What do you have against the middle name of Wayne? I think it's a perfect middle name.minimetoo26 wrote:I just realized that after I broke up with Wayne, my next boyfriend's middle name was ALSO Wayne. He's also not in jail. His son is one grade ahead of my oldest at the same school.Psycho Beast wrote:minimetoo26 wrote: My high school boyfriend went by Wayne, which was his middle name. He was NOT psycho. He was kinda boring. Psycho might have spiced things up...
Wow, I've never considered myself as being spicy before....
And I wondered why all my fellow inmates had the same middle name.....
Sheesh!
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We picked names that we liked (to heck with honoring relatives, especially relatives with creepy names). Our concern was to make sure that the names didn't form weird or embarassing initials: for a while we planned to have a boy named 'Andrew Scott,' but with a last name starting with 'S' we thought his monogram would be a pain, so the Wonder Child got 'Scott' as his middle name, and Andrew got David.
My brother and I both got nicknames as middle names: his is Steve, mine is Tom (the first English slang expression my mother learned was 'tomcat,' and she thought it was cute, so I got Tom). My brother has always gone by his middle name.
One thing in our family that is a bit odd is that, while we have no Waynes (surprisingly), we have a boatload of Ralphs: my grandfather was Ralph, my father was Ralph, my brother's real first name is Ralph, and my sweet Margaret's father's name was Ralph; when we were coming up with names for kids, one name we knew we would NEVER use was 'Ralph.'
Margaret was the third of four girls. The first was Mary Amelia (after multiple relatives), and being Suthren, has always used both names. The second was Martha Ann, and being Suthren, has always used both names (she writes it and everyone pronounces it as one word). Margaret was Margaret Agnes, but only used the first name. The fourth is Melissa Arlene, who also uses only her first name. The identical initials (and identical first three letters of the first names of the first three daughters, which also make up their monogram) were just a coincidence, but the family often used them, identifying the girls as 'MA1,' 'MA2,' 'MA3' and 'MA4' (when they were living at home and were out dating, their father-- Ralph-- left a sign-in sheet by the door, identifying them by number, and they were supposed to check in when they got home). Sometimes they just got the number without the initials (as in '2 is coming over for dinner tonight').
Bruce is a bit ticked off about his middle name ('The'), which he does not think has a lot of character, but we always thought he had character to spare, so it always worked for us, but I think if we had given him 'Wayne' as a middle name, it would have been appropriate (although 'Bruce Wayne Wonder Cat' is a bit cumbersome). That little bugger is 23 years old...
My brother and I both got nicknames as middle names: his is Steve, mine is Tom (the first English slang expression my mother learned was 'tomcat,' and she thought it was cute, so I got Tom). My brother has always gone by his middle name.
One thing in our family that is a bit odd is that, while we have no Waynes (surprisingly), we have a boatload of Ralphs: my grandfather was Ralph, my father was Ralph, my brother's real first name is Ralph, and my sweet Margaret's father's name was Ralph; when we were coming up with names for kids, one name we knew we would NEVER use was 'Ralph.'
Margaret was the third of four girls. The first was Mary Amelia (after multiple relatives), and being Suthren, has always used both names. The second was Martha Ann, and being Suthren, has always used both names (she writes it and everyone pronounces it as one word). Margaret was Margaret Agnes, but only used the first name. The fourth is Melissa Arlene, who also uses only her first name. The identical initials (and identical first three letters of the first names of the first three daughters, which also make up their monogram) were just a coincidence, but the family often used them, identifying the girls as 'MA1,' 'MA2,' 'MA3' and 'MA4' (when they were living at home and were out dating, their father-- Ralph-- left a sign-in sheet by the door, identifying them by number, and they were supposed to check in when they got home). Sometimes they just got the number without the initials (as in '2 is coming over for dinner tonight').
Bruce is a bit ticked off about his middle name ('The'), which he does not think has a lot of character, but we always thought he had character to spare, so it always worked for us, but I think if we had given him 'Wayne' as a middle name, it would have been appropriate (although 'Bruce Wayne Wonder Cat' is a bit cumbersome). That little bugger is 23 years old...
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littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:Or rednecks....littlebeast13 wrote:
You have a fatal attraction to us sickos....![]()
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I had a redneck MM on Go inspired by one of DK's posts, but I don't have time to register him before work. Maybe tomorrow....
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I TOTALLY know where you got your avatar!!!!JoeBobBillyWayneTucker wrote:littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote: Or rednecks....
I had a redneck MM on Go inspired by one of DK's posts, but I don't have time to register him before work. Maybe tomorrow....
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Same place I get all my others, Google!minimetoo26 wrote:I TOTALLY know where you got your avatar!!!!JoeBobBillyWayneTucker wrote:littlebeast13 wrote:
I had a redneck MM on Go inspired by one of DK's posts, but I don't have time to register him before work. Maybe tomorrow....
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_TPTB_ wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:Don't say "phone games" near Marley! He starts salivating!fantine33 wrote:This was one of the better Telephone games.
Positively Pavlovian....
There is nothing sadder than seeing a grown MAWG drool....
You mean like you were doing when those ad execs came over the other day to buy more airtime?
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Ha! Sorry about that. I meant "this is one of the better games of Telephone".Skip the Intern wrote:_TPTB_ wrote:minimetoo26 wrote: Don't say "phone games" near Marley! He starts salivating!
Positively Pavlovian....
There is nothing sadder than seeing a grown MAWG drool....
You mean like you were doing when those ad execs came over the other day to buy more airtime?
At least it apparently started a new round of the Telephone game. (Oops!)
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When beast and I get on a roll, Katie, bar the door!fantine33 wrote:Ha! Sorry about that. I meant "this is one of the better games of Telephone".Skip the Intern wrote:_TPTB_ wrote:
There is nothing sadder than seeing a grown MAWG drool....
You mean like you were doing when those ad execs came over the other day to buy more airtime?
At least it apparently started a new round of the Telephone game. (Oops!)
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minimetoo26 wrote:When beast and I get on a roll, Katie, bar the door!fantine33 wrote:Ha! Sorry about that. I meant "this is one of the better games of Telephone".Skip the Intern wrote:
You mean like you were doing when those ad execs came over the other day to buy more airtime?
At least it apparently started a new round of the Telephone game. (Oops!)
The good old days were when me and mini would answer each other under a different MM each time. Hell, that's how half of our MM's came into being.... Of course, now mini's become an MM slacker....

And when Eyegor would join us..... it was a veritable Bored Par-tay.....
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And christie would throw us bait. And Marley would get all confused and we'd do our best to make him more confused. And Rexer and MrK would break out the MM....littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:When beast and I get on a roll, Katie, bar the door!fantine33 wrote: Ha! Sorry about that. I meant "this is one of the better games of Telephone".
At least it apparently started a new round of the Telephone game. (Oops!)
The good old days were when me and mini would answer each other under a different MM each time. Hell, that's how half of our MM's came into being.... Of course, now mini's become an MM slacker....![]()
And when Eyegor would join us..... it was a veritable Bored Par-tay.....
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I was named Theresa Lynn, but have always been Terry or T-lynn or just t. The Lynn is only ever invoked when I'm in trouble. Hmm. Go figure.How do kids without middle names know when they are in trouble
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I had two middle names and have two last names and the whole bowl of alphabet soup appears on my legal documents. I feel like the line on my passport isn't big enough. It runs to two lines on my Social Security card.tanstaafl2 wrote:Perhaps it is rare but it can happen. My girlfriend has 3 "middle" names, all of which are listed on her passports and birth certificate. Alas, I guess my parents were not so creative as I have but one.Bob Juch wrote:It's not rare for people to have more than one middle name, but it is rare for both to appear on official documents.Appa23 wrote: Are you kidding me?
Each of my munchkins has two middle names.
It is not that rare.
I hyphenated the middle names when I got married because it looked disjointed when combined with my maiden name and married name, so legally I only have one middle name now: Marie-Alexis.
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I'm glad you were listening. It can't be coincidence, is all I'm sayin'.Hey!
I heard that.
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I'm another middle-name Lynn. I wasn't that pleased with it when I was a kid, because it seemed like a girl's name.
One day when I was in my teens or twenties, I was sitting on the couch and out of the blue, my dad called me "Lynn" in passing. It's probably the only time in my life anyone has called me that, but it changed my attitude completely. I feel like it's a name that belongs to me now, that I would gladly answer to, not just that thing attached to my first name on legal documents.
One day when I was in my teens or twenties, I was sitting on the couch and out of the blue, my dad called me "Lynn" in passing. It's probably the only time in my life anyone has called me that, but it changed my attitude completely. I feel like it's a name that belongs to me now, that I would gladly answer to, not just that thing attached to my first name on legal documents.
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The first male Lynn to get on my radar was Lynn Swan.plasticene wrote:I'm another middle-name Lynn. I wasn't that pleased with it when I was a kid, because it seemed like a girl's name.
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Freaked me out that I had a man's name.
Then my dad told me that it was okay because I was tough like a guy.
Puffed me up!
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My husband's middle name is Lynn.peacock2121 wrote:The first male Lynn to get on my radar was Lynn Swan.plasticene wrote:I'm another middle-name Lynn. I wasn't that pleased with it when I was a kid, because it seemed like a girl's name.
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Freaked me out that I had a man's name.
Then my dad told me that it was okay because I was tough like a guy.
Puffed me up!
Well, then
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Holy Crap!Beebs52 wrote:My husband's middle name is Lynn.peacock2121 wrote:The first male Lynn to get on my radar was Lynn Swan.plasticene wrote:I'm another middle-name Lynn. I wasn't that pleased with it when I was a kid, because it seemed like a girl's name.
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Freaked me out that I had a man's name.
Then my dad told me that it was okay because I was tough like a guy.
Puffed me up!
How could I not know that until now?