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Rutherford
Conversation with my teenage son, Gideon -
"Mom, can I change my name to Rutherford?"
"Like Rutherford B. Hayes?"
"Who?"
"Like the Rutherford Institute?"
"What? No, it's Hank Hill's middle name."
Um, yeah, from the FOX show King of the Hill.So WDYT? Should I start calling him Rutherford, keep calling him Gideon, or just call him goofy?
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There's a kid in my class named Rutherford but he tries to deny it every time his name is called the first day of school or if there's a substitute. He's ultimately Rocky.I prefer Gideon. ;)
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I must admit I've never heard of the show. I'd call him Rutherford "Ruth" to humour him personally :) That might snap him out of it!Lots of kids I know (including myself) went through a thing where they "changed" their names. Some stick, some don't. I sure know Firdausi has always been Naomi to me, but James didn't stay Storm for long *rolls eyes*
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Rutherford actually makes me think of the physicist who deduced the structur of the atom.
I think you should call him goofy! It's probably a phase.
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Exactly my thoughtEspecially considering how we mentioned him in history about 3 hours ago.

This message was edited 5/21/2008, 12:57 PM

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I was thinking of that tooSince, for what I vaguely remember, it's a measure unit in electricity, you could start calling him Volt.
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It is a unit of radioactivity.
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