I have a question....
Oct. 3rd, 2005 12:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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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.)
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.)
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Date: 2005-10-03 04:30 am (UTC)Also, my name's popularity has declined every year since 1975. Honestly, I'm quite glad. I hate meeting other "Misti"s.
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Date: 2005-10-03 04:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-03 04:37 am (UTC)What do I strike you as then?
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Date: 2005-10-03 04:43 am (UTC)Misti Dawn just sounds... nevermind.
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Date: 2005-10-03 04:49 am (UTC)I constantly get asked, "Were your parents hippies?" and I just have tons of fun answering that one.
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Date: 2005-10-03 04:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-03 05:01 am (UTC)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.