Monday, March 3, 2008

Name-calling

What? How did I miss the glorious opportunity? Bloggers renaming their loved ones so as to protect and ALSO slander? Or glorify certain traits? I'm enamored.

Hmmm... Levi could be "Mr B", short for Bucky McBuckster - always bucking the status quo in his search for ultimate truth and justice. Wait - that sounds very Marvel Comics - YES!! It will now be "Super B"!!!

Afton - "Whirliebird", a smilier version of whirling dervish.

Cedar - Charmster, a cross between his obviously adorable attributes and a hyperactive hamster...

Perfect!! This is glorious. On to renaming chores - vehicles- annoying people ("fatfingers')

This is a days worth of fun!

16 comments:

Jenny W said...

great idea! unfortunately none of the names i would have for people would be printable... :)

Anonymous said...

I would like to be Uncle Freakshow, or maybe, The Clodfather. Trunkjunkle?

Matthew said...

I love nick names. We've got one for that lady who works at the grocery store...we didn't even come up with it, the neighborhood did. We only found out by chance.

Larky Park said...

My claim to name fame comes after shameful high school experience. A poor old study hall moniter embarrassed me in some minor way and to get in good with the rowdies I retaliated. One good look at her perspiring powdered brow and her plump lavender double-knit polyester pant clad legs and the moniker "Sweaty Betty" stuck. Years later, it was still being uttered by the unknowing...

Jenny W said...

my sibs and i trek to wrigley field every year for sis's spring bday, and have nicknamed the organ player "ethyl". we don't even know if there's a real person up there playing somewhere, let alone whether or not that person is female; nonetheless last year we went and the organ hadn't played the first 3 innings for some reason, and when it started suddenly in the 4th my sis and i simultaneoulsy cheered "Etheyl lives!" it was a hoot! alcohol and wrigley field make a good day, and can certainly lead to namecalling of all sorts, that's all i'm sayin:)

mummers said...

This has absolutely NOTHING to do with the posting, but I just ran across a site called inthemotherhood.msn.com - made for young moms. Beth, definitely think that your life could provide some fodder for the episodes. Do check it out - oh, so funny!

Larky Park said...

Um,Matthew. Give it up - what'sthe name - in English.

Matthew said...

OK. So like 99% of things translated directly from German, it sounds a little harsh. 'Gewitterhexe' means something like 'storming witch'

Jenny W said...

nice. that's what my kids call me:)

Larky Park said...

LOVE iT!

By the way what does "sturmdrange"(sp?) mean?

I remember something similar from HS vocab...

Anonymous said...

Do you mean "Sturm und Drang?" Literally, I believe that is storm and pressure. I seem to remember (Yes, my vaulted memory at work) that it was used to describe a WWII offensive.

Matthew said...

Spot on, b'junkle.

Anonymous said...

So, what can we get away with now that the proprietor is absent from the site?
Mice? Play!!!

Mrs. Sara said...

*insert poop joke here*

Larky Park said...

Who is Adam Brown?

Anonymous said...

I believe "Adam Brown" would fall under the category of blended meat product. Spam.