Granny Smith
Who is Granny Smith, and why didn't she get a sweeter apple? Why did she get the most sour apple of all? Was she the mean old neighbor of an apple farmer? The winesap (my very favorite) is a sweet contender, and wouldn't bring to mind a purse-faced mean old lady when you consider the name.
According to this, she wasn't a big old sourpuss after all. She was Maria Smith, born 1799. She was an orchardist. She had a crab apple/regular apple mutation growing on her land in the late 1860s. They weren't called Granny Smiths while she was alive. Twenty-two years after her death (in 1870), they were called Granny Smiths by other farmers.
Speaking of Apples, that's the name of Gwenyth Paltrow and Chris Martin's new baby. A little weird, but you know what they say about names... "Sticks and stones may break..." Er, I mean, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Or baby diapers, and not so sweet. Coldplay made a funny parody video. "I aint no baddie, I'm your baby's daddy." Hah.
Apple is a dumb name but not as dumb as Jason Lee's son's name: Pilot Inspektor.
I already thought he was a knob for being a Scientologist, but his baby-naming proves he is a colossal knob. Was there a character named that in "Battlefield Earth?"
Posted by: maggie | May 19, 2004 at 03:02 PM
You have to go on the link that I posted. There are some real winners on that list. Pilot Inspektor, the one Maggie mentioned is on it but I don't think anything beats 'Audio Science'
Posted by: Irah | May 19, 2004 at 03:36 PM
People gave us greif for spelling Erika w/ a "k". I thought these stupid names went out of fashion w/hippies. These kids better have a thick skin in the schoolyard.
Posted by: Erika's Daddy | May 19, 2004 at 08:15 PM
Excuse the above typo, "i before e=grief." Next time, I'll preview b4 posting
Posted by: Erika's Daddy | May 19, 2004 at 08:19 PM
daddy, there's no misspellink judgmint here. oh, and even your mom said that you guys "cursed" me with the spelling.
maggie, i had no IDEA that was a scientology link. that makes it that much worse. i've been reading about that science religion business and there's a lot to be said about it. but i won't say it here, because they're powerful and everywhere. they could ruin my chances at a political career someday! heh.
irah, that is an AWFUL name.
Posted by: erika | May 20, 2004 at 10:36 AM
You should go to hospital websites where they have the pictures of babies recently born at the hospital. The names will make you laugh until you cry, and then you'll cry out of sadness for the little girls and boys who have to live their lives with the horrible made up names their parents decided to give them because they were tired of the names Zach or Brittany.
Posted by: Nicole | May 22, 2004 at 11:23 PM