Grrl Power #346 – Naming wrongs
I wanted to show Sydney’s immediate reaction once she got past the foaming stage, but the way the dialog flowed we’ll have to wait to the next page to see that. (I am amused by the idea that she has a foaming stage that she regularly exhibits.) Obviously Sydney is easily distracted, but that’s not news to anyone by now.
Shrapnell is a real last name, as is Slaughter, Vetura, Blitzer, Ironside, Savage, Hazard, Fightmaster (not a joke, that’s a real last name) and a host of others that make you think the person missed their calling as a professional wrestler, or if they’re a character in a movie, you just want to roll your eyes. I’ve ranted about super heroes and villains with names that serendipitously match their powers, Telford Porter being just about the worst offender, but obviously Sydney feels differently about it. In fact she’s obviously downright offended when the stars don’t align on the naming front. Even living in a world with actual super powers, the vast majority of people with cool names aren’t going to have powers, so she’d better get used to it.
I encourage people to share the coolest or craziest names you’ve come across, including people who you’d marry just for their last name and then name your kid something rad. (Or lawsuit inducingly awful.) My wife’s last name, for instance, was Warr. If she’d had a daughter she should have named her Cybil.
Here’s the link to the new comments highlighter for chrome, and the GitHub link which you can use to install on FireFox via Greasemonkey.
Knew a kid named Rocky Mountain back in highschool. Also met a girl named Liberty Belle.
I had a great aunt named Ima Mann. I’m pretty sure she caused a little confusion when introducing herself.
Growing up, I got a LOT of hassle for having the surname “Steel.” I sincerely can’t believe how much longer it took for people to figure out my first name could be shortened to “Rod”.
I’ll do you one better: Steele is my first name ^_^ Plenty of flak came my way early on, but now people just compliment it =)
Eight pages of comments?! This has got to be a record.
I hope we don’t use up all of DaveB’s space on the internet. He might have to buy more at this rate.
I think it’s more because posters are creating new comments to talk about names rather than replying to posted comments. One of the previous comic pages had lots of people responding to each other, but the index only went up to 3.
You are entirely correct.
But a record is a record!
I think Page #271 still holds the record for the number of comments, although it only had 5 pages. DaveB probably has to worry about traffic and disk space, rather than the sheer number of pages.
As an undergrad I knew a guy who was reading for his PhD. I left that uni before he finished, and haven’T been in touch. but assuming he passed his viva, he is now Dr. Perfect.
Otherwise, I guess, he’s just Mr Perfect.
Another friend from when I was younger, surname of Wright, was dating a young lady whose name I forget. They split up, and she bemoaned about when she would meet ‘Mr Right’ we were all like “Um.. you just dumped him…”
My own surname is Gobbitt. imagine what my school days were like :D
With regard to the last name of Perfect… don’t know if there are any Fleetwood Mac fans on the board, but Christine McVie’s maiden name was Perfect. Or, as she was fond of saying, “I was Perfect before I met John…”
That’s sorta like the old joke that a man is not truly complete without a woman…after marriage, he’s finished.
Wow. Most pages of comments in the shortest time I’ve seen.
On a completely unrelated topic, every time I watch a hidden camera show, I think, “How much more entertaining would these pranks be if they were done to people who can deal with this stuff, like supers?” Say one of those pranks where they make the guy think he’s responsible for knocking the cyclist into the pond, but they unknowingly target a speedster who can catch the cyclist, or something.
IKR…In less than 24 hours, the comments section had already swelled to 6 pages !
I knew a guy named William Dollar, went by Bill, too.
He has the power of Money and lawyer-fu. Not to be underestimated.
Helja Schitz-Christianson.
As far as I know, he goes by Hal Christianson, and lives in Florida.
-son may or may not be -sen.
so far i remember there was a guy with which i was friends, his lasts names it was castrum castle, he was very concerned since he was not the “strong guy” kind
there was also a state in Venezuela in which i lived, parents have the custom of mix plenty of names to get one, weirest one was
hildermar
leoneling
genesireth
Guy at work had the coolest initials: DDT
My father knew a guy named Izzy (Isaiah) Gay. Of course, this was long before the current meaning of the word ‘gay’ so he didn’t get that much flak back then.
Yes, but was he? Or was he grumpy all the time? o_O
Hmm.
I wonder if Sidney tried summoning Shenron.
Probably the first thing she did.
I had a relatively hot English teacher in 7th or 8th grade named “Mis. boner”
Jokes were made at first but she was good at her job, and wasn’t very strict so they soon petered out
I make a habit of looking for funny names whenever I’m in a graveyard (mildly morbid but I prefer laughing to crying whenever possible)
The best one I can remember was one “Dr Resitin Peace”
One friend’s surname is Hurlock (anyone who’s played Dragon Age knows why that’s a great name), and another’s initials spell out SMS, and I also have a friend whose first name is Aura, which is a cool name in my opinion. =)
When I was in middle school, one of the teachers was Mrs. Hoare. I can only imagine what she went through when being hired…
I have fond memories of a woman named Vanilla Hoare . . .
Not a real woman, of course. Carol Cleveland played her in the Monty Python “Scott of the Antarctic” sketch.
Psychiatrist named Salvage, Vets named Katz and Fox, Governor Hogg of Texas who named his daughter Ima, and a friend of mine is Griffin Wolf
I know a guy named Mister Anderson
if my mom had kept her maiden name and I wasn’t endeavoring to change my title to Miss, I’d be Mister Andersen.
not sure if this has been mentioned, but there was a couple that got married this year who’s last names were Burger and King. https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-style/news/burger-king-wedding-looks-like-a-whopper-of-a-good-time-pictures-2015217 Their wedding was actually paid for by the Burger King company when they found out.
guy i knew in the army named psych (he officially changed it to that since people kept using that nickname anyway) told me about a private friend of his that he hoped would become a major one day just because of his name Warren Slaughter of course i thought that would indeed be hilarious for a major to have that name
But it already works with private. He could also become a general.
I knew a girl named Kelly Greene.
I did as well. I only knew it was a specific shade of green years later.
Or a hot-tempered character with a fondness for spicy food named “Scoville.”
+ 1 Internet for the reminder…
I should buy a boat.
Never mind, wrong strip.
Fun fact, the voice actor for Inuyasha is named Richard Cox.
Eeyup.
Dick Cox.
No, not Merv. Vin!
Vin Shrapnell!
Nice one :D
Years ago I knew a woman named Crystal Miner. Then she married a guy named Joe Ball.
That’s funny, I went to high school with Joe Ball. He got kicked around a lot.
…I’m not sure which substitute teacher we treated worse, Mrs. Frankenstein or Mrs. Gasser…
I’ve not bothered with 8 pages of comments, but here in Oklahoma we have a lot of wonderful surnames.
Like Mankiller and Dredfulwater. A fellow I heard of in the NE was Warren God.
I had a class with Dr. Goodenough
Went to high school with a Whitney Houston (couldn’t sing a lick BTW) and my pastor’s last name is Booze.
Then there’s my friends the Lees, the husband of which wanted their daughter to be named Emma. Emma Lee. Just to mess with people. I used to joke their son would be Mann Lee.
When in school, my parents knew a boy named Hugo Igo.
When I was a child, my dentist was named Mangels.
While working register I came across two college girls who were (a) roommates, and (b) named Masters and Powers.
It made my blackened little gamer’s heart sing.
When I was in college, I knew a gorgeous young lady who possessed the family name of Firehammer. She already had many men turning their heads without that name; with it, there were some who wanted to marry her and take HER name.
When I was in the marines we had a Corporal called Corporal Underwood. He was quite happy with the fact that the military always went rank and last name, because his first name was Harry. Unfortunately, I remember the day he got demoted back to private… such a sad (but filled with humor) day…
Just saw the funeral for Stan Laurel, and one f the attendees had the name of ‘Pat Buttram’
Anyone who remembers that old sitcom “Green Acres” will know who Pat is. He played the conniving Mr. Haney! I had just about forgotten that show.
Met Harry Foote, Katherine (Kandy) Kane, Fushia McFashion and a person named Dreamon. Their parents must not have wanted kids.
My dad was friends with a guy named Mark Cherry, whose wife was Mary. He also worked with a guy named- no joke- Richard Cranium.
I worked with someone whose married name is Love Meredith Christmas.
Worst name I ever saw was in a book of names I was browsing in the supermarket checkout line. This particular name was being used as a BAD example — what NOT to name the baby.
Family of Italian descent, last name “Ciancio”, pronounced “see-ANN-see-oh”. They named their daughter…
Wait for it…
“Nancy Ann.”
Still don’t get it?
Say it aloud: “Nancy Ann Ciancio”…