> > > > I can't hear Yoda without thinking of Grover! Was Beaker the assistant in the lab? We used to call a guy in high school "Beaker" because he looked like that muppet.
> > >
> > > Same here. I think that might happen in every school everywhere around the world. Either that, or there's some kind of conspiracy involving large numbers of scrawny neckless teenage boys who look like Beaker.
> > >
> > > >And remember the tall, bald guard on "Night Court"? That guy is Sam the Eagle's human twin.
> > >
> > > LOL. He sure is.
> > >
> > > > Mou"always wanted to name a pet Scooter"sie
> > >
> > > Brunnen-"I *have* a pet nicknamed Scooter!"G
> >
> > Here's what really kills me: People get a pet, they come up with a name for it that usually *isn't* Sam or Frank or Bob, but is, in itself, a sort of nickname, then they NICKNAME the pet!!! "This is my cat, Buster. I call him Doodles." (Never one to call the kettle black, I'm quoting MYSELF, here.)
> >
> > Hei"about a third of the people I'm introduced to announce, 'I had a DOG named Heidi!'"di
>
> .....i had a dog named Heidi
>
> uni"although in all fairness i didn't name her, and when i heard your name i never once thought of the dog until just now"peg

That's okay (more than okay, really). The fact that you had one keeps my average alive.

Mou"did my mother never hear of the name Jane? Or Mary?"sie