# Now accepting ..well wishes, suggestions, pats on the back, hugs, etc... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2001, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090 "2001-03-30T10:01:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/1 "2001-03-30T10:01:45Z")
Yesss…It is happening! This is my last day at the company I have been working in for the last 5 years. I am finally leaving the steady-salary-paying-secure job that I did not exactly loathe, and starting a free-lance operation that I will definitely _love_ but lacks the security of the corporate environment. I will be working as a concert production manager. I will be setting up a company with a long time friend and colleague…and I need a name for the company (that is where the suggestions part comes in use…guys just think up a few things). So let the good intentions etc…flow… Anyone to bring beer or more exciting stuff is also welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/2 "2001-03-30T10:14:41Z")
Congratulations, man! I think the name of the company would very much depend on the type of concerts you’re going to promote. I mean, _“Lucifers Vomit Productions”_ might scare off the average opera fan. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/3 "2001-03-30T10:23:46Z")
Thanks Coldy! Great name too, but I guess it will be wise to keep a lower profile in the title department…At least in the beginning stages 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/4 "2001-03-30T10:56:38Z")
_runs in and gives **Watermelon Man** a big kiss for luck_ Let me think on the suggestion part, ok? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/5 "2001-03-30T11:26:18Z")
Congrats mate! I wish you all the very best with it all. Names? Um… how about Cool Watermelon? Staged Delight? Cecil Rocks? Hot Monkey Sex Production sounds good. Perfomance Entirety? Too tired… ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/6 "2001-03-30T16:31:28Z")
**TruePisces** , 🙂 thanks, you can give me as many kisses as you feel like, you know I will receive them all with…ummm…err…pleasure!![sub]let’s keep it a bit civilised this time :rolleyes: [/sub] And hey, I am waiting for suggestions from you, too…The hotter, the better! **dpr** , Cecil Rocks sounds cool indeed. Only, my partner in the business ain’t into the Straight Dope, yet so I might have a hard time in making him accept that. Why break your partner’s jaw just for a company title, right? Thanks for the well wishes! ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/7 "2001-03-30T16:36:56Z")
Hey, congrats there **WM**! And best wishes in your endeavor. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/8 "2001-03-30T17:13:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Watermelon Man \* > **TruePisces, 🙂 thanks, you can give me as many kisses as you feel like, you know I will receive them all with…ummm…err…pleasure!![sub]let’s keep it a bit civilized this time :rolleyes: [/sub]** Hey, we were **very** civilised the last time. I mean, what do you think keeps civilization going, after all!!! 😃 > [@](#): > > **And hey, I am waiting for suggestions from you, too…The hotter, the better!** I’m working on it, I’m working on it! They’re actually having me doing work that requires a little more thought on my part at the moment, so I’m not able to use my brain for more worthy pursuits. But if you want hot… Flaming Pussy Productions? [sub]Hey, that’s hot, isn’t it?!!! [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/9 "2001-03-30T18:30:15Z")
TP… Just as hot as I would expect from you! 😉 Simetra…Thanks.🙂 Let me know if you guys get here sometime…Free tickets are always a possibility… ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/10 "2001-03-30T20:08:15Z")
How about a nice, tight, slightly-too-long hug? 😃 As for suggestions, I haven’t got a clue and I’d probably just offend your countrymen by suggesting something like _Turkey Jerky Productions_. Good luck and may you make at least enough money to buy me a drink when I come visit. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/11 "2001-03-30T20:22:38Z")
Congrats, **Watermelon** , and good luck to ya! It’s a dangerous world out there in the land of Freelance, but I have a hunch you won’t be back! [hehe… get the pun??] ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/12 "2001-03-30T22:23:51Z")
Congratulations and well wishes for the best of luck, **Watermelon Man!** Scotti ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2001, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/13 "2001-03-31T18:53:23Z")
**Sue** , I am delighted by your hug, and feel like returning it with an even longer hug - maybe slightly too tight…😉 **dan** , I hope I won’t be back…[sub]to the world of salaries…\*\*but I will be around the mesage boards …[sub]just in case there are some who fear my absence…[/sub] **Scotti** Thanks a lot…[sub]and another hug to you too!!..[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/14 "2001-03-31T19:00:42Z")
Congrats! - that’s courage. Ehm - I’ll have to think a bit about the name. Anyway, a **proper** free-lance name has to be decided on in a flash of drunken inspiration long after midnight and noted on a bar napkin. Bonus points if you can read your handwriting the day after. Best of luck! S. Norman ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-accepting-well-wishes-suggestions-pats-on-the-back-hugs-etc/60090/15 "2001-04-01T15:56:52Z")
**Norman** , thanks dude. And do let me know if youy get drunk enough for a surge of creativity, and come up with a suggestion !