Sometimes you just have to sit back and laugh…
On our way back to College Station today, Sara and I were listening to some NPR podcasts about different news stuff, and we found ourselves several times laughing, shaking our heads and saying… “That would only happen in America!”
So… I told myself that this could possibly make an interesting series of posts.
As I hear things that are just so rediculous that they could only occur in a place like America, I will consider throwing them here on my blog for us to all shake our heads in amazement at.
Entry #1
First off… I’m not a parent. I have never had to sit through the grueling process of determining what to name a child and hoping that I won’t one day regret the name I chose and want to just start over with another kid.
However…
I would not have imagined what I discovered while listening to this podcast.
Apparently, many lovely Americans have deemed it necessary to hire a “Baby Naming Consultant” when trying to determine what to name their priceless little jewel.
Upon visiting with this consultant, they will walk you through a strenuous process of examining the things that you value, ect, ect… and culminating with a name that you will be happy saying for the rest of your life!
Because… I’m sure every parent dreads the day that they will grow tired of saying their childs name and wish that they would have just picked something else. So, by visiting one of these consultants, you increase the odds that you will be “happy” with the name that you have chosen, and enjoy saying this name multiple times a day.
Some things are just NECESSARY I tell you!
Now, correct me if I’m wrong… but I just can’t really imagine this type of thing occurring in any other part of the world than our consumer, self-driven society.
AND… I bet you $100 (or better yet $6,000… because then I could not worry about support-raising for my trip to Malawi anymore!!) that this “Baby Naming Consultant” will be featured on Oprah within the next year or so!
More to come soon…
Mike Garratt needs to hire one! For real!
I was just thinking the same thing. This consultant could really make some money off of the Garratt’s.
We need HELP!!!
I seriously thought that we settled on this issue!! Ryan Floyd Garratt. Or if Floyd is what you’re hung up on then just name him Ryan Ryan Garratt… It shouldn’t be that difficult!!
Mike can hire me for a couple hundred dollars…
Hey, I like the pics…they’re really good…I need to figure out how to do black and white on my camera!
Seriously,
Ryan Ryan Garratt.
Have you lost it?
And yes Floyd or anything that rhymes with that name is out.
seriously, i realize i was there when we heard this ridiculousness, but i just had to comment on the craziness of this job. We have such a “throw money at it” to fix it mentality. If we can’t do something we just want to pay someone to do it. Heck, i will help anyone name a kid for free! I think it would be an honor. This just shows how we don’t want to depend on anyone, we want to pay them for a service! oh america…
Seriously rediculous. I can’t believe people make money off of naming children. I feel kind of taken advantage of because I do this for free ALL the time. The minute someone says they need a name for their child, I’m totally on it!
Evetually this joker will end up naming dogs, rabbits, and parrots.
When I was searching under ‘baby name’ websites there are actually ‘pet name’ websites.