She’s Mary Christmas all year long
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I’ve found if you want to generate conversation, grow a mustache. Of course those conversations will revolve around the reasons for growing the mustache and whether you look better or worse with it.
My reasoning is fairly simple. I associate a mustache with power. A mustache is macho, it’s masculine. It says, “Get out of my way, buddy, because I have a mustache.”
However, despite all the talk I regret to tell you my mustache is not long for this world. Cupcake has put her foot down and said that thing on my lip must go. With marching orders like that, I better listen.
As for things of a more festive nature, I stumbled across a neat human interest story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution about a 29-year-old named Mary Christmas. And yes, Mary Christmas is her real name.
“It hits people differently and they can’t believe it,” said Miss Christmas, who lives in Gainesville, Ga. “I’m waiting for Oprah to call.”
Whether she’s signing a credit card receipt or introducing herself, Mary says she’s usually greeted with a look of disbelief. A popular reaction is for people to give a deep-belly “ho, ho, ho.”
“I can’t get irritated,” said Christmas, who is a teacher. “Even though they are one in a line of thousands, they don’t know that so I let them have their fun.”
Christmas says she can forget about ordering take-out food, especially this time of year, if she gives her real name. She said most of the time the person will dismiss the order as a prank.
Her dad, who could also be called Father Christmas, is a football coach. He says he enjoys being called Coach Christmas by his players.
As for what will happen when Mary ties the knot, she says she will keep Christmas as a middle name. Apparently she likes the attention. “I don’t want to give it up,” she said of her name.
As for this week’s odd, strange and curious story, don’t worry. I haven’t forgotten. The story comes to us from Stuart, Fla., where a man has filed a lawsuit against First National Bank and Trust (which is not affiliated with our local bank).
The man, Barnard Lorence, is charging the bank for false advertising. In particular, he says a marketing campaign that claims First National cares about its customers is not true.
To support his lawsuit, Lorence points to the fact the bank charged him a $32 fee for overdrawing his checking account by $5. A caring bank would not do such a thing, he says.
Lorence further claims the stress and anxiety associated with confronting bank officials led to a brain injury and he is seeking damages of $2 million. Yikes.