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Morris_82 Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2009 Posts: 34 Location: Colorado Springs
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 7:55 am Post subject: Name your child after your Vanagon? |
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Just another Saturday, ripping out the sink cabinet in my Westy while listening to NPR's Car Talk. I hear a caller describe how she and her husband first started dating after a trip in their "van" and now they are pregnant and he wants to incorporate the "van" into the child's name or middle name.
FINALLY, they ask, "What kind of van is it?"
Turns out it's a '87 WESTY!!!
Apparently they're going to have a place on the Car Talk website to suggest Vanagon baby names. Click and Clack suggested Van, Vanagon, Vanessa, and Ivan. They also grossly mispronounced Vanagon and Westfalia, but they're NorthEasterners, so I'll forgive them for that. Listen to the clip here. I wonder if Tara and Curtis are Sambanites.
I have a daughter coming in a couple weeks...maybe I'll change her name from Francesca to Vancesca....
What say you? |
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jyl Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2007 Posts: 235
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 8:04 am Post subject: |
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He's such a sweet baby, dear little "POS". Hmm, doesn't sound right.
(Well, sometime I do call it that.) _________________ 1988 Westy, Bostig v2.0 |
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RCB Samba Member
Joined: September 05, 2005 Posts: 4143 Location: San Francisco-Bay Area
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 8:09 am Post subject: |
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Hey Morris_82, I sure get a kick outa listening to click/clack their laughter is so damn infectious, kinda reminds me of the radios version of The Three Stooges.
I sense a name change, go for it |
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hiram6 Samba Member
Joined: September 29, 2006 Posts: 1880 Location: Beautiful South
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 8:16 am Post subject: |
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Just heard that episode as well, it's actually the third time they've talked to this young lady. First time was when she asked if she should break up with the guy because he "lived in a van", second time was to get advice before driving cross-Canada with the van-driver, both relationship advice, and whether the van would make it. Pretty funny stuff!! They are hilarious, even if they do butcher the pronunciation of Vanagon and Westfalia. _________________ 1985 Westy, 1.9L automatic (Daisy)
1996 Mazda Miata
1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited
You can't lie around on the beach and drink rum all day.................unless you start first thing in the morning. |
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snowesty Samba Member
Joined: September 06, 2005 Posts: 189 Location: Nelson, BC
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 8:28 am Post subject: |
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I believe Disney once made a movie called 'the brave little toaster'. But my little girl isn't so little anymore..... _________________ Fritz - '86 Syncro Tintop, Camper interior
Toaster - '91 Multivan Westy, 4sp. |
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foodeater Samba Member
Joined: July 13, 2007 Posts: 1318 Location: Newburgh, NY
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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My brother and his wife met through his van (a '64 Ford Econoline), when their son was born they simply named him Van. _________________ 89 Bluestar-2.5 Subaru Powered-RIP
'84 Westy Tiico-daily driver-sold
'82 Caddy diesel-sold
'87 Vanagon Syncro-RIP
'81 diesel rabbit-sold
'82 Vanagon auto-RIP |
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GeorgeL Samba Member
Joined: January 16, 2006 Posts: 7346
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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My father's middle name was Van, and he was forever having people trying to append it to his last name in the Dutch fashion ala Rembrandt van Rijn. Not a good idea, IMO.
And, later on, how will that child feel about being named after a car? I think that more common sense is needed here. |
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thummmper Samba Member
Joined: November 25, 2009 Posts: 2015 Location: Meadow Valley, California Republic
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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I did! my vans name was shaniqua!
click and clack are in a really cool movie called "Car of the Future"
narrated by John Lithgow. look for it on netflix or PBS.org
theres a carbon fiber electric car thats awesome |
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foodeater Samba Member
Joined: July 13, 2007 Posts: 1318 Location: Newburgh, NY
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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GeorgeL wrote: |
My father's middle name was Van, and he was forever having people trying to append it to his last name in the Dutch fashion ala Rembrandt van Rijn. Not a good idea, IMO.
And, later on, how will that child feel about being named after a car? I think that more common sense is needed here. |
Its not a lack of common sense, its a celebration of how the met, why they fell in love, and why their son was born. Its not uncommon for people to name their children after significant events or places in their lives or relationship.
As to how he will feel about "being named after a car"? Who knows but most likely he will be driving the car he was named after. It doesnt seem much different than naming your child after a plant or tree (as in Rose, or Birch both names of people I know). _________________ 89 Bluestar-2.5 Subaru Powered-RIP
'84 Westy Tiico-daily driver-sold
'82 Caddy diesel-sold
'87 Vanagon Syncro-RIP
'81 diesel rabbit-sold
'82 Vanagon auto-RIP |
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Dogpilot Samba Member
Joined: October 03, 2005 Posts: 4205 Location: Flagstaff, AZ
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 9:36 am Post subject: |
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It sounds all romantic and sensitive to give your kids exotic names. Well it sucks! My parents saddled me with a stupid, long exotic combination of names and then to top it off, numerically controlled me. So now I have 42 Aliases (based on my last security background check)! I even get mail as 'Dear Mr. IV. The list of unfortunate kids who have to suffer the eccentricities of their parents misguided attempt to be clever or 'sensitive' is long and sad. Like Moon Unit, Chandalear, Lavalear and so on.
Sound cool to the parents, but making your kids name a joke sucks for them for the rest of their life. I really should have had mine changed when I turned 18. I hate having to explain it to the numbskulls in customs in the podunk places I go. Like my name has every letter not in the Italian alphabet (they have 21), oh what a joy forms were there for me. _________________ Geology with a Syncro rocks!
86 Syncro Westy AKA "The Bughunter"
98 Disco I
08 Range Rover SC
08 VW Rabbit S
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tozovr Samba Member
Joined: June 03, 2009 Posts: 547 Location: York, ME
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 9:41 am Post subject: |
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I let my kids name the Vanagon but that's about it
Whistler
Because the turbo _________________ ...like a young Julie Andrews all whacked out on PCP, kinda fun but kinda scary too
'83 1.6TD
DX 5 Speed
"Whistler"
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levi Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2005 Posts: 5522 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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Dogpilot wrote: |
The list of unfortunate kids who have to suffer the eccentricities of their parents misguided attempt to be clever or 'sensitive' is long and sad. Like Moon Unit, |
Hey, at least he gave his wife a choice between Moon Unit and Motorhead.
As for the cl + clk show, one of the best parts was their estimate that the van would break down every 185 miles or so. One the re-cap, she said it actually turned out to be a breakdown every 300 miles. _________________ One of these days I'm gonna settle down,
but till I do I won't be hangin round.
Going down that long lonesome highway,
gonna see life my way
https://youtu.be/cSrL0BXsO40 |
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Perales Samba Member
Joined: May 07, 2007 Posts: 2046 Location: Nova Scotia
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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Morris_82, hmmm, you are named after a car!
And it's not even a Westy!
But it is cool! _________________ -- 1987 Westfalia automatic (Captain Vino) |
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thummmper Samba Member
Joined: November 25, 2009 Posts: 2015 Location: Meadow Valley, California Republic
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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even junior and senior is retarded. so afraid to be forgotten.
my pop was known as June to his folks. pointless, like youre not real around your parents.
similar to aunt gemima, I once met a gal whose name rhymed with that but started with a V. her mom didnt even know what one was, but must have liked the sound of it. so stubborn as to not change it when its true meaning came to light, and another grand family tradition is born!
just when you think youve heard it all, new frontiers open up in the naming of victims. |
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GeorgeL Samba Member
Joined: January 16, 2006 Posts: 7346
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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foodeater wrote: |
Its not a lack of common sense, its a celebration of how the met, why they fell in love, and why their son was born. Its not uncommon for people to name their children after significant events or places in their lives or relationship. |
Respectfully, it was a significant event in their life, not their child's. The child shouldn't have to live with an odd name to celebrate their event. In my job I encounter quite a few teens who were saddled with odd names that their parents though were unique, cute or meaningful. Most of them go by a nickname to avoid embarrassment.
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As to how he will feel about "being named after a car"? Who knows but most likely he will be driving the car he was named after. It doesnt seem much different than naming your child after a plant or tree (as in Rose, or Birch both names of people I know). |
Rose and Birch are fairly common names. Vanagon isn't. Van might be passable. I suppose that the future child should be grateful that the meeting didn't take place in a Beetle or Thing. |
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thummmper Samba Member
Joined: November 25, 2009 Posts: 2015 Location: Meadow Valley, California Republic
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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1965-1966 jerry van dyke, "My Mother the Car" |
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