What's Your Name?

When we are born, we are all given a name, which we have for the rest of our lives. Some people like their name, others do not, and there are some that are just plain embarrassing. In my life I have heard some very unusual names, that I would like to share.

In my school years, there was a girl with the name Laya, her last name is Mann. Any time someone was talking about Laya Mann, the name thing is talked about. Let me say that becoming a teenager was not an easy thing. Especially when it came to dating. I mean, what were her parents thinking when they filled out that birth certificate.

Then there was the nice lady who worked at the post office, her name was Anita Dick. Yes, she was listed in the phone book too! I can remember prank calling her a few times in my teen years. We would ask her if she was Anita Dick, When she said "yes", we would giggle and hang up. Poor lady! Everybody in the county knows who she is and her name is mentioned still to this day.

My dad works with a very short, fat man who wears a hard hat and runs the conveyer belts. His name is Richard Head. He is so short that when he walks behind the conveyers, all you can see is his hard hat bobbing up and down. Well, of course everyone calls him Dick! Lorna, the secretary of the company, will call over the intercom when someone is needed for this or that. This lady talks like she has a clothes pin on her nose and every time I hear her talk I can't help but laugh. Anyways, Lorna will call for "Dick Head" over the intercom and everyone will give him crap about it. But, he laughs right along with them, as it is no big deal.

The most embarrassing names I ever heard by far, come from my mom's high school years. Mind you that was in the 60's, and I think that a lot of people did too much wacky tabacky. My mom went to Aitkin High School, and in the 9th grade a set of twin had been enrolled into class. They were girls, both identical and very homely looking. The ones name was Ima, and the others name was Ura, and their last name... Was Hogg. Yes, that's right, Ima Hogg and Ura Hogg! If that doesn't top the list for most embarrassing names, I don't know what does. Lets say that these girls were heavily insulted growing up. But they seemed to take pride in their being different and made it a point to let people know that they were proud of who they were and of what their names were.

What are peoples motives for choosing these names? We may never know, but I do know that if there were not names like these, there would be no blog about this embarrassing subject.

Do you know of someone that has a very bizarre name?

Just to name a few...

This week, my research took me to interview 100 people on their average embarrassment. I have made a small list to share with you about my findings. There seems to be a connection to the usual everyday embarrassment. Are they unavoidable? Well, lets say that if they are that's ok because they are always embarrassing and funny no matter how many times you've seen them or experienced them in your own life.

Most common embarrassment seems to be toilet paper under the shoe. I just saw this the other day at Home Depot, this guy was hot!! I just giggled and shook my head as I walked away.

I also enjoyed the event of trying to go through a glass door. My brother did this at my summer party this year. He was coming outside, through the patio door but he forgot to open the door or he thought it was already open. I laughed so hard, the look on his face was priceless.

A lot of people commented on the lingering food factor. Yah know, that bit of mustard that is still on your nose or the salad dressing you drug your sleeve through. I think they are more frustrating than anything. I think that the broccoli between your teeth fell into this category too. I hate when people ask me, "is there anything in between my teeth?", sometimes I think it is better to tell them "no" when they do, just because it is annoying!

More than a few girls had admitted to walking around with there skirt tucked into there underwear. Which I think is just hilarious in more ways than one! A few weeks ago, I was out with my girlfriends and I noticed the girl sitting next to me had her bra of her right boob completely exposed from the unusual shirt she was wearing. The guy next to me was telling me to move over so he could get a better look. See was the talk of the establishment that night and she had no idea why.

Then last but not least is the worst embarrassment of all. Girls, I know you all know what I'm talking about here! "Aunt Flow" comes to town. Never failing to show up unexpected and bearing no gifts to compensate! This happens to me at least a dozen times a year and always at work, we now have a system of being official "checkers" to avoid embarrassment.

I think embarrassments are required for self-esteem and spiritual growth, positive or negative, they will always be a learning experience to look back on.

Has anyone had an unusual embarrassment that is worth mentioning? I would like to post one classmates most embarrassing moment.

Busted!

Open link> to get a better view of this! How embarrassing would this be in downtown Minneapolis.

Was That... Oh Yes!! ...It Was

Romantically gazing over the waves of a majestic lake, my husband and I cuddled closely to endure the moment. It was a hot Saturday afternoon, the beach was alive with children making sand castles, playing games and splashing in the cool blue water. I love to just sit and watch the world go on around me as if I wasn't there. You can really widen your thoughts by observing human behavior at the beach.

As we sat there, giggling and smiling at the children covered in sand. I noticed a woman started to get up out of the water. I noticed because she was a large woman, for some strange reason I always look at large woman. But, this one was an exceptionally large woman! She proceeds down the shoreline of the beach, and the whole time I'm thinking," why in the world is this woman wearing a bright yellow bikini". Large woman just SHOULDN'T wear bikinis, we save that for those energetic teenage girls with no kids! This one was like a thong, bright yellow and strapped around the neck. At this point I was getting more and more interested as to the cognitive aspect of this woman. Was she crazy or just... Crazy! Anyways, I turned my head and in the corner of my eye, I saw this woman start to tug at the back of her thong. To by disbelief, she kept tugging and tugging...

Suddenly she wasn't wearing a thong anymore.

Was that... Oh Yes!! ...It Was.

It was an ENTIRE pair of shorts! Maybe it was just me but, it seemed as though the whole beach just stopped silent. I couldn't believe what I was seeing! So, my mind went off on it's own tangent of questions. Can it really be that a person could hold an entire pair of shorts in there butt cheeks? Is this legal? Should this be rated? What is the purpose?...

I knew I wasn't going to get my questions answered unless I actually went and asked the crazy woman, but at this point I wouldn't want to embarrass her anymore than she already has embarrassed herself.

Maybe she thinks she's Angelina Jolie... ??? ?

Blonde Moments A Plenty

If there are blondes, there will always be moments!
I myself, am a blonde. Lets talk a little more about this...

One night I was enjoying a starry nights drive in my Chevy 4x4, on my way home from work. The drive is always beautiful, anytime of day. Wide valleys, winding roads and lakes a plenty. My mind is filled with serene thoughts of happiness. And all of a sudden... I slammed on my brakes to miss a deer, those gol-blasted @#*&$^ hairy SOB's! I didn't hit it, thank god, that would of been twice in a week! All my stuff on the seat came flying in front and on the floor. I had all 4 classes worth of books and material, my lap top and all that stuff that you lost and wondered what happened to. Yea, well that came up front from under the seats and cracks of the seats. Like that earring I lost a year ago, just appeared out of nowhere.
Anyways, after picking up the 2 tons of books off of the floor and reassemble the entire flow of my truck, Iwas ready to take off again.
Or was I...
I put the truck into gear, stepped on the gas, it went vrooom, vrooom, but it didn't move anywhere. So, I thought about it and fist thing to my mind was "oh shit, the transmission went out". So, I put my hazards on and sat and waited and thought about it and decided to turn the truck off and let it sit, and turn it back on. I thought maybe the 4 wheel drive had locked up and could be reset if I did this. So, I did it... nothing changed!

Finally, someone stopped! Not just anyone, about five totally hot young men. They asked what the problem was and I explained, and showed them. The one guy asks, "Is it in neutral?" I told him "no" , because it wasn't!! I thought he was playing jokes with me. I told them that I wasn't too far from the bar, and I could walk there after I push my truck off the road. So, they left, I thought to myself, "you dumb a#@". Why didn't you take advantage of that opportunity? Anyways, I walked to the bar to call my husband and the phone was out of service. My cell phone is out-of service at this location. But, I decided to climb on the top of my truck and call anyways.

It was a success, at least I thought. My husband came, with a look of death in his eyes. Mind you I hit a deer with my car the day before and it needs a lot of help! He tells, me " I thought you hit a deer" I said, "no, I stopped to miss a deer". He had explained to me that my call to him was a little like reading between the lines. He said all he could hear was "truck", "deer", "bar", "help"! As he is reading me the riot act, he gets in the truck and starts it up! Next thing I knew he takes off with it. In my mind I'm feeling really angry thinking I just needed to let the truck sit awhile. My husband comes back and proceeds to tell me that...
The transfer case was in neutral!!
What an idiot! I didn't even cross my silly mind that it could be that. After all all my books came flying off the seat and threw it into neutral. I felt like an idiot, especially since I figured out why those five hot guys where laughing at me when they left. Damn blonde, I'd probably would've been there all day, wondering...