Just for fun!

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> *Bible Studies*......It's been estimated that the majority of people in
> the Western hemisphere have names based on biblical ones.

My cat Psalms obviously has a name from the Bible, as does my wife
Sara.  My name is just English (I guess).  My son's name (Ian) is a
Gaelic form of John; it's also a Japanese word, meaning "peace."

> when a priest whose real name was Boca de Porco (Pig's Mouth) was
> elected.  He changed his name to Sergious II.

I'd change my name too!

> *Once is Enough!*........Ann Landers write of a couple who has six
> children, all named Eugene Jerome Dupuis, Junior.  The children answer to
> One, Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six, respectively.

I have a rule about Ann Landers: never believe anything in her column.
I don't believe this tale.

> *Initials Only*.......A new recruit in the U.S. Army filled out all the
> forms he was presented with as he always had in school: R.(only)B.(only)
> Jones.

OLD joke, not a true story.  First recorded appearance in 1958 Readers
Digest "Treasury of Humor."

Likewise, WWII Army bureaucrats didn't have problems with people with
no middle names.  The blanks in the forms were simply marked with
"(NMI)," and everybody knew what that meant.

> 	Reverend Christian Church and Reverend God

Lets not forget Ananias Praisegod Barebones of Oliver Cromwell's
"Little Parliament."  Other 17th century names of Puritan offspring
were things like "If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Wouldst-Have-
Been-Damned."

Richard "how would you sign that name?" Masoner