Friday, May 12, 2017

A Name is a Name

WARNING: The following contains an excess amount of corniness! Read at your own risk.

A name is a name. But, it is so fun to make up names to enhance the given name. I have a few to share.

I have one of the most boring names in the world: James Lowe. My first and last names total 9 letters!
My full name is James Ronald Lowe, Jr, but that's not helping anything. So....I have enhanced my name from time to time. When I was younger, I decided to help my chances to make it to the MLB by changing my name to Dusty Lowe. It had a little flair, but my lack of skills stopped the dream! Even though I didn't make it to the majors, I use the name liberally.

Prior to Jennifer Lopez, using J Lo, you guessed it....I was the Original J Lo!! (At least, that's the way I remember it.) I think many people prefer this over my boring name.

Since I am single, I thought maybe my middle name could be "So". Therefore, I would be James So-Lowe. (Corniness meter is rising!)

If my hair was just a little longer...I could be James Fro-Lowe. Nahhhh!

Let's move on to a friend. Her name is Joanne Askew. How cool of a name is "Askew"?
If my last name was Askew and I had a son, his middle name would be "Who". I would call him Who. Can you imagine the conversations.

My boy is pulled over by a police officer for speeding. The officer walks up to the driver side window and introduces himself. My boy kind of points to himself and says Who Askew! Then, he's arrested.

My boy meets the girl of his dreams! She says, "I'm Wanda Kilgore. What's your name?"
 My boy says, "Who Askew."
Wanda responds, "Well, I never!"
Who is like..."Wanda, why ya tripping?'
Wanda screeches, "The least you can do is tell me your name!"
My boy proudly points to himself and says, "Who Askew!"
Wanda says, "At this point I really don't care who ask you!"
My boy responds, "What's with the apathy, Wanda?"
Wanda slaps Who and says, "First, you won't tell me your name and now you are using fowl language!" Wanda storms off!

If you made it to this point in the post, God bless you!!


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