# We just got THE phone call! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427 "2001-09-29T01:09:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/1 "2001-09-29T01:09:25Z")
My sister is on the way to the hospital. Baby’s on its way! _dances around the room_ ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/2 "2001-09-29T01:11:52Z")
Hurray!!! Congrats on being on the verge of aunthood. It is the best! ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/3 "2001-09-29T01:15:49Z")
I saw the title of the thread, I thought you were somebody’s lifeline, and Regis was callin. Sorry. Oh, and congrats to you and your sister. **Auntie Kat** , has a nice ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/4 "2001-09-29T01:16:42Z")
Geez! I don’t think I can take much more joy! Congrats, Aunt Kat! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/5 "2001-09-29T01:50:10Z")
Man, they’re everywhere right now! 'Grats to you and yours! ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/6 "2001-09-29T01:56:29Z")
Congrats! Let us know boy or girl. Thinking happy thoughts for the health of mother and child. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/7 "2001-09-29T02:04:07Z")
Congratulations. The title had me worried. Whenever I got The Phone Call, it was extremely bad news. ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/8 "2001-09-29T02:44:07Z")
oooooooh… leetle keeties… ooooooooh… congrats! how many were in the litter? 😃 _d&r_ ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/9 "2001-09-29T02:44:55Z")
Yeah, me too. For good calls you don’t capitalize “THE.” THE calls are about death. But, now that my heart is back in place, congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/10 "2001-09-29T04:54:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cougarfang \* > oooooooh… leetle keeties… ooooooooh… congrats! > > how many were in the litter? 😃 > _d&r_ Just one, far as we know. Latest news: They gave her an epidural, said that it looks like it’s going to be a long night, and that we should try to get some sleep. Sorry, but I think some folks have got THE phone call confused with The Phone Call. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/11 "2001-09-29T05:49:25Z")
Like, groovy. Conkatulations. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/12 "2001-09-29T14:52:29Z")
He was born at 6:13 this morning. 8 lbs 6 oz and 20 inches long. And his name is Trevor James. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/13 "2001-09-29T14:56:54Z")
Congrats, Aunt **Kat**! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/14 "2001-09-30T15:07:24Z")
Thanks. He’s adorable. No pictures available for display yet, but he’s got brown hair and a scrunchy red face. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/15 "2001-09-30T16:07:45Z")
Congrats. 10 fingers and toes? Mom is doing well? Have you seen the little guy yet? Newborns are really amazing… ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/16 "2001-09-30T16:35:48Z")
…is, of course, the contest to chose your nephew’s Straight Dope Member Name !!! Of COURSE he won’t be able to post for 6 or 7 years ( since he is related to you, we know that by the age of 7 he’ll be articulate far beyond anything seen in posts by, say, **dalovindj** , etc.) 😃 😃 😃 So, I hereby semi-hijack this thread and in a celeberatory gesture befitting the occasion, start the **Kat’s Nephew’s Member Name Contest**. Howzabout…\*\* KATBOY PURRFECT BABY Felicitous Feline Boy-Kitten Earthly Trevors 😉 Kat’s little T.J. La Petit Enfant Scrunch-Face and the Poopsters Daybreak Bebe \*\* and so on. 🙂 Mazel Tov, Kat !!! 🙂 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/17 "2001-09-30T16:44:56Z")
Fabulous! Great news! Welcome to the world, Trevor. Congrats to you. too, Auntie Kat. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/18 "2001-09-30T19:02:00Z")
Yep, all his fingers and toes are there. We saw him yesterday afternoon–everyone, including the engaged couple, was late to my brother’s wedding shower yesterday, as we all had to go visit mommy and baby at the hospital. My brother-in-law has several dozen pictures on the digital camera, so I have to see about convincing him to email me some. It looks like there’s a pretty good chance he’ll be going by T.J., at least from his dad. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/19 "2001-10-01T01:13:04Z")
Best wishes for the new addition to the fold. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427/20 "2001-10-01T04:14:27Z")
Woo-hoo! Too bad about the forum choice. This is neither Mundane NOR Pointless. This belongs in the EASIMS. (Extremely Awesome Stuff I Must Share.) YAY!!! 😃 -Soup [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-the-phone-call/84427.md?page=2)