Names With Zing

[Wilson Gray]

The mother of a childhood friend was named Rowena. Also, Ivanhoe's
girl friend was named Rowena. Park Overall once had a continuing part
on some sitcom or other. As a teenager, I knew a guy named Maynard
Overall. He's dead, now. (There's nothing like having childhood
friends begin to die of natural causes to make you feel old.)

-Wilson

On 6/12/07, Doug Harris <cats22 at frontiernet.net> wrote:
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> That is not, of course, the subject head we
> were using a few days or so ago re the matter
> of names that live on in memory for their...
> well, for their 'zing'.
> 'Just watched the movie Biloxi Blues, in which
> several WWII era soldier have their initial
> introduction to in-the-flesh sex, and sex with
> a prostitute. The latter character's name was
> Rowena, which could be said to sound sort of
> prostitutey in a Biloxi sort of way.
> The actress who played Rowena was named Park
> Overall. Now _THERE's a prostitutey name for
> ya!!!
> (the other) doug
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