I have a question....

[conuly]

Let's say you're in a store. And you want to steal a pair of socks. Or maybe you want to steal a small juice box, something like that, doesn't really matter.

Now, you can see that somebody has already opened a package of the same sort of socks or juice boxes or whatever that you want to steal, and has stolen one. So why would you, at that point, open up a new package?

I mean, you're already stealing. Isn't it better to minimize your crime and steal from the already stolen-from box?

On a completely unrelated note, you cannot reserve the name "Madison" for your child. I don't care if you're telling that to your distant cousin, you still can't reserve it. It's like reserving the name "Jennifer". Now, I'm far too polite to point out that Madison is an ugly and overpopular name to your face, and tell you that your kid is going to be Maddy P. (or whatever your initial is) for her entire life, but please, don't sit there and go on about how somebody wanted to steal your future kid's name. It's Madison, of all things. I generally like you, but the more people say silly things, the more I get the urge to call them out on it.

(Check it out. Even though more-traditional names are all the rage right now, Madison still manages to be number three on the list of popular baby names. I'm just waiting for Minnie to come back in vogue.)

Comments

[mortaine.livejournal.com]

I cannot respond to this query, because "you're in a store and want to steal something" does not compute. :P

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

My name was number 808 the year I was born (1985), number 887 in 1986, and apparently hasn't been in the top 1,000 since. Interesting.

Also, my name's popularity has declined every year since 1975. Honestly, I'm quite glad. I hate meeting other "Misti"s.

[conuly]

Misti? You don't strike me as a Misti.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

I can't say one way or another, since I'm so damned used to it. And I have really no connection to it at the same time (if that makes sense.) My mom wanted to name me Lauren Nicole and I'm glad that didn't happen. But I'm sure I'd be saying that about Misti Dawn if my Dad hadn't named me.

What do I strike you as then?

[conuly]

*shrugs*

Misti Dawn just sounds... nevermind.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

You could have said whatever you were thinking. I can take the heat. My name isn't my fault, after all.

I constantly get asked, "Were your parents hippies?" and I just have tons of fun answering that one.

[conuly]

Well, it kinda sounds like a porn star name, if you must know. Which doesn't seem like you to me.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

It's soooo funny that that's what you were thinking.

Here's a conversation I had with my grandma (dad's mom) last year.

G: Misti Dawn, now that's a stripper's name. Your father brought home a stripper once, you know. Just a friend, mind. No worries, my dear, he slept on the couch like a gentleman.

M: [rolling fit of laughter] Well, at least it's not Misti Mountains. Now that is a stripper's name.

G: Ahh, lucky dear, your father left you a shred of class.

[ratkrycek.livejournal.com]

Well, how do you think I feel? My name has been the #1 female name since 1996!

(Of course, in 1973, when I was born, it was #100... Jennifer was the top female name that year; Christopher, the #2 for males. By the time I got to high school, it showed.)

[ex-chaos-by-699.livejournal.com]

It's one of the better popular names though. At least you're not a Madison or an Ashley.

[pyrokinesis.livejournal.com]

Mine was very popular in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, and is still in the top 200. Never got any higher than #3 on the list, though. That was 1965.

[ex-chaos-by-699.livejournal.com]

I'm very happy to see that my name has experienced no alarming surges in popularity. Of course, it has risen in the last 15 years, but we're talking about going from #942 to #327. *grin*

[xmorningxrosex.livejournal.com]

yay, my exact name isn't in the top 1000! Michaela, Micaela, and Mikaela are though...which explains why people spell my name so horribly wrong.

My bf's sister really wants to name her daughter Madison. My bf likes the name too, so I guess it's a joke between them. Thing is, since I grew up in Madison, WI, I can't imagine naming a kid after the town I lived in for most of my life.

[mhari.livejournal.com]

I mean, you're already stealing. Isn't it better to minimize your crime and steal from the already stolen-from box?

I dunno about better, but certainly smarter.

Ah, Madison. Urgh. I find myself positively nostalgic for Jennifer and Jessica these days. (Though they were a bit before my time; when I was born it was Sarah and Melissa and Erin.)

[mortaine.livejournal.com]

I cannot respond to this query, because "you're in a store and want to steal something" does not compute. :P

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

My name was number 808 the year I was born (1985), number 887 in 1986, and apparently hasn't been in the top 1,000 since. Interesting.

Also, my name's popularity has declined every year since 1975. Honestly, I'm quite glad. I hate meeting other "Misti"s.

[conuly]

Misti? You don't strike me as a Misti.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

I can't say one way or another, since I'm so damned used to it. And I have really no connection to it at the same time (if that makes sense.) My mom wanted to name me Lauren Nicole and I'm glad that didn't happen. But I'm sure I'd be saying that about Misti Dawn if my Dad hadn't named me.

What do I strike you as then?

[conuly]

*shrugs*

Misti Dawn just sounds... nevermind.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

You could have said whatever you were thinking. I can take the heat. My name isn't my fault, after all.

I constantly get asked, "Were your parents hippies?" and I just have tons of fun answering that one.

[conuly]

Well, it kinda sounds like a porn star name, if you must know. Which doesn't seem like you to me.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

It's soooo funny that that's what you were thinking.

Here's a conversation I had with my grandma (dad's mom) last year.

G: Misti Dawn, now that's a stripper's name. Your father brought home a stripper once, you know. Just a friend, mind. No worries, my dear, he slept on the couch like a gentleman.

M: [rolling fit of laughter] Well, at least it's not Misti Mountains. Now that is a stripper's name.

G: Ahh, lucky dear, your father left you a shred of class.

[ratkrycek.livejournal.com]

Well, how do you think I feel? My name has been the #1 female name since 1996!

(Of course, in 1973, when I was born, it was #100... Jennifer was the top female name that year; Christopher, the #2 for males. By the time I got to high school, it showed.)

[ex-chaos-by-699.livejournal.com]

It's one of the better popular names though. At least you're not a Madison or an Ashley.

[pyrokinesis.livejournal.com]

Mine was very popular in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, and is still in the top 200. Never got any higher than #3 on the list, though. That was 1965.

[ex-chaos-by-699.livejournal.com]

I'm very happy to see that my name has experienced no alarming surges in popularity. Of course, it has risen in the last 15 years, but we're talking about going from #942 to #327. *grin*

[xmorningxrosex.livejournal.com]

yay, my exact name isn't in the top 1000! Michaela, Micaela, and Mikaela are though...which explains why people spell my name so horribly wrong.

My bf's sister really wants to name her daughter Madison. My bf likes the name too, so I guess it's a joke between them. Thing is, since I grew up in Madison, WI, I can't imagine naming a kid after the town I lived in for most of my life.

[mhari.livejournal.com]

I mean, you're already stealing. Isn't it better to minimize your crime and steal from the already stolen-from box?

I dunno about better, but certainly smarter.

Ah, Madison. Urgh. I find myself positively nostalgic for Jennifer and Jessica these days. (Though they were a bit before my time; when I was born it was Sarah and Melissa and Erin.)