WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
Names Gone Wild! -or- I know, let’s call her “Japonica”!
byVanderleunonNovember 4, 2017
Then again there is this classic suggested by Bunny:
Today we have naming of parts. Japonica
Glistens likecoral in all the neighboring gardens,
And today we have naming of parts.
This is the lower sling swivel. And this
Is the upper sling swivel, whose use you will see,
When you are given your slings. And this is the piling swivel,
Which in your case you have not got. The branches
Hold in the gardens their silent, eloquent gestures,
Which in our case we have not got.
This is the safety-catch, which is always released
With an easy flick of the thumb. And please do not let me
See anyone using his finger. You can do it quite easy
If you have any strength in your thumb. The blossoms
Are fragile and motionless, never letting anyone see
Any of them using their finger.
And this you can see is the bolt. The purpose of this
Is to open the breech, as you see. We can slide it
Rapidly backwards and forwards: we call this
Easing the spring. And rapidly backwards and forwards
The early bees are assaulting and fumbling the flowers:
They call it easing the Spring.
They call it easing the Spring: it is perfectly easy
If you have any strength in your thumb: like the bolt,
And the breech, the cocking-piece, and the point of balance,
Which in our case we have not got; and the almond blossom
Silent in all of the gardens and the bees going backwards and forwards,
For today we have the naming of parts.
Nurse to young mother “I need you to make a decision on your child’s name”
Young mother”I like the name you have given her”
Nurse”what name?” Looking at chart “No name”
Mother “Noname” Nonaamee
True story from the MS delta
KJV: A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
That verse is true in many ways, including the name you give a child. Everyone wants to included in some part of the whole and these made up African sounding labels are a sound guarantee to prohibit that, right out of the chute.
Hangtown BobNovember 5, 2017, 11:07 AM
I always liked the name “Le-a”, pronounced “Ledasha…….
Real story from internet several years ago
Rob De WittNovember 5, 2017, 4:43 PM
This stuff will always bring back memories…..
In Chicago in the dim past, I had a girlfriend from Dothan, Alabama, the only blonde blue-eyed model I’ve ever been attracted to. And funny.
One evening she took me out to Benihana of Tokyo on a check she’d received that day from Playboy, and on the way home, directly after we’d shared a joint, a car slowly crossed our path at a red light – a gleaming ’52 Pontiac with every imaginable chrome accessory, outside mirrors, hubcaps, mudflaps, tailpipes, spotlights, you name it – including a pair of Electrolux vacuum cleaners tricked out to look like rocket ships, aiming towards the moon and mounted on the back fenders.
Piloting this vision, behind the requisite pair of fuzzy dice dangling from the rearview, was a black guy sporting a white-man-hater under his lip and wearing a little stingy-brim porkpie hat. As we both gaped like spectators at a slow-motion tennis match, Connie turned to me and beamed “Don’tcha just luuuv spades?”
SuburbanbansheeNovember 8, 2017, 9:19 PM
Mormon kids traditionally have some funny names. Lots of the same “creativity” going on.
But yeah, it’s probably a lot easier to be stereotyped as a hardworking Mormon. Also, they do less of the funny naming if they live outside Utah (or other Mormon communities.)
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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Nurse to young mother “I need you to make a decision on your child’s name”
Young mother”I like the name you have given her”
Nurse”what name?” Looking at chart “No name”
Mother “Noname” Nonaamee
True story from the MS delta
Never gets old.
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/w5hxki/key-and-peele-substitute-teacher-pt–1
KJV: A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
That verse is true in many ways, including the name you give a child. Everyone wants to included in some part of the whole and these made up African sounding labels are a sound guarantee to prohibit that, right out of the chute.
I always liked the name “Le-a”, pronounced “Ledasha…….
Real story from internet several years ago
This stuff will always bring back memories…..
In Chicago in the dim past, I had a girlfriend from Dothan, Alabama, the only blonde blue-eyed model I’ve ever been attracted to. And funny.
One evening she took me out to Benihana of Tokyo on a check she’d received that day from Playboy, and on the way home, directly after we’d shared a joint, a car slowly crossed our path at a red light – a gleaming ’52 Pontiac with every imaginable chrome accessory, outside mirrors, hubcaps, mudflaps, tailpipes, spotlights, you name it – including a pair of Electrolux vacuum cleaners tricked out to look like rocket ships, aiming towards the moon and mounted on the back fenders.
Piloting this vision, behind the requisite pair of fuzzy dice dangling from the rearview, was a black guy sporting a white-man-hater under his lip and wearing a little stingy-brim porkpie hat. As we both gaped like spectators at a slow-motion tennis match, Connie turned to me and beamed “Don’tcha just luuuv spades?”
Mormon kids traditionally have some funny names. Lots of the same “creativity” going on.
But yeah, it’s probably a lot easier to be stereotyped as a hardworking Mormon. Also, they do less of the funny naming if they live outside Utah (or other Mormon communities.)