In the interest of light-heartedness and keeping the subject matter away from politics...

How did you get your first and middle name? Who are you named after? Named after family members? Historical family name? Historical figure? Parents threw a dart at a board?

I was named after my two black-sheep uncles, many would say rightly so. My first name is after my maternal lefty, neo-hippy, former USCGA, masseuse, yoga instructing, organic, latte sipping uncle in WA state. My middle name comes from my paternal right-wing, borderline MI militia, former Navy pilot, gun toting, profanity laced, personal submarine building, engineer, beer swilling uncle in ME.

Before my brother and I were born, all of the first born sons had the mother's maiden name for their middle name and the second born had the grandmother's maiden name for a middle name (my sister was the first female born in our branch of the family for 5 generations so they had to scramble for her). All of them quite Anglo sounding. My mother has a German maiden name so they decided to name us after family members.

It's a good thing they set the precedent with us since my wife's maiden name is very German and ends with -dorf. That combined with our last name would make it sound like a bodily function. Again many might say rightly so.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

first name is after my dads father.. middle name is after my mothers father....

which is funny since both of my grandpas names are just the opposite of the others which my first and middle name are derived from..

I'm a junior, so there's no confusion there. My son, on the other hand . . . . Don't get me started . . .

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Do you know who your father was named after?

I cursed my son #1 as a Jr. It didn't take long for the paperwork and registration follies of that decision to show themselves. Especially since we call him by his middle name. We really screwed him up before he even got started.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Yeah, Dee8go's sensitive about this subject. O.K. well My middle name which I prefer using was after the wine goddess and sage in Gilgamesh her name is Siduri. Last name is Scotish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siduri

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Woohoo! Wine and Scotch. Can't go wrong with a combination like that.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

It's even more fun when yu can't figure out which should be the "back." I'll have a glass of Zinfindel with a Macallan back please.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

YOU drink the Zin. I'LL drink the Macalln, thank you very much!

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I was named after an Uncle who was killed by a German sniper, while he was leading a platoon through a small town in France, shortly after D Day. I have his Purple Heart and Flag in our great room.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

Wow, that's a great story, Pete. What a legacy.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I was named after my dad, grandfather and great-grandfather. Being the fourth and having experienced a great deal of inconvenience due to sharing a name with a financial disaster (dad), I decided to name my son after the men in my family without going to the 5th. My first name is Harry and my son's middle name is Harrison.

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1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

Dad's first name came from an uncle. When HE turned out to be an akahallik, they changed his middle name, but I don't know where it came from.

I considered giving my son my name, but then somebody said, "Then he'll be a 'third' and his friends will call him 'Turd,'" so I gave him a different middle name.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Diego DelFuego the Turd? Not so bad, I could see it on a theater marquee.

That is a cool history!

My great uncle was lost at sea during WWII after his ship hit a mine (my late grandfather's douche bag 2nd wife absconded with his Purple Heart) and my brother named his son after him which I thought was a cool tribute. His name was odd enough that I would never name my son it so I thank my bro' for taking care of that.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

I was named after an Armenian prince, Ara the Beautiful.

No, seriously! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_the_beautiful

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