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| From | Sam Smith <sam@lullabypit.com> |
| Subject | Re: A terrifying thing happened during dinner tonight (O/T) |
| Date | Sat, 03 Jun 2006 15:04:00 -0400 |
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I just finished reading FREAKANOMICS (co-authored by former Right
Profile keyboardist and singer Steve Dubner), and in one chapter they're
looking at the whole name thing. And they came up with THE damnedest
example ever.
While this kid's name was apparently pronounced "shuh-TEED," it was
spelled "Shithead."
Can't make that kind of thing up, folks....
>
> The yuppies & celebraties stole the concept from poor folk. Some 30 years
> ago a friend worked for the Wake County (Raleigh, NC) welfare department.
> She was interviewing one destitute lady, and when it came around to
> her kids names,
> the lady responded (deadly serious) "Lavoris & Listerine" -- which if
> you sound
> them out are quite pretty. There were other product instances, pulled
> from the
> store shelves, or TV or magazine ads, and one named their child Pajama
> (pronounced Paj'-a-ma). When my friend sputtered "What!?", the
> response was
> "You know, pajama, like in the Sears catalog".
>
> Yet another sad case of the rich ripping off ideas & art from the poor...
>
> - michael - who promises to follow up later today with an actual
> dancing about
> architectural music post
>
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