Whats in a name? was Re: SC - Vacation/Training 8/8-8/17

[Brenna]

Glenda Robinson wrote:

> I can't resist either...
>
> My best friend at schools father went to school with a Robert Pinn (Bobby).
> A reenactor, whose surname is Tart (and she has had a wonderful time with
> that over the years "Surname please" "Tart" "Excuse me?") married another
> reenactor whose surname is Green. Many have thought she should hyphenate to
> Green-Tart, but she steadfastly sticks to her maiden name.
> My Husband Wayne (Robinson) has a middle initial K, making, by a stretch of
> schoolboy imagination, WayneKR. He thought that was bad until he met a guy
> through work whose name actually WAS Wayne Carr. Poor bloke.
> My own maiden name was Keen. Whenever people say to me "You're keen", I
> usually reply "No. But I was". Confuses the stuffing out of some.
> A long-time family friend of mine has a father called Bob. Whenever anyone
> says "... and Bob's your Uncle", she replies "No. He's my father". Similar
> confusion abounds!
>
> Glenda.

And speaking of Bob's there are too many of them in the world.  One day, I got a
call from a woman I didn't recognise asking if Bob was there.  In all honesty
(no kidding here), I told her she would have to be more specific.  "Do you want
Bob, Rob, or Bobby?  They're all here."  (3 guys who all work together, my
husband being Rob)  "Bob Hoevet?"  "Oh, sorry.  You want Turbo.  I forgot his
name is Bob too.  I'll get him for you."  (at which all the guys are falling
down laughing)  Then there was the infamous day that my husband was greeting new
neighbors as we moved into a house.  My faather in law and Turbo were helping us
and I overheard my husband say, "Hi I'm Rob.  This is my father Bob.  And this
is my friend Bob."  So what did we do?  We named our son the third!

Brenna

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