Will I love Bodacious as much as Galt?
by FoolshGame22 on Sep 12, 2008 1:59 AM PDT
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Who among us is a second son? How do father's feel about them? I have no idea... I'm a first-born. Will I treat him differently than I do Galt? Will Galt grow up jealous and resentful of his little brorther? It won't really matter to me cuz I'll be dead by the time they both hit puberty, so all their teenage angst will be mommy's problem, but...
Let's get to the point... what should I name the second son? Because, she told me I could name the boys and she could name the girls.
Well, at least, that's the way I remember it... but, I was probably drunk... So, to be fair to her, she says she only gave me the "first boy" naming rights. Now that she knows the 2nd one's a boy, she's, apparently, feeling a bit of buyer's remorse. God (or whomever) love her, but, in my eyes, she's now reneging on my "boy naming" rights.
Nevertheless, me, being the fair and just person that I am... I thought I'd put it to you AN, once again... what should be the baby's name? And, by "putting it to AN," I mean giving you, the folks of AN, the same amount of influence I gave you in the naming of my first child: Name The Baby (2005).
He will be born on October 16, 2008, if that matters to you.
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Still can't edit polls... that's always irked me about AN...
but, anyway…
Carlos Barton Gordon… you can write it in.
Or, suggest any other great baby name you like.
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 12, 2008 2:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Martin Head
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by salb918 on Sep 12, 2008 6:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
congrats
i have two boys myself- Hudson Dash (after Tim of course) and Dexter Rowan (after Holland- not that new TV show).
Besides actually making them, naming children is about the best part. After that….. good luck cuz 2 young ones is like four.
"The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste" -Al Jourgensen
by easyrichboy on Sep 12, 2008 7:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice
I named my son Hudsen… compromise with my Wife dropping the “o” and adding the “e”.
by HRH on Sep 12, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I tried to get Hudson in the mix, but Mrs Monkeyball put the kibosh on it
cocky whacko @('.')@
by monkeyball on Sep 12, 2008 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
mrs salb918 used said kibosh on "Optimus Prime"
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by salb918 on Sep 12, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
damn wimmin must get together and conspire at kibosh.com
cocky whacko @('.')@
by monkeyball on Sep 12, 2008 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rowan like Atkinson?
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by salb918 on Sep 12, 2008 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
Big Blackadder fan.
"The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste" -Al Jourgensen
by easyrichboy on Sep 12, 2008 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ahh, why is Rearden spelled like that?
You do mean to name your child after pitching great Jeff Reardon, don’t you?? ;-)
by schmifty on Sep 12, 2008 7:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No, I mean to name him after Hank Rearden...
a character out of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. My first son’s name is Galt. I kinda like Hank, but it’s a little too common in today’s world. Now, I did think of Roark, the main character in The Fountainhead, Rand’s second most famous book, but I thought it might give #2 a complex.
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 1:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Given how you named Primero
Segundo pretty much has to be Ayn, doesn’t he?
Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Sep 12, 2008 8:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
if segundo had been a girl...
her name was destined to be Dagny. Wouldn’t naming a boy “Ayn” be kinda like naming him “Sue?”
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 1:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, has it been three years...
since baby Galt came into this world? Time flies.
In my experience, boys are harder in the younger years and girls, later…at least I hope boys will be easier than girls in their teens.
I have a daughter who just started high school. My boys are 9 and 4.
The 4 year-old is definitely treated different than his brother was…even his sister for that matter. We were very protective of the first two – hovering over them, making sure they never left our sight, watching every single thing they ate – I don’t think either had a soda or hot dog until they were around 6. The last one…learned to walk on hard wood flooring, is very independent, and eats pretty much anything.
OK, a name. I think I had a similar deal with my wife. She pretty much had final say on our daughter and I did for the boys.
How about in honor of AN and his Dad who threw out a first pitch – Foolsh Gordon? Or just 22?
Alright, back to the drawing board.
by easyraider on Sep 12, 2008 9:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Foolsh Gordon...
I’ll suggest that to her. I like it better than Rand. Every teacher he ever has is going to think the computer left the “y” off his first name.
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 1:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh, and as for teenage boys being easier than girls...
I’m not so sure about that. My brother and I were a year and a half apart. We were not easy on my parents. Our younger sister was a little angel (well, at least, as far as my parents knew).
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 1:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well if he were named Bodacious
I guess everyone would call him…Bod
That would be funny
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by closetasfan on Sep 12, 2008 9:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
well, I was kinda thinkin' Bo...
but, Bod would be funnier.
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 1:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kotsay. Gotta name him Kotsay.
And congrats!
cocky whacko @('.')@
by monkeyball on Sep 12, 2008 10:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
hmmm...
strangely… I kinda like it. How bout a middle name since you’re on a roll?
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 1:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kotsay Emil Gordon
That actually sounds kinda nice.
cocky whacko @('.')@
by monkeyball on Sep 13, 2008 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Geren Gordon ain't half bad...
if the A’s had won the World Series this year, that’d be his friggin’ name.
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 1:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A good friend of mine is named Geren Tea. Not kidding.
au contra ire
by JediLeroy on Sep 13, 2008 5:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What happened to the "don't torture the kid . . . " option
Isn’t that the one that received most votes last time?
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by oaktownmario on Sep 12, 2008 10:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I didn't want to give you an easy out...
this time.
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 1:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't believe you already named one "Galt"
Galt is a horrible place where there’s nothing to do but meth.
Even in the Star Trek universe, Gault is the shitty farming planet that Worf comes from.
Therefore, my suggestion is
Worf Meth Gordon
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Sep 12, 2008 10:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
silly trekkie...
Meth is monosyllabic… that does have a certain appeal. As does Worf, I guess.
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that will undoubtedly be one or both of their nicknames...
not like I didn’t hear it a thousand times. Sorta like a guy with the last name of Hyman hears the nickname Buster throughout his life.
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 1:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rob or Flash
Definitely not Jeff.
And you will 100% love him as much, yet completely differently. The three little Aces are amazing. It’s funny, with each one, I wondered how I would fell, and now I can’t imagine for one second them not being here.
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by 5Aces on Sep 12, 2008 11:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
there was a Jeff Gordon that grew up...
in the same neighborhood that I did. Not the racer, of course, but just goes to show how common a name it was. Same with Rob… there were like 4 or 5 Roberts in my elementary school class.
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 1:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't mean this as a personal insult
but anyone who names a child “Bodacious” should be convicted of child abuse.
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by PaulThomas on Sep 12, 2008 12:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
that was my Dad's suggestion (completely as a joke)...
but, Galt picked up on it. And, he knows that Daddy wants Wyatt (which he pronounces "Quiet"), that Mommy wants Rand, which he pronounces pretty well… and, that Poppy (my dad) wants Bodacious, which he pronounces perfectly.
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 1:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Keynes Rorty Gordon
cocky whacko @('.')@
by monkeyball on Sep 12, 2008 1:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Gordon Gano Gordon
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by salb918 on Sep 12, 2008 1:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Gordon Gekko Gordon
Come to think of it, this one would work well conceptually with Galt …
cocky whacko @('.')@
by monkeyball on Sep 12, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
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by salb918 on Sep 12, 2008 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
G. Gordon Liddy Gordon
cocky whacko @('.')@
by monkeyball on Sep 12, 2008 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alex Gordon Gordon
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Sep 12, 2008 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you guys are good...
Gekko… but, then someone would accuse me of naming him after the Geico lizard.
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 1:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't tell me what my choice is!
Unless I actually said something about “Bodacious” sometime in the past and the brain cells that were responsible for storing that fact have since died…
Or you’re talking about another Poppy. There’s an ANer whose wife’s real name is Poppy, who is that? And now it’s going to bug me that I can’t remember which ANer that is.
Name the kid Dementia. No, wait, that’s a girl’s name. Demento. Name him Demento.
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by Poppy on Sep 12, 2008 1:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes, Demento
It will encourage the kid to pursue his doctorate.
Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Sep 12, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
another opportunity for me to pimp my country song ...
“I Needed a Doctor (But All She Had Was a PhD)”
cocky whacko @('.')@
by monkeyball on Sep 12, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Demento...
no doubt he’ll live up to that name. Poppy is what Galt calls my father. I guess that’s better than what he calls Justine’s father… BooPa. Where they come up with these monikers for their grandparents, one never knows. But, they’re usually amusing, apparently.
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 1:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh heh heh ...
cocky whacko @('.')@
by monkeyball on Sep 12, 2008 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Benjamin Dover
or Joaquin Danger
Procrastinators unite....tomorrow
by muffinpryde on Sep 12, 2008 10:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
hmmm... Joaquin Danger...
J. D. Gordon… he’d be destined to be either a lawyer or a bartender. I’d encourage him toward the latter, of course.
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 2:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is the Mommy!!!
Dan has selective memory when it suits him. All boys, yeah right! I think at this point my fustration stems with how people from Dan’s family are talking to me. How is baby Wyatt? Not how are you Justine? What I’m I the darn incubator, do I not exsist anymore. Oh well 4 weeks and they wont be talking to my stomach anymore and I will exsist again.
My poll would be how many people when the see Rand would think the name is Randy? Which is Dan’s big fear. My guess would be none.
This is worse than the 6 months of Zito as a middle name last time!
by Justinenee on Sep 13, 2008 11:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
call the Waaaambulance...
it’ll rush you to the hospital when you go into labor with baby Wyatt. ;-)
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When I saw Rand, Randy never crossed my mind
Score 1 for Mommy ;-)
by schmifty on Sep 13, 2008 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wind up thinking Randal
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by DMOAS on Sep 14, 2008 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why not Wyatt Rand Gordon?
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by DMOAS on Sep 14, 2008 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like overwhelming support for...
Wyatt Rearden Gordon. YAY!
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 13, 2008 10:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I voted for Wyatt!
Congrats. How is Galt handling the upcoming birth of his baby brother?
by oaklandbbfan on Sep 14, 2008 9:56 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
he's cool with it so far...
as long as it’s something in mommy’s tummy that isn’t diminishing his status as the center of the universe. It’ll be interesting to see what his attitude is once it is an actual little brother who demands lots of mommy’s constant attention.
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by FoolshGame22 on Sep 14, 2008 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wyatt Commissioner Gordon
With any luck you’ll find him presiding over Major League Baseball someday.
Tutti Frutti
by Ice Cream on Sep 14, 2008 7:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Kennesaw Mountain Gordon
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Sep 14, 2008 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mount Davis Gordon
cocky whacko @('.')@
by monkeyball on Sep 15, 2008 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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