Chewbacca, Plain and Tall

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OK, so apparently in answer to a question by a Blender reader, "My husband and I are expecting our first baby, and we’ve got the name narrowed down to Papaya, Chewbacca and Sandal. Can you help us pick?," Chris Martin of Coldplay had this to say:

"People make a big fuss over names: names of babies, names of albums, names of bands, names of people. The thing that everyone forgets is that a name is just a noise, and if you like it, then fuck what everyone else says. That's what it's called.

"So there’s nothing weird about calling your baby Chewbacca if that’s what you want to call your baby. It’s no weirder than Sarah, it's just that people are more used to it."

Woe betide his and Gwyneth's next child. But just imagine:

Chewbacca Jessica Parker
Chewbacca Michelle Gellar
Chewbacca Lee

The more I think about, the greater replacing "Sarah" with "Chewbacca" would be for the English-speaking world.

Pancakes Hackman, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 01:09 (seventeen years ago)

Chewbacca McLaughlan

kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 01:33 (seventeen years ago)

Chewbacca Smile

weatheringdaleson, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 01:33 (seventeen years ago)

Terminator: The Chewbacca Connor Chronicles would be an AWESOME TV show.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 01:35 (seventeen years ago)

Chewbacca Silverman

Surmounter, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 01:36 (seventeen years ago)

Chewbacca Bernhardt

Surmounter, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 01:36 (seventeen years ago)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. What a fucking twonk.

Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 01:39 (seventeen years ago)

didn't he name his daughter apple?

latebloomer, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 01:39 (seventeen years ago)

Chris Martin: "World War II could have been prevented had Hitler listened to Bob Marley"

latebloomer, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 01:42 (seventeen years ago)

didn't he name his daughter apple?

i DUNNO but I'm PRETTY SURE that was the JOKE (rule of three too: "another fruit, a star wars character, a type of shoe"

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 02:07 (seventeen years ago)

got it narrowed down to WATERMELON, JANGO FETT and COMBAT BOOT

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 02:08 (seventeen years ago)

uh, is that trio some sort of joke precedent?

S-, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 02:15 (seventeen years ago)

yes the punchline is that the person being asked the question already has a kid named a type of fruit

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 03:15 (seventeen years ago)

apple and wat's the other one MOSES

Surmounter, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 03:16 (seventeen years ago)

MOSES

Surmounter, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 03:16 (seventeen years ago)

"You don't understand, Papaya, Chewbacca and Sandal is the name of my daughter!"

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 03:16 (seventeen years ago)

KUMQUAT, YODA and LOAFER

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 03:17 (seventeen years ago)

pamplemousse, artoo and croc

tipsy mothra, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 03:20 (seventeen years ago)

Ugli, Fat Dancer, and Clog.

Deric W. Haircare, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 03:27 (seventeen years ago)

Tomato, Salacious Crumb, and Slipper

latebloomer, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 05:55 (seventeen years ago)

These are some of the best Clue solutions in years.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 05:58 (seventeen years ago)

Tim Curry's Star Wars

s1ocki, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 09:39 (seventeen years ago)

Chris Martin makes me a fan of 'normal' names.

jel --, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 09:49 (seventeen years ago)

Custos Thread Martin

The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 09:49 (seventeen years ago)

Wookie Wanker

jel --, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 09:53 (seventeen years ago)

Apple Martin is just an 'i' away from Apple Martini

ledge, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 10:12 (seventeen years ago)

and an 'a' away from Apple Martian.

G00blar, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 10:18 (seventeen years ago)

Chewbacca "Mo" Rocca

Nate Carson, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 11:02 (seventeen years ago)

Oh I did this wrong.

How about Chewbacca Lawrence?

Nate Carson, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 11:03 (seventeen years ago)

Wait a minute baby...
Stay with me awhile
Said you'd give me light
But you never told be about the fire

Drowning in the sea of love
Where everyone would love to drown
And now its gone
It doesnt matter anymore
When you build your house
Call me home

And he was just like a great dark wing
Within the wings of a storm
I think I had met my match -- he was singing
And undoing the laces
Undoing the laces

Drowning in the sea of love
Where everyone would love to drown
And now its gone
It doesnt matter anymore
When you build your house
Call me home

Hold on
The night is coming and the starling flew for days
Id stay home at night all the time
Id go anywhere, anywhere
Ask me and Im there because I care

Chewbacca, you're the poet in my heart
Never change, never stop
And now its gone
It doesnt matter what for
When you build your house
I'll come by

Drowning in the sea of love
Where everyone would love to drown
And now it's gone
It doesnt matter anymore
When you build your house
Call me home

All I ever wanted
Was to know that you were dreaming
(theres a heartbeat
And it never really died)

ledge, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 11:10 (seventeen years ago)


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