In the long run, wars make us safer and richer

[jimmy olsen]

A chick I work with named her son 'Conner'.  I told her I thought that was a dog's name.  She laughed about it, but I'm not sure if she was actually amused or just trying to be polite.

You would be mistaken

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conner_%28given_name%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conner_%28surname%29

[grumbler]

A chick I work with named her son 'Conner'.  I told her I thought that was a dog's name.  She laughed about it, but I'm not sure if she was actually amused or just trying to be polite.

You would be mistaken

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conner_%28given_name%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conner_%28surname%29

Watch out, everybody!  Timmay has discovered Wikipedia!  He's gonna be laying down "the law according to Wikipedia" like this for a while.

Let's all agree to just smile, pat him on the head, and send him on his way.  No need to point out that Wikipedia is utterly non-authoritative - I don't think he'll get to that idea until 8th grade or so.

[Caliga]

 

[The Minsky Moment]

Not to mention that his link suggests that the -er spelling is atypical.

[grumbler]

Not to mention that his link suggests that the -er spelling is atypical.

"According to Wikipedia, only two people have ever been named 'Conner'."

[crazy canuck]

One of the boys on ny son's basketball team is named Connor.  I dont know anyone named Conner. 

[Savonarola]

A chick I work with named her son 'Conner'.  I told her I thought that was a dog's name.  She laughed about it, but I'm not sure if she was actually amused or just trying to be polite.

I have a cousin named Conner.  Our grandfather was not at all happy when he first heard that name, he said it was an Irishman's last name and should be preceded by an "O'".

It didn't seem that unusual in time.  Once he got to the age when he started talking it seemed a name just like any other.  We had to go through the same thing again with my grandfather when my aunt named her next son Spencer.

[Jacob]

A chick I work with named her son 'Conner'.  I told her I thought that was a dog's name.  She laughed about it, but I'm not sure if she was actually amused or just trying to be polite.

I have a cousin named Conner.  Our grandfather was not at all happy when he first heard that name, he said it was an Irishman's last name and should be preceded by an "O'".

It didn't seem that unusual in time.  Once he got to the age when he started talking it seemed a name just like any other.  We had to go through the same thing again with my grandfather when my aunt named her next son Spencer.

I like your grandpa

[Norgy]

If he grows up to be tall, he can be Long Con.

[Jacob]

If he grows up to be tall, he can be Long Con.

If he becomes a ruler, he can be King Con.

[Norgy]

If he joins French band Air, he can be Con Air.

[Malthus]

If he goes to prision, he can be just plain "Con".

[The Brain]

Prision? It's called gaol.

[Savonarola]

If he goes to prision, he can be just plain "Con".

As an undergraduate Conner studied writing at the University of Michigan.  In prison he could deliver:  prose and cons.

[Jacob]

If he goes to prision, he can be just plain "Con".

As an undergraduate Conner studied writing at the University of Michigan.  In prison he could deliver:  prose and cons.

Politically, I suppose he's a natural Conservative.