jmcquown wrote:
> sf wrote:
> > On 11 Feb 2006 22:11:03 -0600, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> >
> >> aem wrote about making restaurant reservations:
> >>
> >> > I usually pick a name that's been in the news and add "doctor."
> >>
> >> I've never appended "doctor," but once I made a reservation as
> >> "Senator Marcus Bibulus."
> >> Anybody else do this?
> >>
> > Not me. Never crossed my mind either.
> > I can get a reservation w/o all the hoopla
>
> Exactly. What difference does it make if the reservation is in your own
> name? It's not like you gave them your SSN or a credit card number. It's
> just a reservation. My last name is difficult to pronounce so I either know
> when they call it out and they're stumbling over "Mc-Mc-Mc" they mean me, or
> I just make the reservation in the name of Jill.
>
It's just for fun. I thought that would be clear from the example
names. From the other responses it's clear I'm not the only one having
fun with it. -aem