# The Name Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828 "2002-12-31T06:04:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/1 "2002-12-31T06:04:09Z")
Thought this game would be entertaining as 2002 winds down to a close, and we step into 2003. It’s quite simple, and fun. 🙂 Here’s the rules: I will post a name, and the next poster has to post a name that they are reminded of when they see the previous poster’s name. To keep this halfway interesting, please say **why** the previous name reminds you of the name you will be posting. No way too personal details, please… Note: Duplicate names are allowed, but only after a reasonable number of intervening posts. (at least ten to fifteen?) Example: > [@](#): > > Poster A: Susan (my best friend) > Poster B: Lorraine (Susan was my ex-wife and she had a sister named Lorraine) > Poster C: Julie (the only person I ever knew named Lorraine had a twin sister named Julie) > Poster D: Nick (my friend Julie has a son named Nick) > etc., etc., etc. Hope it’s clear! Might be interesting… or not… so who wants to play? I’ll start: David (my favorite kid! I love him; he’s so cute… blah blah blah) F\_X This could be my first thread that is active in both 2002 and 2003. (unless the escalator one does that, too) Yay! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/2 "2002-12-31T06:34:27Z")
Okay, cool. **Adam** (The first person I thought of named David was Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, which made me think of _Happy Gilmore_, which stars Adam Sandler). ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/3 "2002-12-31T06:37:28Z")
**Jehovah** (you know … Adam and Eve). ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/4 "2002-12-31T06:45:34Z")
**Melinda** (Jehovah=Jehovah’s Witnesses…I know this girl Melinda who’s a Jehovah’s Witness). ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/5 "2002-12-31T07:07:25Z")
**Erika** , Melinda’s sister. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/6 "2002-12-31T07:12:10Z")
Susan – The name of a woman who plays Erika Kane on a soap. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/7 "2002-12-31T07:23:24Z")
**Amy** , Susan’s mom. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/8 "2002-12-31T07:35:22Z")
Darren – Amy’s brother ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/9 "2002-12-31T07:42:45Z")
Darin Morgan, “X-Files” contributor (been watching the marathon on Sci-Fi). ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/10 "2002-12-31T07:43:27Z")
Dick York, (Darren Stephens on **Bewitched** ) ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/11 "2002-12-31T07:45:25Z")
**Burt** (Dick York=Dick Van Dike, Dick Van Dike played Burt in _Mary Poppins_) ---
**Author:** ![JerseyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JerseyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyDiamond)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/12 "2002-12-31T07:50:51Z")
Ernie (sesame street) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/13 "2002-12-31T07:53:30Z")
Nicholas Colissanto (Ernie was Coach’s name on **Cheers** ) ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/14 "2002-12-31T07:58:39Z")
**Jack** (Nicholas made me think Nicholson); ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/15 "2002-12-31T08:18:16Z")
John, as in John Kennedy. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/16 "2002-12-31T08:23:59Z")
**Paul** [John Lennon, Paul McCartney] ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/17 "2002-12-31T08:25:10Z")
Scott, Paul’s brother. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/18 "2002-12-31T08:28:12Z")
Brandon, Scott’s brother ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/19 "2002-12-31T08:34:19Z")
**Mindy** , Brandon’s ex-girlfriend ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828/20 "2002-12-31T08:37:34Z")
Bobby, Mindy’s brother. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828.md?page=2)