Wednesday List: Name Brangelina's New Additions


Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and soon-to-be born twins Womb and Raider. No? (Getty Images)

Yesterday when news started leaking that supermom Angelina Jolie had checked herself into a nice Nice hospital to await the scheduled arrival of babies five and six to the Brangelina brood, editor Nancy and I starting batting around potential names for the lucky soon-to-be doted-upon-by-the-whole-world baby girls (at least we think they're girls -- Jack Black never confirmed that bit). Our names were, unprofessionally as is our wont, predicated on the hope that Jolie's jolie tots will enter the world two days hence, on July 4th -- Independence Day on this side of the Atlantic.

Here's what we came up with:

Yankee and Doodle
Dandy and 'works
Sparkler and Apple Pie
Freedom and Fry
Star and Stripe

Okay, maybe not. Perhaps something a bit more Francais:

Amelie and Asterix
Brie and Baguette
Jeri and Louise
Stupid and American

If only Angie would hold off until July 14th, we could concentrate on Bastille Day-related names: Marie and Antoinette, Madame and Guillotine, Le and Miz. No? Dommage.

Share your suggestions for Angelina and Brad's expected twins below. And, remember, they'll need to fit in nicely with these: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh and the next in line: Seven.

By Liz |  July 2, 2008; 10:43 AM ET  | Category:  Brangelina , Celebrities , Friday Lists
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I just had a shiver run down my spine, imagining Angie sending her brood off to bed in the evening, instructing her daughters, "Don't forget to kiss your brothers goodnight."

Posted by: Winnie-le-Merde | July 2, 2008 10:51 AM

Sharia and Zoe

Posted by: nall92 | July 2, 2008 10:54 AM

Cherry and Olive -- goes well with Pitt.

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 10:55 AM

I like Cherry & Olive! Cute names, and funny too!

Posted by: tl | July 2, 2008 10:59 AM

How about Gettysburg and Antietam?
Actually I wish them the best...they seem like nice people.

Posted by: possum | July 2, 2008 10:59 AM

Keep in mind that whatever you come up with, Brad and Anglina will come up with something weirder.

Kind of wish they'd turn the tables and use some perfectly ordinary names like Sally and Judy. Ha!

Posted by: Ame | July 2, 2008 10:59 AM

How about Jennifer and Gwyneth? Or Jennifer and Juliette?

Posted by: Stuck@Work | July 2, 2008 11:03 AM

I am really hoping they will actually name one of them Brangelina.

Posted by: Pebbles | July 2, 2008 11:03 AM

How about "Jondola" and "Voightisha" after their granddad?

(Not to be snarky or anything.)

Posted by: Curmudgeon | July 2, 2008 11:03 AM

Birth & Control

Posted by: Osteph | July 2, 2008 11:06 AM

Sacre and Bleu

Posted by: Magnolia | July 2, 2008 11:10 AM

Angelina Jolie's obstetrician to give report
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h2_IyFabYfllWKbrFuPHs6X2nqOQD91LN3V80
(Press conference scheduled for later today)

Posted by: Nosy Parker | July 2, 2008 11:12 AM

Zut & Alors

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 11:13 AM

If Brad gets a vasectomy or Angie has her tubes tied, the twins could be named Dernier and Cri.

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 11:14 AM

Bovary and Mulva

Posted by: Sasquatch | July 2, 2008 11:16 AM

Well, anon, so do Arm and Barbeque, for that matter.

Perhaps something Frenchy that also celebrates the 4th? Pomme and Tourte? Maybe not; Gwyneth "the Insouciant One" Paltrow might think Brangelina was stealing her kid's name...Perhaps Liberté and Clochette?

Posted by: ASinMoCo | July 2, 2008 11:16 AM

I suggested Castor and Pollux a week or two ago (as part of my hope that Brad and Angie were stockpiling Cheetos to keep the other kids occupied after the twins arrive).

Posted by: td | July 2, 2008 11:19 AM

Helen and Clytemnestra
Mary-Kate and Ashley
Paris and Nicky
Charlotte and Emily (as in the Bronte sisters)
Sadie and Bessie (Delany sisters)
Betty and Judy (Haines / "White Christmas")
Daisy and Violet (Hilton / "Side Show")

I like the idea of naming one Brangelina just to confuse the press when reporting on the family and to confound Google searches.

Posted by: td | July 2, 2008 11:28 AM

Apple and Orange, to keep people from comparing them Oh, wait, Apple is already taken.

Posted by: Nosy Parker | July 2, 2008 11:32 AM

Jesusa and the Anti-Christa. Except, since they're twins, Brad and Angelina keep getting the two of them confused - which leads to all kinds of wacky mad-cap antics.

Meanwhile, back in America, we get more reasons to blame the French, and their illegitimate love child with England, Canada, for all things wrong in the world.

Posted by: M Street | July 2, 2008 11:33 AM

Page and Andy.

Posted by: luvsliz | July 2, 2008 11:35 AM

Angela and Angelina.

Posted by: ep | July 2, 2008 11:39 AM


kate in memory of katrina victims full name katrina and trina. the guy and his wife have done some works for the right thing that most people overlook.

Posted by: peace | July 2, 2008 11:40 AM

Angela and Beezlebubba.

Posted by: ep | July 2, 2008 11:40 AM

In honor of 'Petticoat Junction'

Bobbie Jo-lie-Pitt
Billie Jo-lie-Pitt

Posted by: jes | July 2, 2008 11:42 AM

Bobbie Jo-lie-Pitt
Billie Jo-lie-Pitt

Posted by: jes | July 2, 2008 11:42 AM

But then when they'd want to call the twins, would they say Billie Bob?

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 11:46 AM

In honor of 'Petticoat Junction'

Bobbie Jo-lie-Pitt
Billie Jo-lie-Pitt

Posted by: jes | July 2, 2008 11:42 AM
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LOVE IT! But what about poor Betty Jo-Lie?

Posted by: td is a-ridin on the train that is comin' down the tracks | July 2, 2008 11:47 AM

Champagne and Truffles
Stinky and Cheese

Need another name to go with Unshaven Pitt.

Posted by: epony | July 2, 2008 11:47 AM

Byoolin & Sasquatch

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 11:47 AM

Sweaty Pitt?

Posted by: To epony | July 2, 2008 11:49 AM

How 'bout Jennifer & Billy Bob? For old times sake.

Posted by: beaker | July 2, 2008 11:53 AM

Suri and Apple, just to mess with other annyoing celebrity parents

Posted by: Instigator | July 2, 2008 11:55 AM

Or...Liz & Kelly. I'm just sucking up now.

Posted by: beaker | July 2, 2008 11:55 AM

In honor of Angelina's Oscar-winning performance in Girl Interrupted, maybe Snake Pitt? Any ideas for the other twin, based on Angie's or Brad's movie roles?

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 11:55 AM

Plum Pitt (say it fast) in honor of Angie's lips, and other features.

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 12:00 PM

Castor and Pollux

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 12:05 PM

>>>Page and Andy.

>>>Posted by: luvsliz | July 2, 2008 11:35 AM


Awwwwwww....

Posted by: Liz Kelly | July 2, 2008 12:07 PM

Any ideas for the other twin, based on Angie's or Brad's movie roles?

Posted by: | July 2, 2008 11:55 AM
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Well, just using parts of titles we could go with Mighty & Legend.

Posted by: jes | July 2, 2008 12:07 PM

"Any ideas for the other twin, based on Angie's or Brad's movie roles?"

Lara (Croft), Jane (Smith), Clover (Russell)? I kind of like the ring of Snake and Lara Pitt.
Or you could go for the double whammy and name them Tigress and Fox (Kung Fu Panda and Wanted, respectively).

Posted by: Bawlmer | July 2, 2008 12:08 PM

LOVE IT! But what about poor Betty Jo-Lie?

Posted by: td is a-ridin on the train that is comin' down the tracks | July 2, 2008 11:47 AM

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They did say they weren't finished adopting so the'd have a name in reserve.

Posted by: jes | July 2, 2008 12:09 PM

Pepe and LePew

Posted by: wats | July 2, 2008 12:09 PM

And I would like to second that aww for Page and Andy. Adorable.

Posted by: Bawlmer | July 2, 2008 12:09 PM

AAUGH, that should be they'd as in they would.

Posted by: jes | July 2, 2008 12:11 PM

Ego and Id.

Posted by: CJB | July 2, 2008 12:25 PM

am i missing something on the page and andy reference?

for new orleans references, how about Stella and Blanche?

Posted by: b | July 2, 2008 12:26 PM

Page and Andy are our resident Celebritology pets.

What about Fasolt and Fafner? Wait, they're girls. Siegelinde and Brunnhilde?

Too Germanic? Oh well.

Posted by: B'more Cat and Celebritology Lover | July 2, 2008 12:29 PM

Page and Andy are Liz Kelly and Mr. Liz' dog and cat.

Posted by: Luvsliz | July 2, 2008 12:29 PM

Good plan, jes

Posted by: td will be sure to keep up with the latest jolie-pitt news by making frequent visits to sam drucker' | July 2, 2008 12:33 PM

In what was nothing short of an eerie coincidence, someone posted on another message board a request for our favorite baby names. At the time I had Pax in my boy list, and Shiloh in my girl list, with both being the intended names of my next offspring of either sex. Clearly Brangelina is stalking me.

So, to aid them again, gratis, I suggest the names Esme and Camille. Both names are French with Latin origins, with Esme meaning esteemed and often shown with an accent on the last e. Camille means an attendant at a religious ceremony--perhaps foreshadowing future Brangelina nuptials to help the economy...at least in the tabloids.

Posted by: Kate H | July 2, 2008 12:34 PM

In honor of Brad's turn in Troy:

Athena and Aphrodite
Minerva and Venus (same thing, I know)
Achilles and Ajax
Ajax and Tilex.

Posted by: musicgeek | July 2, 2008 12:35 PM

d'oh! i knew that. sorry, liz kelly.

Posted by: b | July 2, 2008 12:35 PM

Be bold, celebs -- something normal!! Like ... Jane and Mary.

Posted by: Californian | July 2, 2008 12:36 PM

Stop and Child-Collecting?

Weird and Weirder?

Tattoo and Blood-Drinker?

Oh wait. That's their parents. Shouldn't blame the innocent kids.

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 12:38 PM

Gargantua and Pantegruel
Beowulf and Grendel
Bubble and Squeak
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Whiskey and Rye
Captain and Tennille
Hall and Oates
Oprah and Gayle

I'm bored, hungry and working near a library.

Posted by: musicgeek | July 2, 2008 12:39 PM

For a family of six children with most of them under the age of 5 - how about Paxil and Xanax?

Posted by: Groovis Maximus | July 2, 2008 12:42 PM

Any one else think that "Seven" was a reference to Voyager, not Seinfeld?

Posted by: Rachael | July 2, 2008 12:46 PM

silly groovis,
there's already a pax...

how about valium and zoloft?

Posted by: b | July 2, 2008 12:47 PM

OK, I'll add to musicgeek's list:

Ellen and Portia
Lindsay and Ally
Turner and Hooch
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Scylla and Charybdis
Abelard and Heloise
Butch and Sundance
Thelma and Louise
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

Posted by: td | July 2, 2008 12:47 PM

Egypt and Cairo, because I think all of their kids have a connection to Africa.

Alsome & Embiggens a nod to the glossary.

Posted by: petal | July 2, 2008 12:48 PM

Any one else think that "Seven" was a reference to Voyager, not Seinfeld?

Posted by: Rachael | July 2, 2008 12:46 PM

Initially I thought it was a reference to Se7en. I was relieved to be wrong.

Posted by: musicgeek | July 2, 2008 12:48 PM

Reggie & Ronnie
Leopold & Loeb
Sacco & Vanzetti
Bonnie & Clyde
Jesse & Frank
Doug & Dinsdale

Posted by: byoolin | July 2, 2008 12:49 PM

Sharon and Susan, aka the twins played by Hayley Mills in "The Parent Trap."

When they grow up, they can star in "The Trouble with Angelina" and follow that up with "Where Angelina Goes, Trouble Follows."

Posted by: td | July 2, 2008 12:49 PM

Lunt and Fontanne
Rodgers and Hart
May and Nichols

Posted by: td would cheer byoolin's idea of sacco jolie-pitt | July 2, 2008 12:51 PM

I'm going to need thearpy by kindergarten No. 1
I'm going to need therapy by kindergarten No. 2.
Seriously, though, why doesn't anyone address the fact that Jolie is a hoarder. She's the same as the crazy cat lady only she does it with children. I find it frightening the way everyone talks about how she's a saint when it's clear she's mentally ill.

Posted by: Bethjo | July 2, 2008 12:52 PM

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
Beans and Cornbread
Lursa and B'Etor

Posted by: jelo | July 2, 2008 12:53 PM

Bean and Bacon
Chicken and Stars
Spaghetti and Meatballs

Posted by: chef boyardee and the campbell family | July 2, 2008 12:55 PM

Bob & Carol; Ted & Alice
Castor and Pollux
Romulus and Remus
Stan and Ollie
Burns and Allen

Posted by: betjon | July 2, 2008 12:55 PM

Shave and A Haircut (two Pitts, right?)

Posted by: byoolin | July 2, 2008 12:59 PM

McMillan and Wife

Posted by: jelo | July 2, 2008 12:59 PM

Mick and Keith
Lennon and McCartney
Page and Plant
Parsley and Sage
Rosemary and Thyme
Biggie and Tupac
Maggie and May
Snoop and Dre
Bono and the Edge
Miles and Davis
Jack and Daniels

In all seriousness, I do like the name Lennon.

Posted by: musicgeek lives up to the name | July 2, 2008 12:59 PM

Or maybe Gin and Vodka. I recently had my cousin's twin boys and when the weekend was over a long island was the only thing I needed. With six kids and their schedules they'll need it as well.

Posted by: petal | July 2, 2008 12:59 PM

Thanks, b - you're right about the Paxil. The Stones singing "Mother's Little Helper" just keeps playing in my head.....

Since these kids are also useful fashion accessories, how about Hermes and Fendi?

Posted by: Groovis M. | July 2, 2008 12:59 PM

here are some cajun names....

Arelise and Alzina
Zerilda and Orisca
Selenie and Eulalie
Octave and Gustave
Odile and Zelia
Ezilda and Melina
Rosella and Zeoline
Enercide and Cleophas
Telesmar and Ola
(from louisana census reports circa late 1800s)

Posted by: b | July 2, 2008 12:59 PM

prada and choo

Posted by: b | July 2, 2008 1:00 PM

I wonder what's going on at the US and People forums. The mere mention for Brangelina and people are up in arms.

Posted by: petal | July 2, 2008 1:01 PM

Byool, I think Shave and A Haircut is Six Pitts.

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 1:02 PM

Cleo & Patra

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 1:03 PM

Shave and A Haircut (two Pitts, right?)

Posted by: byoolin | July 2, 2008 12:59 PM
****************

I can't even attempt to reach that bar.

(I was going to go with Waxed & Shaven but now I'll just shuffle away)

Posted by: anonymous lurker | July 2, 2008 1:06 PM

Dolce and Gabanna

Bianca and Kate

Marcia and Jan
Blair and Tootie
Jo and Natalie
Julie and Barbara

Or perhaps one of these couples: http://hicards.com/valentine/vcouples.html

Posted by: td | July 2, 2008 1:14 PM

Zasu?

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 1:14 PM

Stu & I'm With Stu

Posted by: byoolin | July 2, 2008 1:15 PM

Starsky and Hutch
McFadden and Whitehead
Ashford and Simpson

Posted by: huggy bear | July 2, 2008 1:19 PM

How about--

Who and Cares

Posted by: pnina | July 2, 2008 1:21 PM

Tang and Clevis

Posted by: Boy Astronaut | July 2, 2008 1:23 PM

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern?
Goneril & Regan?

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 1:23 PM

How about Kenya and Chad?

Posted by: sean mcveigh | July 2, 2008 1:23 PM

Thelma and Louise! This is such an OBVIOUS choice. Brad was in that movie!

Second choice is Rapunzel and Desdemona.

Posted by: Classy | July 2, 2008 1:24 PM

I was going to add "Arm" and "Snake" if someone hasn't already. I only skimmed the lists.

But the WaPo, along with the French Doctor* scooped us all:

"Brangelina Twins Are Weeks Away"

"Weeks" and "Away" are no stranger than the other names they've come up with.

*After Princess Diana's car crash why would any celebrity trust the French medical system? Just saying...

Posted by: MoCoSnarky | July 2, 2008 1:27 PM

Billie and Freema
Uhura and Spock
Jody and Sissy
Marcia and Jan
Ginger and Maryann
Morticia and Wednesday

Posted by: doobrah | July 2, 2008 1:27 PM

six kids does not make one a hoarder. sheesh! let's talk when they get to a dozen.

oh, and:

barbara and jenna

Posted by: wats | July 2, 2008 1:28 PM

lynda & luci
tricia & julie
maureen & patti
susan (ford) & amy (carter) or doro (bush)

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 1:32 PM

Most families of that size tend to go for biblical names.

In that spirit I propose Jezebel and Delilah.

Posted by: hr girl | July 2, 2008 1:34 PM

Gatekeeper and Keymaster

Posted by: lib | July 2, 2008 1:34 PM

Otter and Bluto
Pinto and Flounder

Posted by: musicgeek | July 2, 2008 1:36 PM

In honor of their birthplace:

Jerry and Lewis

Posted by: Groovis of the Maximii | July 2, 2008 1:36 PM

Ruth and Naomi
Leah and Rachel

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 1:38 PM

Mary and Magdalen?

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 1:39 PM

In rememberance of Bob Newhart:

Daryl and Daryl

Posted by: Groovis | July 2, 2008 1:44 PM

Peanut Butter & Jelly

Posted by: Wonder Bread | July 2, 2008 1:45 PM

Wow! I leave the office for a couple of hours and look what you all get into...

I agree with using biblical names, but I vote for Sarah and Ruth.

On a weirder note, my Dad taught the sixth grade here in the wilds of NC and one year he had twin girls in his class named...wait for it...
Sodom and Gomorrah

Not even a joke.

There were also twin boys at a neighboring high school named
Oran Jelo and
Lemon Jelo (there should be an accent on the o in Lemon so it's "Le MON")

Posted by: sunnydaze | July 2, 2008 1:45 PM

If they are fraternal: Billy Bob and Jennifer

Posted by: DJ | July 2, 2008 1:46 PM

It's not the number, because face it, they can afford to support 6 kids. It's WHY she has such a large family the bugs the heck out of me. She is just doing it to prove to her dad that you can be a celebrity and a good parent. Except because she is having a herd to prove that, she is not a good parent.

Not to mention all the globe-trotting they do. Kids need stability, not a new home every few weeks. They have no friends outside the family becuase they move around all the time. They don't even have a favorite place to go hide becuase there is a new home to adapt to every month.

Posted by: ep | July 2, 2008 1:47 PM

How about "Stinkin" and "Hot"?

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 1:47 PM

"For a family of six children with most of them under the age of 5" ...

Birth and Control!

Posted by: Californian | July 2, 2008 1:47 PM

Bisexual and Bipolar

Posted by: Heidi Ho | July 2, 2008 1:47 PM

ep--so far, it's not really a herd. my husband is one of six. i'm one of 4. big deal.

but...i do grant you that it is awfully terrible parenting to continually uproot your kids. they don't stay put anywhere! and please dont' get me started on the cheetos!

see, don't hate on brangelina for having a mess of kids. there are sooooo many other reasons! that could be tomorrow's list. discuss.

Posted by: wats | July 2, 2008 1:53 PM

Ok, this is turning into the MM blog!!

Posted by: hr girl | July 2, 2008 1:56 PM

Turkish and Pikie
Tyler and Durdan

Castor and Pollux is BY FAR the best ever.

Posted by: atb | July 2, 2008 1:58 PM

hmmmm ep u sound really judgy today. yur just jelous. ha ha, me too.

I volunteer to sleep between the Bra & the Ngelina to supervise and make sure they take turns getting up to comfort the little one when they wake up in the middle of the night bc they don't know where they are.

how else can we really know they're being good celebrity parents?

Posted by: love me some brangelina. hubba hubba. | July 2, 2008 2:10 PM

How about:
Dongiv and A-dam

Posted by: cab5015 | July 2, 2008 2:10 PM

Flotsam and Jetsam
Cora and Alice (or Natty and Bumpo)

Has anyone suggested Romuls and Remus? The whole she-wolf thing really works...

Posted by: lib | July 2, 2008 2:16 PM

These name suggestions are Da Bomb!

My favorites so far:

Scylla and Charybdis
Shave and Haircut
Thelma and Louise
and the most outrageous of all
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

The best aspect is that there are enough suggestions for every Lizard to have his/her list of favorites.

However, I would not insult Page and Andy by naming the Brangelina Brats after them.

Hmmm, if Angelia uses her Mommy appendages, you could nickname the twins Leftit and Rightit.

Posted by: Sasquatch | July 2, 2008 2:17 PM

Aaa! BKD! BKD! Run for the hills!

Posted by: Bawlmer | July 2, 2008 2:20 PM

Aaa! BKD! BKD! Run for the hills!

Posted by: Bawlmer | July 2, 2008 2:20 PM

Too afraid of running into Spencer and Heidi.

Posted by: musicgeek | July 2, 2008 2:21 PM

Ebert & Roeper?
Oscar & Tony?

Posted by: other liz, who was in fact born on Bastille Day | July 2, 2008 2:22 PM

I want to go highbrow and say Beatrice and Benedict, but my real suggestion is Kang and Kodos.

Posted by: SaraBeth | July 2, 2008 2:24 PM

I also thought the reference was to "Se7en." Eeek.

Posted by: DBK | July 2, 2008 2:27 PM

For the two who suggested Romulus and Remus:

Have we forgotten our Latin lesson from last week already?

Romula and Rema

Posted by: Veni, vidi, vici | July 2, 2008 2:27 PM

Don't you mean Emmy & Tony, since the twins are reportedly both girls? Oscar just doesn't cut it.

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 2:29 PM

Shave and A Haircut (two Pitts, right?)

Posted by: byoolin | July 2, 2008 12:59 PM


byoolin, YOU are my hero. LOL

Posted by: Ohyouknow | July 2, 2008 2:32 PM

Carma and Fattie

Posted by: lib | July 2, 2008 2:33 PM

Dina and Denise

Posted by: not luvlinsey | July 2, 2008 2:36 PM

Hmmm, if Angelia uses her Mommy appendages, you could nickname the twins Leftit and Rightit.

Posted by: Sasquatch | July 2, 2008 2:17 PM

I thought the exact same thing about an hour ago. Now I'm worried - I'm channeling Sasquatch.

Alsome and Embiggen (from above) are my favorites. In fact, I'm going to run out and make some babies right now so they can be named that.

Posted by: epony | July 2, 2008 2:38 PM

Love

Arelis and Arianna

Posted by: Bev | July 2, 2008 2:39 PM

Since Peace seems to be a big thing with these two I suggest the following
XOLA - peace
and Either Yamha or Yoninah both mean dove.

Then they could have XOLA and YAMHA

Posted by: Aria | July 2, 2008 2:46 PM

Kang and Kodos! Win. Although they would grow up to be Quantum Presbyterians.
"Remember, if anyone asks, we're newlyweds on our way to Earth Capital."

Posted by: Bawlmer | July 2, 2008 2:50 PM

"Now I'm worried - I'm channeling Sasquatch." --epony

I'm worried too, because three of his four favorites were my suggestions. (All of which, of course, pale next to byoolin's Shave and A Haircut).

Posted by: td | July 2, 2008 2:51 PM

how about manassas gehry and antietam hadid?

naming kids after civil war battles and starchitects has got to be weird... if brad can be considered a starchitect, maybe he could name one after himself! LOL

Posted by: seriously | July 2, 2008 2:52 PM

Walker and Texas Ranger?

Posted by: Ricky Bobby had it right | July 2, 2008 2:54 PM

seriously,

"starchitect" is a GREAT MONIKER for Papa Pittster. YOU are a GENIUS! Even if you didn't invent this and stole it from someone else, GENIUS for mentioning it here.

I henceforth will refer to Papa Pittster as Brad Pitt, starchitect. Or starchitect, Brad Pitt.

Posted by: MoCoSnarky | July 2, 2008 2:56 PM

The fun thing here is weeding out the serious suggestions from the Lizards'.

Posted by: mouse | July 2, 2008 2:57 PM

seriously,

I need to improve my reading comprehension. Gehry and Hadid are the starchitects.

I think Brad wishes he were one too. I was taking "starchitect" to mean "stars who wish they were architects."

think before you post
think before you post
think before you post

Posted by: MoCoSnarky, noted idiot | July 2, 2008 2:59 PM

The Six Pitts correction to Byoolin's submission was a great follow-up.

Still, td, there is a certain je ne sais quois to Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, n'est ce pas?

Posted by: Sasquatch | July 2, 2008 2:59 PM

Tristan(a) and Isolde, if we're being classical

Madeline and Genevieve, if we're being French

Posted by: BxNY | July 2, 2008 3:00 PM

Oui, Sasquatch.

Posted by: td | July 2, 2008 3:01 PM

I looked in on that "other" blog. They are having an excellent day. There seem to be a couple of pod people that the others are denigrating. The Blog Mommy had to tell them to carm down. No, I am not one of those pod persons.

And some of the suggested car games for kids are hilarious.

Posted by: Sasquatch | July 2, 2008 3:01 PM

Sasquatch, Celebritology even got a reader mention in today's Dirda on Books (because Michael Dirda's a member of the Baker Street Irregulars):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/06/26/DI2008062601989.html

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 3:08 PM

And some of the suggested car games for kids are hilarious.

Posted by: Sasquatch | July 2, 2008 3:01 PM

Anything fun like "hang your head out the window and see how many bugs you can catch in your mouth"? Or was that just my family?

Posted by: epony | July 2, 2008 3:11 PM

Lindsay and Dina
Franka and Ghery

Posted by: Heh | July 2, 2008 3:14 PM

There were a few suggestions that were obvious parodies, such as Strip Poker. The nasty dialog between the two alleged pod people and the other posters is very good.

Posted by: Sasquatch | July 2, 2008 3:16 PM

Tristan(a) and Isolde, if we're being classical
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BxNY!!! Your suggestion *reeks* of class. The patronage in the Empress Tea Lobby broke into applause when they read your suggestion.

Posted by: Sasquatch | July 2, 2008 3:18 PM

Sasquatch,

As always, thanks for reconnoitering the "other" blog ane returning safely with your report.

The pod people seem to be a blog-wide problem. Should we be spreading garlic bread around the foundations of the Hut or is there a more toxic rmemdy? (my personal favourite is poisoned toilet paper)

Posted by: Curmudgeon | July 2, 2008 3:19 PM

keyboard vs fingers problem

Posted by: Curmudgeon | July 2, 2008 3:21 PM

Sunnydaze, I think the Jelo brother, Oran and Lemon, is an urban myth. My granddad, in rural Ohio, swears he delivered twins by those names.

In the same tradition, a cousin says he's had more than one little boy in his practice named Espn. That's right. ESPN. Pronounced like Aspen, but with an E.

This is true, however: I attended elementary school with a pair of boy-girl twins (born in SE Asia) named Tik and Tok.

Posted by: WDC | July 2, 2008 3:21 PM

Castor and Pollux

Posted by: Bah | July 2, 2008 3:21 PM

Why Castor and Pollux? Those are boy names.

Posted by: Curmudgeon | July 2, 2008 3:24 PM

Why Castor and Pollux? Those are boy names.

Posted by: Curmudgeon | July 2, 2008 3:24 PM


So true. The Star NEVER gets it wrong...

Posted by: Bah | July 2, 2008 3:27 PM

Sasquatch - So I went over to see what was going on and this is my favorite post re: car games for kids:

"When a me and my youngin' goes on a trip we play 'name that varmit!' They's gittin' right good at spotting squarrel, racoon, rabbit, possom and others littl' rascals!" - Jed Clampett

Posted by: Groovis | July 2, 2008 3:27 PM

Oh Curmud, you have GOT to check out recent posts to the Other Blog. A couple of Crazies named Svetty and Abu have appeared, and are firing off comments that would make Borat proud. I've been laughing my cryptid butt off. These guys, Svetty and Abu, are "arteestes" at making fun of the Mean Mommies.

Posted by: Sasquatch | July 2, 2008 3:29 PM

Groovis, thanks for identifying another resident "arteeste" of the MM Blog. Jed Clampett routinely satirizes the Mean Mommies. They seem mostly to ignore him. Their loss.

Posted by: Sasquatch | July 2, 2008 3:31 PM

Ha! Everyone knows that the big news today is that Jen was spotted back stage at her boyfriend John's concert. Those "other people" should name their ilijitimit kids Devil and Spawn. Everyone knows Brad will regret leaving Jen, the luv of his life, so beautiful and talented, unlike that bloodsucker.
Hearts to Jen! Luv ya!

Posted by: luvjen | July 2, 2008 3:37 PM

Sunnydaze and WDC: I too recall knowing someone who knew Lemonjello: "My mom had a craving during her pregnancy."

And I found this, which says it's all a myth:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/513339/lemonjello_and_female_debunking_the.html?cat=25

As for ESPN -- it's for real (and pronounced "Espen")!
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=1829996

And I know more than one Camden named after Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Batter up, stupid parents!

Posted by: td would sooner name kids Breyer and Bravo | July 2, 2008 3:45 PM

Twad (rhymes with Brad) and Banjo, or Spaz and Bowling Pin, hey with these two, it could be anything! The only thing that goes with Seven is Soda!

Posted by: mjo | July 2, 2008 3:45 PM

Which is proper:

"pair" of twins, or

"set" of twins, or

"brother/sisterhood" of twins, or

"Minnesota" of twins (sorry for that)

Should I take a roll of my poisoned toilet paper when I visit the MMs? I'm not built for stealth.

Posted by: Curmudgeon | July 2, 2008 3:54 PM

How 'bout Gravel and Peach?

(Didn't Mia Farrow do the baby-collecting thing in a previous generation??)

Posted by: LateToTheNamingParty | July 2, 2008 3:54 PM

can someone tell me how to get to that other blog. it is really slow today at work and i think i can read 2 blogs/discussions at the same time.

and, the doctor just announced that it could still be weeks before angelina has the twins. see, we're all stirred up and no twins. or is this all to keep us off track!?

Posted by: today is really slow | July 2, 2008 4:04 PM

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2008/07/passing_the_time_in_the_car.html#comments

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 4:06 PM

(Didn't Mia Farrow do the baby-collecting thing in a previous generation??)

Posted by: LateToTheNamingParty | July 2, 2008 3:54 PM

And we all know how THAT ended.

On Parenting:

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/parenting/?hpid=news-col-blog-viewall

Posted by: WDC 21113 | July 2, 2008 4:06 PM

One of our favorite games while travelling as kids was to fly kleenex tissues out of the window. This was fun and easy because the AC of the time was the open car window.

Anyhow, one time we were speeding along the PA turnpike, eating up the road at a whopping 55 mph, when one of our tissues flew into a car behind us and into the driver's face. It was hillarious until we realized that we could have been causing a terrible accident.

Our mean Ps (parents) made us give up that game at once. (spoil-sports!)

Posted by: Curmudgeon | July 2, 2008 4:13 PM

OK, these comments on car games on the OP blog are killing me. Samples:

1) I just don't want to take the chance with little precious traveling. So I have the grandparents come to us.

2) I can't wait to play such games with my yet-to-be-created kids.

3) Yes, little precious and I are real. Why do you continue to mock me? I am just trying to do my best to protect and raise my child!

4) Kids like yours end up beat up in/after school or in rehab after they experience life on their own.

5) Again, you are mocking me and being cruel. My husband, the law enforment officer, will teach little precious all about the real world when the time comes.

6) Give it up. You are not fooling me.

7) You are mocking me again. I call my little precious that all the time because my child, and I have only one, is my little precious. And I said I "committed" a typo because I did not want the hall monitor or whoever else to criticize me for my misspelling or send me off to AA--whatever that is. Maybe some of you should be "committed."

8) Don't pay attention to those who "mock" you. They are just the MM's from OB. We used to have such a nice little blog before they came!

Posted by: td is in hysterics | July 2, 2008 4:16 PM

MoCoSnarky, I was thinking of BP as the starchitect too, as in he took his role in Mr. and Mrs. Smith a little too seriously: "I'm not really an architect, but I play one in multibajillion dollar movies."

I went to high school with a boy named Nimrod. No lie.

My submission for names is Summer and Donna.
(Channeling an old SNL skit with that spiderman guy - "Simma Down Now!" - for anyone who remembers).

Posted by: rachelt | July 2, 2008 4:19 PM

Stop talking about that other blog - they're gonna come over here! They need to simma down now!

Posted by: rachelt | July 2, 2008 4:21 PM

4) Kids like yours end up beat up in/after school or in rehab after they experience life on their own.

Ha!! I wrote that one. Someone had to. She can't be real. Then again, those types do exist.

Posted by: WDC 21113 | July 2, 2008 4:22 PM

td and WDC,
it may well be an "urban myth," in the sense that the story has grown and morphed etc. But the twins here were real enough. They both played high school football well. Maybe they ended up with the names because of the story?
And, if you go to the Social Security death index, you can find examples of the name Oranjelo from the 1800's - before Jello, yes? http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

No hits on Lemonjelo, but I am not sure how to spell it and he should not be dead yet as he is only a few years older than me and I like to think that I am still a pyt.

Posted by: sunnydaze | July 2, 2008 4:23 PM

Fight Club and Snatch.

Posted by: £££ | July 2, 2008 4:29 PM

BxNY, They better not do Madeline and Genevieve. Those are totally my names. Both my boy names (Taylor and Liam) have been stolen in the past year, so I'm not giving up my girls names.

I was thinking
Bran and Gelina
Juno and Paulie

or from mythology:

Juno and Hera
Diana and Artemis
Aphrodite and Venis
Athena and Minerva
Chimera and Charybdis
Demeter and Ceres
Eos and Aurora
Hestia and Vesta
Leto and Latona
Nyx and Nox
Any of the muses (Calliope, clio, erato, euterpe, melpomene, polymnia, terpsichore, thalia, urania)
*Persephone and Proserpine
Rhea and Ops

Posted by: Em | July 2, 2008 4:29 PM

Good one, WDC! Those people are C-R-A-Z-Y.

And sunnydaze, I do believe you! I really did know someone who knew someone who knew Lemonjello. At least, I think I did. . . .

Hey, WDC, are you also responsible for this fun exchange:

---------------
Don't forget Russian Roulette.

Posted by: Pillsbury Doughboy | July 2, 2008 2:50 PM

I really take the offense that you disparage mother country in such a way. We Russians are not all gamblers on the silly wheel with numbers and ball bearing, and to suggest thus is an insult. You Doughboy needs to be more culturally sensitive or I poke you in belly button over and over until you say many sorrys to Svetty.

Posted by: Svetlana Xumpsalot | July 2, 2008 2:54 PM
---------------

Posted by: td is not getting anything done at work | July 2, 2008 4:30 PM

Shouldn't it be "Stupide" and "American?"

Posted by: Sigh | July 2, 2008 4:31 PM

And some of the suggested car games for kids are hilarious.

Posted by: Sasquatch | July 2, 2008 3:01 PM

Anything fun like "hang your head out the window and see how many bugs you can catch in your mouth"? Or was that just my family?


Epony, I hope you aren't a member of the Romney family, with the dog riding on the roof, bugs wouldn't be the only thing you'd catch.

Posted by: b | July 2, 2008 4:35 PM

Cowbell and
More Cowbell

Posted by: b | July 2, 2008 4:37 PM

Posted by: td is not getting anything done at work | July 2, 2008 4:30 PM

No, I haven't been back to OP since shortly after I posted that. It got silly.

Sooner or later, the fun's going to end and we're all going to be stuck with log-ins.

Posted by: WDC 21113 | July 2, 2008 4:41 PM

I don't know if little precious is real (I suspect not) from those posts I'm not ever going to that blog.

Posted by: petal getting a wee bit scaried | July 2, 2008 4:41 PM

Preview petal preview.

Posted by: petal, really should use preview | July 2, 2008 4:43 PM

I agree, petal, "little precious" couldn't possibly be a real kid. No way, no how.

And the poster is equally fake.

Those people over at that blog are just such swell targets.

Posted by: Curmudgeon | July 2, 2008 4:45 PM

Thelma and Louise, or
Laverne and Shirley, or
Naomi and Wynona

(Got nuthin.) What goes well in a run-on sentence [imagine you are calling all the kids in for dinner] with, "Pax, Shiloh, Zahara, Maddox, __________, _________, GET YOUR BUTTS IN HERE RIGHT NOW!!!!"?? Ya got me. They get bonus points if they can come up with 2 more names that end in x.

Posted by: NW DC | July 2, 2008 4:49 PM

Wow, some whacky stuff coming out of the Brinkley case:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-librin0703,0,2740823.story

Posted by: WDC 21113 wishes it was Thursday... | July 2, 2008 4:52 PM

Brinkley, 54, and Cook, 49, are loaded with ammunition for day one of the celebrity divorce trial of the season, which opened Wednesday morning in Central Islip."

You mean there's a season for divorce trials? Does it have a shotgun start?

Posted by: b | July 2, 2008 4:57 PM

Brad and Angies kids

Zanadu and Byoolin

Posted by: dw | July 2, 2008 4:57 PM

They get bonus points if they can come up with 2 more names that end in x.

Posted by: NW DC | July 2, 2008 4:49 PM

Ajax and Tilex. I'm tellin' ya.

Posted by: musicgeek | July 2, 2008 5:00 PM

b, To everything there is a season, turn turn turn

Posted by: Anonymous | July 2, 2008 5:00 PM

Moulin and Rouge.

Posted by: CJB | July 2, 2008 5:40 PM

Coke and Pepsi

Posted by: Curmudgeon | July 2, 2008 6:05 PM

Hi Sunnydaze. Sorry to burst your bubble, but that's been an urban legend in at least 2 cities where I've worked in public education. Although I did have a student named Kilo. Guess what his dad did for a living?

Posted by: MzFitz | July 2, 2008 6:19 PM

The "x" names are good. I'm thinking Flax and Axe. Then when Angie calls them it will be "Max, Pax, Flax and Axe"....sounds like a Cher song. Shiloh and Zaharah will have to have there own group, so I foresee an upcoming adoption from a French-speaking country like Martinique, Reunion, Congo, Cote Ivoire..something like that. And the kid will be named Phyllo, Farrah, or Farinah.

Posted by: possum | July 2, 2008 6:27 PM

following on from "Zahara" how 'bout other (perhaps) misspelled deserts:

Atakama & Kalahara
Gobi & Namib
Kara-Kum & Kyzyl-Kum

Posted by: amused | July 2, 2008 6:27 PM

Personally, if I were having twins, I'd call them Beansie and Peasie (girls) or Chickpea and Chickpea's brother (boys).

Posted by: possum | July 2, 2008 6:29 PM

I'm going to go with Eartha Pitt and Zazu Pitt.

Posted by: Tim | July 2, 2008 9:10 PM

Africa and Asia
Meat and Potatoe
Cowboy and Indian
Nips and Lips
Mine and Yours
Left-her and For-me
Iwant and morekids

Posted by: Jane | July 2, 2008 9:47 PM

Doesn't Brad look a little like Peter Cook?

Posted by: Jane | July 2, 2008 9:51 PM

Tim -- Earth and Zazu, not bad.

Posted by: £££ | July 2, 2008 10:15 PM

Fight Club and Snatch.

Posted by: £££ | July 2, 2008 4:29 PM

*****

I believe that's what Brad calls his and Angelina's genitalia.

Posted by: byoolin | July 2, 2008 11:31 PM

How about Doted Upon and Spoiled Rotten. Who cares.....she isn't the first woman who has given birth to twins!!!!And the fact that she is above giving birth in her own country proves just how self-serving they both are!!! He needs to grow a pair and quit being pulled around by his johnson.

We all need to move along and take a serious look at what is really important that actually effects our own lives. They don't give a crap about us...why should we idolize them.

Posted by: sherman | July 3, 2008 8:30 AM

Byoolin, you are hereby proclaimed Celebritology Chief Snarchitecht.

Posted by: Anonymous | July 3, 2008 9:13 AM

i want to be a snarchitect! what classes do i need to take?

Posted by: b | July 3, 2008 10:09 AM

More names ending in "x": Beatrix and Margaux. [Yes, I know, the "x" in Margaux is silent]

Posted by: ariadnesthread | July 3, 2008 12:28 PM

Gumby & Pokey?
Carma & Downa?

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