August 4th, 2003

Pick a Name That Is Least Likely to Get Them Teased

A comment by Mark Pilgrim on philringnalda.com reminds me of this exchange on The Simpsons when they were trying to come up with the name of their first-born:

Marge: Homer, I've been thinking, if the baby's a boy, what do you think of the name Larry?
Homer: Marge, we can't do that! All the kids will call him 'Larry Fairy'.
Marge: Well, how about Louie?
Homer: They'll call him 'Screwy Louie'.
Marge: Bob?
Homer: 'Flob'.
Marge: Luke?
Homer: 'Puke'.
Marge: Marcus?
Homer: 'Mucus'.
Marge: What about Bart?
Homer: Let's see... Bart, Cart, Dart, Ee-art... Nope, can't see any problem with that!