If I was a tech in a fancy car dealership ..
I'd want my shop uniform name tag to say 'Luigi' .....
something like that.
something exotic sounding ..
Hans, or Otto. , etc.
but an Italian name would be more exotic.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: (NVC) How come people change names?

> On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 15:31 -0700, BenT Syncro wrote:
>
>> Wondering out loud why some people sign their posting with different
>>  names on a regular basis. Not that I've never done it. Just curioso.
>
>
> You mean like how I am "Rocket J Squirrel" on this list, but was born as
> "John Michael Elliott," and went by "Mike" for the first 58 years of my
> life and decided that "Mike" is a pain in the ass because, like, you get
> 10 American males in a room and at least one is a "Mike" so I decided
> that since I don't like the bland "John" because it was the old man's
> name that I'd do as JFK did and change it to "Jack"?
>
> That what you're talking about? And what's it too ya? Wanna fight about
> is?
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel