Nobody asked me, but … (#26)
July 30th, 2008 Al KalterSharing a name with someone else is not a unique experience. Certainly, those with common names must get used to it. I have friends named Scott Smith and Gary Williams and Dennis White, and long ago, they must have realized that there were others in the world with the same name. Some people bring it on themselves, giving their offspring the same label that their parents gave to them. These “Jr.’s” and ‘II’s” and “III’s” no doubt had to deal with confused phone callers throughout their youth, and I often wonder why any such person would perpetuate that. Of course, no one took it to a further extreme than George Foreman. In my case, however, I just happen to share a name with someone who is, to some degree, famous.