Pickles by Brian Crane for January 08, 2018

as far as I know, I know a Linda or two and a Lynda

Back in elementary school there was a plethora of them, matched only by variations of Susan.

You’ll grow into it, Earl…I mean, Linda.

I once went to a meeting at work with ten people in attendance, and five of them were named Dave.

If Pearl knew what “Linda” meant, she’d take it as a compliment.

My grand father Albert, applied for a job once, but they already had like 5 Als’ so if he wanted the job he had to agree to be called Carl. He took the job.

Meh, when people call me the wrong name I just call them “Margaret” (male or female). The best response I’ve gotten was when I called one lady Margaret, she stopped, looked at me and then asked “Margaret? Why did you call me Margaret, David?” I simply told her “because my name isn’t David.” She never called me David again.

Call me anything ….. except late for dinner !

Earl and Opal attend Sunday school? And have a teacher?

Around here, I say if you can’t remember her name, just say Judy or Linda and you have a good chance at being right.

My mom did day care for my kids. They used to slip up and call me “Grandma”. I have to admit, I hated it!

I wonder if that excuse would work for Earl – if he should happen by some casual mistake to call Opal – Linda or Pearl?????

I was born in the early ’50’s, and I was sure there was a law that every family had to have a Linda, Sue, Pam, Cathy, or Debby. And if your first name was Donna, your middle name had to be Jean. Every Donna I ever met was named Donna Jean, including my mom, our next-door neighbor, and my dad’s sister who died a couple of days after birth.

A majority of women of a certain age that I know are called Nancy.

“No problem, Pearl”

xxx

The name “Linda” peaked in popularity right after WW2, being in the top three names for girls for several years running, but now you probably couldn’t pay parents to name their girl “Linda.”https://www.bustle.com/p/linda-is-the-trendiest-baby-name-in-us-history-making-for-a-classic-yet-unexpected-pick-30410

The name “Linda” peaked in popularity right after WW2, being in the top three names for girls for several years running, but now you probably couldn’t pay parents to name their girl “Linda.”https://www.bustle.com/p/linda-is-the-trendiest-baby-name-in-us-history-making-for-a-classic-yet-unexpected-pick-30410

Early on I discovered that everyone in the museum world was either Elizabeth or Steve.

Did she call him Linda on porpoise?

Did she call him Linda on porpoise?

In my younger days, I played softball a LOT. There was at least two ‘Debbies’ on every team. One team, 5 out of 10 of us were ‘Debbie’ so we had to use our nicknames on the batting order.

Her sister should be flattered, “Linda” translates from Spanish to English as “beautiful”.