Re: oops

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:52:47 +1100, "Andrew Hamm" <ahamm@mail.com> wrote: > >> If you want or need a platform, you've got it. But what it has to do >> with my name... I'm at a loss. In fact, I'm thoroughly disgusted. > >Well I hope the misunderstanding of my misunderstanding of your name is >now cleared up. The internet offers so many clever witty anonymous >handles, it's sometimes hard to distinguish the straight from the crooked. >Years ago I should have taken a leaf from the Clowns guidebook, and used >an anonymous nickname. But what can you do? I'm stuck forever in google's >servers. Yup, and now you're forever stuck as being 'the guy who defended the use of the 'C' word'. > Also, I've had a name change. I don't >want to pass on a stupid surname to my happy little boy. So finding me >might be slightly tricky. Then again, most likely not. Let's hope you chose wisely - there are very few names for which schoolchildren will not be able to make fun of in one way or another. Hamm doesn't seem so bad

Cartlon Shew wrote: > > Yup, and now you're forever stuck as being 'the guy who defended the > use of the 'C' word'. I will always defend the use of the C word! > Let's hope you chose wisely - there are very few names for which > schoolchildren will not be able to make fun of in one way or another. > > Hamm doesn't seem so bad It's not all that bad in the scheme of things, but it did cause some grief and I've never really liked it. By some lucky twist, it was actually converted to a good nickname by the kids in primary school, so I can't complain about that. However, we live in a heavily multi-cultural area, which amongst many others includes a fair percentage of muslim kiddies and probably vegetarian buddhist kiddies (large vietnamese population in this area) so I expect that some smart-arse little snot, given the usual standards of the schoolyard, could easily turn it into verbal abuse that my contemporaries could only dream about. The kiddies considered to be "unclean" (ie boys/girls germs etc) probably suffer the most in school so I think it's reasonable foresight to give him a more mundane name. That and kung fu lessons.