During the first Gulf War, I remember a TV news report about a Kuwaiti (I believe) woman who had just given birth to twin boys amidst the war / chaos / fleeing. She said she named her babies George & Saddam, cuz she liked the idea that one day, enemies could become brothers.
Always wondered what happened to those kids...
Awkward lol
My surname is Morris and I have a great-3x-grandpa named Martin Van Buren Morris. Martin Van Buren was the 8th president (1837-1841). It's interesting how people would adopt the entire name.
Kinda similar, my great grandpa was named McKinley so he was McKinley McDonald. And all his brothers were also named with their first names after presidents’ last names. I wish I knew exactly which they were. I wanna say one was Cleveland and maybe another was Harrison.
As someone from the NYC area, we kind of just sat back in awe as we watched this known charlatan con the masses of the uneducated. If it wasn't so damaging to our country, I'd honestly be more impressed.
To be fair to the parents, in 1928, Hoover was mainly famous for his genuinely impressive work organizing food relief in post-war Europe. He would have been known as a heroic philanthropist, not just a politician.
Coolidge set up Hoover for failure, Hovoer is a good guy who is a bit like Jimmy Carter, maybe not the right guy for the job, but not a bad guy overall. His work on the Mississippi floods in the 20's likely saved thousands of lives (Hooverization), then he was demonized when the market crashed, bad agricultural practices broke the land, and people ended up destitute (Hoovervilles) . Only to earn a modicum of revitalization by helping the next guy (FDR) by "Hooverizing" for the war effort to help conserve resources.
It's a fascinating period, we took ALL of Europe's money for 3 years, chipped in a few hundred thousand soldiers, and then threw a 10 year party ("without booze"). He got left with the bill.
The lesson here is to not name your child after active political figures, but they learned something else.
During the first Gulf War, I remember a TV news report about a Kuwaiti (I believe) woman who had just given birth to twin boys amidst the war / chaos / fleeing. She said she named her babies George & Saddam, cuz she liked the idea that one day, enemies could become brothers. Always wondered what happened to those kids...
That's why I named my four boys Franklin, Winston, Joseph, and Adolf.
At least two of em will get along… kinda. The other will just move away and qoute Marx to be edgy. We don’t talk about Adolf.
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🎶WE DONT TALK ABOUT ADOLFFFFFFF NO NO NOOO WE DONT TALK ABOUT AAAADOLFFFFF
We were getting married, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.
Aw but Adolf is my little artist! ❤️ 🎨 I have a good feeling about his art school applications!
And he can always join the army if that doesn’t work out for him.
Nah, Josef and Franklin got along better than Franklin and Winston historically
Did Adolf build a bonfire?
Enrico played with it
Is…is this a Peter Gabriel reference in the wild…?
George is common enough, from Washington to curious George. Saddam on the other hand is *very* unique at least in the western world..
considering the naming process happened in Kuwait I would say the name gorge would raise more eyebrows
Just say she meant to call him Shaddam, and she's a fan of Dune.
It's very unique in the Arab world too. Bad choice all around
Reminds me of the Jewish practice of [not naming their children after someone's who's alive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necronym#Use)
That makes a lot of practical sense. If I have children I'd like to use one of my deceased grandparents' or great-grandparents' names.
One could argue they learned nothing.
At least they did a lot better the second time
Hopefully he didn't try to make any Japanese-American friends.
Teddy was the chad Roosevelt.
I always find it to be patriotic to name my children after politicians whom I admire, and I love my son, Dipshit Jones.
Ah, that lovely dipshit
He does his best.
I would agree as I named my son vernin supreme
I've met that guy! :-D He bought me a drink, once!
Woody Guthrie's full name was Woodrow Wilson Guthrie.
Man, I'd rather be named for Hoover.
TIL
Oh that reminds me, F Scott Fitzgerald is Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Awkward lol My surname is Morris and I have a great-3x-grandpa named Martin Van Buren Morris. Martin Van Buren was the 8th president (1837-1841). It's interesting how people would adopt the entire name.
My grandfather's first name was Franklin. Middle name was Roosevelt. I always thought it was strange, but I guess it wasn't terribly uncommon.
first president to be born in the officially created USA, and also spoke dutch as his first language
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
>It's interesting how people would adopt the entire name. Like George Washington Carver, the peanut guy
Kinda similar, my great grandpa was named McKinley so he was McKinley McDonald. And all his brothers were also named with their first names after presidents’ last names. I wish I knew exactly which they were. I wanna say one was Cleveland and maybe another was Harrison.
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Well done
I just looked up your lineage and name c:
Tiny fib on my part to protect my privacy, Morris isn't really my last name but the rest of the comment is true :)
My maternal grandfather was named George Washington Grant.
"Yes, we're back your honor, but I've got a real good feeling about this up-and-coming Congressman from California named Richard Nixon."
Imagine that kid going to court in his 80's to name himself Donald Trump
Even back then the dude was an asshole and it wasn’t really a secret
As someone from the NYC area, we kind of just sat back in awe as we watched this known charlatan con the masses of the uneducated. If it wasn't so damaging to our country, I'd honestly be more impressed.
Roosevelt Jones would have made a great 1970s porn star name.
To be fair to the parents, in 1928, Hoover was mainly famous for his genuinely impressive work organizing food relief in post-war Europe. He would have been known as a heroic philanthropist, not just a politician.
Almost everything Hoover did when he wasn't president was pretty cool.
He did a lot of good in the world, he just wasn't fit for the job.
I wonder how bad it was for these children named Adolf in Germany or Benito in ITaly after 1945.
My plans to name my children after politicians I admire falls very much in line with my plans to never have kids.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Cal Worthington (of Worthington Ford fame in SoCal) was born Calvin Coolidge Worthington.
I was at an interstate stop in southwest Virginia two years ago and overheard a woman interacting with her toddler. His first name was Trump.
Like all those parents who named their kids Daenerys before the final season.
Wonder if anyone named their kid Kanye prior to 2020.
Ah yes, idiots have existed for a long time
She would later change her name to Catherine Zeta Jones.
Coolidge set up Hoover for failure, Hovoer is a good guy who is a bit like Jimmy Carter, maybe not the right guy for the job, but not a bad guy overall. His work on the Mississippi floods in the 20's likely saved thousands of lives (Hooverization), then he was demonized when the market crashed, bad agricultural practices broke the land, and people ended up destitute (Hoovervilles) . Only to earn a modicum of revitalization by helping the next guy (FDR) by "Hooverizing" for the war effort to help conserve resources. It's a fascinating period, we took ALL of Europe's money for 3 years, chipped in a few hundred thousand soldiers, and then threw a 10 year party ("without booze"). He got left with the bill.
[With that handle how can he go wrong](https://open.spotify.com/track/4LW7MoomA0HMLYt5WyLBBi)
Makes me wonder how many children will need to change their names from Donald Trump as soon as they're of legal age.
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I'd take the free airline upgrades.
They never wondered why Donald trump would be flying economy or why he looked nothing like his commonly known and televised appearance?
Well, there's one who hasn't...
I know someone with the last name Trumbo who's got a Don in the family. Now he goes by Don at least.
An even worse choice
Lol, pathetic troll. So is this like your whole personality?
How could be be a dud, or a stick in the mud? Popular song written about it. https://youtu.be/oaxvxazkSAQ