F Minus by Tony Carrillo for October 28, 2020

I suppose you have another nametag w/Rick – Gary, just to be fair.

They must have agreed on one thing or you wouldn’t be here.

“What’s in a name? That which we call a Gary/Rick

By any other name would smell as sweet;" —Billy the Bard

Time for a contraction…and Garrick was his name-o!

Why didn’t they go with Garrick?

I can relate: my real name is William Louise XXXXXX. Mom wanted a girl, dad a boy; both got a felon.

Then there are those people that have 2 first names or 2 last names and you’re always getting the order mixed up.

So just go with Garrick.

So that would explain the race car driver Bobby Ricky…

You could have been one of George Forman’s kids: George.

The name of the song is called “Haddock’s Eyes”.

They must have agreed on something or you wouldn’t be here.

Be thankful, they could have named you Sue.

Could be worse. One of my brothers and I have the same first name and middle initial. What are these parents thinking?

Garrick works, but why not Rary? Which reminds me of the story of the little fat Irish boy named Rary who was a nasty hellion, pestering everyone, vandalizing things and playing pranks on the villagers. Finally they got fed up, caught him and tied him up. They rolled him over to the edge of a cliff and told him that if he didn’t straighten up, they were going to tip him over the cliff. He looked down and said “It’s a long way to tip a Rary.”

Lucky for you they weren’t quibbling over the names Richard and Hedley.

I was christened David Anthony, but still in spite of that

To my father I was William while my mother called me Pat

His name is Gary Rick (whatever his last name).How is that much different from Louisa Mae, Mary Ann, Anna Louisa? to name a few. Seems a weird gender/culture thing.