I recall Stephen King doing this a lot. He always makes his male characters 6'1" to 6'4" and yet when one of them gains weight apparently they look like a disgusting hog at 230lbs.
And in the Long Walk, I don't think young Mr. King understood just how fast 4 miles an hour is while walking nonstop. That's a step or two…

Mike-crophone…MikenIkethinkalike…Mike Hunt, Mike Rotch….

couldn't you be like my buddy and just go by "Frenchy"?

well that explains it all.

When people forget the mid 80's.

He was named after the cliff by the family farm.

My father always told me I was named after Garrett Morris.

Why do I always get a WARPED ONE!?!

How ironic that Big Spring only grew up to be 5'5"

Charles Grodin wants to say it.

Especially if you come from an Irish American family like mine. I think I have two new cousins named Liam.

Aren't those both textbooks in Mississippi?

I know a Navy Pilot at Mira Mar who prefers to go by her call sign in her private, everyday life. Her call sign is "Taken" She was introduced to me as, "Hi, I'm Taken!" "Well, that's not surprising…"

Did they tease him by calling him "Ani?"

(sigh)…all of 'em, sadly.

I know a lot of 39 year olds named Greedo and Uncle Owen.

Which still surprises me that Disney allowed them to cast a guy who is best known for a show where he creepily bangs broads and wrings awkward humor out of it. Ah well, I just remember that George Carlin played Mr. Conductor.

What if they named their kid Smelly Jones? Or "Punchmyface Palmer" or something?

Alternately, we could've had a president named Kylo Washington or Abraham Kylo and it would still sound like a mishmash of two random syllables.

Mr and Mrs Samedi?