really, in these modern times, hyphenation is really the way to go.

I must say that the guy with my name on facebook looks pretty hawt.

Does that mean their kid will be Kelly Hildebrandt²?

I'm dating a guy with the same name as me too . . . but only the first name.

/His business partner has the same name too.

Mrs. Chomsky: I must say that the guy with my name on facebook looks pretty hawt.

Yeah, some of the ones with my name are pretty hot too.

But is she keeping her baby?

/Hotter than Danny Aiello

Photo of the bride groom couple.

My cousin Dana married another Dana. Different last names though.

/Cool story, me.

h2ogate: My cousin Dana married another Dana. Different last names though.

/Cool story, me.

Should name their kid Zuul.

I married someone with the same name as me.

Oh wait. I mean I had sex with someone with the same name as me.

Oh wait. I guess that was masturbation.

I give it 2 years.

As great as the novelty is, I foresee huge headaches for them in the future. Credit cards, checking accounts, the whole thing. They'll have to double-check everything their whole lives.

That being said, I wish them luck. The chick looks hittable.

I can't wait till they find out, years later, that they're actually related.

Aww. No sappy tag?

"Kelly can be a guy's name, too."

"viral flirting"

What the fark does that even mean!?

wolfserpent: "viral flirting"

What the fark does that even mean!?

They flirt only by means of herpes...

FTA: ...viral flirting...

Here's the problem with trying to sound "hip" with the "eCyber.com" generation, all you doctors of journalism.

Viral marketing is so-called because it is marketing that spreads primarily like a virus, passed from person-to-person without an active campaign behind it. This doesn't apply to instant messages between two people.

Viral flirting is when you give a girl Herpes.

wild9: wolfserpent: "viral flirting"

What the fark does that even mean!?

They flirt only by means of herpes...

Oh fark you, wild9. Just fark you right in your ass.

P.S.: I have herpes.

Ominae: you're crazy, this makes all this stuff simple. Who cares if they mix up credit cards and checking account, etc.

Helps with air travel bc they can give each other tickets and travel on each other's frequent flier miles. Other than that it is weird.

FTA: "a shirtless, Matthew McConaughey-type Texan..."

Um, NO. Is that the only Gen X Texan the writer could come up with? 'Cuz really, NO.

Very hittable!

/which one?

"I must get revenge for my brother!"

she's cute

Well she has got the Florida tag going for her... maybe she'll double-barrel her name :-)

Nice story though, more sappy than interesting.

/tags ahoy-ahoy
//and slashies
///lovely slashies

They'll be able to save a tidy sum on their headstone.

We have the same name HAHAHAHA


/three months before they start using their middle names.

Ominae
As great as the novelty is, I foresee huge headaches for them in the future. Credit cards, checking accounts, the whole thing. They'll have to double-check everything their whole lives.

After the divorce it will be 100x worse.

"If you have kids, please don't name them Kelly, it's just going to make it so much more confusing!"



/agree

The Fellowship withholds comment...



/obscure old? <sigh>

dahmers love zombie: Photo of the bride groom couple.

Shiat like this just makes you want to go back to bed. Or mow the lawn. Or file something. Or put on a roof. On a Monday.

/whatever

Kelly can be a guy's name too.

I can't find anyone with my same name. It's just weird that there isn't another Douchenozzle in this world.

After I RTFA, I realized that a) I'd like to bang her AND b) this relationship will make a divorce attorney a little extra money within the next 2 years.

Mrs. Chomsky: Does that mean their kid will be Kelly Hildebrandt2?

No, they'll have fraternal twins - Frances and Francis.

dougfm: Kelly can be a guy's name too.

Oh, well done!

/it's a trap!

tonesskin: I can't find anyone with my same name. It's just weird that there isn't another Douchenozzle in this world.

I found two. One in MD and one in MA. Not sure I want to go have beers with my douchenozzle self yet. Or if they're the same.

My first marriage was to a guy with the same first initial and same last name. No, we were not related. My aunt married a guy with the same 2 initials and same last name. Not related. Her daughter married a guy with the same last name as her mother's maiden name. Not related.

One source of confusion for my son was the multiple uncles with the same first and last names.

We seem to show a singular lack of imagination in adding new names to the family tree.

My second marriage, I picked somebody with a MUCH different last name :)

dougfm: Kelly can be a guy's name too.

Thread over!

Does the dog with a fork in his head (new window) have a thread?

"Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly...."

/old enough to be obscure now?

Kelly Kelly!

That is so interesting! Good for them. Hope it lasts.

Another Kelly for your pleasure. Gender is unambiguous.


/pic may be PNSFW

Checks facebook for Big Dick Zamboni, leaves disappointed.

This thread just got a lot more interesting.

The only person who has my name (at least on Facebook) is some little guy in Malaysia. My name is Carl and my last name is in no way Malaysian-esque...

/I added him
//his entire family added me soon after for some reason

is it me or do they look to much alike ... GET A BLOOD TEST. I think we are about to see a Luke/Leia situation here.

If I had Photoshop, I'd put right Kelly's hair onto left Kelly and post.

Kelly can be a guy's name too.

My first husband's name was Kelley. It was quite funny how many people jumped to the conclusion that I was a lesbian when I talked about who I was dating. The extra "e" makes the name masculine (at least in the tradition of Beverley, Shelley, Ashley, Tracey, Stacey, all of which could be men's names in the South).

tekjock: is it me or do they look to much alike ... GET A BLOOD TEST. I think we are about to see a Luke/Leia situation here.

You sound like my asian mother. She thinks all white people look alike.

Kinda interesting cause it's normally the other way around.

tekjock: is it me or do they look to much alike ... GET A BLOOD TEST. I think we are about to see a Luke/Leia situation here.

never mind that they have the same last name.

I have the same last name but without the d and the end. Everyone always misspells it with that second d though.

Also, dating a girl named Samantha but everyone calls Sam so people often think I'm teh ghey.

There are a couple of people with my same name on facebook. No one with my alt's name though.

What they did was nice, but purposfully making your first and last names the same (new window) takes devotion.

fake

Snakeophelia: My first husband's name was Kelley.



"I'm a doctor, not a Kelley.
Well, OK, I'm a Kelley too."

My dad's parents were Ray and Rae. I wish they were still around; I'd ask them if it ever caused confusion. They sort of predated telemarketers, though, so it's not like there were a ton of strangers calling and asking for one by pronunciation.

My wife and I share the same middle name, which works out well -- good for a story, but not enough to cause trouble.

I'm sorry but that guy looks gay.

There's a guy out there with the same name as me. I hate the mother-f****. He's some dentist that goes into the Amazon and fixes the teeth of indigenous tribesmen. Frakkin' hero trying to make me look bad.

/did something heroic yesterday -- cleaned poison ivy out of gutters.

i think the article gave me a toothache

tchau: You sound like my asian mother. She thinks all white people look alike.

Kinda interesting cause it's normally the other way around.

Must be the huge eyes...

Had they attended the family reunions they could have met many years earlier.

that is all

Horsebolt McStabledoor: that is all

you know she had a double mastectomy recently right?

The couple began poring over their respective family trees, after going back 250 years and finding no common ancestors, knew they were good to go toward a trip down the aisle.

WTF? They have access to 250 years of family trees, but not a DNA test?

My Daughter's middle name is Kelly.

/just felt like sharing.

I'd change my name to Kelly Hildebrandt to hit that!

/The chick, not the guy
//Ok maybe the guy too if he buys me drinks

fanbladesaresharp: Horsebolt McStabledoor: that is all

you know she had a double mastectomy recently right?

wilder_card: /did something heroic yesterday -- cleaned poison ivy out of gutters.

Misread as cleaned poison ivy out of guitars.

/she'll really do you in
//if you let her get under your skin
///TWANGGG

oldweevil: /old enough to be obscure now?

Farking totally not obscure pictures couple with "obscure?" captions make me violently ill.

tchau: tekjock: is it me or do they look to much alike ... GET A BLOOD TEST. I think we are about to see a Luke/Leia situation here.

You sound like my asian mother. She thinks all white people look alike.

Kinda interesting cause it's normally the other way around.

My best friend is Persian, and she says the same thing about white people. Then again, she is damn near blind as a bat, so that may have something to do with it...

Love the pics of your daughter! :)

I can't envision two WASPier kids.

bkennedy: I can't wait till they find out, years later, that they're actually related.

Good job reading the article. It mentions they actually checked to make sure this wasn't the case.

My last name is very common. If I end up with someone who has the same last name as me, it wouldn't matter to me. In a way I think that would be pretty cool because I wouldn't have to go through all the hell to change it.

Who names thier Son Kelly?

/Boy Named Sue song comes to mind

Marrying a Hildebrandt carries an extra bonus for Kelly girl's family. Her father is the last male Hildebrandt on his side of the family, and now his daughter Kelly's marriage affords the chance the family name will be carried on.

So pops, you're down with some male relative porking your daughter to carry on 'the name'? Nasty.

That's the stupidest reason I've ever heard of for obvious nth cousins to marry. Just because you're 'the last' in your immediate family does not mean you're 'the last' in the extended family. And who gives a damn about last names anyway? This is America -- not everybody is whom they believe themselves to be. It's all bullshiat. Besides, if the name is that unusual..... they're related.



kagemaru026: tekjock: is it me or do they look to much alike ... GET A BLOOD TEST. I think we are about to see a Luke/Leia situation here.

never mind that they have the same last name.

Word, and Word, to tekjock and kagemaru026.

Geotpf: bkennedy: I can't wait till they find out, years later, that they're actually related.

Good job reading the article. It mentions they actually checked to make sure this wasn't the case.

Hi, dude. The problem is, they did no such thing. Already been brought up; the only thing the article says is,

"The couple began poring over their respective family trees, after going back 250 years and finding no common ancestors, knew they were good to go toward a trip down the aisle."

If they DID have a blood test, then MSNBC and writer Michael Dunbar are trolling through selective reporting to make the news 'sexier'. Fark both of tem (MSNBC and Dunbar) if that's the case.

Besides, why stop at 250 years ago? That's nothing, when folks can trace their families back to some duke's illegitimate progeny all the fracking time. I wonder, did they find out they had a common ancestor 251 years ago and it was long enough ago to say 'ancient history'? Again, is MSNBC and Dunbar trolling with this article?

wolfserpent: "viral flirting"

What the fark does that even mean!?

You killed my father.

"We've thought about Hildebrandt squared, but probably not that often."

Beat you to it -- www.reedsquared.com , though I haven't updated/fixed the page in years.

guess they have their kids names already picked out
kelly, if it is a girl
and if it is a boy, kelly

/repeat until someone snaps and kills them for making life hell on the paper work

My wife and I have the exact same DOB.

/makes it easy to remember her birthday and age
//got nothing really
///satan help me if I forget her birthday though

Kelly Boy, Kelly Girl, Kelly Jr, Ms. Kelly, Kelly Cat, Kelly Dog, and Kelly white picket fence.

Instrumentalism: Kelly Boy, Kelly Girl, Kelly Jr, Ms. Kelly, Kelly Cat, Kelly Dog, and Kelly white picket fence.

You forgot Kelly Mistress and Kelly Pool Boy

REOIV: My Daughter's middle name is Kelly.

/just felt like sharing.

My sons middle name is Kelly.

/Isn't it nice when we all share?

Instrumentalism: Kelly Boy, Kelly Girl, Kelly Jr, Ms. Kelly, Kelly Cat, Kelly Dog, and Kelly white green picket fence.

/Pet Peeve

Well, back in college my mother had a roommate with the same first name, although spelled differently. It certainly caused confusion.

Hmm closest I can come up with was a friend growing up named Crystal, who had a brother named Scott, dating a guy named Scott who had a sister also named Crystal.

olavf: really, in these modern times, hyphenation is really the way to go.




"Another crime against society! Hyphenated names!

Hey lady! Pick a farking name! Will you, please?

Pick a farking name!

"Hi, I'm Emily Geracore-Fortesque!"

"Hi, I'm George Jerk-me-off-fark-you-too!"

Snakeophelia: Kelly can be a guy's name too.

My first husband's name was Kelley. It was quite funny how many people jumped to the conclusion that I was a lesbian when I talked about who I was dating. The extra "e" makes the name masculine (at least in the tradition of Beverley, Shelley, Ashley, Tracey, Stacey, all of which could be men's names in the South).

Interestingly, some of these names started out as men's names; I know Kelly, Ashley, and Stacy did, and I think the others may have as well.

cute story, cute couple. Reminds me of something saw in a company nesletter in the 90's, two unrelated people named MacDonald got married.. but the girl insisted on having her last name hyphenated, "MacDonald-MacDonald" Guess she was just determined to have a hyphenated last name.

chrylis: Snakeophelia: Kelly can be a guy's name too.

My first husband's name was Kelley. It was quite funny how many people jumped to the conclusion that I was a lesbian when I talked about who I was dating. The extra "e" makes the name masculine (at least in the tradition of Beverley, Shelley, Ashley, Tracey, Stacey, all of which could be men's names in the South).

Interestingly, some of these names started out as men's names; I know Kelly, Ashley, and Stacy did, and I think the others may have as well.

I had a male teacher in High School whose name was 'Beverly'.

It is an odd trend that male names will be appropriated to female names, but the reverse does not happen.

dougfm: Kelly can be a guy's name too.

Thread over!

came for the Clerks reference. Not yet leaving though.

Just had to add THIS...

I married a gal that had a different first name and a different last name than me.

Snakeophelia - The extra "e" makes the name masculine (at least in the tradition of Beverley, Shelley, Ashley, Tracey, Stacey, all of which could be men's names in the South).

Never met a Beverley guy. Even in the kind-of South (Maryland).

The guy lucked out. The chick is a hottie!

Never mistake coincidence for fate.

My last name is very common. If I end up with someone who has the same last name as me, it wouldn't matter to me. In a way I think that would be pretty cool because I wouldn't have to go through all the hell to change it.

Yeah for all the billion people in India, they are all named Gupta or Singh

bkennedy: I can't wait till they find out, years later, that they're actually related.

Came to say this.

Tell 'em to go f*ck themselves.

I'm a Kelli.

//yes, with an i.

Snakeophelia: Kelly can be a guy's name too.

My first husband's name was Kelley. It was quite funny how many people jumped to the conclusion that I was a lesbian when I talked about who I was dating. The extra "e" makes the name masculine (at least in the tradition of Beverley, Shelley, Ashley, Tracey, Stacey, all of which could be men's names in the South).

Don't forget Shirley. The guy for whom this award (new window) is named hired me for my first part-time job. (Drawing in Greek letters and other symbols in a typewritten manuscript.)