The Name Game

Excerpt from the book…………….


I think it’s a rule, that if you have 3 or more people with the same name, you must find a way to differentiate between them. We had 3 “Nancy’s” at one time. Since we were always trying to find ways to tell them apart, we started calling one, “Young Nancy”, which naturally segued into calling another, “Old Nancy,” but for some reason she did not care for that name.

“Now everyone will know that I’m the oldest.”

“No they won’t. We’ll tell them it’s because you were here the longest.”

Then the third Nancy enters the conversation, “So I get to be just plain Nancy?”

“Well, Just Plain Nancy” is a lot to spit out, I point out to her.

“No,” she moans back, “Not ‘Just Plain Nancy’, just Nancy.”

So I tell her, “You’re gonna have to make up your mind. Do you wanna be called Just Nancy, or Just Plain Nancy?”

“Neither,” she answers in an exasperated tone. “Just…….Nancy.”

“Okay, I’ve got this figured out ……we have Old Nancy, Young Nancy and Just Nancy.”

“NOOOOOOOO,” two of the three Nancy’s wail.

Young Nancy is not complaining, Old Nancy now declares she wants to be “Best Nancy,” Just Nancy is still trying to figure out the last conversation, and then Young Nancy decides she wants to be “Pretty Nancy.”

Then someone pipes in with, “How about Nancy One, Nancy Two, and Nancy Three?”

“How BOOOORRRRRRRRRIIIIINNNNNNNNG!”

Besides, then they will argue about whether the designation of Nancy One is interpreted as the oldest, first or best. We could go with Short Nancy, Tall Nancy and Big Nancy, but they’ll find something derogatory in that, too.

You know, “Hey you” works for me.


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