Liana Maeby [pictured at left] is a blogger who's fascinated by the complex and memorable names of the correspondents on National Public Radio: Renee Montagne, Korva Coleman, Lakshmi Singh, Sylvia Poggioli, Corey Flintoff. How cool would it be to have a name like that?
Liana and her boyfriend Eric decided to try it out by devising a formula for creating their own custom-designed NPR names. The rules are simple; here's how it works:
"You take your middle initial and insert it somewhere into your first name. Then you add on the smallest foreign town you’ve ever visited."
So Liana is now Liarna Kassel, and Eric is Jeric Bath.
Lots of folks on Twitter devised funny NPR names for themselves, like Pamelda Fondo, Stefsan Swakopmund and Marmilyn Zug.
NPR's Monkey See blog caught wind of the game and invited readers to leave their NPR names in the comments. 164 people did, but a lot of them just aren't that good.
I'm convinced that Neatorama readers can come up with better NPR names. Wanna try?
Liana and her boyfriend Eric decided to try it out by devising a formula for creating their own custom-designed NPR names. The rules are simple; here's how it works:
"You take your middle initial and insert it somewhere into your first name. Then you add on the smallest foreign town you’ve ever visited."
So Liana is now Liarna Kassel, and Eric is Jeric Bath.
Lots of folks on Twitter devised funny NPR names for themselves, like Pamelda Fondo, Stefsan Swakopmund and Marmilyn Zug.
NPR's Monkey See blog caught wind of the game and invited readers to leave their NPR names in the comments. 164 people did, but a lot of them just aren't that good.
I'm convinced that Neatorama readers can come up with better NPR names. Wanna try?
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Marilyn Terrell.
Comments (112)
Sounds like an appetizer at an Armenian restaurant. Varzob is a small resort community in Tajikistan that shrinks in population during the winter months.
Ofeibea Quist-Arcton
Chaha Joffe-Walt
Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Karen Grigsby Bates
Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
Dina Temple-Raston
some kind of handle
Right ?
Really?
I think it's a concave surface on the top to fit on the eye, with the extension on the back to partially block the eyelids from closing and to fit the light. With this mechanism you'll maybe be able to keep your victim from sleeping (due to the intense light) and ultimately dry out the eyes leading to permanent damage of the eyes.
see? that wasn't so hard.
"Uncle Benjamin, where did you bury the money?"
'oooo-ooooo, I'mmmmm deeeead, ooooo'
"Its me your nephew Charley, where is the money uncle Benjamin?
'ooooooooo, its daaaaaark heeere, oooooooo'
And so on.
i saw something like it only a pyramid shaped one. below deck on old ships it was dark. and this may be one of those things that worked like a mini sky light. you put the narrow end above to catch the light and the wide end to disperse it below.
actually, maybe a small coffee table, or end table of some sort?
(1050 is a lug used to connect wires to buss bars in a breaker panel)