Okay, I thought thi thread was going to be about that series of compurter games: “You Don’t Know Jack” would “test” your knowledge of various things. It was quite humorous, and my brother and I had a thing going for it years ago.
Jack…
Wang. (no, seriously… my brother and his dear friend Eric knew a guy called Jack Wang in school)
the Ripper.
McDowell.
F_X
Thanks for all the replies.
Stargazer - thanks for the baby namer link; I hadn’t seen that one yet. I respectfully disagree with you on the name “Jackson” though. I’m on record as liking traditional names and using a surname you have no connection to isn’t our preference.
One of our issues is that Mrs. H8_2_W8 and I both like Jack but she doesn’t like John as the given name and then using Jack as the everyday name like I do.
She thinks John is a bit too boring, plus she’d like to use the middle name Paul (in honor of her greatgrandfather) but John Paul sounds a tad too papal for us - - how could we give a time-out to a child who is infallible?
Now I’m reminded of the old Bill Cosby routine where he said growing up he thought his name was Jesus Christ and his brother was Damn-it.
“Jesus Christ. Will you sit down!” “Damn-it!. Get in here!”
Hey! That’s what I plan on nicknaming my first son!
Jack-o-Lantern?
What about Jonathan Paul? My brother named his kid Jonathan, in part because I think he thought John was too dull, and in part after my Dad (whose name is William Jay, but nobody calls him anything but John. Go figure.) You could then have a non-dull, non-papal name as a real name and you could call the kid Jack for short.
Jackass
Flap-Jack
All the Jack-off jokes…
Or you can name him Jack Daniel…and make people call him by both names. Did you see Jack Daniel’s new crib?
Kennedy
and
“in-the-box”
I LOVE the name, and have considered using it for my future son, too!
Nicholson
Nicolas
Jack from the Nightmare before Christmas
stand
-ie Chan
-son Browne