Poagao's Journal

Absolutely Not Your Monkey

Jul 17 2002

ben anonymously: I need a cool taiwanese nickname …

ben anonymously: I need a cool taiwanese nickname

Poagao: Why?

ben anonymously: i dunno

ben anonymously: Ben is so.. dull


Poagao: Ben means stupid in Chinese.

ben anonymously: you have two names, and they are both ….

ben anonymously: dammit

ben anonymously: remind me to not tell people my name if I get to china


Poagao: What’s your full name?

ben anonymously: Benjamin Taylor Grogan

Poagao: Hmm

Poagao: There’s Chinese name generators out there.

Poagao: They tend to bestow awkward-sounding names that any Chinese will know was a translation, tho

ben anonymously: hrm

ben anonymously: i want to be translated as “Fierce Woman Devourer”

ben anonymously: or “Makes Much Money”

ben anonymously: something like that 🙂


Poagao: Hmmm, might have problems getting dates with the first one

Poagao: the second is good, tho

ben anonymously: “Wonderous in Bed”

ben anonymously: ah well


Poagao: Gao or Guan as a surname, prolly

Poagao: Or even Gan

Poagao: Although if misprounounced, Gan means Fuck

ben anonymously: Ben Gan!

ben anonymously: Stupid Fuck!

ben anonymously: I KNEW it!


Poagao: Yes. It’s a conspiracy.

ben anonymously: oh my god

ben anonymously: in Chinese my name is Stupid Fuck

ben anonymously: that is too funny


Poagao: Imagine the odds

ben anonymously: I’m dying here! Oh my god!

Poagao: Calm down. I’m sure a lot of people are named Stupid Fuck in Chinese…

ben anonymously: that is HILARIOUS!

ben anonymously: I am now Ben Gan

ben anonymously: wait.

ben anonymously: Gan would be first, right?


Poagao: Yeah, surnames come first in Chinese

ben anonymously: so Fuck Stupid

Poagao: Gan Ben

ben anonymously: that sounds more like a manifesto

Poagao: or a corporate motto

ben anonymously: i want to work for that company!

Poagao: Tell me about it.

As if this weren’t funny enough, I just found out that one of the women in upper management at my company is named “If”. “If Chen” is her name. Jaysus.

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