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Some thoughts on the Neonatal Nomenclature!
posted by CalabrianQueenSTAFFMOD on March 2, 2018 at 2:43 AM
First off, GREAT not good, GREAT episode. Here's what I came away with from it.
1) How did Sheldon bring up "Ozymandias" and NOT make any mention of one the greatest comic book characters of all time: Ozymandias from Alan Moore's , Watchmen?
2) You can induce labor with sex. If only the reverse was true.
3) "Coital Tally" would be a great thrash metal band name.
4) Kaley has the flattest stomach of all time and I'm jelly.
5) Neil Micheal Wolowitz will grow up to join the Neil hall of fame with Neil Patrick Harris, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Neil Sedaka, Neil Armstrong, and Neil Peart (Hands down the greatest "Neil " of all time).
6) I'm glad they added Neil because "Micheal Wolowitz" sounds like a sleazy asbestos lawyer.
7) They eat way too much Chinese food for Penny/Kaley's stomach to be that flat.
8) Bernadette was very popular in College
Also did you guys try to think of good names while watching? I actually thought "Elliot " was a good choice.
Personally I would have went with "Alex Wolowitz".
Reply by FormerlyKnownAs
on March 2, 2018 at 10:52 AM
All those choices they mentioned (except Sheldon’s, of course) were too run-of-the-mill. They should have been more adventurous/creative—the way celebrities are when it comes to naming their kid(s)—for example...
FOR THE RECORD:
I did NOT make up any of these names—the parents did!
-A. My personal favorite: Huckleberry ---Runner-up: Audio
-B. Least favorite: Kal-El ---Runner-up: Sunday
-C. In Seven's defense, the name was supposed to be "S*t*even" (so at least the parents tried)--but, the hospital made a mistake; the parents liked it, so kept it."
Reply by CalabrianQueen
on March 2, 2018 at 3:30 PM
I love creative names but I think people take it too far sometimes past Kanye-Kim Kardashian levels into weird ,ruin your kid's life levels.
One thing I don't mind is naming kids after tv characters. We recently had our first Arya added to the family.
Another note on odd names: I work with a girl named Loreal, her parents literally named her after a shampoo company. I actually love her name and she writes it with the French accent marks over the letters and everything.
And I know 3 people named Cameron, two guys who spell it the regular way and a girl who's parents spelled her name K-A-M-R-E-N.
Reply by Knixon
on March 2, 2018 at 3:32 PM
What about Neil Diamond and Neil Sedaka? Two of Howard's (and Amy's) favorite musicians.
Unless those parents came up with the name before 1992, "Married... With Children" beat them to it. "Seven" was the child of Zemus and Ida Mae Wanker (Bobcat Goldthwait and Linda "The Exorcist" Blair), the cousin of Peg Bundy.
Reply by znexyish
on March 2, 2018 at 6:24 PM
I didn't catch the episode yet but h ere are answers anyways.
1) Raj : Namaste, white people. Good news! I rented us the four-hour edition of Watchmen.
Leonard: Got it.
Howard: Seen it.
Sheldon: Detailed analysis posted online.
Episode - The Psychic Vortex
2) Ewww!
3) Eww! Part 2
4) Its all CGI
5) Fat Neil from "Community". episode "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons"
6) Call 1-800 Asbestos
7) Tell it to those flat stomached Chinese. Well maybe not Buddha
8) Especially in a Toyota Camry
9) Something that rhymes with -witz.
Reply by Knixon
on March 2, 2018 at 9:57 PM
Character "Ozymandias" not mentioned in that exchange.
Reply by Knixon
on March 2, 2018 at 11:16 PM
I agree. Cuteness God(s) Involved.
Reply by FormerlyKnownAs
on March 3, 2018 at 9:21 AM
The parents did not come up with the name at all--it was an admin error. So, it's not as if they had picked out that name going in. So, not faulting them for that--but, faulting them for liking it--keeping it--saddling the poor kid with it.
Reply by znexyish
on March 3, 2018 at 3:01 PM
Neither is Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem
Reply by Knixon
on March 3, 2018 at 3:41 PM
But the OP question was about mentioning the character "Ozymandias" not just The Watchmen. The OP question said nothing about Percy Bysshe Shelley or the poem.
Reply by znexyish
on March 3, 2018 at 4:20 PM
Obsessive much old boy ? Do you think I really take that much time in coming up with this stuff. I just let it flow from my muse.
Reply by FormerlyKnownAs
on March 3, 2018 at 7:27 PM
If I had to chose--would have gone with "Elliot".
Liked it best of all the names mentioned. It is such a generic sounding one-size-fit-all name.
I agree that Raj spoiled "Paul" by blending it into his last name. I know the spelling is not the same--but, how long would it be before they started calling the poor kid "Paulie"? Raj already has Godfather status--no need to give him another reason to brag.
Reply by bratface
on March 4, 2018 at 12:11 AM
The Buddha wasn't Chinese.
Reply by FormerlyKnownAs
on March 5, 2018 at 12:43 PM
Maybe she has been blessed with a great metabolism. Seems like one person can just walk on the same side of the street as a restaurant and put on a pound. Another person can eat at that same place so much they have a dish named in their honor—and NEVER put on a pound.
Also, we know that she exercises--including running. And, exercise like metabolism has its darlings. It goes a long way for some—while others could give a hamster a run for its money and still not get a stomach like that.
Anyway...
No reason to unleash the "Jelly" monster. It’s a win-win--eye candy for one group and something to aspire to for the other.
Reply by CalabrianQueen
on March 5, 2018 at 11:44 PM
Abs and flat stomachs are made in the kitchen more than they are in the gym.
I go to the gym 4x a week and hers is still flatter than mine 😏
Kaley must have some diet secrets she can divulge.
Reply by FormerlyKnownAs
on April 17, 2018 at 3:12 PM
Just happened to run across this comment someone made under a topic about "odd" baby names...thought about this Thread--so thought I'd share:
"Doctors need to let the drugs wear off before the patient gives the child a name."