ladder theory

[basiecrazy]

stolen from flyingfaeriesi saw this one way back, but it's still an amusing read the third and fourth time around

Comments

[flyingfaeries]

Doesn't really matter to me. If his name is a decisive factor in determining whether I'd go out with him, then he obviously isn't the right guy.

[basiecrazy]

well, not a decisive factor per se, but perhaps one extra piece of straw for the proverbial camel?

i was getting a cup of joe and someone posted on the wall at the coffee station an e-mail printout congratulating "chris w" on the birth of their son, x pounds, blah blah. my initial reaction was "if you didn't know chris was a guy, would you even know who gave birth?" (no his wife isn't named chris, but work with me, k?) so that got me thinking if it would ever factor into a decision about who to marry. i mean, wouldn't it be weird to receive christmas cards addressed to chris and chris w? i dunno. i'm weird like that i guess. it's unlikely i'm ever going to have to face that myself by meeting a girl named "ben" but you never know...

[flyingfaeries]

Well, if I really liked the guy, I wouldn't care about the names. The jokes and 'strange' factor wouldn't really matter. You could even see it as a sign that we were meant to be!

[tinymich]

I dunno, I would think it'd be kind of cute! Well, cuter for twins, but still, not bad for married couples. Think: Mr and Mrs Leslie Tan. *grin*

[ailian]

Or Mr and Mrs Jamie Tan.
Or Mr and Mrs Sam Tan.

But think of the problems: "Hello? May I speak to Leslie Tan please?"

[tinymich]

if people used the correct response - "Yes, this is she/he" instead of just merely "Speaking", then there would be no such problem....

[basiecrazy]

and if they had relatively androgynous voices, think of the practical joke possibiliTies!!!