If I was a tech in a fancy car dealership .. I'd want my shop uniform name tag to say 'Luigi' ..... something like that. something exotic sounding .. Hans, or Otto. , etc. but an Italian name would be more exotic. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 4:55 PM Subject: Re: (NVC) How come people change names?
> On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 15:31 -0700, BenT Syncro wrote: > >> Wondering out loud why some people sign their posting with different >> names on a regular basis. Not that I've never done it. Just curioso. > > > You mean like how I am "Rocket J Squirrel" on this list, but was born as > "John Michael Elliott," and went by "Mike" for the first 58 years of my > life and decided that "Mike" is a pain in the ass because, like, you get > 10 American males in a room and at least one is a "Mike" so I decided > that since I don't like the bland "John" because it was the old man's > name that I'd do as JFK did and change it to "Jack"? > > That what you're talking about? And what's it too ya? Wanna fight about > is? > > -- > Rocky J Squirrel |
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