Babies Named Cotton and Other Pressing Matters
Why are there no newborn babies named Cotton anymore? My mother had (has?) a friend with that name, but there can’t be too many of them left, can there? I hear about people naming their daughters Emily, and Ashley, and Abigail, and that sort of thing. But never Cotton.
What’s wrong with Cotton?! I think we have an obligation to save that name, before it becomes completely extinct. Every generation is presented with a challenge, and I believe this might be ours. Together we can make it happen!! So who’s with me?!!
…Hello?
Well. What other “friends of our parents” names are rarely assigned to the freshly-minted nowadays? How about Donna? You don’t see too many babies in a crib named Donna… Help me identify the at-risk names, so we can proceed with our important work.
And since we’re on this questionable subject, here are the most popular names of the 1960s (talking ’bout my generation). How far down the list do you have to go, before you can’t think of a classmate who had one of the names?
On the boy side of things, I might have to drop all the way down to #43: Jose. There were no Joses in our class (I mean, seriously), but I think I can come up with someone for every name above it.
As far as girls go, however, I can’t remember a Patricia (#6). Bill might be able to help with that one. He remembers everything, despite drinking roughly the same amount of beer as I have. It’s an amazing thing to behold, it really is.
And speaking of that… On Saturday Toney and I went to Cooper’s in Scranton, to explore their sizable beer selection. Here’s the list of drafts they gave us. Check out the snarky disclaimer at the end. Heh.
We only had two each, because it’s an eight-mile trek home (dammit). Both of us opted for the Victory Harvest Ale (fan-freaking-tastic!), and Hoppin Frog IPA (also very good, but with an odd aftertaste that reminded me of a whisk broom).
I can’t believe we’ve lived in this town for more than eight years, and hadn’t previously taken advantage of such an excellent beer-lover’s paradise. The bar itself is very pub-like, the staff seemed knowledgeable and friendly, and the lineup of beers was so interesting and good it almost made me cry.
Oh, we’ll be back. Over and over again. In fact, I want to go there every Saturday afternoon, for the rest of my life. I haven’t yet spoken with Toney about this plan, but it’s the way I’m currently leaning.
Surf Reporter Hope sent along a new batch of Smoking Fish sightings — on foreign soil again. Check ‘em out. Our logo, man, he gets around.
And Matt from Florence sent me a great little CARE package, pictured here. It came in a vintage (and very cool) cigar box, with four real cigars (Saint Luis Rey Reserva Especial), a cigar cutter, several bubblegum and chocolate cigars, a DVD of the E documentary, and a collection of “hipster 2 hipster” music mp3s.
Thanks, man! I appreciate it, sincerely.
And finally, I have something extra-exciting to show you folks today: the kick-ass version 4.0 Surf Report shirts! Right here.
The Evil Twin created the design, and I think it’s nothing short of incredible. What do you say? The shirts will be short-sleeve, military green, and available in the normal lineup of sizes.
This time we’ll be branching out to a two-color design. Green is the color of the shirt itself, plus white and orange ink. I think it looks amazing, and I’m not just blowing smoke here.
Please help me out by pre-ordering. I’m not very good at guessing quantities and sizes, and your input will be mighty important.
And that, my friends, is that. I need to go to work now, weep softly into my keyboard for ten hours, and return home.
I’ll see ya tomorrow.
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Good Afternoon Surf Reporters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
First?
Just one question about the beer list!!! WTF!!! Did they speak all exclamation pointy, too!!!!!
1st? 2nd?? 3rd???
I’m still waiting for a coffee mug with the old logo.
Commenting on the old vs. new names, I had an Uncle Cotton and an Uncle Rufus, both of who I had never met before they died.
Along with “Cotton” you don’t see many boys named “Rufus”.
I did however have a German Shepherd named Rufus. I think that was my dad’s perverse way of paying tribute.
On a similar side note, my one SIL named her daughters with old timey names
Grace, Sophia. Isabella
Man, what a server hiccup….
Ok names….mostly women with a few dudes in there
Gertrude
Polly
Betsy
Earline
Maude
Sally
Judy
Barbara
Clyde
Amos
Ralph
That’s all I got off the top of my head. I would hate to be named Earline now…or Gertrude…
That snarky disclaimer on the beer list is for people like me who feel pressure from other people to at least TRY interesting beers, but end up wasting it because it doesn’t taste like the cheap American crap beer we grew up drinking. Change is hard.
Greeting from Toronto- just got back from a hockey tournament in Pittsburgh- first time there… Read about Yuengling numerous times here & decided to try some… Not bad beer, but man they keep the beer stores well hidden in this state!
Never met anyone named Cotton, although have experienced cotton mouth a few times…
#51 Roger. We actually had a Jose in my 70s grade school, but no Rogers. Perhaps by that point the name had become to much of a sexual euphemism. As for female names, #49 Janet. And personally I think my own name is “at risk”. My German ex said the name was beyond old in the Fatherland.
Speaking of Germans, Shiny Rod I lost the link to the Super Secret Update so any further elaboration of the whole peanut butter-George Washington Carver stuff would be appreciated.
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More names no one sees anymore:
Mortimer
Bertha
Sylvia
Abraham (strange religious cults not withstanding)
Ina
Amos
Eugenia
Woodrow
Morton
Thelma
marking my spot in the top ten
Masher: My sister-in-law named her kid Sylvia as per my suggestion.
Loved the shirt design Jeff?
The shirts are awesome!! I love the snarky disclaimer, freaking people shouldn’t bitch if what THEY order is what they get.
I’m sorry, I don’t like this kid, beer, car, steak, life, can I trade it for another with no ramifications?
Why Not??? What do you mean this isn’t Nebraska??
No slams, but Karen, Carol, Connie, Teresa, Theodore, Ted, Dale, Walter, and Hubert, Delbert, Franklin, Lyle, Ronald, Ralph, Ethel, Margaret, Doreen, & Dorothy are all experiencing a wain in their popularity can’t seem to recall a single kid in the school I went to. My dads name was Carl, “Shocker” but he went by Topper. I think I should start calling my boys, Topper (straight hair) & Cotton (Afro curly hair).
Its a thought.
Thanks for the tip Jeff.
Sorry that should have been ! not ?
Names in decline (or gone): Omar, Vern, Ralph, Dorthy, Lucy, Blanch, Myrtle, Olive, Emma, Gertrude, Polly, Gene (both the male and female versions), Helen, Bev, Bruno, Montgomery, Janet, Lloyd, Clifford, Lionel, Bruce, Shelia,..
While we are on the topic of names, what is with the trend of naming kids after 2nd rate U.S. geography? My son’s school is full of Montanas (both male and female) and Dakotas plus a Memphis, an Atlanta, and a Dayton. Seriously, Dayton. I’m not ragging on Dayton but if you want to hang a moniker on your child that says “greatness”, I wouldn’t pick Dayton.
“Flo” and “Ethel” seem to be going the way of the dodo bird. And I didn’t do my part to save them. I have two girls (Marion and Madelyn). I’ve always wondered why Mexicans are the only ones with big enough kiwis to name their boys “Jesus”. But if I have a boy I’m going to change all that – and we won’t pronounce is hey-suess either.
Happy Veterans Day! We just got back from a parade, the longest parade I’ve ever witnessed. It was more than 2 hours long.
So… I’m guessing that a long sleeve shirt is out of the question then?
The shirts are AWESOME! Great job!
I plan on getting 3 of those tough ass shirts.
# 179 Oh! I mean on the names list. I knew aguy named Cotton and when he got drunk in the bar he would just piss on the floor from his bar stool.
He also had a handshake grip like a vise.
Happy Veteran’s Day!
How popular will the name Barack become ?
I once knew a woman named “Cricket”. I doubt we’ll ever see that name make a comeback.
While I hate to see the old logo disappear from the shirt, the new design is just too cool. Could there not be the old smoking fish right below the back collar, maybe with the hyperlink underneath?
Two WVSR shirts *pre-ordered*, thanks!
Awesome shirt design, pre-orders away!
Sadly, I tend to name my kids those old-fashioned sorts of names (Laura, Leah, and incubating baby will be Anna or Timothy). I am just not one for the trends. I want them to have names that 1) people won’t be able to immediately guess how old they are and 2) people won’t immediately be able to guess their race or ethnicity is or what part of the country they are from.
I have a lot of students with names that I consider odd, however. Lots of Garretts, Gavins, and the like. I thought it was just a Texas thing, but I guess I was wrong.
This is probably a stupid question, but regarding the shirts. Is the totaly kick ass picture part of the shirt or is it that plastic ironed on kind of material that tends to break off piece by piece in the wash.
strange names in my family
generations back was an uncle iddo, and uncle hezakiah astorphis, he went by bud, aunt clella, aunt arizona blanch, always thought that sounded like hooker name
grandmas were effie leota, and nettie minervia
and of course i got ralph
I had an Uncle Tasker, and an Aunt Beulah.
Yes, they were from West Virginia. I am thinking those names should be added to the list.
Donceia, Feenie, Gytina and Yvette don’t pop up too much anymore.
By the way, I would like to “pre-order” 2, XL’s, thanks!
Dude,
That beer list is pretty impressive. Are you a fan of the Belgians? IMHO Belgians make the best beer in the whole wide world. The Delerium line is legendary, Hoegarten is very tasty, and the Grand-daddy of course is the Chimay line. Also try one called Nostradamus (my personal fav). You used to be able to get those at Trader Joe’s for a reasonable price. I live in Cleveland on the weekends, and you better believe there is some beer drinkin’ goin on. This place is in my neighborhood, a mere cab ride away. http://buckeyebeerengine.com/ Check the CASK ALE selections.
Cheers
TS
Doug – there is a little girl at my son’s school who goes by Cricket. It’s a nickname, but it’s the only name anyone knows her by.
I must say that I’m VERY surprised to have not seen either of my children’s names come up on the endangered list. My daughter’s name hasn’t broken the top 1000 since the early 1900s.
One of my best friends is named Edsel. His parents named him after the car! He has a brother named Myron and his dad’s name was Wilbur and his grandfather’s name was Augustus. I guess getting slapped with a shitty moniker is something of a tradition in their family.
I used to have an aunt named Betty Gay, and an Uncle named Guy.
You never see babies named Guy.
I like the shirt…. I want long sleeves too.
My grandma’s were/are Bettie and Bernice. Grandpa’s were Leo and Raymond. Don’t see alot of any of those anymore. My sister is Jenna and I am Trisha(not Patricia, dammit). My mom was trying to be creative in the 70′s. My husband is Wade, not a ton of them either. But his siblings are Kara and Jeffrey(both common).
We don’t have any Secrets, but then nieces/nephews are Alexander, Christopher, Gabriel, Addison, and Audrey. Ranging in ages from 6 to 1.
Wow. That’s one angry looking fish!
Cool design
Emma is waaay popular, now, Tyrosine.
Mabel, however, I’d have to say is pretty rare.
OK…………. I know I will be opening myself up for some good zingers here, but odd names run in my family. I am the same age as Jeff and Bill and I had an Uncle named Ulysses (sp)!!!!! One named Garnett and a cousin named Elwood. My grandmother on Mom’s side of the family was Clea Oma and on Dad’s side……Mamie Ufa. From what I understand, Mamie is coming back. No too sure about Ufa. Oh yeah, I graduated with 4 or 5 Patricia’s.
Had an aunt Ethel, and grandma was Gladys, and she went by Gladm which was always a mystery to me in the early 70′s as that woman never smiled once.
Jeff – i live 5 miles from a Rogue BrewPub. A little patch of heaven in Issaquah WA. I’m misting up thinking of going there for lunch. The Double Dead guy is great, as are the Chocolate Stout, the Shakespeare Stout, and the Chipotle Ale. But they are all good. When my Brother in law visits from Ohio, we go in and have the waitress start us at one end of the taps and we work our way to the other. ……… i’ll be back….
Grammies were Edna and Eleanor, my wife had a Mildred but my Mom takes the cake…Luida Mae
Put me down for two XL of the super badass shirts!
My grand-floks had names you just don’t hear any more – Mabel and Burl. Their siblings were Effie, Erie, and Wilbur.
Tell me THOSE aren’t some Appalachian gold-names!
I haven’t seen any Earl or Ruth’s lately.
The smoking fish shirt is badass. Money’s short right now, but damn I want one… Maybe I’ll throw back a few pints and order one then when it seems like a sound financial decision.
Dave, in Issaquah, the Rolling Log is more my sort of place. Not because of high quality beer, or high quality anything else, just because it’s dingy and you can get cheap beer. Also try the Chophouse Dip at Jak’s some time. It’s excellent.
Remember, in John Waters’ classic movie “Pink Flamingos,” the daughter of the main character, Babs Johnson (Divine), was named Cotton (portrayed by Mary Vivian Pearce). Even better was her son’s name – Crackers.
The first and middle names of my two granfathers: Morris Lafayette and Young Wiley.
My grandmas were Lily Margaret and Pearl Ann, They both went by their middle names cause they thought their first names were too frivilous!! WTH, Don’t call me Lily, call me Margaret? No really Ann suits me better than Pearl. Grandpa is Jesse James and Hubert Lenzy, Guess which one was the scrapper?
Just ordered a shit! Love the colors and the graphics. Might long sleeve be an option if enough of us ask? hint hint…
doh! shirt , shirt , SHIRT
#428?!
sheesh…well i was …this close… to being a “jennifer”…thank god i wasn’t, in my classes all the “jennifer’s” had to be numbered, “jennifer #4 where’s your homework?” …not alot of “Erika”s in my classes.
nowadays…no baby barbaras…no baby susans, no baby leonards or baby howards…
JEFF KAY? is the design on the front or back of the shirt?
SEE JEFF! I’ve been asking for long sleeves for the last two shipments (I’m stamping my foot now)
PLEEESSSSSEEEE?
I’ll take a small.
Lovin’ the logo, though ET
happy Tuesday, Surfers!
D in Seattle –
Jaks in Issaquah is the best steakhouse in the state, possibly the country. Filet mignon you can cut with a spoon. NEver been in the Rolling Log, i tend to go to the Gaslamp or Issaquah Brewhouse.
Another web site for seeing the popularity of names over the past 100 years:
http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager
Most unusal names in my family was my maternal grandfather’s name, WIRT. I’m told it’s an old southern name.
His brother had an even ‘better’ name….TUNK.
Both were raging alcoholics. You’d drink too if your parents named you Wirt & Tunk, right?
My late grandmother (born c.1905) was named Mariah. She eventually had it legally changed to “Marie” due to relentless teasing. Apparently all the kids used to call her “The Black Mariah” (i.e., the paddywagon) which, in her Irish-heavy neighborhood, was primarily used for picking up drunks. As the only teatotaller in a family full of lushes, this was quite an unbearably ironic situation for her.
My middle name is Byrl (pronounced like “Burl”)… How about Millard? And Trudy for future ladies?
And remember the secretary at Peaches #36? Eula?
Lets try to bring back the name “Eula” and honor how Barry White’s voice affected that woman. I’ll never forget walking in on her when we were playing the LP ‘The Right Night & Barry White”… She was working herself into quite a state of mind during the song “Sho Ya Right” as I recall. I made sure to play that LP every morning when I opened up.
My cousin’s name is Clounie. Clounie Joe. Whenever I heard it as a kid, I always thought “Clowny” and wondered why the fuck my aunt & uncle would name him that! Turns out it was his grandfather’s name, who was pure Irish. I completely understand why he’s always gone by “CJ” and threatens violence to anyone who calls him otherwise. My uncle’s name (his dad) was Goff, which I always thought was “Golf,” which further mystified me as a kid. Turns out I was just ignorant about Irish naming conventions…
I have an English aunt named Beryl have you ever heard of that name? I was named Deborah nobody names their girls by that name anymore
Damn it, Scott, I was going to post that link! Oh well.
My parents (they say) deliberately gave us all “normal” names, so I’m grateful-ish for that. Their parents were Norbert and Betty, Jim and Lucy. I have (now-deceased) great-uncles named Booker and Roland. In the distant family past I have an Edmund.
I generally don’t see to many hardcore old-testament names nowadays. I mean ones like Ezekiel, Nehemiah and Mordecai. That may be changing in these dark times, what with all the new Zacks and so forth. I have two friends named Frank, two or three Irenes, an Eletha and one Earl. None of them is elderly, and none of these names is very usual today. The two Evelyns I know or knew are one born at the nadir of the name’s popularity (1970s) and another at the peak (my great-aunt’s birthday was 10/10/10).
Oh, and regarding the beer list – that’s pretty impressive. The snarky disclaimer is rather condescending, and ultimately troubling. Those of us who *do* know beer can tell if that Gueuze Lambic is bad (not that they actually have such a thing), and as a customer I’d reserve the right to return it if it’s gone off. If I “feel it did not ‘taste right’” then it’s a good bet there’s something wrong with it. But still… Hop Devil on the hand pump? I’m salivating… Jeff, you *must* have that at least once. You have two truly outstanding microbreweries close by: Victory and Weyerbacher. Anything from either of these is worth tasting at least once. Man, Hop Devil on the hand pump! I’ll shut up now and go back to my Weyerbacher Simcoe :^9
Coopers looks cool it’s my birthday do you think they could send my free meal via UPS? love the beer disclaimer!! Ergo don’t bitch about the taste of hopping frog! We never lied about what it tasted like! The new smoking fish emblem reminds me of the tattoo’s used in a Simpsons episode about Grampa & Burns in the war! It has totally lost the”Cool” of the current totally perfect version! It’s like “new coke” nothing really wrong with it IT JUST AINT RIGHT!!
Jeff, The shirt is awesome, and you’ve got my preorder for one double xl! Good choice on the colors, and the logo looks amazing! keep up the good work, I look forward to more collaborations between you and The Evil Twin.
Debra: There used to be a character in English comics about an evil schoolgirl called Beryl the Peril! ask your Aunt maybe they based it on her!
In for a shirt. Nice job ET, great design. I know I will be asked when I wear it so…
Is that a catfish? Is there a story behind it?
I have an aunt named “Edna Earl.” That is her first and middle name. See if you can top that peeps. The shirt looks great.. but with a double x.. I’m afraid I will look like one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Plaz, I can say that yes, it’s a catfish. You’ll have to get the rest from the true sources (although I know the answers).
Now that is a spiffy shirt design. I ordered one.
And won’t I look mighty dapper for Christmas.
WTF? Did the fish quit smoking?
I don’t mean to be the turd in the room, but I think shirt is ok, kinda Dr. Seussy. For what it’s worth, I think the design is trying too hard. Why not have a simple, crappy, one color, line-art version like the masthead logo? It just fits the DIY personality of the site.
BTW, my apologies, I’ve been a ‘lurker’ on your blog for about a year without commenting. Yours is the only blog I check and always makes the end of my day a happy one, no matter what. Thanks.
My mom’s middle name was Gertrude, and she hated it. Got a whupping once for calling her ‘Gertie’.
The topper in my family research seems to be a great-uncle on my Dad’s side, Theodore Frelinghuysen Brewer. He was the first minister of the Methodist church in Muskogee, Indian Territory (from 1878 to 1886).
I’ve got a new grandson coming in the next week or so; the parents have imaginatively come up with the name ‘Austin’. Good thing they don’t live in Pflugerville anymore!
For Juancho. Look closely at the top of the “V” in WVSR. I think that’s a cigarette hanging out of the side of his mouth. The smoke kind of mixes in with the beer foam. (I hate when that happens).
You almost never hear of girls named “Jezebel” or boys named “Beelzebub”. Those are both Bible names, you’d think they’d get more action.
The shirts are shit your pants awesome. I’m going to pre order some as soon as I can figure out the paypal thing. I’ve been avoiding it for years.
Oh, and Clarence. What’s wrong with that name?
We named our now 5 month old son Wilbur. If he came out a girl we were going to name him Mabel. I love the old timey names.
My kids go to school with alot of weird named kids but “hip” names apparently because there are at least 5 in each grade. Like Deyshauwn, Avondre, and some name that utilizes all of x,y, and v in it. I wouldn’t even know where to start with it.
Pre-order completed.
There is a lawyer in Charleston named “Edgar Allen Poe, III”
Edgar probably belongs on the endangered species list.
My Dad’s middle name was Welington. My Grama’s name was Wilomena Mae. My Grandpap called her Bill.
Required reading for students of baby names…this is both hilarious and also sad:
http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html
Not common names?
Mom’s mom was named Winifred.
Dad’s mom was named Anna Mae.
I was told at various times in my youth that my middle name was going to be Elmer or Aloysius, but I suspect that my dad was only joking.
well here goes……my given name is Arthur Witham and had a grandmother who was a Blanche Delphia. now you know why i go by Sonny……not too sure where the nickname came from…..also have have the suffix III after my name…..sounds kind of regal….NOT
We have some names in my family that should die a thousand deaths:
Claude Felix (great grandfather)
Casper Rudolph (paternal grandfather)
Herbert (maternal grandfather’s middle name)
Ruth (paternal grandmother)
I got as far as #5 Patricia on that list. I don’t remember a Pat or Patricia in my grade school, although there was one in my sister’s grade when we got to high school.
Weird that Kathleen was #33 when we had a number of Kathys in my grade, not that I ever went by Kathy, but teachers like to shorten names even when the student doesn’t it shortened.
I’m with Knucklehead on the long sleeves. I have enough regular old guy-cut short-sleeved t-shirts to choke a whale.
I don’t believe any one caught this one yet.
Beulah
Dave – Dammit, I just spent 20 mintues reading that website and laughing out loud at work. I love snarky, smartasses.
I, like Jed, think the new design is a little Dr. Seussy,
but I will wear it. I ordered already and was wondering
if I could change my 2 XXL’s into 1 XXL and 1 XL. I’m
right in between and i want to make sure I have one to fit.
My moms name is Loretta Dale, kinda weird.
My grandma on my dads side was Billi and she her
a twin named Bobbi.
My grandfather was Amiel, his twin Amos. Not common names by any stretch. They called them Amos and Andy. My father is Amiel as well, we call him Andy too.
My grandmother had an unfortunate name, Hessie Vermiel…how do you even come up with that? I believe her sisters were maude and earline.
My aunts father in law was unnamed for a period of time, then allowed to name himself. He chose Pink, and it stuck.
My grandfather was Amiel, his twin Amos. Not common names by any stretch. They called them Amos and Andy. My father is Amiel as well, we call him Andy too.
My grandmother had an unfortunate name, Hessie Vermiel…how do you even come up with that? I believe her sisters were maude and earline.
My aunts father in law was unnamed for a period of time, then allowed to name himself. He chose Pink, and it stuck.
Some years ago, a friend worked in a doctor’s clinic where there were 3 daughters on the books named Cotton, Paisley and Denim!
I had 3 Tracey’s in my class at secondary school. I’ve only met two other Dionne’s in the last 40 years. My parents were/are Raymond & Valerie.
Old fashions names are getting popular in the UK like Stanley and Charlie and Emily and Jessica.
The best (or could be the worst?) name I ever heard was “Tarquin” being shouted out by his mother in a supermarket one day …
The female half of our new neighbors is named Matilda. The first Matilda I ever met.
Oral?
ukeil and vera knotts the neighbors circa 1970
‘preciate the clarification. I’m goin’ to the eyeball doctor today.
O.K. Guys Simpsons episode 22 season 7 “The curse of the flying Hellfish” Check out the hellfish logo a good balance between the old and the new!
My moms middle name was Agnes, not so common anymore.
Pre-order complete. Nice design ETW!
Crap! I’m a day behind again– I don’t know how that happens. But, I did get some work done yesterday– so maybe that’s it.
Pre-ordered 2 shirts. Jason, how can anyone survive w/o Paypal?
Ok. Names: two generations ago my DH’s family Minnie, short for Minerva. Married to Harry. Gave birth to Harry (whose SIL was Winnie)–Hubby’s generation was Jeffrey, Jonathan, James and we gave birth to Harry.
My family: Estelle married Fred. My other granpa was Fred also– not the same one
Now my sisters have been up to some nonsense: Elais, Kasper (VERY white skinned, almost translucent, dare I say), Maeve, Quinn and Cora. We also have an Olivia, Catelyn, Ben, Shriya and Milan.
My son is the only Harry in the High school and all the kids know who he is. I don’t know if that is good or bad… (no secrets here)
My g-ma’s were Winnie and Glenis. I had an aunt with a strange name, but can’t remember it off the top of my head…
harumpa, I used to be a card carrying member of paypal – literally. My wife signed me up and I got a paypal debit card. But I lost the card, of course, and I don’t know what my login name and password is. I don’t keep up with things. I don’t carry a wallet. I like to wad all of my cash into tiny little balls and jamb them in my front pockets. My drivers license stays in the glove box of my car. I have no idea where my social security card is. Oh – my passport is at the bottom of my underwear drawer (I spotted it the other day because our dryer shit the bed and I got to the bottom of the pile).
I’d like to be more organized, but it takes too long. My desk is a mess. What more can I say?
The smoke looks like a pin joint to me. A really skinny ass one.
To me the whole world either looks like a pin joint or a tootsie roll, sometimes both.
Just look at the names in my family
Grand parents and great aunts:
Gertrude
Irene
Clare Rae (this is the south)
Carole Sue “
Matilda
Barbara
Aunts and mother:
Evelyn
Shirley
Phyllis
The men’s names are all normal however.
My wife has a fat Chinese friend from Singapore named Phyllis. Most Asians (living in Asia not born in the US) choose their own Western names as soon as they are old enough to so themselves. I told my wife to tell this girl to change her name as there has not been a Phyllis who was born later than 1946.