No joke: "My name is Rip Van Winkle and I can't sleep"

The 37-year-old man says of his name: "It’s cool, because you get a chance to be yourself. How many Rip Van Winkles do you meet?" (Corvallis Gazette Times)

Comments

[Torgo]

Yawn.

[twerp]

I met a guy named Ronald McDonald one day. I also know a guy named John Jacobs and I sing John Jacob Jingle-hymer Schmidt in my head whenever I see him or hear his name.

[Reno]

I see they opted for the trendy spellings on the kids' names...

[cherie]

wonder if facebook turned him down?

[Sheila]

Rip Van Winkle is not a fairy tale name; he is the main character in a story by Washington Irving. I'd rather have this name than the ones given by the idiots who named their son Adolf Hitler.

[Tiddlywinks]

Sheila, goddess of the volcano, I laugh aloud at your remarkable remarks, knowing that we all here remain anonymouse (yes, ...mouse) as we speak in the thread, as we are oft to do. The goddess Lynn may edit for me as she wishes. I have to walk off a... Never mind.

Ha, Ha, Ha!

Oh Merc, great and awesome! Doest though get this, Great One? Ask the goddess Lynn this riddle, How does a man heal a bone that is not broken?

[Mariah]

Rip Van Winkle is very cool!

[Anna]

My name is Rapunzel.
Where's the nearest Great Clips?
There's a creepy guy crawling up my hair!

[TheTruth]

Yet Not long ago I remember you guys complaining about the name Adolf Hitler.

Double standards?

Adolf is a common name just because there is a mass murder named John should you refuse to ever use the name John again?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf

I see more scared children here... than usual

How does that saying go?
Just cause you don't understand it....
-Doesn't mean you should be afraid
-Doesn't mean it isn't true
-Doesn't mean that's how it works

I find it funny people use the ignorance card as a excuse.

[troschne]

"a excuse", Truthy??? Note to you: don't accuse someone of ignorance in a sentence, immediately followed by a major grammar error. Do you have a fund set up? I would love to send you five dollars, to help buy that clue you so desperately effing need!

[MONKEY JERK]

WHY NOT?

[lynn]

To tiddlywinks---with a chaste (ha) kiss.

truthy: i see nothing wrong with the name rip van winkle.
adolph hitler on the other hand is the name of a man that brought the world into a war and the deaths of millions of people. i would feel the same with the name mussolini.
in the attempt to be fair, there are muslims that would feel the same way about the name of george bush, condi rice, et al. These names remind them of their losses and death.

did that help you understand? even a little? sheesh...

[USMerc]

Oh, Lynn? How DOES a man heal a bone that is not broken?

[lynn]

Merc, it requires a "chaste" kiss. on the nose...LOL.
Kids never try this at home, either. remember i am a professional :P

[USMerc]

cool! I'm cured!!!!!

[TheTruth]

troschne

Please child .....

Not my fault you do not understand basic grammar..

If you want to play 'grammer polease' please go home and suck on your mommys nip child.

[USMerc]

-------> ---------> Here ya go Trochne....Looks like you might need some.....