Babies - What The Hell Do You Call Them?

So if you watch TV, then you must have seen this commercial:




And let me just say - this dude is doing it WRONG.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who realizes his mistake and what one should do, but I want to say how I would go about it.

1. You like a team? What about giving it the team name? Some lend themselves well. You like Chelsea? Done. You like Borussia Dortmund? Then you have more work to do.

2. when in doubt, change it out. So you like Borussia Dortmund. Well how about Bruce Dorian?

3. Alternatively, you can use the nickname of the team. Most teams have nicknames, and they may be helpful. For example, the Uruguay national football team has the nickname La Celeste. Boom, you got it. Real Madrid has been referred to as Los Blancos. So maybe you can turn it to Bianca. Not too shabby.

4. Also, you can find a name whose meaning is the team name/nickname. AC Milan has the nickname "The Red and Blacks" So you can get names whose meanings include such terms. So Scarlet, Ruby, Russell, and the like.

5. You want to have the names of the players? This may be handy, especially if you like players from different teams. The best way to do it (unlike that imaginary dude), is to anagram it, like NSYNC. Just take a letter from each of the players and make a name of it. Or, if you like, you can make a name from a select number of players.

For example, if you like Lionel Messi, Miroslav Klose, Thomas Muller, and Steve Cherundolo, you can make a lot of names. For example:

MI (roslav klose)(steve) CH (erundolo)(lion) EL (messi)(thomas mul) LE (r)
And you get Michelle. Neat, huh?

So go forth and make your children embarassed by the reasons for their names. At least its more creative than Alex, Emily, Anna, Matthew, Apple, Lemonjello, and the like. Sure, maybe it ends up at the same name as some uncreative person, but you'll know that you put more work into it, and since you took the road less traveled, it has made all the difference.

Life's about the journey, not the destination, which is the same reasoning for White Castle. Anybody who doesn't want to go to White Castle doesn't have a sense of adventure and doesn't understand why you go to White Castle. Yeah, you know who you are. But I digress.

Also, life's about making sure your baby is better than everybody else's baby.