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    • ChrisC
      Chris
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      My wife and I like traditional names for children.  We have what we call "the Chief Justice test" for names.  As in, if it would sound silly in the following, "Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the Chief Justice of the United States, (insert name)", then we won't inflict it on a child.

      With that for context, today I was in the grocery store with Caroline and some woman came up to me and said, "Hi, you must be Caroline's father."
      "Uh, yes…"
      "My son Maverick is in her gymnastics class."

      It took every ounce of self control I possess to keep from asking if she has another son named Goose.

      Maverick?
      Seriously?

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      • seanoconoS
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        ^Hahaha.  Yeah, "Maverick" is a first.  I feel bad for the poor kid.

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        • ArabitA
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          Family name Dallas.

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          • GilesG
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            @Chris:

            It took every ounce of self control I possess to keep from asking if she has another son named Goose.

            Nope, but Mav has a brother called Icemen and a sister called Cougar….

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              You have high standards for your kids Chris, fair play. Oh you know, just "Chief Justice of the United States" 🙂

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              • ChrisC
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                Believe me, I'm not going to be pushing them to be lawyers.  I want them to do something productive and respectable, like selling "Rollexx" watches on a Manhattan street corner.

                All I'm saying is that if you name your daughter Destyniee, you can cash in that college fund and sign her up for pole dancing classes…

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                • SeulS
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                  @Chris:

                  sign her up for pole dancing classes…

                  Now thére's a respectable job!..

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                  • Z
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                    I can't remember where, but I read an interesting piece on the topic of names as destiny. Could have been in Freakonomics or somewhere like that.

                    Having grown up with a 'girl's name', Lorrie, I get really frustrated with parents who name their child something unusual. Especially when the parents have normal names. Friends Mike and Sandie have named their children, Cedar (boy) and Magnolia. Hard to keep my mouth shut.

                    I still get stick for my name. Recently a taxi driver said to me, Isn't that a girl's name? Yes, I almost punched him in the back of the head. Instead I growled at him and he STFU.

                    **
                    found a link: http://blakeflannery.hubpages.com/hub/Give-Your-Baby-A-Good-Start-Whats-in-a-name

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                      • Megatron1505M
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                        Tommy was nearly Clark Smith, Pams maiden name is Clark, and I fucking love Superman. Not that most of you would probably think that Clark is a particularly strange first name, but then again most of you don't live in a town populated by a generation of kids called Jordan or Becks…. I shit you not.

                        Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                        • bagley920B
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                          Hey, don't talk to me about names. I get called Brooke almost every day

                          If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                          • Finn666F
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                            what i somehow always find a bit funny is that when you (for example only!) look at Tommy now Gav, could you really imagine that his name should have been Clark now? 🙂

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                            • Z
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                              My wife was pregnant during the NFL season and I would joke with her about naming our daughter, DeBrickishaw or something like that. She didn't find the humour in it.

                              Clark is a solid name, but there's definitely nothing wrong with Tommy.

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                              • bagley920B
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                                Gav, is his name Tommy or Thomas?

                                If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                                • Finn666F
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                                  @bagley920:

                                  Gav, is his name Tommy, Thomas or Tommytron?

                                  😛

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                                  • natehateN
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                                    If I have a son one day I totally intend to name him Franklin Thomas so his initials are FTW!! Fact !

                                    don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                                    • bagley920B
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                                      As long as its not "WTF"

                                      If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                                      • Megatron1505M
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                                        His name is Thomas, and I managed to sneak Harrison in as his middle name….. she wouldn't let me have Indiana  😠

                                        Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                        • ChrisC
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                                          We named the dog Indiana…

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                                          • DougNgD
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                                            My wife's son's name is Steven

                                            My new dogs name is "New Steven"

                                            Jody is not amused

                                            I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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