Ben Posted August 27, 2003 Author Posted August 27, 2003 actually, my names keith, but i've always wanted to be called ben... ermmm kidding Black Dragon: there are about 3 Bens in my TKD class... errmm... must be a ben=TKD thing huh? Phoenix: gaah! i used to live in the somerset area, and everyone i used to meet on forums lived up north... now i'm up north everyone is down south! bah
Black Dragon Posted August 27, 2003 Posted August 27, 2003 Actually my teacher has us read the Book of Five Rings written by a great philosopher/swordsman Miyamoto Mushashi. We found out that Musashi was a name he gave himself as he got older, his birth name was Ben Nosake. So one of the greatest swordsmen ever was named Ben. So recognize or be hospitalized Cuz literally on a scale from one to ten I'm 25.
battousai16 Posted August 27, 2003 Posted August 27, 2003 HA! the trouble with the name ben is that half the world is named ben. if you're walking down the hall or down the street or something and some one yells out "HEY BEN!", half the street stops and turns around! it's crazy! and even crazier, THEY'RE NEVER YELLING TO YOU! at least they're never yelling to me. they've gotta be talking to SOME ben... "I hear you can kill 200 men and play a mean six string at the same time..."-Six String Samurai
Ben Posted August 27, 2003 Author Posted August 27, 2003 it is *really* annoying when that happens. at my college there are about 3 of us into martial arts, and we were just practising kicks the other day... it was lunch and we were just toying around. one of my tutors/teachers/coaches (which ever you call them) shouting "ben! stop it, now" and we turned around... turned out another two people were looking at this guy when he shouted the name ben... ... turned out he was facing the opposite way shouting to yet *another* ben! the worlds gone mad on a lighter note, do either of you two even like the name ben?
battousai16 Posted August 28, 2003 Posted August 28, 2003 i like it fine. it's just not at all unique. i like it better than james, which is what a few of my uncles call me (benJAMIn, JAMI, JAMIE, JAMES; no, i don't buy it either, my uncles are just weird ) "I hear you can kill 200 men and play a mean six string at the same time..."-Six String Samurai
Ben Posted August 28, 2003 Author Posted August 28, 2003 my mum occasionally calls me thomas. i mean... i guess i wouldnt mind anyone else calling me another name on accident, but she's my mum! maybe i have a long lost brother or something
Black Dragon Posted August 28, 2003 Posted August 28, 2003 I hate the name! But it's better than what by parents thought about naming me...., Clifford! So recognize or be hospitalized Cuz literally on a scale from one to ten I'm 25.
battousai16 Posted August 28, 2003 Posted August 28, 2003 oh, you guys know nothing... my dad wanted to name me... ovaltine IT'S A CHOCOLATE DRINK, FOR HEAVENS SAKE! "I hear you can kill 200 men and play a mean six string at the same time..."-Six String Samurai
Ben Posted August 29, 2003 Author Posted August 29, 2003 ovaltine?! oh my god the possible accidental puns that could be made *falls off chair sideways and carries on laughing* about as silly as mine. my mum wanted to call me Kat. no joke O_o
battousai16 Posted August 30, 2003 Posted August 30, 2003 maybe "ben" is just the fall back for whenever adults think of... i'm not gonna finish that thought in fear of someone reading this named clifford or ovaltine or kat, but i think you get my point "I hear you can kill 200 men and play a mean six string at the same time..."-Six String Samurai
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