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(25,781 posts)3catwoman3
(25,153 posts)...a lot of teasing, an unfortunate surname can be a real pain in the ass. Mine was not as bad as his - Ball. Every morning, in junior high homeroom, I would get greeted by one of the jerky boys with, "Hi, Ball. How're they hangin'." His buddies used to snigger and snort. I used to dread walking into that classroom. This was in the middle 1960s. Sexual harassment was not on anyone's radar. I never said anything about it to anyone.
One morning, after much mental rehearsal, I stared the jerk right in the face and replied, "Fine, thanks, and how are yours?" His buddies howled with laughter, and he never said it again. I felt triumphant.
To this day, I do not like my family name. My married name is an Italian one, with the first 5 letters being Pigna, which should be pronounced Pin-ya, but most people don't know the proper pronunciation for the "gn" combo in Italian, so pronounce it "pig-na." Somewhat better than Ball, but I would love to be an O'Connor or McAnything.
A friend of mine several years back had the last name Penix. A romance was out of the question, even though he was a great guy.
The combination of being something of a nerd and the unfortunate last name may well have had a harmful influence on AW.
StrictlyRockers
(3,888 posts)lmao
3catwoman3
(25,153 posts)...amateur theatre (I like the British spelling) group together. We once choreographed a couple dance numbers for Fiddler on the Roof, as well as dancing in them. Our fellow cast members got a real laugh of kidding around about being "on stage with Penix and Ball."
As I said, I am very sympathetic to people with unfortunate last names.
If that were my last name, I would have put an "H" in and changed it to Phenix.
StrictlyRockers
(3,888 posts)Wouldn't you be extra careful if you were a public figure with the last name Weiner??
I mean...come on now, son. Think with your brain, Mr. Weiner.
blondie58
(2,570 posts)Bis other brain.
Motley13
(3,867 posts)I have been told at DU, that you don't criticize dems no matter how disgusting they are
He is ill & he does need help, kind of like trump addicted to twitter, only worse
iandhr
(6,852 posts)mdbl
(5,247 posts)lol
ErikJ
(6,335 posts)And DONT change it to Dick.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,997 posts)Does that guy think he's big or something?
StrictlyRockers
(3,888 posts)Peter O'Toole, the only actor I can think of with a double-phallic name.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,997 posts)That's like a clever porn name now that you mention it.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)...damn, just damn.
For sure that was a stage name, and he probably did it on purpose, too, the cad.
Midnight Writer
(22,764 posts)Motley13
(3,867 posts)It's the greatest penis EVER!!
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Like now.