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Matt Ottinger:

--- Quote ---A: Unless they request otherwise, an audience member's name will be written on his or her name tag as it appears on their driver's license. This results in a majority of formal names being used. If, however, they ask for their initials or a shortened version of their name to be used, the pages at the studio will be happy to accommodate them.
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Seems to me that this is more a practicality issue.  Surely they can't waste a lot of valuable time in line finding out how each and every person wants to be addressed.  But if they say, \"Jon Lemon, come on down!\" and a guy with a \"Chris\" nametag shows up, that's gotta be a problem.  The fact that this doesn't happen -- when lots of people use their middle name as their \"real\" name -- suggests that, like everything else on a 32 year old show, they've got a plan in place that works for them.  Someone better connected with the show can probably tell us what that plan is, but I doubt it has much to do with legalities.

clemon79:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Oct 8 2003, 07:57 PM\'] Surely they can't waste a lot of valuable time in line finding out how each and every person wants to be addressed.  But if they say, "Jon Lemon, come on down!" and a guy with a "Chris" nametag shows up, that's gotta be a problem. [/quote]
 Sure. But there's no way in hell that I would fill out the form using the name \"Jon\" either, for just that reason. What the pages need to be taught is that if I give them a form filled out correctly as \"Chris Lemon\", and show them an ID that reads \"Jon Christopher Lemon\" (because the ropesmokers at the DOL wouldn't convert my CA license to a WA one without keeping the same name), not to give me an attitude about it. The last name is there, the picture matches the guy presenting it, let it be.

GS Warehouse:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Oct 8 2003, 08:57 PM\'] ObGameShowForum: This, I believe, is post #1000. What do I win? :) [/quote]
A new wall calendar!  It'll be shipped as soon as I'm done with it. :-)

And let's not forget your Turtle Wax, Rice-a-Roni, Sarah Conventry Jewelry, Polyglycoat, a month's supply of floakti rugs and ceramic dalmatians, a copy of Razzle, the race-for-the-word game, and a new Suzuki Aerio SX...or a picture of one!

Only 769 more posts until somebody gets this facetious with me! :-)

Steve Gavazzi:
[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Oct 9 2003, 12:00 AM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Oct 8 2003, 08:57 PM\'] ObGameShowForum: This, I believe, is post #1000. What do I win? :) [/quote]
A new wall calendar!  It'll be shipped as soon as I'm done with it. :-)

And let's not forget your Turtle Wax, Rice-a-Roni, Sarah Conventry Jewelry, Polyglycoat, a month's supply of floakti rugs and ceramic dalmatians, a copy of Razzle, the race-for-the-word game, and a new Suzuki Aerio SX...or a picture of one! [/quote]
 And let's not forget your year's supply of Buckley's Cough Syrup, the famous Canadian cough remedy now available here.  It tastes awful...and it works!

(Sorry.  I just couldn't pass up a chance to use my favorite plug.)

clemon79:
[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Oct 8 2003, 10:01 PM\'] And let's not forget your year's supply of Buckley's Cough Syrup, the famous Canadian cough remedy now available here.  It tastes awful...and it works!
 [/quote]
 It's off topic, a little, but hey, what the hell, I've got my thousand in. :)

I gotta tell you, nobody on the planet was happier than me to see Buckley's make it to the US. I was in Eastern Canada in...I think it was 1996. And of course, the second I landed, I came down with a cold. And my host said she'd get me some Buckleys, and then repeated that catchphrase, which at the time was \"It tastes bad...but it works.\" And I kept thinking, \"why would they advertise a cough syrup like that\"?

And then I tried it. And I understood why. There simply is no hiding, masquerading, or getting around the fact. A spoonful of Buckley's Mixture tastes like you grabbed a handful of fresh sappy pine needles and took a big bite out of them. And this doesn't hit you until it's already down the hatch. But DAMN, does it hit you. Think back to the hottest pepper you've ever had, even in these days of concentrated hot sauces. Multiply that by about 5. That's the afterkick of a shot of Buckley's.

But damn, did it clear up my congestion. EVERY orifice in my head opened right up, and my cough subsided. I'm not sure if it was the medicine, or the knowledge that if my head DIDN'T respond, I'd have to have another spoonful that much sooner.

So when your winter colds kick in, I urge you to give it a shot. But don't say they didn't warn you. :)

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