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  • PJSiren
    PJSiren Salem, OR Posts: 5,863
    ok, so I got a stupid question...now I know that "Call me Ishmael." is the opening line to Moby-Dick, and I know that it's the Narrator of the story but I've heard people say "Well call me Ishmael..." and I want to know what in the hell that means....???
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    PJSiren said:

    ok, so I got a stupid question...now I know that "Call me Ishmael." is the opening line to Moby-Dick, and I know that it's the Narrator of the story but I've heard people say "Well call me Ishmael..." and I want to know what in the hell that means....???

    from what I am trying to find on the webby world...the narrator simply says "call me..." he doesn't specify his name so it is implied that his name isn't Ishmael. So I suppose when people say that they are being 'haughty' and saying that instead of saying, "call me anything you want" or they are trying to remain incognito.

    or something like that.
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  • PJSiren
    PJSiren Salem, OR Posts: 5,863
    RKCNDY said:

    PJSiren said:

    ok, so I got a stupid question...now I know that "Call me Ishmael." is the opening line to Moby-Dick, and I know that it's the Narrator of the story but I've heard people say "Well call me Ishmael..." and I want to know what in the hell that means....???

    from what I am trying to find on the webby world...the narrator simply says "call me..." he doesn't specify his name so it is implied that his name isn't Ishmael. So I suppose when people say that they are being 'haughty' and saying that instead of saying, "call me anything you want" or they are trying to remain incognito.

    or something like that.
    Well, you found more than I did! lol I got no where...
    Music is my Religion and Pearl Jam, my Savior!
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    edited November 2014
    Ishmael is one kickass name (and book! damn my not previewing before posting).

    Speaking of names, why do some parents spell their children's names as if penned in crayon by a five-year-old?
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    When you are pushing a stroller on a sidewalk don't you think that the stroller has the right of way? Why would you make the baby stroller veer off into the grass? Move your ass.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Last-12-Exit said:

    When you are pushing a stroller on a sidewalk don't you think that the stroller has the right of way? Why would you make the baby stroller veer off into the grass? Move your ass.

    Wheelchair vs stroller playing ~:> ?
  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    edited November 2014
    Last-12-Exit said:

    When you are pushing a stroller on a sidewalk don't you think that the stroller has the right of way? Why would you make the baby stroller veer off into the grass? Move your ass.

    I agree with you, the stroller has the right of way. :) (but some people lack of common sense)
    Post edited by Annafalk on
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    hedonist said:

    Ishmael is one kickass name (and book! damn my not previewing before posting).

    Speaking of names, why do some parents spell their children's names as if penned in crayon by a five-year-old?

    I knew a girl in college and her sister named her daughter Pajama..the normal person reads that as night clothes.. But it was pronounced PAH-Ja-MAH, not Pa-JAM-Ma.
    That poor kid!! But not as bad as her brother( Pajama's brother), whose name was Shingles.
    Pronounced SHEEN-Glase.
    My friend had a rather normal name, Jaye- Kaye. But her sister, the kids' mother was named Armware.. Pronounced like the furniture piece..
    I can only imagine what these kids went through in school!!
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    I also showed horses with a girl
    Named Esprit.. After the line of clothing! Lol
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    whispering hands said:

    hedonist said:

    Ishmael is one kickass name (and book! damn my not previewing before posting).

    Speaking of names, why do some parents spell their children's names as if penned in crayon by a five-year-old?

    I knew a girl in college and her sister named her daughter Pajama..the normal person reads that as night clothes.. But it was pronounced PAH-Ja-MAH, not Pa-JAM-Ma.
    That poor kid!! But not as bad as her brother( Pajama's brother), whose name was Shingles.
    Pronounced SHEEN-Glase.
    My friend had a rather normal name, Jaye- Kaye. But her sister, the kids' mother was named Armware.. Pronounced like the furniture piece..
    I can only imagine what these kids went through in school!!
    Haha...these take the fucking cake!

  • SD48277
    SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    whispering hands said:

    hedonist said:

    Ishmael is one kickass name (and book! damn my not previewing before posting).

    Speaking of names, why do some parents spell their children's names as if penned in crayon by a five-year-old?

    I knew a girl in college and her sister named her daughter Pajama..the normal person reads that as night clothes.. But it was pronounced PAH-Ja-MAH, not Pa-JAM-Ma.
    That poor kid!! But not as bad as her brother( Pajama's brother), whose name was Shingles.
    Pronounced SHEEN-Glase.
    My friend had a rather normal name, Jaye- Kaye. But her sister, the kids' mother was named Armware.. Pronounced like the furniture piece..
    I can only imagine what these kids went through in school!!
    That beats the names of a couple of kids I went to grade school with.....Ever and Three.
    ELITIST FUK
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    SD48277 said:

    whispering hands said:

    hedonist said:

    Ishmael is one kickass name (and book! damn my not previewing before posting).

    Speaking of names, why do some parents spell their children's names as if penned in crayon by a five-year-old?

    I knew a girl in college and her sister named her daughter Pajama..the normal person reads that as night clothes.. But it was pronounced PAH-Ja-MAH, not Pa-JAM-Ma.
    That poor kid!! But not as bad as her brother( Pajama's brother), whose name was Shingles.
    Pronounced SHEEN-Glase.
    My friend had a rather normal name, Jaye- Kaye. But her sister, the kids' mother was named Armware.. Pronounced like the furniture piece..
    I can only imagine what these kids went through in school!!
    That beats the names of a couple of kids I went to grade school with.....Ever and Three.
    Lol that reminded me of that show Blossom, and her friend's name was Six! I wonder what the number thing was about? ( although I can't talk shit, I've had two dogs named Ten).
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    whispering hands said:

    SD48277 said:

    whispering hands said:

    hedonist said:

    Ishmael is one kickass name (and book! damn my not previewing before posting).

    Speaking of names, why do some parents spell their children's names as if penned in crayon by a five-year-old?

    I knew a girl in college and her sister named her daughter Pajama..the normal person reads that as night clothes.. But it was pronounced PAH-Ja-MAH, not Pa-JAM-Ma.
    That poor kid!! But not as bad as her brother( Pajama's brother), whose name was Shingles.
    Pronounced SHEEN-Glase.
    My friend had a rather normal name, Jaye- Kaye. But her sister, the kids' mother was named Armware.. Pronounced like the furniture piece..
    I can only imagine what these kids went through in school!!
    That beats the names of a couple of kids I went to grade school with.....Ever and Three.
    Lol that reminded me of that show Blossom, and her friend's name was Six! I wonder what the number thing was about? ( although I can't talk shit, I've had two dogs named Ten).
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u9fBnFCTB0
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Aha hahahaha!!! My friend Amy named her oldest son Seven!! I totally forgot about that!!
  • SD48277
    SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    whispering hands said:

    SD48277 said:

    whispering hands said:

    hedonist said:

    Ishmael is one kickass name (and book! damn my not previewing before posting).

    Speaking of names, why do some parents spell their children's names as if penned in crayon by a five-year-old?

    I knew a girl in college and her sister named her daughter Pajama..the normal person reads that as night clothes.. But it was pronounced PAH-Ja-MAH, not Pa-JAM-Ma.
    That poor kid!! But not as bad as her brother( Pajama's brother), whose name was Shingles.
    Pronounced SHEEN-Glase.
    My friend had a rather normal name, Jaye- Kaye. But her sister, the kids' mother was named Armware.. Pronounced like the furniture piece..
    I can only imagine what these kids went through in school!!
    That beats the names of a couple of kids I went to grade school with.....Ever and Three.
    Lol that reminded me of that show Blossom, and her friend's name was Six! I wonder what the number thing was about? ( although I can't talk shit, I've had two dogs named Ten).
    I don't know. All I can say is that I grew up in Woodstock, and stuff like that became the norm There are actually a few different women named Pixie in town and I worked with a guy whose parents named him Buck Rogers--true story.
    ELITIST FUK
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    SD48277 said:

    whispering hands said:

    SD48277 said:

    whispering hands said:

    hedonist said:

    Ishmael is one kickass name (and book! damn my not previewing before posting).

    Speaking of names, why do some parents spell their children's names as if penned in crayon by a five-year-old?

    I knew a girl in college and her sister named her daughter Pajama..the normal person reads that as night clothes.. But it was pronounced PAH-Ja-MAH, not Pa-JAM-Ma.
    That poor kid!! But not as bad as her brother( Pajama's brother), whose name was Shingles.
    Pronounced SHEEN-Glase.
    My friend had a rather normal name, Jaye- Kaye. But her sister, the kids' mother was named Armware.. Pronounced like the furniture piece..
    I can only imagine what these kids went through in school!!
    That beats the names of a couple of kids I went to grade school with.....Ever and Three.
    Lol that reminded me of that show Blossom, and her friend's name was Six! I wonder what the number thing was about? ( although I can't talk shit, I've had two dogs named Ten).
    I don't know. All I can say is that I grew up in Woodstock, and stuff like that became the norm There are actually a few different women named Pixie in town and I worked with a guy whose parents named him Buck Rogers--true story.
    SD48277 said:

    whispering hands said:

    SD48277 said:

    whispering hands said:

    hedonist said:

    Ishmael is one kickass name (and book! damn my not previewing before posting).

    Speaking of names, why do some parents spell their children's names as if penned in crayon by a five-year-old?

    I knew a girl in college and her sister named her daughter Pajama..the normal person reads that as night clothes.. But it was pronounced PAH-Ja-MAH, not Pa-JAM-Ma.
    That poor kid!! But not as bad as her brother( Pajama's brother), whose name was Shingles.
    Pronounced SHEEN-Glase.
    My friend had a rather normal name, Jaye- Kaye. But her sister, the kids' mother was named Armware.. Pronounced like the furniture piece..
    I can only imagine what these kids went through in school!!
    That beats the names of a couple of kids I went to grade school with.....Ever and Three.
    Lol that reminded me of that show Blossom, and her friend's name was Six! I wonder what the number thing was about? ( although I can't talk shit, I've had two dogs named Ten).
    I don't know. All I can say is that I grew up in Woodstock, and stuff like that became the norm There are actually a few different women named Pixie in town and I worked with a guy whose parents named him Buck Rogers--true story.
    I used to watch that show! Lol
  • WhatYouTaughtMe
    WhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    Guess I will pour a little something for our homies that are no longer with us. :(
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    WhatYouTaughtMe said:

    Guess I will pour a little something for our homies that are no longer with us. :(

    It's odd you posted this and here of all places (no idea to whom you were referring but it just...fits).

    Been thinking of one who recently passed.

    Raising a glass with a :)


  • WhatYouTaughtMe
    WhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    hedonist said:

    WhatYouTaughtMe said:

    Guess I will pour a little something for our homies that are no longer with us. :(

    It's odd you posted this and here of all places (no idea to whom you were referring but it just...fits).

    Been thinking of one who recently passed.

    Raising a glass with a :)


    Nobody passed that I know of. It was a tongue in cheek reference to the op.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Oh.

    Still, giving cheers to the one I was thinking of.

    And nooo...I don't feel silly at all :-\"
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