Saturday, July 17, 2004

What's in a name?

I drove to DC tonight, along a familiar path, from my parents' house. South of Harrisburg, on US-15, there is a convenience store. Not just any store. This gas station/convenience mart has a name of "Rutter's."

I passed "Rutter's" fully 3 hours ago at this point, and I'm still thinking about it. I've been going past "Rutter's" for several years now, since it was on the way to my parents' from where we lived in NC, and I've always been mildly amused at the name of it.

"Rutters," I'd think, "I know what rutting is....maybe a rutter is someone who ruts." So here, finally, I have looked up "rutter" on dictionary.com and found that yes, a rutter is defined as (in one sense at least) "That which ruts."

This probably only amuses me, but I think the porn industry should start a campaign to be called the "Rutting Industry" and porn stars should be "Rutters." I imagine fun interview scenes of rutters trying to go straight:

Interviewer: So I see here Ms. Dildoupyourass that you were a rutter for three years. What exactly does that entail?

Interviewee: Rutting, mostly.

Hmm...I'm getting the feeling that this is a sign that I should go to bed, when I'm amused at such insipidness.

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