My sister is named Linda Elizabeth; before she got married, she was of course Linda Elizabeth TenEyck.
When my parents divorced, my dad ended up marrying a woman named... Linda Elizabeth. No, really.
But wait, it gets better. My stepmom went to Washington University in St. Louis back in the day. Guess which college my sister decided to go to? ...yup.
For a while after she graduated, my sister was living with my dad and stepmom. This meant that occasionally there would be phone conversations like this:
"Hello, may I speak to Linda, please?"
"Which Linda do you want?"
"Linda TenEyck?"
"Which one?"
"Um... Linda Elizabeth TenEyck?"
"Keep going."
"The Linda Elizabeth TenEyck who graduated from Washington University?"
"Keep going..."
"...in <year>?"
"Oh, you want that Linda! Let me see if she's in."
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Date: 2006-09-13 03:39 am (UTC)When my parents divorced, my dad ended up marrying a woman named... Linda Elizabeth. No, really.
But wait, it gets better. My stepmom went to Washington University in St. Louis back in the day. Guess which college my sister decided to go to? ...yup.
For a while after she graduated, my sister was living with my dad and stepmom. This meant that occasionally there would be phone conversations like this:
"Hello, may I speak to Linda, please?"
"Which Linda do you want?"
"Linda TenEyck?"
"Which one?"
"Um... Linda Elizabeth TenEyck?"
"Keep going."
"The Linda Elizabeth TenEyck who graduated from Washington University?"
"Keep going..."
"...in <year>?"
"Oh, you want that Linda! Let me see if she's in."