Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Back in the Saddle?
Mike is back in the newspaper again; apparently he took his ID down so he could modify it, and his profile (which was blank) now says something to the effect of "Proud dad of two and now retired…". I guess when one wants to change one’s profile, one has to disappear and ruminate for several weeks to be able to come up with a 10-word description of one’s life.
Retired, huh? So retired is what they call it when your employer won't let you take two weeks off without notice to go to Disneyworld, eh? In my neighborhood, they always called that “fired” or some synonym thereof.
When the subject of baby names came up in the newspaper, he posted, “I had a son in the late 1980s, soon after Hurricane Hugo struck the Carolinas. We had already decided to name him Mike Jr, but I got the bright idea to name him Hugo instead. However, because I had been married before, I cleared this with my wife before taking action. Mike Jr. is 19 now and is getting ready to go into the military. The punchline is, if it seems like a great belly-laugh-producing notion, but you have to approach your wife with, “Hey, why don’t we…” STOP!”
I had to laugh -- especially since I got honorable mention in that post, if not by name (I'm the "because I had been married before" one). I'm not sure what that had to do with anything, unless it was a veiled reference to the fact that he wanted to name our first son Superman and I told him he could name the dogs and I would name the children. I think I mentioned that once before. Hugo -- give me a break! I wish he had done it -- then she would have killed him!
Retired, huh? So retired is what they call it when your employer won't let you take two weeks off without notice to go to Disneyworld, eh? In my neighborhood, they always called that “fired” or some synonym thereof.
When the subject of baby names came up in the newspaper, he posted, “I had a son in the late 1980s, soon after Hurricane Hugo struck the Carolinas. We had already decided to name him Mike Jr, but I got the bright idea to name him Hugo instead. However, because I had been married before, I cleared this with my wife before taking action. Mike Jr. is 19 now and is getting ready to go into the military. The punchline is, if it seems like a great belly-laugh-producing notion, but you have to approach your wife with, “Hey, why don’t we…” STOP!”
I had to laugh -- especially since I got honorable mention in that post, if not by name (I'm the "because I had been married before" one). I'm not sure what that had to do with anything, unless it was a veiled reference to the fact that he wanted to name our first son Superman and I told him he could name the dogs and I would name the children. I think I mentioned that once before. Hugo -- give me a break! I wish he had done it -- then she would have killed him!
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And yes you did influence Mike. Thank God! Just not enough....he needed to be around you waaaay longer.
Remember Halley's comet and so many many people naming their babies Halley, Hailey, etc., etc.? Hell, had I had a baby at the time, I probably would have named her Halley! But Hugo? Never, ever! Unless my last name was Hansen. Then I'd probably have named her Halley Hugo Hansen. Not really. Like anyone would have believed that anyway.... Cindy PS...the reason I post as anonymous, is I can't remember or figure out my google/blogger ID... Oh, yes, I've tried everything from "the secret question" and so on and so on. I guess I'll just have to remain anonymous and sign my name.
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Remember Halley's comet and so many many people naming their babies Halley, Hailey, etc., etc.? Hell, had I had a baby at the time, I probably would have named her Halley! But Hugo? Never, ever! Unless my last name was Hansen. Then I'd probably have named her Halley Hugo Hansen. Not really. Like anyone would have believed that anyway.... Cindy PS...the reason I post as anonymous, is I can't remember or figure out my google/blogger ID... Oh, yes, I've tried everything from "the secret question" and so on and so on. I guess I'll just have to remain anonymous and sign my name.
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