Tuesday, February 23, 2010

you can call me "Janitors Closet"



Fact:


Native Americans would name their newborns after the first thing they saw upon exiting the teepee post birth.  This would explain names like Sitting Bull, Running Water, and Raven Feather.






I wonder: 


What would our names be if we followed the same tradition??


Would the same rules apply?  Would it be the first thing we saw outside the hospital doors? Or would it be the first thing we saw upon leaving the hospital room??




I think I would prefer the first one.  I would much rather be named "Hibiscus Flower" or "Red Volvo" than "IV Tube" or  "Bleeding Arm."


Or "Gurney."




*shudder*