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Originally posted by Yshania
You forgot the poison Rasputin was initially fed arsenic laced cakes but didn't die, then he was shot, then he was drowned The ice pick Trotsky kept for himself

That's what I have heard too, although I don't know if it is true or if it is part of the myth surrounding Rasputin.

I know the story I was just testing y'all.

@ HLD, smile man! At least give me a grin! I know you want to... *Nippy pinches HLD's cheeks*

Originally posted by Nippy
@ HLD, smile man! At least give me a grin! I know you want to... *Nippy pinches HLD's cheeks*

You missed your shot if you didn't catch my alleged smilie last week . . .

LMAO, just do one for me puhlease....

There was no smiley.

Anyway, no spam people, at least keep this all name-related .

My girlfriend told me that she would refuse to give birth to a child named Bellerophon . Ah well, come the age of consent maybe she will feel differently ...

@frogus:
Tell her that no child is born with a name; they get them later. And tell her (assuming that she ends up bearing one of your children) that you're going to plan a Caesarean in advance so she will be on drugs when the doctor asks one of the parents to fill out the birth certificate and you'll be the only one "competent" enough to do it . . . Muwhahahahahahaha!

@Nippy:
Not a chance.

Ahh, HLD. I often wondered where I would learn to really manipulate women, in this world of equal rights and so on...but I guess I have found my man. Twinned with your comments on filmmaking in AC's bar, I feel equipped with all the information I need to deal with the world

So also tell me this - what do you think of the naming of children after flowers and natural phenomema? Examples (normal to silly):
Heather
Rose
Daisy
Sky
River
Eagle
Alpine Fresh

Cool, or just...not?

I am disgusted and ashames that you would even consider drugging a woman to get the name you prefer. How can I help?

Alpine Fresh? Mmmm. Tree-ey.

Generally, I'm against it. Either it sounds too hippy or they're stripper names (Daisy, Summer, Tulip, Savannah, etc.). Heather is fine (Vivien) because it's a fairly common name otherwise.

Naming kids after your after personal qualities is okay, as long as you don't do it for all of them. For instance, if you have girls do you want them all to be Hope, Charity, and Grace?

EDIT-@Nippy, there is an important distinction here; you didn't drug her, the doctor drugged her to deliver the baby and you were the only one available to fill out the birth certificate.

Originally posted by C Elegans
That's what I have heard too, although I don't know if it is true or if it is part of the myth surrounding Rasputin.

Oh, they tried poison, shooting him, and dumping him in a frozen lake. Eventually, he died. The guy seemed to possess enormous vitality, but other similar instances of people who "refused" to die at once upon execution have been reported. There was nothing really mystical about Rasputin's death. Just good genes.

@fable:
Later Russian and Soviet conspirators didn't have as much trouble with their targets, most of whom died from "natural" causes (after a 9mm jacketed shell enters someone's head, naturally, they die).

*struggles to remember Inspector Morse's first name*

Was it Perseverance or Endurance or something like that? I don't remember, but I agree that those names are not good...

Although if you are going to do it, I think that common attributes such as Hope and Glory are a bad choice...better go for something like...Maenadicity

Originally posted by frogus
Although if you are going to do it, I think that common attributes such as Hope and Glory are a bad choice...better go for something like...Maenedicity

That would be hell finding a keychain or bicycle plate with your kid's name on it, though.

LMAO @ all. I think I might have changed my mind, HLD sort of did. I don't need to name kids after my family. I think I would choose just a nice basic name like Jon. I've always liked that name, possibly Robert Jonathan. Yeah, that sounds cool.

OOOOOOOOh! And to think, I just saw one of those keychains in a 7-11 only an hour ago.

Girlfriend's children

Daughter: Alexandra
son: Daniel

they also answer to 'frik and frak'

Daniel, a good name there Ned.

Originally posted by Ned Flanders
they also answer to 'frik and frak'

A lot of kids also answer to "Dammit", "Ouch" and "HowthehelldoIsettheVCR".

Originally posted by HighLordDave
@Gwalchmai:
I think that your naming of your daughter Alexandra is the exception rather than the rule when folks name their kids. I think many people choose names not because they like them or because they want their kids have their own unique name, but rather because his father was named that or it's in honour of her great-aunt Matilda. That kind of thing makes me sick. Why can't your kid be his own person instead of starting life with his grandfather's name?

I think that many parents consciously name their kids one thing with the express intention of calling them something else. This is what baffles me. Why name your daughter Lauren only to call her Brooke? Or why name your kid Kevin Archibald McMichael IV and call him Scott? Why not name your kids Brooke and Scott and save everyone a lot of confusion?

I think versatility in names is often a good thing, especially since kids periodically want to reinvent themselves at different points in their lives. For instance, I went to college with a girl named Melissa who was very smart and pretty. However, when one of her old high school friends came to visit her one weekend, she called Melissa "Missy" and was telling us stories about how wild and airheaded she used to be. For Melissa, abandoning the name she had used all through school was part of leaving her past behind and becoming someone else.

Interesting. Among the Hopi when a kid is born, the parents do not name him/her. All the grandmothers (every female relative the kid has no mater how distant) all start calling the kid what ever they want. By the time the kid is about 5, which ever name has stuck the most is the name the kid takes. I knew someone whose name meant "Snow that falls on cold night" or something like that. Very beautiful.

Originally posted by frogus
what do you think of the naming of children after flowers and natural phenomema? Examples of the exceptionally good:
Heather

It's a good name.

Originally posted by HighLordDave
Generally, I'm against it. Either it sounds too hippy or they're stripper names (Daisy, Summer, Tulip, Savannah, etc.). Heather is fine (Vivien) because it's a fairly common name otherwise.

*hug*

Although you are quite a bad man Drugging of women indeed.

@Viv This is probably a stupid question, so forgive me, but if your real name is Heather, why did you choose Vivien (also a real name) as your online alias?