nimh wrote:I'm easily amused..
I saw today in the supermarket that one of the Hungarian womens/gossip rags is called "Fanny"..
I must be easily amused, too, nimh.
I think that's very funny!
realjohnboy wrote:
I am going to mull over this all night. The female name of Fanny was, if not common in the US at one time, not all that weird, with the connotation that it has today. There were some real or fictional characters named Fanny, but I can't remember who.
Fanny is a swedish name, thats probably the origin.
Two of my aunt's name was 'Fanny'.
I think* that it is English & Italian origin and short for Franzisca and Stephanie.
(One aunt was baptised Stephnie and the other Franziska.)
A quite popular serial of children books has a 'Fanny' as hero 'Fanny' has been among the 50 most popular prenames in German speaking countries the last couple of years**
*confirmed after looking that up
** looked that up, too.
A three hour breakfast meeting this morning with two of my favorite people on the planet. We laughed and laughed.
Stopping by the jewelry store to get the battery in my watch replaced (which they do at no charge). Then the lady behind the counter giving me a big jar of jewelry cleanser -- for free!
Going to the Health Food Store to get my favorite teas -- and because I bought three boxes -- I got an extra box for free!
It was a day of freebies, baby!
Sounds very satisfying. Nothing like free!
Remember that line in Me and Bobby McGee?
It ain't nothing if ain't at free!
realjohnboy wrote:
I am going to mull over this all night. The female name of Fanny was, if not common in the US at one time, not all that weird, with the connotation that it has today. There were some
real or fictional characters named Fanny, but I can't remember who.
Fanny Brice, best-selling author
Fanny Mendelsohn, world renowned musician
etc. etc. etc.
Smiled when my niece got so excited and into a huge jack-in-the-pulpit we saw on a little hike we took. She thought it was cute and had a great name ("Is that a real man named jack inside?").
Somebody doing a great Derek Zoolander impression for me. Complete with "blue steel"
Friday night, 2 AM, sittin at my desk.. suddenly, a Billie-like velvet-soft voice. I open the double windows. Down on the street, a couple of new Hungarians - late twenties, borderline yuppie, perhaps, a dash of elegance, even glamour. A spotlessly clean white semi-van, doors wide open. The suavest, smoothest of jazz sounds up crystally. One of the men leans against the next parked car, smoking a cigarette. The other man and the woman lounge, gentle gestures, she moves as if to dance with him. A friend walks up, he kisses the men on the cheeks, embraces the woman softly. The next song is a Tom Jobim ditty.
Nothing quite as romantic as that, Nimh.
They (UVA) are building a seven story parking garage 13 feet behind my store building on Main Street. They finished the site work. Next comes the lifting of pre-fabricated concrete sections. They brought in the crane today on seven or eight flatbed trucks. Guys scampered over it and then they raised it to its full height of probably 250 feet. Pretty awesome to watch.
A lady came into my store while I was in a meeting. My employees said they sort of recognized her, but didn't really know her by name or anything. She bought some stuff, left, but then came back a minute later with a box of cookies. Customer service, she said, meant a lot to her.
My nephew's birthday pics. It was his sixth. I missed it again. My sister sent pictures though. This is his new bicycle, as exhibited by his grandma (sis ex-husband's mom).
He just finished watching "Jackass" on tv and said, "C'mon...hit me with your best shot!"
Pffft.
sorry for the hijack, but i must post one more, for they are both so awesome. my sis and her son.
What the hell is with the silver balloon on the couch? Seems a little strange for a mother/son setting.
Maybe this isn't my place to ask, but..... damn! ... something aint right.
yes. gustavratzenhofer ain't right.
