Comments on: Midwife

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:20:49 +0000

On Mark’s orignal topic, some names I consider perfectly normal serve well as both surnames and forenames - Gordon, Lindsay, Graham and Cameron to name but a few. Indeed, I was quite surprised at how recently Gordon made the transition to being a given name. If Wikipedia’s to be believed, it happened in the 19th century, in honour of General Gordon.

By: Ooten Aboot

Ooten Aboot — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:29:09 +0000

#30 Powers: If not reading 1BH meant you wouldn’t care whether Bill understood it or not, I think the answer would be yes. You wouldn’t have looked at this thread.

By: Fandango

Fandango — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:05:43 +0000

Yeah, Paris Hilton is creepy.

By: David N

David N — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:09:30 +0000

Seattle the guy came first, then came the city named for him. But naming a kid something like Albuquerque is just asking for trouble. Naming him Oshkosh would be just downright mean.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:40:26 +0000

People named Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Seattle, & St. Paul (Wait! There was a guy named that! Well, he was creepy, too) creep me out the most.

By: tpjim

tpjim — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:13:38 +0000

@Daniel - Creighton’s last name actually _is_ Barrel, if memory serves.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:53:46 +0000

Bullhistle said “Naming kids after cities is what gives me the creeps.”

Does that mean you are creeped out by people named Gary, Elizabeth, Warren, Eugene, Irving, Gilbert, Orlando and Charlotte?

By: Powers

Powers — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:55:05 +0000

Ooten: not reading 1BH would not have saved me from *your* corny pun, would it?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:01:07 +0000

No, Jack, you got it right the first time. That joke could kill and not in a good way.

Sorry. That I’m here shows that I have a bit of a no-life crisis.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:51:47 +0000

Punchline should read: He died of cold cuts.