The Name Game

I like a lot of the names people suggested for the new pony at the barn. Keep 'em coming. I'll pass 'em along to Don. It got me thinking that I should provide a little more information on horse names and a couple factors that affect the naming decisions at the barn.

First, a list of the names of current and recent horses at the barn ( behind a cut of course )

And a little more information about the new guy that I didn't mention in the earlier post: he was previously owned by a 13 year old girl, and was the 13th horse shown in the auction on Friday. That and the St. Patrick's day luck of the Irish thing did have a couple folks suggesting Lucky as a name yesterday.

Credit where it's due

The setting: Sitting at my desk, trying to make some sort of sense out of a gov't MRR, while the programmer is using the 2nd workstation in my office to test some stuff.

*phone rings*

Me: Good morning, this is Peter

Voice: hellorosa?

Me: Um. Hello?

Voice: Rosa?

Me: I'm afraid you have the wrong number.

Voice: Oh. Well, would you be interested in a Super Ultimate Platinum Hoopy Doo Mastercard from...

Me: Um. No, and please put this number on your do-not-ca...

Voice: *click!*


So hey, a fun telemarketer call to a business number and they hung up on me. That got a little chuckle and I go back to reading the document when a thought hits me:

Me (to coworker): Um, do I sound like a rosa?

Fortunately, he answered 'no.' Now the pitch of my voice does vary, depending on mood and context, but in this case, I'd was pretty relaxed (read 'bored') and it was at the deeper end of the spectrum. You'd think that the telemarketer would at least have been clever enough to chose a MALE name upon hearing my voice.