Good morning everyone, and a special hello to my lovely wife, with whom I'm sharing an anniversary today. Through the years, she's heard all of my stories at least a dozen times already, but she still reads each post the minute it's up on the internets. That's devotion, folks. Happy Anniversary, my love.
At some point in a post last week, I typed the word "perturbed." I fought off the urge to go on a long tangent right then and instead saved it for its own post. I just searched for that word and my "Hard to Quantify" post came up. Then I searched for "shit" to see how many times I've used that word in posts, and there were 21 (22 now, I suppose), and I'm not sure if that's more or less than I expected. Nice feature, Blogger.
A couple of months ago at work, I finally got in touch with someone who I had been calling and emailing for weeks. He said he appreciated that I kept trying, and I responded, "Well, you can't spell 'persistent' without 'Peter.'" He thought that was the coolest thing he'd ever heard. "Actually you could," I said, "but you'd just be left with 'sisnt,' and that kinda misses the point." He wouldn't stop talking about how great a line he thought that was. A month later at a party, he even introduced me to people by telling the story of that conversation.
If you're at all surprised that I would notice something like that, then you must be a first-time reader. Welcome to UOPTA, newbie. Yes, I have a tendency to look closely at words and letters, so I've known that my name was in "persistent" for almost as long as I've known that my name was all on the top line of the keyboard. By the way, so are "power," "propriety," and "yo."
(Quick side note: I read somewhere that "stewardesses" is the longest word one types with only his left hand. Being multi-talented though, I can type "inconspicuously" with only my left hand. Sure, it's not standard typing procedure, but no one's ever changed the world by sticking to protocol.)
In any case, this was all brought to the forefront by typing another word with my name in it: Perturbed, which is an anagram of "Drub Peter" or the much preferred "Rub d' Peter." You also can't spell "perfect" without me, which is flattering. Here's something that only I might find interesting: In professional soccer, a team uses "FC" before "Barcelona" to stand for "Futbol Club." Therefore, if I ever own a pro soccer team, I can name it "FC Peter" and giggle to myself that it's also an anagram of "perfect." Of course, someone will figure that out and mock me when we lose our first game.
Anyone else find that interesting? Yeah, didn't think so. Oh vell.
What other fun things do I do with my name? I'm glad you asked. If I look particularly scruffy and I'm about to shower and shave, I might say, "Cleanup, Aisle Klein!" No one's found that funny yet, but I'm going to keep trying til someone does. Similarly, if my wife is making tea and asks if I want some too, I often will say in the coolest voice I can muster, "Baby, T is my middle initial." It is, but even accuracy isn't enough to get a laugh with that one. Someday, gentle readers, someday.
With the stellar help of websites like anagramgenius.com, I've learned that my full name of Peter Todd Klein uses the same letters as "Print, Ok, Deleted." Also, the same could be said about "Ink-Dotted Leper," but I am neither dotted with ink nor suffering from leprosy, so it's not quite as clever. I do actually print and delete, ok? Just my first and last name alone gives me "Triple Knee," which is cool but sadly anatomically incorrect. (Today's picture is of a "triple knee guard" by the way. I was shocked to type my anagram into Google's image search and have so many things come up.) I just played around with those letters for a few minutes and got "Tinkle Peer." I think I might start calling people at adjacent urinals by that term, as a mini shoutout to myself. I guess that could also be "Pee Tinkler" by moving the r, and that revelation truly brings me happiness. Is that wrong?
I just realized a day or two ago that Klein can be switched around to "e-link." I know that doesn't come up too often, but I can start referring to all online links as e-links for my own edification.
There are many fantastic anagrams of famous names out there, any maybe I'll share some on Friday, but my personal favorite has to be Spiro Agnew = Grow a Penis. Oh sure, that could be "Grow a Spine" also, but why waste an opportunity? I first learned about the versatility of the former Vice President's name while playing Taboo in high school. My friend Alon was giving clues, and he said, "Oh, grow a penis!" "Excuse me?" I asked, rightfully surprised by the command. "I guess you don't know that," he said before moving on to more traditional clues.
Ok, gentle readers, here's where you come in. Email ptklein@gmail.com with things having to do with your names. Anything at all, and we can have quite a FUF on this topic. Have a great day, and I'll be back tomorrow, probably still full from a celebratory dinner. Cleanup, Aisle Klein! (Anything? Damn.)
At some point in a post last week, I typed the word "perturbed." I fought off the urge to go on a long tangent right then and instead saved it for its own post. I just searched for that word and my "Hard to Quantify" post came up. Then I searched for "shit" to see how many times I've used that word in posts, and there were 21 (22 now, I suppose), and I'm not sure if that's more or less than I expected. Nice feature, Blogger.
A couple of months ago at work, I finally got in touch with someone who I had been calling and emailing for weeks. He said he appreciated that I kept trying, and I responded, "Well, you can't spell 'persistent' without 'Peter.'" He thought that was the coolest thing he'd ever heard. "Actually you could," I said, "but you'd just be left with 'sisnt,' and that kinda misses the point." He wouldn't stop talking about how great a line he thought that was. A month later at a party, he even introduced me to people by telling the story of that conversation.
If you're at all surprised that I would notice something like that, then you must be a first-time reader. Welcome to UOPTA, newbie. Yes, I have a tendency to look closely at words and letters, so I've known that my name was in "persistent" for almost as long as I've known that my name was all on the top line of the keyboard. By the way, so are "power," "propriety," and "yo."
(Quick side note: I read somewhere that "stewardesses" is the longest word one types with only his left hand. Being multi-talented though, I can type "inconspicuously" with only my left hand. Sure, it's not standard typing procedure, but no one's ever changed the world by sticking to protocol.)
In any case, this was all brought to the forefront by typing another word with my name in it: Perturbed, which is an anagram of "Drub Peter" or the much preferred "Rub d' Peter." You also can't spell "perfect" without me, which is flattering. Here's something that only I might find interesting: In professional soccer, a team uses "FC" before "Barcelona" to stand for "Futbol Club." Therefore, if I ever own a pro soccer team, I can name it "FC Peter" and giggle to myself that it's also an anagram of "perfect." Of course, someone will figure that out and mock me when we lose our first game.
Anyone else find that interesting? Yeah, didn't think so. Oh vell.
What other fun things do I do with my name? I'm glad you asked. If I look particularly scruffy and I'm about to shower and shave, I might say, "Cleanup, Aisle Klein!" No one's found that funny yet, but I'm going to keep trying til someone does. Similarly, if my wife is making tea and asks if I want some too, I often will say in the coolest voice I can muster, "Baby, T is my middle initial." It is, but even accuracy isn't enough to get a laugh with that one. Someday, gentle readers, someday.
With the stellar help of websites like anagramgenius.com, I've learned that my full name of Peter Todd Klein uses the same letters as "Print, Ok, Deleted." Also, the same could be said about "Ink-Dotted Leper," but I am neither dotted with ink nor suffering from leprosy, so it's not quite as clever. I do actually print and delete, ok? Just my first and last name alone gives me "Triple Knee," which is cool but sadly anatomically incorrect. (Today's picture is of a "triple knee guard" by the way. I was shocked to type my anagram into Google's image search and have so many things come up.) I just played around with those letters for a few minutes and got "Tinkle Peer." I think I might start calling people at adjacent urinals by that term, as a mini shoutout to myself. I guess that could also be "Pee Tinkler" by moving the r, and that revelation truly brings me happiness. Is that wrong?
I just realized a day or two ago that Klein can be switched around to "e-link." I know that doesn't come up too often, but I can start referring to all online links as e-links for my own edification.
There are many fantastic anagrams of famous names out there, any maybe I'll share some on Friday, but my personal favorite has to be Spiro Agnew = Grow a Penis. Oh sure, that could be "Grow a Spine" also, but why waste an opportunity? I first learned about the versatility of the former Vice President's name while playing Taboo in high school. My friend Alon was giving clues, and he said, "Oh, grow a penis!" "Excuse me?" I asked, rightfully surprised by the command. "I guess you don't know that," he said before moving on to more traditional clues.
Ok, gentle readers, here's where you come in. Email ptklein@gmail.com with things having to do with your names. Anything at all, and we can have quite a FUF on this topic. Have a great day, and I'll be back tomorrow, probably still full from a celebratory dinner. Cleanup, Aisle Klein! (Anything? Damn.)
1 comment:
You're making it hard for me to get any work done at the office. I downloaded a trial copy of anagramgenius and I'm hooked. I've typed in so many different names. My secretary came in while I was doing it so I typed in her name. Margie Duran. She wasn't particularly happy with Murder Again or I am rare dung. Go figure.
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