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It gives me the creeps, honestly.
I guess I don't think it is that awful, because it IS trendy and so it's not that unexpected. But it still sounds creeptastic to me.
I guess I don't think it is that awful, because it IS trendy and so it's not that unexpected. But it still sounds creeptastic to me.
This message was edited 5/23/2012, 7:41 PM
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In 1963, Charles Schultz, who was the author of "Peanuts", did a series of comics about a little boy named 5 joining the group. 5's sisters were named 3 and 4, and 5's father had had their last name legally changed to their ZIP code. He had done this as a way of protesting how people's identities were being taken over by numbers.
Is that why it's creeptastic to you? Because our identities have been so taken over by numbers, anyway?
Is that why it's creeptastic to you? Because our identities have been so taken over by numbers, anyway?
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Yess! And Charlie Brown, always a gentleman, says of 3 and 4 "Those are nice feminine names" and 5 replies smugly "We think so!"
I read of a man once who named his cats by number, and it worked well until he got to the sixth cat. The thought of shouting "Six, Six, Six" out of his wondow was too much so the cat became Oscar.
I read of a man once who named his cats by number, and it worked well until he got to the sixth cat. The thought of shouting "Six, Six, Six" out of his wondow was too much so the cat became Oscar.
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Don't forget Six on Blossom :P I think it makes a huge difference whether you're named 7 or Seven, though.
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