Comments on: Not so random thought http://www.clareified.com/2007/01/30/not-so-random-thought-33/ More oddly. Less riveting. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:09:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: joe-6-pack http://www.clareified.com/2007/01/30/not-so-random-thought-33/#comment-31347 joe-6-pack Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:59:34 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/2007/01/30/not-so-random-thought-33/#comment-31347 I had the good sense to avoid giving my son my name (as the example will show). My name is Joseph Heard ___________, Jr. I knew if my son was named Joseph Heard ____________ III, he would be known as "Heard the Third" (Heard was my great-grandmother's maiden name). Our German-derived surname gets enough teasing as it is. Besides, among us redneck folks, the III sounds kind of uppity. I had the good sense to avoid giving my son my name (as the example will show).

My name is Joseph Heard ___________, Jr. I knew if my son was named Joseph Heard ____________ III, he would be known as “Heard the Third” (Heard was my great-grandmother’s maiden name). Our German-derived surname gets enough teasing as it is.

Besides, among us redneck folks, the III sounds kind of uppity.

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