Strange Coincidence (at least to me it is)

Wolf_Girl · Post by **Wolf_Girl** » Sat Feb 23, 2002 12:19 pm

I'm relatively new to YTOTW, and have never posted on this message board, so please excuse me if I sound stupid.

Something that caught my eye in the last storyline was the similarity between two of the characters, Brian and David Lexington, to my two brothers. Both have the same names, Brian and Dave. Both look similar to the characters, and both are the same age (Brian 22, and Dave 19)...and, of course, we're all American. Now this may not interest you people in the least, but I just thought it was a little strange so i wanted to bring it up.

Yahtzee · Post by **Yahtzee** » Sat Feb 23, 2002 12:28 pm

That is pretty strange, yes, considering I made up their surname and ages on the spot when I added them to the cast page, as well as the fact that they are brothers which has never been referred to in the strip. Do your brothers ever dress up as superheroes and talk in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner?

Wolf_Girl · Post by **Wolf_Girl** » Sat Feb 23, 2002 12:50 pm

I think if they did we would have had them institutionalized by now. But since they're both out of the house at this point there's no real way of knowing.

RhubarbCelestial · Post by **RhubarbCelestial** » Sat Feb 23, 2002 1:57 pm

Oooooooooo!

Dr_Looney · Post by **Dr_Looney** » Sat Feb 23, 2002 2:09 pm

I'm Dave and I'm... 18. And know noone called Brian. Damn.
Next time I'll do better, honest.

Darnn · Post by **Darnn** » Sun Feb 24, 2002 3:35 am

Yes, but look at it this way: You've got a last name that could be abbreviated as 'Hutch'. Not many can say that.

Look at me, for instance. What have I got? I can't even win any of those stupid raffles where you send in your name composed of letters found under Cola corks, because there are too many damn letters in 'Victor Flickstein'.
All I've got going for me is that the first halves of my name and surname rhyme...

Yahtzee · Post by **Yahtzee** » Sun Feb 24, 2002 5:12 am

Like Arthur Yahtzee!

As for Ben Croshaw, I find it annoying because everyone I meet spells Croshaw as Crowshaw, which is wrong. But my initials are B.C., which can also mean Before Christ, or even Bruce Campbell.

Dr_Looney · Post by **Dr_Looney** » Sun Feb 24, 2002 5:44 am

Darnn: Yeah, I think 'Hutch' is probably favourable to 'VicFlic'...

And people always get my last name wrong too. It's HUTCHENCE, not Hutchings or Hutchinson. I spent ten minutes trying to explain this to the woman at the leisure centre on Friday, to no avail.

SimeSublime · Post by **SimeSublime** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 6:04 am

You think thats bad. My last name is Osborne. Even when you write it down and spell it out for ppl, they insist on spelling it Osbourne, or Osborn. To make things worse, my dad's name is Stewart, but everyone spells it Stuart. What really pisses him off, is when they spell it Stuart Osborn.

Dr_Looney · Post by **Dr_Looney** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 7:19 am

Funny how topics alter over time... Anyway, if you read the credits of Westwood's Blade Runner game, you'll see there was a Paul Bastardo working on the game. I think he's got it the worst.

ZOMBIE USER 3288 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 3288** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 7:29 am

I remember seeing this one movie (on MST3K called "The Space Mutiny" I think) with guys named "Fuzzy Skinner" and "Guy Pringle". Not quite as good as "Bastardo" but still relevant.

ZOMBIE USER 3288 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 3288** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 7:30 am

It might have been called "Space Mutiny" not "The Space Mutiny" if anyone gives a shit.

Kasaii · Post by **Kasaii** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 3:48 pm

When I was in seventh grade, there was a kid in my school named Eric Buttkiss.
Pronounced phonetically.
And they called him down to the office every week or two.
How's that for awful?

Yahtzee · Post by **Yahtzee** » Tue Feb 26, 2002 10:45 am

I read about a story, many years ago, about a man who lost his job at a garage and started stealing cars, cleaning them throughout, seeing to the engine, then returning them to their owners brand new. His name was Colin Sadd.

UnitedmothersINC · Post by **UnitedmothersINC** » Thu Feb 28, 2002 12:45 pm

aww.....that sucks....my first name is Colin....but my last isn't Sadd!!!

Wolf_Girl · Post by **Wolf_Girl** » Thu Feb 28, 2002 7:02 pm

The only problem with my name is that it's just to common for my taste. Everywhere I go there's always three or four people with the same one. It gets pretty confusing for me. I actually *want* some weird-ass name nobody got right...or at least something like "Jane", that name's cool.

Darnn · Post by **Darnn** » Fri Mar 01, 2002 3:34 am

What <i>is</i> your name?

Wolf_Girl · Post by **Wolf_Girl** » Fri Mar 01, 2002 5:53 pm

Sarah Scott. Plain, simple, and boring.

Darnn · Post by **Darnn** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 2:04 am

That's quite interesting, actually, since the first thing I thought of when I saw your post is Sarah.

Comic Book Guy · Post by **Comic Book Guy** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 5:26 am

the first thing i thought when i read one of her posts was food but then thats all i think about so does that count?