Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Whats in a name

The other day I was just thinking of the Beckhams naming their kid Paris because the kid was conceived there. I doubt if such a thing would ever happen in India. I mean can you imagine naming your kid "Gangtok" because you decided your sperm finally needed to contribute to the noble cause of procreation in place some 2000 metres above sea level or "Gulbarga" because you got all horny in the plus 40 degree C temperatures of north Karnataka. I mean such a kid would have a childhood tormented enough to grow up and write a best selling auto-biography.

Talking of names of places and sexual activity, I think there is a reason for a boom in the sex industry in Thailand. What else could you imagine would be the occupation of people living in Bangkok ( bang cock) or Phuket ( ideally pronounced f*** it).