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I had a substitute teacher once in Elementary school named Gay Brothers. And she was female.

I had a substitute teacher once in Elementary school named Gay Brothers. And she was female.

Youch ... not that I can call anyone else out for giving their kids strange names (My son is named Damien Hannibal!) ... but yeesh ... I bet she got a lot of flack as a kid.

Did you guys bust out laughing when she said it?

That's funny. See look, I'm laughing: ha ha ha ha.

I knew a woman, honestly, named Gay Cox. And my best friend is a girl named Dusty Rhodes.

Ahh yes...

Did you guys bust out laughing when she said it?
There were rather loud snickers

I knew a woman, honestly, named Gay Cox. And my best friend is a girl named Dusty Rhodes.

Your friend should go into the music business.

Youch ... not that I can call anyone else out for giving their kids strange names (My son is named Damien Hannibal!) ... but yeesh ... I bet she got a lot of flack as a kid.
Man. You must hate him. Have you considered giving him up for adoption, or do you have any other torments in mind. I think repressing childrens sexual urges can be a good way to make them twisted and evil (I saw this on an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

Cool name.. I hope for her that she will eventually be able to live without chuckles about her name.

The only person with a somewhat amusing name I've ever known was a girl named Sandy Dix. :-\

I know a piano teacher called Mrs. A. Beat.

I don't like parents who try to express themselves through their childrens' names. I'm Finnish so most of you wouldn't understand the actual examples I could give, but I mean, for example, some hippie parents giving their children names like "Sunshine Goodweed Whatever" or "Seawind Thyme Groundswell". Of course it should be the parents that name the child (who else?), but some people seem to forget that the poor child has to live with the name. Scarred for life.

Maybe someone could do some research on whether weird named kids are killed by their parents more often than kids with normal names. It could prove that the parents hate their kids in the first place.

ughh...

There were tons of Finns in the town I grew up and they *all* had strange names. :D