NationStates Jolt Archive

So, I'm trying to unwind right now because I'm in the middle of doing something huge for no money, only a reference that I already blew because I'm a week behind...I'm doing what any responsable adult would do under that pressure: I'm watching Popeye cartoons.

So the informative cat what introduces the shows was layin' out that the particular cartoon I'm watching (some pun regarding axes) is the last time Bluto was called Peire (damn, fucked the spelling up so bad I can't even think of a way that would look right...even Google isn't bailing me out...)...Annnnyyyway...

So I was thinkin'-if they had kept the french canadian name for Bluto would that name be associated in the same way as Bluto? I mean, Bluto kinda sounds like a big asshole, but I can't gauge how much of that is built in and how much is added by Popeye's Bluto.

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Then, I got to thinkin'-it would be a bold choice to name your kid Bluto. People'd remember that. It would stick out. If it turned out to be a chubby kid you'd have screwed him. But you also might have set him up to be a pretty stand out kinda cat, you know?

Some times I've thought about that with names like Thelonious. I don't think I could spawn an off-spring cool enough to pull that off. And he'd have to change his last name because otherwise it would sound ridiculous. Lamont I think I could manage to make a kid cool enough for. Unless he told people where I got it (The Shadow is in reality Lamont Cranston, wealthy man about town.). Though while I haven't checked I'm pretty sure that explaining that to the mother to be would result in never getting to have sex with her again...but providing I could keep that part to myself I think a kid with a name like Lamont might be pretty cool.

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Anyone else have any bold name choices to challenge your children right off the bat and for the rest of thier lives?

Like naming your boy Sue? (just to get that out of the way)

well i was thinking i call it "Boy" if it's a boy and "Girl" if it's a girl
though there is always "me juniour"

well i was thinking i call it "Boy" if it's a boy and "Girl" if it's a girl
though there is always "me juniour"
Or you could flip them. People would write books on the commentary in that. He or she would grow up to write a book "A Boy Called Girl, My Journey to the Stage" or "A Girl Called Boy..." and would do talk shows. You totally should do that.

I salute you for Thelonius by the way.

Erm... yeah, I s'pose.
Hannibal, more for the Barca than the Lecter, but he's cool too.
Isis; girl... because well just think about how great that name is for a minute.
Cornelius; boy, natch. it's just good.
Horus;boy... gimme a reason why not.
Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, Rommel... just to get them out the way.

I'm sure I could think of a few more. Want me to?

Or you could flip them. People would write books on the commentary in that. He or she would grow up to write a book "A Boy Called Girl, My Journey to the Stage" or "A Girl Called Boy..." and would do talk shows. You totally should do that.
sounds like a good idea, they'd be set for life. what better way for a parent to provide for their kids?
but first i'll get a fish called fluffy and a cat called slimy

Cornelius; boy, natch. it's just good.

I hung out for a day with Cornelius Bumpus and have thought that name has kicked ass ever since. That would be a quality name.


but first i'll get a fish called fluffy and a cat called slimy

Also quality.

I want to call my next male dog BAMF - Bad Ass Mother Farker

I hung out for a day with Cornelius Bumpus and have thought that name has kicked ass ever since. That would be a quality name.




I don't believe you. That's just too good. I mean, Cornelius itself. Not that bad, there's a whole lot of other names that'd lessen the blow. But Bumpus? That's like calling someone Bennito Mussolini, or Joseph Stalin.

how about god or jesus?
not only could you say you live with god, but if people come and ask you if you've found jesus, you can shout out "jesus, get your arse out here, there's people here to see you"

I don't believe you. That's just too good. I mean, Cornelius itself. Not that bad, there's a whole lot of other names that'd lessen the blow. But Bumpus? That's like calling someone Bennito Mussolini, or Joseph Stalin.
He was the coolest (http://www.corneliusbumpus.com/). I learned two three things looking that up-first, that he died last year. Second, that he played for Steely Dan, and third that he grew up in the town I currently live in. Extra quality. I think that name moved up a little on the list. (not for being dead, and I'm not a fan of Steely Dan so much...I guess it's just the geography...Steely Dan would be a bold choice, and most people would just think of the band. But fans of that band or Burroughs might know where it comes from, and that would be all kinds of bad. (Steely Dan is a stainless steel dildo in the book Naked Lunch, so you'd be naming your child dildo, which might get your kid aquited when they kill you...)

if people come and ask you if you've found jesus, you can shout out "jesus, get your arse out here, there's people here to see you"
Oh man, thats priceless...

The main character in He Got Game was named Jesus-some pressure his mom I believe laid on him. Or both parents...it's been a while since I've seen it.

how about god or jesus?
not only could you say you live with god, but if people come and ask you if you've found jesus, you can shout out "jesus, get your arse out here, there's people here to see you"
There are plenty of people named Jesus, it's a faily popular name among spanish speaking north americans (I don't know about spanish speakers everywhere) Hell, I met a Jesus on the bus once.

how about jesus?in the Catholic Latin American Culture...

...one costume is that one of the kid newborn names be "biblical"
(and they can have a few names)

like Jose, Pedro, Juan, Pablo...or Jesus.