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[themadcowtipper]

http://www.ncbuy.com/news/2004-12-31/1011455.html

BRANSON, Mo. (Wireless Flash) -- It may drive grammarians crazy, but a Branson, Missouri, man has legally changed his name to the pronoun "they."

The 44-year-old formerly known as Andrew Wilson (and now known as "They") says the moniker swap started as a family joke because he always wondered, "Who is this `they' when people say `They say this' and `They say that?'"

They says he has a good sense of humor and decided to legally change his name and take responsibility for They. He even has a driver's license with the name on it.

They is also an inventor and holds 14 patents, including Ground-Effect lighting -- a neon light that fits under cars -- and Shades Eyewear, sunglasses which have a visor extending a half-inch from the top to shade the glare of the sun.

Of course, being the face of They comes with baggage -- mostly, the reputation of being a kill-joy. But They says "that's the yin and yang of life."

They has no intention of ever changing his name back to Andrew Wilson and says his friends tell him, "If anyone but you changed your name to They, they would think he had a problem."





This guy is a couple sandwiches short of a picnic

 

[Jacobi]

They is so cool. I want to be like They.

 

[temp]

Woah, really hilarious running joke. Nobody's ever made the joke about "they" before. Good work, Andrew.

 

[tenchir]

I once know a guy in high school name "Tha Mann". Needless to say, lots of joke was always made about his name..... what's worse is that he's Asian, so most common joke is something like "I thought Da Man was white."

 

[SFA_AOK]

He invented under-lighting? Bastard.

 

[Brannon]

So They's responsible for that atrocity in the vehicular world?

Where's a grassy knoll for fashion when you need one?

 

[MrPing1000]

They is also an inventor and holds 14 patents, including Ground-Effect lighting -- a neon light that fits under cars -- and Shades Eyewear, sunglasses which have a visor extending a half-inch from the top to shade the glare of the sun.

TEH INNOVATION!!!!!

 

[Minotauro]

Didn't he rip this off from Pulp Fiction?

Mia: "Who told you that?"
Vincent: "They."
Mia: "They talk a lot, don't they?"
Vincent: "They certainly do...they certainly do..."

 

[temp]

Didn't he rip this off from Pulp Fiction?

It's a pretty standard observation.

 

[Banjo Tango]

There's an old Far Side that would go well with this...

And I would just like to put in my support for the (re)introduction of "they" as the English language's gender-neutral, singular, third-person pronoun.

 

[Lucky Forward]

There's an old Far Side that would go well with this...

That's the first thing I thought of.

 

[jobber]

THEY LIVE!

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

I played an FF VII game with names like this, once. they, he, she, him, I, and so on.

 

[keeblerdrow]

I played an FF VII game with names like this, once. they, he, she, him, I, and so on.

And that's about as far as the joke should go, really.