Silly Of Her Parents

[Bazile]

Were her parents just inviting trouble for a little girl

Would you change your name if you were this lady

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[Cloverjo]

Well I’m glad Marijuana succeeded despite her daft name.
I’m not sure I agree with her description of her mum though:
//I know my mum, she's smart, she's a genius//

[1ozzy]

Rather Dopey

[Mamyalynne]

I don;t follow the logic of her Mum, but apart from that Marijuana can be rightly proud of her achievements despite the judgements of bullies and nitpickers.

Would I have changed my name?

I don't know.

[aelmpvw]

apparently her brother Methamphetamine isn't so keen on the unconventionality

[Bazile]

Yes I forgot to add - well done to her for achieving what she has , despite the distractions

[Spicerack]

Her brother used to be such a rock, ael.
I'm filing the precis of her dissertation under 'things that never happened'.

[weecalf]

No I would not change it like Bill would not change his cause a duck has got wan .A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet .

[Ken4155]

When in the army, had a mate called Cuthbert Sh@gnasty. Soon as he was old enough, he changed his name......................................................................... to Bob.

[Ken4155]

In truth, we did have a Donald Key (Yep, Don Key) and we also had a lad whose last name was Major. Being Artillery, he began his Army life as Gunner Major, then Lance Bombardier Major and, when i left, he had just gain his 2nd stripe to become Bombardier Major. I can only imagine the confusion if he ever gained that third stripe to be introduced as 'Sergeant' Major. Lots of bewildered faces looking for the crown above the chevrons.
No truth in the rumour that the doc has called her son 'Aeroplane' as it will take him around the world.

[youngmafbog]

Unfortunately she is not alone in being called something daft.

Some parents just don't seem to have any common sense, or perhaps hate the kid :-(

[Sqad]

In my childhood, there was a family in the same street in which we lived.....a dirty smelly family and one of the son's whose name was Roy was particularly smelly and we all nick named him SKUNK.
Of course in the late 1940's that had quite a different connotation....LOL

[Peter Pedant]

my mozzair is a genius

that should be - my mother is brave in fact she is a - - - heroine

anyway - in Thpanith - isnt Mary-Joanna - MariJuana
dont forget they have a queen of thpain - Juana la Loca ( joanna the mad - muvva of either ferdie or isabella I think )

and wasnt there a band attended with great success in the sixties
herp alpert and the Marijuana Grass Band ?

kenny everett lost his job over that one

[Peter Pedant]

nearer home - sqad we had a senior registrar nicknamed 'Smellie'
we just put up with it

[Peter Pedant]

oh ! has no one ever heard of Dr. Doctor ?

[Sqad]

PP...I knew him well, his Christian name was Hugh.
A bright boy...Jewish, qualified at KCH and became a Consultant Physician.
He changed his name to Smillie.

[Prudie]

I guess her parents were stoned when they named her. Probably wouldn't have changed but would use some form of shortening - don't most of us with longer names go by a short form? I know I do, I'm hardly ever called by my full name.

[jno]

not so long ago the chief justice was called Judge. That's nominative determinism for you.

[jno]

Marijuana is just Mary Jane.

[mushroom25]

I saw a post on FB recently in which a student was being interviewed on a news program - the news banner announced her name as Peace Eshiet. the FB poster suggested the girl was named by her mother after her waste of space father.....

[woofgang]

Ken that's an old Merc pronunciation of the name that is spelt Shaugnessy or O'Shaugnessy