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May 13, 2009 at 5:46 PM #399099May 13, 2009 at 5:54 PM #398421
Rich ToscanoKeymasterHeh heh… funny thread.
My dad’s ancestor’s moved to Uruguay in the late 1800s, presumably from the Tuscany region of Italy. A hundred years later, more or less, my parents decided to name me Richard.
Well, you did ask. 😉
BTW they actually called me by the full name, “Richard” — even as a kid I thought it sounded infuriatingly stuffy, like I should be wearing a child-sized ascot and smoking jacket. Early on I began insisting on the abbreviated sobriquet.
Of course, this has led to a new problem of having frequent run-ins with my least favorite form of humor (or humor attempts, anyway), puns. And the worst subset of that loathsome humor genre, the name-based pun.
But I do go on.
As for the Professor, his story is told in the FAQ: http://piggington.com/faq
Rich
PS – As bonus humor, thanks to the OP’s mention of transplantation, the Google Ads are showing links for both kidney and hair transplants.
May 13, 2009 at 5:54 PM #398672Rich ToscanoKeymasterHeh heh… funny thread.
My dad’s ancestor’s moved to Uruguay in the late 1800s, presumably from the Tuscany region of Italy. A hundred years later, more or less, my parents decided to name me Richard.
Well, you did ask. 😉
BTW they actually called me by the full name, “Richard” — even as a kid I thought it sounded infuriatingly stuffy, like I should be wearing a child-sized ascot and smoking jacket. Early on I began insisting on the abbreviated sobriquet.
Of course, this has led to a new problem of having frequent run-ins with my least favorite form of humor (or humor attempts, anyway), puns. And the worst subset of that loathsome humor genre, the name-based pun.
But I do go on.
As for the Professor, his story is told in the FAQ: http://piggington.com/faq
Rich
PS – As bonus humor, thanks to the OP’s mention of transplantation, the Google Ads are showing links for both kidney and hair transplants.
May 13, 2009 at 5:54 PM #398900Rich ToscanoKeymasterHeh heh… funny thread.
My dad’s ancestor’s moved to Uruguay in the late 1800s, presumably from the Tuscany region of Italy. A hundred years later, more or less, my parents decided to name me Richard.
Well, you did ask. 😉
BTW they actually called me by the full name, “Richard” — even as a kid I thought it sounded infuriatingly stuffy, like I should be wearing a child-sized ascot and smoking jacket. Early on I began insisting on the abbreviated sobriquet.
Of course, this has led to a new problem of having frequent run-ins with my least favorite form of humor (or humor attempts, anyway), puns. And the worst subset of that loathsome humor genre, the name-based pun.
But I do go on.
As for the Professor, his story is told in the FAQ: http://piggington.com/faq
Rich
PS – As bonus humor, thanks to the OP’s mention of transplantation, the Google Ads are showing links for both kidney and hair transplants.
May 13, 2009 at 5:54 PM #398958Rich ToscanoKeymasterHeh heh… funny thread.
My dad’s ancestor’s moved to Uruguay in the late 1800s, presumably from the Tuscany region of Italy. A hundred years later, more or less, my parents decided to name me Richard.
Well, you did ask. 😉
BTW they actually called me by the full name, “Richard” — even as a kid I thought it sounded infuriatingly stuffy, like I should be wearing a child-sized ascot and smoking jacket. Early on I began insisting on the abbreviated sobriquet.
Of course, this has led to a new problem of having frequent run-ins with my least favorite form of humor (or humor attempts, anyway), puns. And the worst subset of that loathsome humor genre, the name-based pun.
But I do go on.
As for the Professor, his story is told in the FAQ: http://piggington.com/faq
Rich
PS – As bonus humor, thanks to the OP’s mention of transplantation, the Google Ads are showing links for both kidney and hair transplants.
May 13, 2009 at 5:54 PM #399104Rich ToscanoKeymasterHeh heh… funny thread.
My dad’s ancestor’s moved to Uruguay in the late 1800s, presumably from the Tuscany region of Italy. A hundred years later, more or less, my parents decided to name me Richard.
Well, you did ask. 😉
BTW they actually called me by the full name, “Richard” — even as a kid I thought it sounded infuriatingly stuffy, like I should be wearing a child-sized ascot and smoking jacket. Early on I began insisting on the abbreviated sobriquet.
Of course, this has led to a new problem of having frequent run-ins with my least favorite form of humor (or humor attempts, anyway), puns. And the worst subset of that loathsome humor genre, the name-based pun.
But I do go on.
As for the Professor, his story is told in the FAQ: http://piggington.com/faq
Rich
PS – As bonus humor, thanks to the OP’s mention of transplantation, the Google Ads are showing links for both kidney and hair transplants.
May 13, 2009 at 5:54 PM #398426BuyerWillEPB
ParticipantDuring the boom years one of the things that really bugged me was the pompous way house sellers would write in the listing, “Seller Will Entertain Offers Between $550K – $600K.” Or they would many times shorten that to, “Seller will EOB $550K – $600K.” Sometimes they didn’t even have time to write all that out and instead would only put, “SWEOB 550k-600k.”
So my response became my Piggington pen name, “BuyerWillEPB,” short for “Buyer Will Entertain Prices Below what YOU paid for it.”
May 13, 2009 at 5:54 PM #398677ParticipantDuring the boom years one of the things that really bugged me was the pompous way house sellers would write in the listing, “Seller Will Entertain Offers Between $550K – $600K.” Or they would many times shorten that to, “Seller will EOB $550K – $600K.” Sometimes they didn’t even have time to write all that out and instead would only put, “SWEOB 550k-600k.”
So my response became my Piggington pen name, “BuyerWillEPB,” short for “Buyer Will Entertain Prices Below what YOU paid for it.”
May 13, 2009 at 5:54 PM #398905ParticipantDuring the boom years one of the things that really bugged me was the pompous way house sellers would write in the listing, “Seller Will Entertain Offers Between $550K – $600K.” Or they would many times shorten that to, “Seller will EOB $550K – $600K.” Sometimes they didn’t even have time to write all that out and instead would only put, “SWEOB 550k-600k.”
So my response became my Piggington pen name, “BuyerWillEPB,” short for “Buyer Will Entertain Prices Below what YOU paid for it.”
May 13, 2009 at 5:54 PM #398963ParticipantDuring the boom years one of the things that really bugged me was the pompous way house sellers would write in the listing, “Seller Will Entertain Offers Between $550K – $600K.” Or they would many times shorten that to, “Seller will EOB $550K – $600K.” Sometimes they didn’t even have time to write all that out and instead would only put, “SWEOB 550k-600k.”
So my response became my Piggington pen name, “BuyerWillEPB,” short for “Buyer Will Entertain Prices Below what YOU paid for it.”
May 13, 2009 at 5:54 PM #399109ParticipantDuring the boom years one of the things that really bugged me was the pompous way house sellers would write in the listing, “Seller Will Entertain Offers Between $550K – $600K.” Or they would many times shorten that to, “Seller will EOB $550K – $600K.” Sometimes they didn’t even have time to write all that out and instead would only put, “SWEOB 550k-600k.”
So my response became my Piggington pen name, “BuyerWillEPB,” short for “Buyer Will Entertain Prices Below what YOU paid for it.”
May 13, 2009 at 6:10 PM #398441Aecetia
ParticipantIn Roman mythology Aecetia (pron. a-see-shee-ah), also known as Aequitas, was the goddess of fair trade and honest merchants. Aecetia is depicted holding a balance representing equity and fairness. Short form- justice.
May 13, 2009 at 6:10 PM #398692ParticipantIn Roman mythology Aecetia (pron. a-see-shee-ah), also known as Aequitas, was the goddess of fair trade and honest merchants. Aecetia is depicted holding a balance representing equity and fairness. Short form- justice.
May 13, 2009 at 6:10 PM #398919ParticipantIn Roman mythology Aecetia (pron. a-see-shee-ah), also known as Aequitas, was the goddess of fair trade and honest merchants. Aecetia is depicted holding a balance representing equity and fairness. Short form- justice.
May 13, 2009 at 6:10 PM #398977ParticipantIn Roman mythology Aecetia (pron. a-see-shee-ah), also known as Aequitas, was the goddess of fair trade and honest merchants. Aecetia is depicted holding a balance representing equity and fairness. Short form- justice.
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