# Palin the intellectual says she always wanted a son named Zamboni **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-the-intellectual-says-she-always-wanted-a-son-named-zamboni/469139 "2008-10-22T22:39:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-the-intellectual-says-she-always-wanted-a-son-named-zamboni/469139/41 "2008-10-23T22:36:27Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Speaking of TV lesbian Wiccans, the People Mag site just told me something else- > > Woohoo, Alyson & Alexis are expecting! > > [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20234874,00.html](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20234874,00.html) Squee! A-Baby is bound to be the prettiest person ever! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-the-intellectual-says-she-always-wanted-a-son-named-zamboni/469139/42 "2008-10-23T22:42:10Z")
[quote=“Time\_Stranger, post:36, topic:469139”] The majors have usually been changed to being under Family & Consumer Sciences (I know at the University of Georgia it is it’s own college)/QUOTE] Similarly, but with a different emphasis – Purdue has a [College of Consumer and Family Sciences](http://www.purdue.edu/futureboilermaker/Majors_Programs/cfs_majors.html), which offers majors in Hospitality and Tourism Management, Retail Management, and over a dozen additional concentrations. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-the-intellectual-says-she-always-wanted-a-son-named-zamboni/469139/43 "2008-10-23T22:44:55Z")
> [@Time\_Stranger](#): > > The majors have usually been changed to being under Family & Consumer Sciences (I know at the University of Georgia it is it’s own college) Similarly, but with a different emphasis – Purdue has a [College of Consumer and Family Sciences](http://www.purdue.edu/futureboilermaker/Majors_Programs/cfs_majors.html), which offers majors in Hospitality and Tourism Management, Retail Management, and over a dozen additional concentrations. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-the-intellectual-says-she-always-wanted-a-son-named-zamboni/469139/44 "2008-10-24T00:50:59Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Er…I don’t think she’d want her kid to share a name with the Gore family. The middle name was going to be Zamboni with the first name to honor Condoleezza Rice. _“Rice-Zamboni…! the San Francisco Treat…!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-the-intellectual-says-she-always-wanted-a-son-named-zamboni/469139/45 "2008-10-24T01:46:07Z")
> [@Sarah Palin](#): > > Perhaps Bristol could be a good example to other young women that life happens and preventative measures are, first and foremost, the option that should be considered – So, IOW, she’s just reduced her daughter to [this.](http://www.despair.com/mis24x30prin.html) How sweet. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-the-intellectual-says-she-always-wanted-a-son-named-zamboni/469139/46 "2008-10-24T02:22:50Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > So, IOW, she’s just reduced her daughter to [this.](http://www.despair.com/mis24x30prin.html) How sweet. Despair, Inc.! I love it. You just made my day. I smell Christmas presents! ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-the-intellectual-says-she-always-wanted-a-son-named-zamboni/469139/47 "2008-10-24T02:31:41Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > No, it’s very much alive. I took Home Ec in junior high school in the mid '90s. I think they changed the class name to “Home and Careers” a few years later, but I have little doubt that the useless course\* is still going. The useless teacher\*\* is probably still there too. > > \*I’m sure not all Home Ec classes are useless, but this one was. > \*\*No apologies forthcoming here. > > I figure Palin probably won’t have any more kids, but I think she should consider Gort as a name if she does. It works on its own and it could be short for GoreTex. I thought you were talking about the doomsday robot in “The Day The Earth Stood Still”. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-the-intellectual-says-she-always-wanted-a-son-named-zamboni/469139/48 "2008-10-24T07:44:54Z")
I am SO not a Palin fan, but I **am** a Minnesotan which means I have to be a hockey fan (it’s a rule). Before people make fun of the name they should really hear the [song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1-SuA7NtUU). Of course, actually driving a developmentally disadvantaged newborn baby would probably break several state and federal laws. I’m just sayin’ that Zamboni is not only a nifty name but also a great song. If you live in ice country. /me looks around all shifty-eyed ‘n’ shit. Don’t judge me! ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-the-intellectual-says-she-always-wanted-a-son-named-zamboni/469139/49 "2008-10-24T07:51:28Z")
> [@Time\_Stranger](#): > > The majors have usually been changed to being under Family & Consumer Sciences (I know at the University of Georgia it is it’s own college); it encompasses a large variety of things, including Family Financial Planning, Dietetics, Housing, Textiles, Interior Design and more. While not all of them are heavy hitters in the academic world, it’s not really a joke designation. (Er… Why yes, I do work in FACS). When I attended Texas Tech, it actually was a college; it hadn’t hit University status back then. Anyway, IIRC, Texas Tech had a world renown (?) or at least second-to-none Textiles Department, maybe because that part of Texas was heavy in cotton production. I’m old and I ramble and my memory has become a fading memory. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-the-intellectual-says-she-always-wanted-a-son-named-zamboni/469139.md?page=2)