Cafe Society, that’s for sure. Thread Games, I guess? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/35 "2020-07-31T18:10:34Z")
Wow. That was unnecessarily mean. ---
**Author:** ![MrMrmrmr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrmrmrmr/32/5828_2.png) [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/36 "2020-08-01T01:18:17Z")
Maybe he was having a bad day. We had a meeting at work, they has 2 tents set up, the meeting was intents. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/37 "2020-08-01T02:00:56Z")
And purposes? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/38 "2020-08-04T15:36:01Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Wow. That was unnecessarily mean I agree. I flagged it, hoped others would as well. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542/39 "2020-08-04T17:43:09Z")
Thank you, @kayaker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-a-sentence/916542.md?page=1)