# "What Would \[Your Name Here\] Do?" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454 "2000-10-18T20:37:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/1 "2000-10-18T20:37:30Z")
There’s a “What Would John Corrado Do?” thread over in MPSIMS which got me thinking (“And it’s about time, too!” I hear the peanut gallery cry). Whose name would you put on your “WW\_\_D?” bracelet for daily inspiration? I would wear a “WWICD?” bracelet, for Ina Claire (1892–1985). She was a light, witty comic actress (you may have seen her as Garbo’s rival in “Ninotchka”). She was never at a loss for a quip or a bitchy wisecrack; but unlike poor weepy Dorothy Parker, she kept things light and amusing and always cheered up a gathering. Who’s on your bracelets? ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/2 "2000-10-18T20:48:44Z")
Tom Waits ---
**Author:** ![Total\_distraction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@Total\_distraction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Total_distraction)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/3 "2000-10-18T20:51:10Z")
Richard Feynman ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/4 "2000-10-18T20:51:24Z")
John Lennon ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/5 "2000-10-18T20:54:45Z")
Chuang Tzu ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/6 "2000-10-18T20:55:26Z")
Granny Weatherwax ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a87d85/32.png) [@Xerxes\_I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes_I)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/7 "2000-10-18T20:56:27Z")
What would **Alexander the Great** do? To find out, look in the dictionary under **Gordian knot** ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/8 "2000-10-18T20:59:02Z")
Scooby. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/9 "2000-10-18T21:00:18Z")
I hate to say it… no I don’t. Lenin. ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/10 "2000-10-18T21:03:48Z")
Commie sandbox wetter. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/11 "2000-10-18T21:05:57Z")
Cthulu. Of course, I’d probably gain lots of weight… all of those sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/12 "2000-10-18T21:09:45Z")
Erik Erikson ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/13 "2000-10-18T21:16:54Z")
Must I be the first? Brian Boitano ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/14 "2000-10-18T21:18:02Z")
Eric Idle. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/15 "2000-10-18T22:10:24Z")
Charles Bukowski. Ya know, for those self-destructive days… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/16 "2000-10-18T23:23:08Z")
Harlan Ellison. Spider Robinson. James Randi. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/17 "2000-10-18T23:27:51Z")
Queen Victoria Daria Luke Skywalker ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/18 "2000-10-18T23:51:48Z")
Curly Howard Sir Edmund Hillary and Pat Buchanan (a bad example can still serve as an example) ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/19 "2000-10-18T23:55:22Z")
There was a hilarious Ted Rall comic on this. I’ll see if I can dig it up, unless someone beats me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Kaps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a87d85/32.png) [@Kaps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaps)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/20 "2000-10-18T23:55:34Z")
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