Leslie and Francis? REALLY?!?!

Alright...so if you've ever heard the song by Johnny Cash called "A Boy Named Sue" you will know what this post is going to be about. I will post the lyrics in another post because it's going to take up my valuable CHARACTER LIMIT...so be on the look out for that...probably posted under this heading on my BLOG.

So I'm watching IFC (Independent Film Channel) last night in bed. The main charaters name in the movie I was watching was "Francis". And his mother was REALLY OLD. Sitting in her armchair/recliner.  And when she wailed his name it was like fingernails on a chalkboard. So...my question to you is...WHEN WAS IT EVER OKAY TO NAME A CHILD WITH SUCH A FEMININE NAME?!

Here's a list of girly man names I've heard over the years:

Leslie

Marion (Which just happens to be John Waynes REAL NAME!)

Francis

Noel

Ari

Kelly

Dana

Sidney

Feel Free to add some of your own! This could be kinda fun!

Now, some of these I can stomach. But LESLIE? MARION? FRANCIS? That is just unfathomable. Okay. OKAY! I HEAR YOU! "Some of them are FAMILY NAMES, Carm! Yeesh! Quit being a bitch!" Okay...that was all fine and dandy FIFTY OR SIXTY DAMN YEARS AGO! Fifty/Sixty years ago, we were a different people! Back then? Tradition was in the forefront.

Nowadays? We have this sarcastic nature that has sprung forth from the bowels of the America's underbelly and there's no changing things NOW! No sirreebob! We are in a spinning toilet bowl and the current is just too damn strong to swim out of it! We're going down the TUBES PEOPLE! And for the record? I could have totally ROCKED the 50's style. I was BORN to be a teenie bopper. Poodle Skirts and Saddle Shoes. I would have LOVED to live in that time. But alas, twas a dark stormy September day in 1971 when I was born and it was not meant to be.

Back to our story...

Of course I will say that I apologize if this offends anyone who reads this. And I would say that if your FATHER is named one of these names, I'm not talking about them. Really, I'm not. There's something ~debonairre~ about older men with those girly names. Take Francis Ford Copolla for instance. He's a badass! But if you've got a toddler crawling around the house or you have a bun in the oven? ...Uh...this is for you! :o)

Please, no hate mail. Think of this as a Public Service Announcement. And Now? Back to your regularly scheduled program.