A Rose by Any Other Last Name is Likely to be Whacked!

My name is Brian Davis. My parents names are Harry and Mary Davis. (My brother are Harry and Ted Davis.) The President's name is George W. Bush. His parents are George H.W. and Barbara Bush. My best friend is Suzanne Maness. Her parents are Charlie and Susan Maness. Are you noticing a trend here?

Most people have the same name as their parents. Of course, marriage and divorce sometimes break the trend. But for the most part names are pretty consistent. Except when weird shit happens in the news:

The mother of a Plattsburgh man who is accused of hitting her in the head with a bottle opener during a discussion about "American Idol" is upset with the media coverage the case is receiving.

"They are making it out to be a circus," said Jan Chagnon, whose 24-year-old son, Cory K. Favreau, was charged May 24 with striking her on the head when she told him she thought "American Idol" contestant Katharine McPhee would receive a record contract despite losing to winner Taylor Hicks.

This is hardly the first time I've noticed this.

The most obvious pair over the past year is missing Alabaman Natallee Holloway and her mother Beth Conway Twitty (Two names that aren't the same as her teenage daughter. ) There are others. Maybe I'll post them.

The moral: If you want you and your spawn showing up on A Current Affair or Geraldo: At Large, make up some weirdass last name. As long as its different than yours.