# Part of Bristol is named after ME! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472 "2014-08-25T17:52:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/1 "2014-08-25T17:52:23Z")
I’m sure that was the workers’ intention, when they changed a [BUS STOP to a BUP STOP](http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/25/bristol-bus-stop-misspelled-bup-stop?CMP=fb_gu). Thanks guyp! ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/2 "2014-08-25T19:36:44Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/3 "2014-08-25T19:42:16Z")
There’s a sign near where I live which says “Watch our chidren” (sic.) I noticed that when I was first learning to read. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/4 "2014-08-25T19:42:35Z")
Yaarp? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/5 "2014-08-25T19:43:46Z")
But it looks like you only have a couple of weeks to get over there to catch it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/6 "2014-08-25T20:07:18Z")
Well, the bups have to stop _somewhere_, don’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/7 "2014-08-25T20:19:22Z")
Bup, stop. They forgot the comma. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/8 "2014-08-25T20:30:02Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Well, the bups have to stop _somewhere_, don’t they? [Where the bup stops.](http://i.imgur.com/s2Sb0Jh.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/9 "2014-08-25T20:41:02Z")
_ ~~Please ~ share ~ my ~ Umprella~~ _ ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/10 "2014-08-25T23:50:56Z")
Makes one proud of one’s city 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/11 "2014-08-26T03:51:53Z")
This never happens to me. I need to change my name. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/12 "2014-08-26T11:12:12Z")
Odd, only a few hours back, last night, I noticed for the first time a small long-unopened piece of equipment bought at one of those pound/dollar stores was a **USB HUG**. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/13 "2014-08-26T13:39:01Z")
A universal serial bup hug? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/14 "2014-08-26T14:20:16Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Well, the bups have to stop _somewhere_, don’t they? In the best of all possible worlds, the bup stops here. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/15 "2014-08-26T17:12:26Z")
The country of Namibia is named after me. I was named in 1952; Namibia got its name in 1990. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/16 "2014-08-26T18:25:21Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The country of Namibia is named after me. I was named in 1952; Namibia got its name in 1990. So you’re saying that the country of Namibia is actually called RealityChuck? This is one of those Burma/Myanmar type situations, right? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/17 "2014-08-27T03:20:49Z")
The guy who came up with that sign must have really been a [pedestrian derpass](http://imgur.com/R9et7nX)! ---
**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:** [August 30, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/18 "2014-08-30T18:57:48Z")
This was used as a lightning-round question on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me this week. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/19 "2014-08-30T19:11:05Z")
Wow, slow newp day much? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472/20 "2014-08-30T23:08:06Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Wow, slow newp day much? Briptol isn’t the most happening place. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-bristol-is-named-after-me/696472.md?page=2)