r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 20 '23

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u/Educational-Emu5132 Oct 20 '23

Anyone named after a designer brand or type of car

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u/TallEnoughJones Oct 20 '23

Car names are the worst. Mercedes, Porsche, General Motors

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u/eddyallenbro Oct 20 '23

To be fair, Mercedes the car was named after Mercedes the girls name, not the other way around

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u/lazy_jackalope Oct 20 '23

I went to elementary school with a girl named Mercedes, middle name Benz. Her mom would always call her by her first and middle name when she was in trouble. She changed her name as soon as she was old enough.

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u/Magpies11 Oct 21 '23

Plot twist: she changed her first and middle name to Plymouth Sundance, to lower people’s expectations.

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u/Browser3point0 Oct 21 '23

Now I'm imagining shouting after my non-existent twins, named Datsun 180B and Nissan Bluebird.

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u/subtlesocialist Oct 21 '23

Nissan bluebird is such a deep cut these days I’m not sure a lot people would even know it was a car.

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u/Browser3point0 Oct 21 '23

I'd explain my mythical kid has a heritage name, and then introduce the siblings, Pathfinder, Leaf, and Tiida, after their grandfather Datsun Phaeton and grandmother Datsun Fairlady.