Saw this and thought of you.

[girlsteve.livejournal.com]

Due to technical error I'm not able to check back thgouh past entries at the moment - if this has already been posted I apologise and I'm happy to take it down. But I thought you'd be interested:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9435751.stm

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[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

That's very interesting, thanks!

People here often have the same Christian name as their parents.
Former Congressman Ace Barbers, who, like Joker Arroyo, obviously had a card-player in the family, has the Christian name Robert, but so do his father and all his brothers.

I think that argument makes a lot of sense. If everyone is called Robert, you have to go by a nickname...and why not go with something slightly off-beat/fun?

I must say I kind of like the sound of Jejomar ;)

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

Haha, I was going to cut and paste the same quote and a similar comment.

It is crazy that he named all of his sons Robert too! That is a LOT of Roberts!

[vanish.livejournal.com]

I'm Filipina-American, and I love making fun of my family's names. No, really, some of the people in my family have some eyebrow-raising names. I posted about it in my journal a few weeks ago. I have two cousins named Bong and one named Baby Jane; another cousin married a Divine Apple; family friend named John Arsenic, just to name a few!!