Flare Sci-Fi Forums: December 22, 2000

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Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

Well they are ready to induce labor. First thing in the morning, I get to go back and join in the joys of natural childbirth. Everybody pray for me.

So it looks like the great Saiyanman will be father to Chibi Benjita (or Benjamin Alexander Hammond II as a real name)

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Very cool

Wish you the best!

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

Good luck!

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Just out of curiosity, is everyone in your family named like somebody from Akira?

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Posted by DEAvendetta on :

I've never seen a going into labor thread before.

I wish you my best and hope your baby is beautiful! That shouldn't be hard since all babies are.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Ew... Babies are squirmy, dirty, loud, and ugly. Someone needs to find a way for people to be born fully-grown.

Erm... preferably not to be delivered in the same manner as currently...

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Congrats Ben!

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Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

Just don't pass out on the mother.

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

I'd be willing to bet this is the best Christmas present you've ever gotten, hmm?

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Well, good luck and all, but, well, "the second"? Tsk. Has TV so destroyed the imagination of the US that they can't even think up new names for their children? It's like cloning gone bad. 50 years from now we'll just have a country full of "seconds", "thirds", "twenty-sevenths", and so on. I remember the days when you had to be royalty to get a "the second" after your name. Not today. Anyone can get it in todays fast-food porno world. It's sickening.

Plus, imagine the trouble the poor guy's gonna have every time he fills his name out on a form. When he sits exams, he's going to spend half the time on the "Name" box. And no-way's he's fitting that signiture onto the back of a credit card.

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

You're one to talk with your Henry the 8th's and Elizabeth the Second's etc etc. You'd think you'd be more creative when choosing your monarchs...

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

I'm pretty sure the monarchs CHOSE the names they would rule as. You don't honestly think the Pope was born with that name, do you? Not to mention the royal family is inbred.

Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

So, your saying the royal family is from Alabama???

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

LOL. No.

But the members of the Royal Families of Europe intermarried. It was one big family, really. They were all cousins somewhere along the line, and since they would only marry royalty, that meant marrying within the family.

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Explains many of Charles' features, don't it?

By the way, when WILL NATO reclassify his ears as OTH detection installations anyway?

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

The popes choose their names, yes. But, then, they're elected. Monarchs tend to use the names they were given by their parents, but, since they were born into royalty, they already tend to end up w/ names of previous monarchs.

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

Damn my memory, who was the King o' England that answered the newspaper ad in Germany??

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Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

Okay, sorry it took so long, but the boy was stubborn. He decided to take his sweet time getting out, so the doctors decided to take him. After 72 hours in labor and delivery, a C-section was decided on. So here we go:

Benjamin Alexander Hammond, II (or just plain Alex) was born on December 24, 2000 at 14:05. He was 9 lbs. and 3 oz. and 20 inches.

When I get pictures, I'll post one up. Happy Holidays!

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

Congrats, may he live to be a President of the United States in an uncontested run for the White House.

and may your stresses be few.

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Congrats, Ben.

That's the same date as my Birthday. As of 9:45am, December 24, 2000, I am officially 23 years old.

And last year, a co-worker had a son on the 24th as well.......

You're lucky Ben. At least you can save some money giving presents to your kid. At least that's what happened to me.....

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Nine pounds? No wonder he couldn't get out. I'm thinking the Caesarean might have been a good idea from the start (though, after three days, it probably didn't make much difference, anyway...). :-)

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

So WE can't talk because all our monarchs have the same names? That's a bit much coming from a bunch who just chose their second president called George Bush. But of course he's put a 'W' in his name so that's different. And of course you didn't actually choose him. . . heh heh, flameboard ahoy!

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

We also had two John Adamses, but the second one had a "Quincy" in there...

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Damn! Forgot the Adamses! Although that actually reinforces my point. Were they related? More to the point, were they related to any governors of key states (sorry, couldn't resist that)?

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

They were Father and Son. Sort of like what we have now.

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

And the two Roosevelts and the two Johnsons were also related, albeit somewhat more distantly.

Ben, may your progeny be physically strong, mentally gifted, ambitious, and lucky.

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[This message has been edited by First of Two (edited December 27, 2000).]