A Boy Named Sue

[Mr Hero]

A couple has a reservation for the first name Carroll. I take the CC the from the guy and run it. I see the name Carroll on the card and so I hand the ID back to the guy and explain to the lady that I need matching names on ID and CC. The guy explains to me that it's his card and hands me his ID fback. He was a good sport about the mistake.

[Draco]

Now I want to listen to Cash and watch All In The Family. >.>

[dalesys]

A couple has a reservation for the first name Carroll.

Mr. Shelby, sir, I want wunna them cars what kills people jus' idlin' an' is faster than anything Steve McQueen owns.

[Antisocial_Worker]

I know a man named Soo, and we have never let him live it down.

[cattaur]

A couple has a reservation for the first name Carroll. I take the CC the from the guy and run it. I see the name Carroll on the card and so I hand the ID back to the guy and explain to the lady that I need matching names on ID and CC. The guy explains to me that it's his card and hands me his ID fback. He was a good sport about the mistake.

That was one of my best friends in high school's name. His family built an underground house in the early 80s.

[wolfie]

I know a man named Soo, and we have never let him live it down.

Was he unable to stop singing when a co-worker's girlfriend brought "enhanced" brownies to the office? Cookies (not "enhanced") for reference.

[sylvier]

John Wayne was a boy named Marion

[dalesys]

John Wayne was a boy named Marion

Yeth. And he wath a thethpian, too.

[protege]

I went to high school with a guy named Ashley...

[XCashier]

I went to high school with a guy named Ashley...

I went to college with a guy named Tracy, and once worked with a man named Leslie.

[MoonCat]

Hello?

Remember Carroll O'Connor? Played Archie Bunker....

Yes, Marion (with an 'o') was a boy's name, Marian with an "a" was for girls.

Carroll with that spelling is not usually a girl's name. Carol and Carole are much more common for girls.

Beverly was once a male name. Douglas was a name for girls. Hillary was a boy's name (JRR Tolkien's younger brother was named Hillary). Things change.

Then there are all the names that sound alike but are spelled slightly differently for boys & girls: Leslie/Lesley, Frances/Francis, etc. ...as well as nicknames like Pat that are unisex.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Was he unable to stop singing when a co-worker's girlfriend brought "enhanced" brownies to the office? Cookies (not "enhanced") for reference.

Alice B. Tolkais brownies?

[DGoddessChardonnay]

John Wayne was a boy named Marion

I once worked with a guy named Marion . . . turned out it was his middle name (he really didn't like his first name, which did sound rather posh and presumptuous.)

And I used to have a regular customer back at the WD days whose first name was Shirley. First time I'd ever heard of that name being used for a male - he was a good sport over it (nice older man with a great sense of humor, too.) He'd write a check for his purchases (which also had his wife's name on the check) and I'd always ask "And you're still Shirley, right?"

[dalesys]

I named my #1 son Lu Ellen...... I mean Llewellyn.

[MoonCat]

We used to have a regular customer whose first name was Chauncey. There's one you don't see often.

And an old lady whose first name was Princess. She would very happily tell us how her father named her that, "and I was his little princess!" She was cute.