Linus Van Pelt wrote:

Gramsci wrote:What about that weird habit Americans have of using last names as first names?

I have no explanation or defense. It's total crap.

case in point: coleman young. what a fuck. the man has tainted my surname. which reminds me, i still can't believe they re-elected kwame kilpatrick. what the fuck detroit? will you ever learn? i just can't feel sorry for you anymore.

I have 2 neighbors named Cory and one of our Roadies is named Cory.

I have never though about this.

I haven't known or interacted with any guys named Corey (he spelled it Cory) since 1992. Sorry.

Mr. Mayfair, I wondered how long it would take for someone to mention him.
Can't say that meeting him a few times counts for me though.

I went to Jr. prom with a Cory. Had a wicked scar on his face from being kicked in the head by a horse. He had an '88 Pontiac Fiero, and we hated each other but had to go together because we were the MCs. I think I apologized when we found out.

On the other hand, I was one of six of my namesake in HS Advanced Biology in '92.

the first person i ever leveled with my stunning right hook was named cory. i felt like mcfly from back to the future, as the ratio: he big, me small applied. one punch, ladies on each arm.

I do know a Cory. He's a guitar player in a band in Chicago called, the Cells. I knew a Corey in HS-- short for Corene.

Otherwise, I rarely ever meet a Corey. But, I know A LOT of Johns/Jons, Joes, and Scotts.

I know a Cory who won't eat anything he considers to be a berry.

I know DrAwkward's Kory in Shrevport, LA. He has a very frightening rabbit.

The first boys I ever had crushes on were both Cor(e)ys. One of them I tackled near the tire wall on the playground in kindergarten and forced to kiss me, thus beginning my illustrious history of seduction-through-tackling. The other one was pasty white, emaciated, and loved Megadeath and Metallica. Even in first grade he looked as though he were dying of T.B. I saw him at a party last summer and he's now totally into being a Christian.

There was also a Corey in high school who had the reddest complexion and largest head that I've ever seen and sort of reminded me of a walking erect penis.

I also know close to 20 Joshes whom I dub with epithets (e.g. "Josh from D.C.," "Josh the Jew," "Josh HiFi," etc.) and, at one point back in 1998, my three best friends were Eric, Erik, and Aric.

Mandroid2.0 wrote:"Josh HiFi,"

Hey, that's me!

Similarly, Mandroid 2k got her name because she was the second Amanda to join our old band (okay, the first was a Mandy, but same diff). I now know so many Amandas, it's fucking ridiculous. Three at work. THREE! I sometimes call the cafe and ask "Are there any Amandas there?"