Every Day IS a Holly Day!

Yep! That's right my real name is Holly, even though I was actually born on..I Kid You Not..April Fools Day

..ahem that's a whole different story, and if you're planning to visit to Colorado in 2007..well get in touch

In any case: There is NO GREATER PREsent than to Give!

Plant a Box! Because:

There is NO GAME WITHOUT PLACERS!

Happy HollyDays
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Box On!

In this Season of "Giving"

Are you on some sort of "Holiday Upper" pill? If so...where do you get them? And can I have one?...Two?...a month's worth!

This is crazy month for us here in Dunhom5land. Seven birthdays (f-i-l, niece, son, me, nephew, daughter, husband) between Dec 4th and Jan 4th. Add in Christmas and New Years, homeschooling, and a furnace on the fritz, and ARGH!!!

At least I have letterboxing....*GRIN*

D5 Mama

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Are you on some sort of "Holiday Upper" pill? If so...where do you get them? And can I have one?...Two?...a month's worth!

YOU try having a real name that folks just "feel the need" to sing...BADLY.... to you....annually

As IF .... it's NEVER been done before.

In the meantime:

http://tinyurl.com/wf4bq

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YOU try having a real name that folks just "feel the need" to sing...BADLY.... to you....annually

Actually...I do!

"Karolyn Karolyn round we go...Christmas bells are ringing...."

I had a teach in middle school that thought it was all fun and games...from just after Thanksgiving until Christmas break. I had him as a teacher from 6th to 8th grade. NOT my favorite teacher! (For other reasons too!) There have been others too...but it's usually just once. After I roll my eyes, give them the "hairy eye ball", or a swift kick if need be...they don't do it again! Muhuhahaha!!!

D5 Mama "Karolyn"

Oh yeah...the egg nog! Mmmmm... Speaking of egg nog...have you tried the pumpkin egg nog this year? It's like drinking pumpkin pie....mmmmmmmm....yummmy!

D5 Mama

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YOU try having a real name that folks just "feel the need" to sing...BADLY.... to you....annually

You think that's bad? My mom's best friend is named Frances Mold. But ever since she was a little kid, she's been known as.... you guessed it......

Fanny.



Try going through life as Fanny Mold! And that's not the half of it, because friends who know my maiden name might also have met my Dad and brother who are named....well...that's not for a family board such as this one.

LW PhD

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You think that's bad? My mom's best friend is named Frances Mold.

My friend's maiden name was Butt. She has an uncle Bigelow, who they call "Uncle Big Butt." The odd part is, she doesn't think his name is .... unusual.

One of my friends last name is Gross. But they took it in stride. At a family reunion they wore t-shirts. The kids shirts read: "A little Gross". The adult shirts read: "Always Gross" I'm Gross" "Really Gross" "Very Gross". "We are Gross"

That's the way to do it...take it in stride...run with it! I've heard a few interesting last names too. In the engagement/wedding section of our local paper several months ago there was mention of a couple getting married. His name in the article was "Tinker Toy". It HAD to have been a joke. I just can't believe some parent would be that cruel to their kid. The rest of the article seemed normal enough.

D5 Mama

When I was in college a girl was named London Bridge. Our pastor's son was Brandon Irons. This is the last one I promise, a football player was I. M. Hipp.

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Try going through life as Fanny Mold!

I knew a man named Francis A. Geurine -- "Frank" for short. And he was a Marine. Imagine going through Marine boot camp with the name "Francis" and your initials "FAG" on all your possessions.

We had a neighbor named Richard Wiener...guess what his nickname was? Why would he have allowed that I always wondered...

crazyoli

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When I was in college a girl was named London Bridge.

I met a woman named Formica Dinette. And a man whose name was pronounced "Pissalem Siv", who was named when his mom opened a holy book to Psalm 105.

In "Freakonomics" there is an excellent analytical discussion of names. The whole book is well worth reading, BTW. A couple of the names mentioned were brothers named "Orangejello" and "Lemonjello", but they were pronounced Or-AHN-gi-low and Li-MOHN-gi-low.

Kirbert, You just read my mind....I had no idea that book had those names in it. When I was in college working at a summer camp, one of the parents had twins and named them Orangejello and Lemonjello. I swear I was just thinking that, trying to figure out how to type the pronounciation of it.

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YOU try having a real name that folks just "feel the need" to sing...BADLY.... to you....annually

Actually...I do!

"Karolyn Karolyn round we go...Christmas bells are ringing...."

How about "Lovely Rita, Meter Maid"? And everyone thinks they're soooooooooo original...:-P

As for last names, I went to high school with a boy whose last name was Aho, and I was once engaged to a man with the last name of Poor. Other people thought it was an odd name but I didn't think so. Easy to pronounce compared to both my maiden and married names!

-AG

My poor wife on almost a weekly basis when introduced to someone knew is asked, "Where's Maryann and Gilligan?"

She was teaching a seminar when someone heckled that out, so she went into a 15 minute explanation that Maryann just wrote a new cookbook and now owns the patent for the red and white checked pattern of her now famous shirt. It was discovered that Gilligan was smoking the coconut shells and that was why he was so forgetful and clumsy. The Skipper and the Millionaires had a lovely burial at sea, and the Professor was rejected from participating in "Survivor" because he wouldn't give up his secrets for the coconut batteries.

The room went silent. And that was the last time someone from work asked the question.

I'veheard the orangejello and lemonjello for years, but never, ever knew anyone who actually knew the people with those odd names.

As for me......I went through 23 years with the moniker of Zoe Long......and heard all the cute little ditties that went with that.....like "it's been good to know you", and goodbye to you too.
zoemomma

I once met a Vietnamese lady working in a nail salon whose first name was "Dang."

She was married when I met her and was using her husband's last name, but her maiden name was "Ho."

I asked as delicately as I could whether she had been called a "Dang Ho" in the years before she married. She replied: "I tell people to call me 'BECKY'"

"MisterSnarky" (please don't call me "Mister")

ROFLMAO!!!!! That is great!!!!


moonshowr

ROFLMAOx2!!!!

Whee!! That is freakin' hilarious!!! Dang......heehee....Becky...HaaaHHhaaaaHHHaAAAAAA!!!!

*sigh*

I always used to get asked if I had powers like her since my name is the same.....Carrie

After awhile it got to were I would just shrug and say "Make me mad, and let's see!"

I now use it as a spelling reference....."Like the book, Carrie"

moonshowr ~~who wasn't actually named after the character~~

Well as long as you're gonna go there.....Both my dad and my brother are named Dick (Richard) Long.

My brother says it's been great for business, as no one ever forgets his name. Then again, he had 3 sons but didn't name any of them Dick.

Of course my dad was Richard James, and my brother was Richard Alan, so no 1st, or 2nd, junior/senior business. Someone would call for Dick and my mom would just ask..."do you want Big Dick or Little Dick?"

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LW PhD

Oh, my... Did she ever listen to herself say that or was she doing it on purpose? :-)

Knit Wit

And there really is a stock car driver here in the Upper Midwest named Dick Trickle! (Library Grrl, The Red Cat or Wisconsin Hiker should be able to verify), or read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Trickle

I grew up hearing his name on the radio as the "headliner" name of sorts in the ads for stock car events in Wisconsin. Never understood why parents would do that, but clearly it has worked for him!

-AG

p.s. if we'd had a girl DH wanted to name her Julia Leah. I like them both, but not together. How do you know when to stop? "Julialialia Leah." Or too much like Julia Goolia in The Wedding Singer

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We had a neighbor named Richard Wiener

This reminded me that the owner of our local Toyota dealership is named Richard Head. That had to be really bad in school.... What were his parents thinking???

Webfoot

I used to work for a guy named Rusty Key - the "Rusty" was a nickname for his middle name - he was the III. Dad and Grandpa were not called Rusty....... Rusty was married to Kay - who went by - you guessed it - Kay Key. They didn't have children when I knew them, but I've often wondered...... ;-))

As a medical professional, I've seen lots of names. I can't give full names (privacy act), but here are some partial names that are absolutely real:
Female--pronounced fah-MAH-lee. I had always heard the story about the woman who said they had already named her baby for her when asked for the baby's name. Never thought the poor kid would show up as a grown woman at a clinic that I worked at.

Jawrawna--she was a frequent ER patient when I worked in Greensboro.

Ying Yang--enough said. Okay, so without other info a name isn't considered a privacy violation. I won't say where I met this patient.

There are people with the last name of Dumbbell. Now why do you change your last name to his when that's his last name? Her answer: "young, stupid and in love."

I can't remember anymore really good ones right now.

Chickadee

I went to school with a....Buck Wheat.

Shiloh

I did the loan of a person by the name of Alternate Tarzan. I couldn't figure out if he was actually given that name by his parents or changed it later.

There was also the borrower whose last name was Death.

No, she had no clue what the fuss was about. We would all be cracking up in the background but my mom was a real lady. Or does a lady just pretend she doesn't know what all the fuss is about? :)

LW Phd
"Nice Counts"

Dick Trickle IS a real race car driver! In junior high our boys gym teacher was named Mr. Tinkle. I worked in an office when I was young and the names, Theenda and Trael, are memorable. Both were the last in a long line of children. Not sure if this is an urban legend, but Dad said there was a story going around the hospital that somewhere a new mother (had so many children she ran out of names) asked the staff what she should name this new bundle of joy. One nurse or doctor (?) said what about Placenta? "Hmmm," she said, "that's a pretty name." If this is true, I sure hope the hospital recorder would not accept that on the birth certificate, but who knows?

Here's another one ... Candy Johnson married Mr. Barr and now she's Candy Barr.