You know the general funny name discussion? The one where people say things
like, "I knew a girl named Mary Christmas?" Well, there are some things about
that conversation that bother me. For instance, we've all heard about Mary
Christmas, Ima and Yura Hogg, and the most annoying one of all, twins named
Orangello and Lemongello (If you are the one person in the world who hasn't
actually heard that one, the humor comes when you break it up: orange jello,
lemon jello). The worst part is that when this comes up, people act like it's
original and that they actually know these people or at least know somebody who
knows these people. It's not true. Well, maybe it's true, but you didn't think
of it. I've been hearing this stuff for twenty years. There are some original
and funny names, though. For instance, I saw in the paper that Keneyzia
Mon'Tashanique (a girl) was born in Monroe the other day. The funniest part of
that one, to me, was that her last name was Smith. A friend of mine at NSA knew
a Pearl Farber, and my sister, Rachel, worked with a girl named Katina Turner.
Those are funny. My grandfather likes to say he ran into a Nosmo King (No
Smoking); it's silly and probably not true, but it's way more clever than those
mentioned earlier. I'm not saying I hate the whole conversation, but I always
know that the show is over when Orangello and Lemongello come into the
discussion.