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All four of us kids were together for a week. We started giving my mom a hard time about how the first day of school went for each of us (except Robin, who is called by her name).
Maybe we should give it up - those kids probably have a harder time during roll call than we did - August and wanting to be called Gus, Linda and wanting to be called Michelle and Gloria and wanting to be called Lynn doesn't seem so bad.
Maybe we should give it up - those kids probably have a harder time during roll call than we did - August and wanting to be called Gus, Linda and wanting to be called Michelle and Gloria and wanting to be called Lynn doesn't seem so bad.
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I had to write an autobiography for school way back when and I mistakenly used the word "conceive" when what I meant was "born." However, my birth involved popping out during a tornadic thunderstorm in northern Wisconsin.
If I HAD been conceived during the storm my name would have been:
Bend Over and Kiss It Goodbye
It has a feminine ring to it.
If I HAD been conceived during the storm my name would have been:
Bend Over and Kiss It Goodbye
It has a feminine ring to it.
Well, then
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Although, it was the most interior room of the place and close to plumbing for reinforcement.AlphaDummy wrote:Smart kid.Beebs52 wrote:my birth involved popping out during a tornadic thunderstorm in northern Wisconsin.
I do not recall ever seeing "in utero" on the list of Safe Places To Be During A Tornado...
Well, then
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AlphaDummy wrote:Smart kid.Beebs52 wrote:my birth involved popping out during a tornadic thunderstorm in northern Wisconsin.
I do not recall ever seeing "in utero" on the list of Safe Places To Be During A Tornado...
My one tornadic experience was in Wisco. In a relocated Norwegian sodhouse or somesuch. There was no foundation just a dirt floor. Everyone was praying except the baby in the stroller. Methinks this was in Eagle.
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Refer to Uly's Avatar of the Moment, which shows him hitting on one of the local girls...ulysses5019 wrote:My one tornadic experience was in Wisco. In a relocated Norwegian sodhouse or somesuch. There was no foundation just a dirt floor. Everyone was praying except the baby in the stroller. Methinks this was in Eagle.
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I do not know what a sodhouse is and I'm part Norwegian. Is it a house made of sod? Or just a stinky house? The baby in the stroller was probably hoping they'd all get blown away so he didn't have to eat lutefisk anymore.ulysses5019 wrote:AlphaDummy wrote:Smart kid.Beebs52 wrote:my birth involved popping out during a tornadic thunderstorm in northern Wisconsin.
I do not recall ever seeing "in utero" on the list of Safe Places To Be During A Tornado...
My one tornadic experience was in Wisco. In a relocated Norwegian sodhouse or somesuch. There was no foundation just a dirt floor. Everyone was praying except the baby in the stroller. Methinks this was in Eagle.
Well, then
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Judging by the "parts" visible underneath the bovine, I think that's NOT a girl!AlphaDummy wrote:Refer to Uly's Avatar of the Moment, which shows him hitting on one of the local girls...ulysses5019 wrote:My one tornadic experience was in Wisco. In a relocated Norwegian sodhouse or somesuch. There was no foundation just a dirt floor. Everyone was praying except the baby in the stroller. Methinks this was in Eagle.

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Technically, no.ulysses5019 wrote:
Neuticles too?
They used well-preserved leftovers from the Testicle Festival over in Elderon...
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It could have been worse:marrymeflyfree wrote:We joked around about naming the wee one Peroni, since we'd had so many of them in Rome.VAdame wrote: ETA: Had my parents used that system, I would be named Philadelphia![]()
(Really did consider the name Rome for a boy, but didn't want our kid to have a Bahama story....) [/img]
When I was first expecting Megan, & trying to calculate my due date assuming an early November conception, my mom told me that I was conceived on November 11. I asked her what the heck were they doing, celebrating Veterans Day??? She said as a matter of fact -- yes! They had gone to Philly for the long weekend (also to celebrate my mom's recovery from her emergency appendix surgery on October 11!)
So I could have been named Veterans Day -- or even Appendicitis!



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I like the name Jasper, I've always admired Jasper Tudor, but it's a name that I would only give to a cat.VAdame wrote:[My former boss is a black guy named Jasper -- he's now in his early 80s & long retired, but we still keep in touch. About a year ago I met a 2 year old white boy named Jasper & told older Jasper about him -- he was shocked!
Jeff's parent's neighbors have a grandchild named Sebastian and Emma always snickers when she hears that name because she thinks of it as a cat name.
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When I was working for Jasper, every once in a while we'd get a salesperson on the phone asking for "Casper" Lastname! I always cracked up at that
Jasper the Friendly Ghost!
I've never met a real-life Casper & other than Caspar Weinberger I don't really know of any.
I like Sebastian too! And not just for cats
Right now I have a cat named Little John & grandson named John -- we call him Baby John or Johnny 'cause Little John is the cat's name.

I've never met a real-life Casper & other than Caspar Weinberger I don't really know of any.
I like Sebastian too! And not just for cats

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Lt. Caspar Collins of the U.S. Cavalry was the namesake for Casper, the town where I grew up. (City founders weren't terribly precise about spelling in those days.) Collins died at age 20 in 1865 while leading a force of 23 men against up to 3,000 Sioux, Cheyenne, and Araphaho at Platte Bridge Station in Wyoming Territory.VAdame wrote:
When I was working for Jasper, every once in a while we'd get a salesperson on the phone asking for "Casper" Lastname! I always cracked up at thatJasper the Friendly Ghost!
I've never met a real-life Casper & other than Caspar Weinberger I don't really know of any.
Historical footnote: Colorado's Fort Collins was named after Caspar's father.
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Hey! Jasper Tudor is my cousin!PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I like the name Jasper, I've always admired Jasper Tudor, but it's a name that I would only give to a cat.VAdame wrote:[My former boss is a black guy named Jasper -- he's now in his early 80s & long retired, but we still keep in touch. About a year ago I met a 2 year old white boy named Jasper & told older Jasper about him -- he was shocked!
Jeff's parent's neighbors have a grandchild named Sebastian and Emma always snickers when she hears that name because she thinks of it as a cat name.
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- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Why did they name a town after anyone that dumb?!silvercamaro wrote:Lt. Caspar Collins of the U.S. Cavalry was the namesake for Casper, the town where I grew up. (City founders weren't terribly precise about spelling in those days.) Collins died at age 20 in 1865 while leading a force of 23 men against up to 3,000 Sioux, Cheyenne, and Araphaho at Platte Bridge Station in Wyoming Territory.VAdame wrote:
When I was working for Jasper, every once in a while we'd get a salesperson on the phone asking for "Casper" Lastname! I always cracked up at thatJasper the Friendly Ghost!
I've never met a real-life Casper & other than Caspar Weinberger I don't really know of any.
Historical footnote: Colorado's Fort Collins was named after Caspar's father.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Well, I wasn't there, but I don't think Caspar had any choice or advance knowledge about the odds. From the stories I've heard at Fort Caspar, he and his men crossed the bridge to meet a wagon train that wanted protection. Once across the river, the soldiers suddenly were surrounded when horses and men started to pour over and from behind the foothills. The troopers tried to retreat back over the bridge, and a few made it, but most were killed. Casper was considered a hero because (a) he was the highest ranking officer of the group and (b) he stayed at the rear on the retreat to try to give some cover to his men. Whether that's the complete truth or PR legend, he was no George Custer who was itching for a battle.Bob Juch wrote:
Why did they name a town after anyone that dumb?!
I've never heard what happened to the wagon train, but I think I can guess.
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VAdame wrote:Judging by the "parts" visible underneath the bovine, I think that's NOT a girl!AlphaDummy wrote:Refer to Uly's Avatar of the Moment, which shows him hitting on one of the local girls...ulysses5019 wrote:My one tornadic experience was in Wisco. In a relocated Norwegian sodhouse or somesuch. There was no foundation just a dirt floor. Everyone was praying except the baby in the stroller. Methinks this was in Eagle.
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