Archive for September, 2008

TheBoyDennis

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

File this one under ‘things I’ve known for years, but didn’t really appreciate’:

My paternal Grandfather’s mother died in childbirth, upon which time he was adopted by a relative with the surname ‘Saunders’. My Grandfather’s original surname? Dennis. Therefore my surname is only two generations old, and my biological relatives were ‘Dennis” going back through generations.

It’s probably for the best, ‘TheBoyDennis.com’ sounds like I should have a web cam and a gay lover. 

Other ‘things I’ve known for years, but didn’t really appreciate’? Giraffes have weird bluey/black tongues: