Disturbing
My blogging about ridiculous celebrity baby names and Classic Rock has merged in my subconscious to create the most upsetting dream:
I was meeting a good friend's baby for the first time, and they proudly announced that they'd named him Lynyrd Skynyrd. They were just sure I would love it because I like "Freebird" and "Gimme Three Steps." All I could do was stand there, mouth a-gape, trying desperately to come up with a tactful response. All I could say was, "Really? Really? Oh. Like the band."
Ever notice how your diplomacy goes to sleep when you do, and wakes up a few hours after you do?
posted by Unknown at
3:30 PM
6 Comments:
i wonder how many people there are named leonard skinner. cause names like that happen by mistake, all the time. you name a kid... years later something is famous with that name... that is awesome.
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rebecca marie, at 3:55 PM
I learned on a particularly informative installment of VH1's Behind the Music that Lynyrd Skynyrd the band named themselves after a High School PE teacher named Leonard Skinner.
And now you know.
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Unknown, at 4:05 PM
If you have a baby, you should name him "The Partridge Family".
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RoniZee, at 4:49 PM
Hee! While I was doing a little wikipedia fact-checking for my celebrity baby names list, I found Frank Zappa's discography and toyed with the idea of making a favorite album name list. (Insert Twilight Zone theme music here.)
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Unknown, at 5:35 PM
Back about 100 years or so when I was in school there was a kid named Harry Butts..really really. Ain't no kiddin there. Can you imagine!
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dodyb, at 9:24 PM
Oh dear. That's just tragic. Child abuse, if you ask me. (But I won't pretend I wouldn't be tempted to do something like that if my last name lent itself to punniness.)
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Unknown, at 9:23 AM
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