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Columbo! Morse! MacGyver! Lovejoy! All of them great characters who are really good at what they do. And none of them has a first name. I'm thinking next time i show up at a new job or any gathering of people who don't yet know me, i will try to keep my first name a secret. Just to see if it'd make me more successful or popular. But how do I do this? Let's say my name is Herbert Johnson. My introduction would inevitably go something like this: me: Hi, im Johnson Joanne: Hi im Joanne me: Nice to meet you. Joanne: We're all really informal here, first names only. What's yours? me: Johnson Joanne: no really, what's your name me: Just Johnson Joanne: What the hell? me: Ok it's Herbert. Seriously, that's what would happen. Immediate failure. Any tips on how to pull this off? (And yes i know macgyver had a name but that was a dream episode so not really canon, and morse's name was found out in the very last episode and he died like a minute after that)
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Please, call me Mr. Swarthmore. Marcus is my father. 
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Nov 30, 2017 16:49
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I think you will find that Colombo's first name was Lieutenant.
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Nov 30, 2017 16:50
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Just type in your first name and it will automatically be censored for your privacy. *******
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Nov 30, 2017 17:00
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In those tv-shows their surname-only policy is always a given, and i suspect the writers never really put much thought into how that happened.
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Nov 30, 2017 17:01
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I don't think "of YOSPOS" would look very good on a resume, the first name really ties it together.
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Nov 30, 2017 17:01
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:I don't think "of YOSPOS" would look very good on a resume, the first name really ties it together. "? of YOSPOS" would get you laid.
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Nov 30, 2017 17:03
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Just tell them that your first name is the same as your last name. It worked for Mario.
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Nov 30, 2017 17:19
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I guess you could just flat out refuse to tell it if you don't mind being labeled a complete dick. Worked for Morse, sure, but I wanna make friends who think my no-name-thing is a lovable quirk.
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Nov 30, 2017 17:34
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What's his name OP?
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Nov 30, 2017 17:58
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it's not that difficult to legally change your name tbh you could just BE Columbo
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Nov 30, 2017 18:14
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Les Os posted:it's not that difficult to legally change your name tbh This is my backup plan.
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Nov 30, 2017 18:28
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If your first name sucks, shorten the name, nick names or initials. "Yeah my name is Herb, Jon, Rick, Dick.." "Yeah, my name is Herbert, but most people call me Henry. " "My name is H. Johnson. " With the last one, your hope that you end up being one of those people who last name becomes their name. It feels better for some people.
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Nov 30, 2017 18:29
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Maybe discourage use somehow? Run out of the room crying everytime someone says your name because your late farher was also named Herbert (a lie). But this could be abused by anyone who doesn't like you, ejecting you from rooms all day.
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Nov 30, 2017 18:34
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sweet geek swag posted:I think you will find that Colombo's first name was Lieutenant. Hmm. I always thought it referred to his rank in the police force. The more you know..
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Nov 30, 2017 18:38
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I always think it's funny how Quentin Tarantino is called "Quentin".
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Nov 30, 2017 18:42
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Icochet posted:Hmm. I always thought it referred to his rank in the police force. The more you know.. Lewis Tenant Colombo
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Nov 30, 2017 18:42
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In most cases you can stick with the classic, Puddintane.
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Nov 30, 2017 18:43
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we had some people who we called by their last name at my last job and it was because 1. there was somebody else with his first name who was cooler (chris), and 2. her last name was fun to say (bouyea) so, I recommend you change your name to chris bouyea and hang out with a cooler person also named chris
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Nov 30, 2017 18:49
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!Klams posted:I always think it's funny how Quentin Tarantino is called "Quentin". same but lenny kravitz leonard kravitz is a loving real estate agent's name
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Nov 30, 2017 18:51
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Icochet posted:
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Nov 30, 2017 18:56
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I've just learned to hate myself, the world, and everyone on it as much as I hate my name.
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Nov 30, 2017 18:58
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I actually quite like my last name, but i don't like uttering it online. sorry you don't get to hear its magnificence, folks.
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Nov 30, 2017 19:27
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Let me tell you about hiding your first name...
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Nov 30, 2017 19:38
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jonathan posted:Let me tell you about hiding your first name... Please.
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Nov 30, 2017 20:33
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In Grand Theft Auto V, the protagonists used their initials during heists. I thought that was clever; I'm totally going to do the same thing when I rob a jewelry store.
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Nov 30, 2017 23:33
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Pretend you're a cat and slowly back out of the room
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Nov 30, 2017 23:43
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You’ll never find out what’s on the bottom.
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Nov 30, 2017 23:54
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Everyone I've ever known, ever since I was in grade school, has called me by my last name. Teachers, bosses, co-workers, friends of friends, people that personally dislike me, even my fiance. Even my own sister, with whom I share the same last name. I don't really know how it happened, so I don't have any advice for you op, but rest assured it can happen.
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Nov 30, 2017 23:55
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This is where having a first name that also works as a last name as your last name helps. Best of luck to you, op!
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Dec 1, 2017 00:06
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They call me trip-set-bunch because I pull no punch. Sucker MC's can't step to my rhyme game you filthy man-coal miner!
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Dec 1, 2017 00:29
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I’d like to be called “T-Bone” at work.
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Dec 1, 2017 01:00
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My first name is Charles. It means kingApplewhite posted:I’d like to be called “T-Bone” at work. so just get hit at an intersection
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Dec 1, 2017 01:07
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poopnanners posted:Just type in your first name and it will automatically be censored for your privacy. hunter2 EDIT: poo poo.
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Dec 1, 2017 01:08
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:My first name is Charles. It means king King of the couch maybe
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Dec 1, 2017 01:11
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Sjs00 posted:King of the couch maybe i do take up the whole thing and control the remote. checks out
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Dec 1, 2017 01:14
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:My first name is Charles. It means king im drunk in the mornwise,charlie boy
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Dec 1, 2017 01:14
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Sjs00 posted:King of the couch maybe lol
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Dec 1, 2017 01:15
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Applewhite posted:I’d like to be called “T-Bone” at work. you gotta eat T-bone steaks at all the meetings. order before anyone else, though
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oh dope posted:Everyone I've ever known, ever since I was in grade school, has called me by my last name. Teachers, bosses, co-workers, friends of friends, people that personally dislike me, even my fiance. Even my own sister, with whom I share the same last name. I don't really know how it happened, so I don't have any advice for you op, but rest assured it can happen. Yeah this sometimes happens when there are two or more kids with the same name in the same class at school. It sorta tends to follow you to your adult life if you keep in contact with any of your school friends. No such luck for me, my first name is pretty rare and my school friends called me "Fag".
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