Tank tops

Charlie’s fiendish foray into bad poetry writing lost me a few followers. Oh dear. I am so sorry! :-)

So today, let’s talk names bloggie friends!

I nearly trip over this little boy who decided it was fun to sit on a step in the middle of a moving escalator.

His name? Erasmus - as in “Get off that step, Erasmus, I mean it!” from his mum.

Erasmus! How unusual is that name?

Next, I’m taking down a phone message for my boss. The guy on the other line tells me his name.

“It’s Scott,” he says, “with a double tee then Sherman, as in the tank. Scott Sherman.”

Gerrit? Sherman Tank??

Charlie says: It is time to get out and write more bad poetry.


Happy Tuesday, everyone!

Deja Vu Again!

Bloggie friends!

It’s happening again!

Last year my course tutor kept referring to me as “Benita”.

This year, my lovely, elderly and very chatty neighbour keeps calling me “Belinda”.

Which begs the question: What is it about me and this near cloned B name?!?! Answers on a postcard please!

Charlie says: I dream of a world without flashy things and pawparazzi.


As for being called Belinda, I don't mind really. She's such a lovely woman and maybe I remind her of a Belinda she used to know. I'm sure there's a story in all this that I can tweak out and create!

Happy Thursday, everyone!!!!

Name calling

Dear Bloggie friends - my name has changed.

I am now known as Benita, formerly Old Kitty.

I am kidding of course! My lovely tutor of my soon to be concluded writing course has given his assessment of my biography piece but in it he kept referring to me as Benita.

Which isn’t my name.

A few frantic emails later where I desperately tried to contact Benita thinking I had her assessment by mistake while simultaneously trying to contact my tutor thinking he had mixed up our assessments - and all was cleared up.

Which didn’t change my overall marks unfortunately – darn it!! LOL!

But which made me think about how unusual some names are. Benita is definitely unusual. Well it is for me.

My real name is Jennifer. Maybe if I spelt it with a G it’ll be more interesting but ever so wrong!

Anyway, that was my excitement for the day. I needed a lie down after that.

Charlie says: I call you human who gives me a toy that I have no interest in whatsoever!



Have a sunny Monday everyone!

Naming names with Jane Austen's dancing parrot

Inspired by the interesting articles Theresa Milstein over at Substitute Teacher's Saga wrote about people's names and their history and meanings thereof, I thought I'd add a different shade to this topic and share this article I found about real names that real people have. I also thought my pun-obsessed nephew would appreciate them.

My favourite of these real names are:

Ms. Anna Sassin
Mr. Tim Burr
Mr. Doug Hole
Mr. Barry Cade
Ms Carrie Oakey
Ms. Pritti Manek
Dr. Sumey
Mr.Stan Still: he exists. The BBC were kind enought to track him down and interview him. Also the comments under this BBC article are worth a smile or two.




Now. Which Jane Austen heroine are you? Thanks to the lovely SF at Block or Not I found that I'm... er Ms Marianne Dashwood.

But as I commented on SF's blog: at least in the film version of Sense and Sensibility, I get to marry the scrummy Alan Rickman. Hooray! SF also very kindly stated that at the next least I get to be portrayed by Kate Winslet!

Take the Quiz here. You don't have to be an Austen fan. The Q&A are quite funny in a silly way.



I've got the most rotten-est cold on this planet bar none so as I try to breathe through my mouth here's a scientific study and a clip to prove that Birds have Rhythm - if dubious taste in music. Cheers me up no end!



Have a virus-free Happy Sunday!