I went to school with a young woman named Toi. Toi Balls... Fortunately her family had better sense when it came to her brother's name - Curtis.
My brother once worked for an elderly gentleman named Precious.
And my husband was almost named after his grandfathers, which would have…Â
A co-worker of mine has a younger sister named Xena. She was not named after the character, however. She was in grade school (primary school) when the series became popular.
My Mom tells a story about baking a cake with her best friend (this would have been in the 50s). Mom whipped up the cake batter and her friend, Virginia, was mixing up the frosting. Mom stepped away from the table to to get the cake pans, and when she turned back to the table, Virginia…Â
I'm with zibbyzibs on this. I have a wonderful collection of dolls and I've been buying and selling antique dolls for 30 years, but it's only in the last 10 years of so that I've been getting comments about the dolls being "creepy", "cursed", or "haunted".
This is a great record! Bob Crewe wrote hit songs for many famous singers and bands, including "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You", and "Walk Like a Man" (cowritten with Bob Gaudio for The Four Seasons), "Lady Marmalade" for Patti LaBelle. He also produced records…Â
This is a "Naughty Nellie" boot jack - you use it to help leverage off tight boots.
(Place it on the floor, place one foot on the head/body, place the heel of your other boot in the crotch and pull your foot out of the boot)
Oreo's started as a knock-off as well. The original "two chocolate cookies with cream in the middle" cookies were Hydrox.
The Zachery Thick Mints aren't cookies at all - they're a knock-off of Peppermint Patties.
My Grandparents had a similar story. My Grandma saw my Grandpa across the room at a church social, and she said to her friend "See that pretty boy with all the curly hair? I'm gonna marry him!"
We grandchildren thought that story was so funny, because Grandpa was bald as a cue ball!…Â
I saw Star Wars in its original run when I was 10 - I was so blown away by Leia! Taking over her own rescue and letting the guys know exactly what she thought!
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