h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

There is the case of Mr. & Mrs Hogg naming their two daughters Ima and Ura. This is unfortunate, of course, and there are many more such cases - we can only feel sorry for the children.

Some name/jokes are only slightly less obvious - my father knew one Richard Baird. One work day, they happened to both be standing at adjacent urinals and my father happily announced, "Here I stand with Dick Baird." (He had been waiting for this opportunity for some time.)

As for me, I would never actually saddle an innocent child with a name sure to become tedious over the course of a long life, BUT I can certainly understand the temptation. I saw a truck the other day with "Holloway Construction" painted on the door, and I thought, "That's it - If MY last name was Holloway I would definitely name my child Heavaway."

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Great Scott! These are some doozies. Thanks.

You know, missed comic opportunities are just frustrating and here's one that I came across. While vacationing in the Puget Sound one summer, I picked many Marion Berries. Back in Washington D.C. where I was living at the time, we had a Mayor named Marion Barry. I remarked to a friend that it would be great if you could just leave the politicians you didn't like for the birds to eat - but of course this required much explanation. Since no one in the West knew about the Mayor in D.C., and no one back East knew about the berry out West - well there was just nothing for it. sigh.

I'm surprised that no one in the West knew about coke-head Barry but I live out here and I've never heard of the eating type Marion Berries. We probably have another name for them. to Google...

Interesting:
*...a distinctly American berry with worldwide appeal. A cross between the Chehalem and Olallieberry blackberries, the Marionberry captures the best attributes of both berries and yields an aromatic bouquet and an intense blackberry flavor..*

If I saw one on the side of the road here I would just call it a blackberry but obviously they are more Southern in nature.

The Google revealed another Marion Berry, still another politician.

http://www.house.gov/berry/

Maybe if you told the joke in Arkansas?

Good lord - I hope this arkansas guy doesn't introduce his children as "my little-berries."

Btw, the actual marionberry does look like a blackberry, but is somewhat insipid by comparison, imho. In any case, do not mix it with coke.

"my little-berries." Or anything else!

I can't see *Marionberry Coke* as an alternative to *Cherry Coke*

We have Salmon Berries here on the coast, sort of a pale raspberry with a mild flavour. Inland there are Saskatoon berries- sort of a reverse of that, a stronger, sweet taste. Both big favourites for jam.

Mmmmm... Saskatoon berries. Sound good. I've probably picked at least one kind of berry in each of the lower 48 states - and have spent some good quality time, (by which I mean picking berries), in the east & west of Canada - but not so much (at all) inland. I will correct this shameful oversight at the first opportunity. (Btw, we have Mormon berries in the southwest - seems there ought to be some comic potential there.)

Regarding jam, I think that everything imaginable has been made into jam at one time or another. I'd be surprised if no-one has tried to make coke-jam, (this actually sounds like how you would describe a political celebration, in D.C. anyway).

Hey, I just noticed this one - the name Charlotta Stewart (who shall remain anonymous...oops) can be concatenated to charlottastewart and then pulled back apart to reveal: Charlot Taste Wart.

The only reason I noticed it in the first place was when I saw it all bunched together in an email address - I'll bet her parents didn't forsee that.

A relative-in-law gave his daughter away to a Mr. Burden. In the wedding speach he said *I don't see myself as losing a daughter but rather gaining a Burden.*

I always liked that (although his parents were a little miffed).