# What am I named? **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 24, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104 "2018-03-24T02:03:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/1 "2018-03-24T02:03:44Z")
A chef was tossing the ingredients for this side dish when he suddenly fell ill. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/2 "2018-03-24T02:06:28Z")
Seizure Salad? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/3 "2018-03-24T02:17:22Z")
Escoughier. A fireman lit up a cigar and farted. What am I named? ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/4 "2018-03-24T05:14:34Z")
spontaneous human combustion When Ms Maize got picked who did the babies stay with? What am I named? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/5 "2018-03-24T05:37:36Z")
Popcorn. Paddy had a fetish for this brand of cereal. What is my name? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/6 "2018-03-24T18:36:53Z")
Cheerios This singer is a speedy maker of clothes. What am I? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/7 "2018-03-24T18:39:37Z")
Taylor Swift. (I thought Paddy was after his Lucky Charms.) I am what Vasco’s friend said when he asked “who is Bullwinkle’s friend ?” What is my name? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/8 "2018-03-24T19:00:28Z")
Rocoso Mapache Just one mug of beer makes time slow down for me. What am I named? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/9 "2018-03-24T19:06:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Taylor Swift. (I thought Paddy was after his Lucky Charms.) > I am what Vasco’s friend said when he asked “who is Bullwinkle’s friend ?” What is my name? (Paddy was indeed was after his Lucky Charms. A fetish is a charm, Paddy could be Irish. Lame? Yes it is.) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/10 "2018-03-24T22:54:06Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Rocoso Mapache > > Just one mug of beer makes time slow down for me. What am I named? Beery of relativity? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/11 "2018-03-24T23:39:48Z")
No, EinStein. (My previous one was “Rocky, Balboa.”) I’m the guy who follows Danny J. What’s my name? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/12 "2018-03-24T23:49:34Z")
That can’t be as simple as Danny Kaye? I pull a trailer for a Rooster. What’s my name? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/13 "2018-03-25T00:02:52Z")
Alfred Hitchcock. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/14 "2018-03-25T01:40:58Z")
Leo, dude come up with a question. I am a lion/flower. What am I named? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/15 "2018-03-25T17:14:04Z")
Leo Bloom This city has a dike built by Cockney gerbils. What is it? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/16 "2018-03-25T18:10:54Z")
Amsterdam All that glitters,over reaching structure. What am I named? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/17 "2018-03-25T18:33:33Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Leo, dude come up with a question. > > I am a lion/flower. > What am I named? > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > Leo Bloom > > … [:smack: Honestly, this never occurred to me.] [Waitasec: rules? These aren’t just pun/crossword clues to anything, but to answers that are a name of some person sort of recognizable to us?] ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/18 "2018-03-25T18:40:56Z")
The first clue isn’t a person, is it? Leo, I was just making a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/19 "2018-03-25T18:54:36Z")
Ohhno…we’re all making jokes–that’s the damned problem. 🙂 So: rules:: Ansersbe names of people, animals (Old Yeller), or personalized things, and they variants( if considered witty if only to the poster (!:)) a play on that name that still works, eg, “Escoughier”–suggested in clue. **beowulff** , your call. Speak to Us… ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/20 "2018-03-25T19:51:36Z")
I conceived of this as a pun/game. But, as in life, there are no rules. So, “I steeped Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie in Hot water for 3 minutes, what do I call what I get?" [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104.md?page=2)