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 meredith 
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Hi, my name is Max.
A few minutes ago I was in line to get my Chicken Salad Sandwich from Potbelly and a woman said, "Hey, Max!" I turned around as if she had said my name. I realized that Max is not, nor has it ever been my name. But then I thought, "Max would totally work as my name. I could be a Max. Max suits me."
When I was little, I always wanted a different name. Most commonly Joey. But I kind of like my name now. However, I realize that there are other names out there that could totally work for me. If I was ever in the witness protection program, for instance. Anyone else out there ever want a different name? Or perhaps you have one that works better than your real one. Let's talk names, people, I'm curious.
[ posted by meredith at 08/12/2004 03:26:47 PM ] [ trackback ]
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 | meredith [email] said at 3:33 PM 08-12-2004:
Actually, come to think of it, I still would make a good Joey. |
 | rick [email] said at 3:34 PM 08-12-2004:
Just so as long as you do not ever go by "Jo-Jo" as I dislike that one. |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:35 PM 08-12-2004:
No, I wouldn't like Jo-Jo. That's retarded.
And you should never go by "Dick" either. |
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| rick [email] said at 3:36 PM 08-12-2004:
The latter is a surprisingly common nickname, I have found. |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:37 PM 08-12-2004:
Still? You would think that no one in this day and age would use it. |
 | cecil [email] said at 3:35 PM 08-12-2004:
I used to use the name Max when I'd order food or a coffee.
One day I was selling my car and this single mom came to see it with her 6 year old girl. We're driving around and the girl asks her mom, "Mom, is that man named Max?" Weird. |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:36 PM 08-12-2004:
There was a little girl at the stable where I used to ride who used to ask all of the girls in their 'awkward years' (myself included) if we were boys. She'd just come up and say, "Are you a boy?" |
 | myriam [email] said at 3:52 PM 08-12-2004:
Lots of kids compulsively ask people if they're married. THAT is annoying.
I used to get "myriam... why don't you MARRY HIM!!! (ah ah ha ha ha!)" way too often. |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:56 PM 08-12-2004:
Oooo, that would annoy me too. |
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| myriam [email] said at 3:57 PM 08-12-2004:
yes, especially since it is pronounced MEEreeum. |
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| rick [email] said at 3:37 PM 08-12-2004:
You might have followed the example of Homer Simpson and called yourself "Max Power." That would have turned heads. |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:38 PM 08-12-2004:
I knew a girl named Patricia Powers once. She could have been named Max. That would have been awesome. |
 | julie [email] said at 3:46 PM 08-12-2004:
I have a friend with the last name Powers. I sometimes call her Super. She doesn't like it. |
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| myriam [email] said at 3:50 PM 08-12-2004:
I had two math teachers with the last name Powers. |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:52 PM 08-12-2004:
That would be 'to the second Power'. Oooooo, that was dorky. |
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| julie [email] said at 3:52 PM 08-12-2004:
Powers squared! |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:53 PM 08-12-2004:
Oh my god, we were dorks at the same exact moment. |
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| julie [email] said at 3:55 PM 08-12-2004:
oh man. Meredith, come sit with me at the loser's table in the cafeteria. We can talk about fantasy cat novels or something. |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:57 PM 08-12-2004:
I'm free on the 20th, how about then? |
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| myriam [email] said at 3:49 PM 08-12-2004:
I don't use my own name for that either |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:53 PM 08-12-2004:
Whenever people ask me my name and I for some reason don't want to give it to them, I am usually Rachel. |
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| julie [email] said at 4:02 PM 08-12-2004:
I have a standard fake, too, that comes out almost automatically at bars. It helps to have a good poker face when you say it. |
 | abby [email] said at 4:22 PM 08-12-2004:
oh i wish i could lie about my name. ive never ever been able to do that, when i read the bell jar i said "dang, why cant i do that" |
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| meredith [email] said at 7:00 PM 08-12-2004:
Just call yourself Ybba and pretend to be Hebrew or something. Then you're not REALLY lying. |
Painter said at 4:01 PM 08-12-2004:
My friends and I always use 'Harry Schvontz' when reserving a table for dinner. Its especially funny to hear a Chinese person try to spell it back to you |
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| myriam [email] said at 4:03 PM 08-12-2004:
man, that's bad AND good. |
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| rick [email] said at 3:40 PM 08-12-2004:
I read of a Texan sheriff during the Nineteenth Century who was named "Outlaw Bass."That seems like a better name for the member of a heavy metal band. |
art said at 3:41 PM 08-12-2004:
or someone who hates fishing |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:42 PM 08-12-2004:
Art, you could have been named, Painter. |
Painter said at 3:53 PM 08-12-2004:
I like that... |
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| rick [email] said at 3:42 PM 08-12-2004:
Katie once had an excellent suggestion for a fishing show host: Fish Fishstofferson. |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:50 PM 08-12-2004:
I think the last name Fishstofferson is just fabulous in itself. |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:42 PM 08-12-2004:
Ironically, I was just finishing a Bass beer. I kept looking at it thinking 'no one could have that name'. |
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| rick [email] said at 3:45 PM 08-12-2004:
A lot of bad names came from the fact that people were named rather than allowed to choose a name for themselves. There was a physician called "Fick" which is a German word analogous to one that exists in English and is spelled almost the same. |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:51 PM 08-12-2004:
Seriously, though, when would you be allowed to choose your name? Like, my sister probably would have named herself Sparkle Unicorn if she had been allowed to choose when she was 7. |
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| rick [email] said at 3:55 PM 08-12-2004:
A psychiatrist known as "Dr. Sparkle Unicorn" might cheer people up on the name alone. |
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| myriam [email] said at 3:55 PM 08-12-2004:
HA HA HA i don't know why this totally makes me laugh |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:58 PM 08-12-2004:
Hee! That made me laugh aloud too! |
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| meredith [email] said at 4:00 PM 08-12-2004:
I had to add that to the quotes. |
Painter said at 3:55 PM 08-12-2004:
My ex-roommate given name was Ron. his parents convinced him to change the spelling to Rhawn (more granola-y) when he was eight. He changed it back when he was sixteen. |
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| meredith [email] said at 4:00 PM 08-12-2004:
I kind of like Rhawn. |
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| rick [email] said at 4:01 PM 08-12-2004:
So as long as "Jhaerehmi" was not added to it. |
Painter said at 4:04 PM 08-12-2004:
haha! |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:41 PM 08-12-2004:
I also think I could have been an Azur. |
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| rick [email] said at 3:42 PM 08-12-2004:
I used to know an Azure. I think I am more partial to Azura though. |
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| myriam [email] said at 3:47 PM 08-12-2004:
actually, i've always wanted Max. mb b/c he knows where the wild things are. |
art said at 3:50 PM 08-12-2004:
It seems like it would be good to let kids pick their own name when they get old enough, or at least pick their middle name.
And also wait to find out a kids personality before naming them 'Sunny' or something similar. Once you get to know them, you can name them 'Gloomy' or 'Shallow' or 'Dick' |
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| julie [email] said at 3:52 PM 08-12-2004:
Crispin Glover's middle name is "Hellion." I'm pretty sure that he came up with that himself. |
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| meredith [email] said at 3:54 PM 08-12-2004:
What would you call them until they picked out their name? |
Painter said at 3:57 PM 08-12-2004:
Shithead |
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| meredith [email] said at 4:01 PM 08-12-2004:
Is this my boyfriend in disguise? That's exactly what he would have said. |
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| abby [email] said at 3:55 PM 08-12-2004:
an old co-worker of mine's cousin allowed his son to name himself at age five.
the child had learned that he had some minute amount of american-indian blood in his little veins, and he was so proud!
so proud that he named himself..
SAGE SUNHAWK. this is his real name for the rest of his life. |
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| myriam [email] said at 3:56 PM 08-12-2004:
that's really not a bad name. in fact, i bet some yuppies have already named their kid Sage. |
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| rick [email] said at 4:00 PM 08-12-2004:
I knew someone who wanted three daughters and to name them "Rosemary," "Sage" and "Thyme." |
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| myriam [email] said at 4:02 PM 08-12-2004:
Thyme would have gotten screwed. |
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| meredith [email] said at 4:02 PM 08-12-2004:
Oh my God! That's another name I always wanted for myself Justin Thyme. |
Painter said at 4:06 PM 08-12-2004:
I used to know a Dick Hertz |
Painter said at 4:09 PM 08-12-2004:
Yeah, he was from Holden, Massachusetts - so he would answer the phone 'Dick Hertz from Holden' - hahahahaha *slaps knee* |
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| meredith [email] said at 4:11 PM 08-12-2004:
He didn't really....! |
Painter said at 4:19 PM 08-12-2004:
If their was such a guy, he probably would have :) |
Woody said at 5:39 PM 08-12-2004:
I went to school with a girl who had mean parents. Crystal Lear. Middle name: Chanda. |
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| meredith [email] said at 7:01 PM 08-12-2004:
My mom knew some boys growing up named Gray and Timber. Their last name was Wolf. Gray grew up and named his son Chase. Middle initial A. |
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| julie [email] said at 4:02 PM 08-12-2004:
My friend married a Canadian named Sage. |
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| myriam [email] said at 4:05 PM 08-12-2004:
man, I had something really good in the LC about this kid Disco that I knew, but of course it has already been lost and there is only Paris Hilton left all bruised up at the bottom of the page. |
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| myriam [email] said at 4:09 PM 08-12-2004:
I knew a kid that everyone called Disco, and after awhile got up the courage to ask for the story behind the nickname. He kind of looked at me weird and said, "My name is Discovery." like, isn't it obvious? |
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| meredith [email] said at 4:14 PM 08-12-2004:
Was his last name Channel? |
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| meredith [email] said at 4:02 PM 08-12-2004:
That's kind of a cool name actually. |
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| abby [email] said at 4:05 PM 08-12-2004:
whatever guys, the name is kindof stupid.
maybe not sage so much but sunhawk?! |
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| myriam [email] said at 4:07 PM 08-12-2004:
what's stupid is who would have a child pick their own name-----but then use AGE FIVE as the qualifying age?!!! clearly this dad knew absolutely nothing about the way kids' minds work |
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| meredith [email] said at 4:07 PM 08-12-2004:
There would be a lot more interesting names in the world if kids were allowed to name themselves, that's for sure. |
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| rick [email] said at 4:07 PM 08-12-2004:
Maybe if he had chosen something everyday to go in front of it like "Howard" or "Sam." |
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| meredith [email] said at 4:09 PM 08-12-2004:
The name Howard is not cool |
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| rick [email] said at 4:10 PM 08-12-2004:
It is better than the dimunitive "Howie." |
Painter said at 4:16 PM 08-12-2004:
He could be 'Ward' |
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| rick [email] said at 4:06 PM 08-12-2004:
A fair amount of Pre-Columbian Mayan names would consist of a number and animal, such as "3-Jaguar" or something similar. |
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| abby [email] said at 4:09 PM 08-12-2004:
just like your "yahoo messenger" |
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| rick [email] said at 4:11 PM 08-12-2004:
I have something far lamer. |
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| abby [email] said at 4:23 PM 08-12-2004:
i meant that more in the societal "your". |
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| julie [email] said at 4:09 PM 08-12-2004:
damn, this post got 90 responses in half an hour. meredith is queen! |
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| meredith [email] said at 4:12 PM 08-12-2004:
Empress. I think I could like the name Empress. |
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| rick [email] said at 4:13 PM 08-12-2004:
That is not good though. Most of those type names go to pets. I used to go regularly to a dogwash where another habitue there had a very fat bulldog by the name "Princess." |
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| meredith [email] said at 4:14 PM 08-12-2004:
Okay, right, I'll stick with Justin Thyme. |
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| julie [email] said at 4:16 PM 08-12-2004:
Princess/Queenie/Prince, etc, are very popular names among people of Jamaican descent. I worked in a hotel once with three "Princesses," all Jamaican. |
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| rick [email] said at 4:22 PM 08-12-2004:
Jamaicans usually have good names as they seem a bit more formal. Theo Beckford, Hopeton Lewis, Gregory Isaacs and Desmond Dekker ( not his given name but very close to the actual given name Desmond Dacres) all sound very pleasing. |
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| meredith [email] said at 7:02 PM 08-12-2004:
I like their accents too. |
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| myriam [email] said at 4:12 PM 08-12-2004:
my name has shaped me so much I literally cannot imagine it being different, by now. |
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| meredith [email] said at 4:13 PM 08-12-2004:
I read an article a long time ago discussing the theory that kids names go a long way in shaping who they are. |
Woody said at 4:28 PM 08-12-2004:
Max Power, if you please. |
 | josh [email] said at 4:31 PM 08-12-2004:
I went to a meeting and this hadn't even been posted yet. It already has over 100 responses. This is strange. |
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| rick [email] said at 4:32 PM 08-12-2004:
Stranger than the two-hundred and sixty nine response post that began as a discussion over what the five best metal/punk albums were? |
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| abby [email] said at 4:56 PM 08-12-2004:
oh, balls. i missed that one. |
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| meredith [email] said at 7:03 PM 08-12-2004:
I missed that one too. |
 | milky [email] said at 5:13 PM 08-12-2004:
I always thought my name was generic.
If I had a choice, I'd be a Malcolm, a Frank, or a Leonard.
I'd totally ditch my last name, too. |
Painter said at 5:15 PM 08-12-2004:
You could be M. F. Leonard |
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| rick [email] said at 5:18 PM 08-12-2004:
That would be an excellent choice. |
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| milky [email] said at 5:21 PM 08-12-2004:
That works really well. |
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| julie [email] said at 8:01 PM 08-12-2004:
the initials M.F. with any name work really well.
It will also assist robbers in restaurants to quickly fish your stolen wallet out of a bag and return it when you need them to. |
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| cecil [email] said at 8:56 PM 08-12-2004:
Especially robbers named "Jules" |
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| julie [email] said at 9:12 PM 08-12-2004:
I'm not the robber! I'm tryin real hard to be the Shepherd.
That settles it. Someone has to get me an embossed wallet for Christmas. |
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| cecil [email] said at 9:18 PM 08-12-2004:
http://www.bmfwallets.com/ |
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| milky [email] said at 10:08 PM 08-12-2004:
The license to practice would look cool with that name. |
Ro said at 2:00 PM 08-15-2004:
ACK! My real name is LaRosa, my maiden name was Vanhorn. THAT's a real mouthful. I always wanted to change my first name to Leah, much easier. When I legally changed my last name (this would have been the good time to change my FIRST name, too!) I only changed the last one and added a middle name. Either way, all my friends call me Ro. I'm not even sure if my husband has ever called me by my real first name! |
 | pokey [email] said at 5:29 PM 08-15-2004:
I should keep a list of the weird baby names I see at work. I had a Eunique the other day, and we've had a Zucchini and Demonica. |
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| myriam [email] said at 5:52 PM 08-15-2004:
Demonica?!?!?!?! that HAD to be legally changed. I'm sure no mother would name their kid that. |
 | amanda [email] said at 6:05 PM 08-15-2004:
It would have somehow been funnier to me if it were D'Monica.
My friend wants to name his daughter Evil. |
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| pokey [email] said at 6:42 PM 08-15-2004:
It was on a newborn screen. |
 | brandonA [email] said at 5:47 PM 08-15-2004:
Complete list of state of Oregon Employees who legally have one name:
Skybird
Steel
Heron
Yaleah
Raspberry
Rose
Barron
Dusi
Seldom
Peg |
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| amanda [email] said at 6:02 PM 08-15-2004:
names I have considered changing my first name to:
-Trout
-Moiraine
-Allamanda
-Nora
-Mandroid*
I used to hate my name, but I've gotten used to it over the years so I'll realistically never change it. My parents almost did the "Baby Girl" thingy on my birth certificate and were going to let me choose my own name when I got old enough. In a sense, I'm glad they didn't because I'm sure 4-5 yr. old me would have chosen something absolutely frightening and horrendous, and my parents wouldn't have stopped me.
*more people call me this than my real name, so it would make sense |
kelleigh said at 9:44 AM 09-27-2005:
i quite like that name Demonica but id spell it De-Monika, or De-Monica, the girl can drop the De part thatway when she gets old, and maybe im kinda goth but i like Sorrow as a middle name |
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| meredith [email] said at 10:30 AM 09-27-2005:
Wow, I completely forgot about this post. Oddly enough, a few people in the play that I am in now have started calling me Max. |
 | kiche [email] said at 10:39 AM 09-27-2005:
you should change your name to mad max. |
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| meredith [email] said at 10:43 AM 09-27-2005:
It would be better than Megadeath, which is an annoyingly frequent nickname. |
 | kara [email] said at 12:30 PM 09-27-2005:
My alter ego 96-99 was Agnis Q | |
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