Thursday, January 27, 2011

"It's the family name, son. Try to live up to it."

I don't know what else to say. Just read it.

Thank you, Webhill!

17 comments:

  1. I wonder if the headline is the result of a bet in the newsroom. The folks who handle web content for that station seem to be semi-literate at best so I can imagine the writers "testing" to see if the headline would fly. Fly it did, like an eagle.

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  2. I know a guy named Jim Penix. Few people in his social circle know his real name; he goes by a nickname except in employment activities. Best damned tatoo artist in the world. Sorry I lost track of him, now that I want a very tiny one.

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  3. I have known a number of people with unfortunate last names. Butt, Cockburn, Peniston. Nobody named Moron though. At least his name isn't R3tard.

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  4. His picture bears the family resemblance, but I didn't realize that they had a branch in that area, I thought they only lived in my neighborhood.

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  5. Haha, surely this is like Bart Simpson's pranks. When things seem too good to be true, I usually think they are.

    BTW, oldMDgirl, there is a fantastic port label also called Cockburn, and the English (British) pronounciation is Co-burn (as in co-ed). Doesn't make it sound as silly as 'a cupful of cockburn'!

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  6. My husband used to work as customer service manager for an online company that ships nationally and internationally. He used to keep a list of unfortunate names that came across his screen.

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  7. HEADLINE OF THE MONTH.

    Seriously, you know they had to have done it on purpose. They could have said, "Police searching for stalker" or something.

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  8. I want to know whether or not his wife took her husband's name when they got married.

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  9. does anyone else believe that two first names as a patient name, or two last names- not hyphen type- are bad luck? i do. bitter experience.

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  10. Dude looks a little like The Rock! Wait, do you think it could be him?

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  11. Morin, is a fairly common French name.
    1 Roy 3068
    2 Gauthier 2330
    3 Gagnon 2329
    4 Lefebvre 2158
    5 Morin 2096

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  12. With a name like that, is it really surprising he turned to crime?

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  13. Never has there been a more aptly named felon.

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  14. There is an ICD-9 code for "moron" - 317. It was an antiquated term for mild mental retardation, IQ 50 - 70.

    If the ICD-9 code fits....

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  15. and what does his wife say? "Woe is me; I married a M*"..."My whole family told me told me not to marry a M*" Or she yells at him: "Why are you doing this? Are you a M*?"

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So wadda you think?