You can call me Ray. Or you can call me Jay...
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 My good friend T doesn't like the boys' contrived nicknames - "too dog like" he says. He agrees with Chris that I shouldn't use their real names. Once again, for the three of you reading this blog, I'll be changing their names. I think I'll ask them today what they'd like their blog names to be. Chris and I thought of a couple of descriptive nicknames, but the over-analytical mother in me doesn't want a boy to think because we refer to one as, say, "Professor", that they each don't have a scientific mind at times. I know, over thinking...
Coincidentally, boys just came downstairs to say good morning. I asked them what they'd like their Internet names to be. Ironically, oldest boys says, "Mr. Science", and middle boy says, "Mr. Artist".
I said, "What about Professor?" - oldest boy jumped on it.
Then I said, "What about Picasso?"
"No way," says middle boy. "I don't even like Picasso, plus he was crazy. He cut off his ear and sended it to someone. You can call me Van Gogh."
The youngest Ross boy doesn't get it. Oldest boy just asked if he could be called Einstein.
Right now, I'm thinking Frasier, Niles and Kramer...
Reader Comments (2)
You could go with Greg, Peter, & Bobby like the Brady Bunch - that seems innocent and non-therapy-in-adulthood inducing. Or Alvin, Simon, and Theodore or Huey, Dewey, and Louie - both of these options at least seem age appropriate. Or Tom, Dick, and Harry but I think one of them might not appreciate it. Or if you are feeling religious you could go with Father, Son, & Holy Ghost but the whole father/son thing could confuse people and you may be looking of your shoulder for lightning bolts. A safe-from-hell-fire-and-damnation religious options might be gold, frankincence, and myrrh (but the middle child might not get much blog time since his name would be much too complicated to repeat often). There is always the standbys of stop, drop, and roll or shake, rattle, and roll or hook, line, and sinker. Wynken, Blynken, and Nod? Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic (which actually kind of follows the Professor, Artist birth order thing you had going). Snap, Crackle, and Pop? Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria? Ready, Willing, and Able (except one sounds like a boy scout, one sounds promiscuous, and one sounds like he is finally on Viagra). Rock, Paper, Scissors? Red, White, and Blue? Of course if you are going to do that, you may as well just go big and do Executive, Legislative, Judicial (which is really no good at all). Morning, Noon, and Night? How about birth months? You know - April, May, June (but obviously a little less random - a little more accurate). Knife, Fork, Spoon (but that leaves the oldest sounding a bit unstable). Well, I've done my best here considering it is nearly 3 am. I'll try tomorrow when I am hopped up on coffee and really on my game. Speaking of coffee...mocha, latte, espresso...all three sound good right now...