"Dave"? "Dave"?! For the love of God, why "Dave"!?!

[alva]

I'm terrible with names.

So am I, which is weird as I have a pretty good memory. Any theories on this?
Mine is that I just don't give ****.

[Theben]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly

That's right! I'm bound only by the Prime Directive: Move the Paper to Someone Else's Desk.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
That's right! I'm bound only by the Prime Directive: Move the Paper to Someone Else's Desk.

And don't forget the Governmental Two Step:
..Side step, side step, side step, side step...
...keep moving but never face the music!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yep, it's this thread again.

This morning I get a call on my work cellphone -- direct call in, not something patched through by the switchboard -- from a number I don't recognize. And thus this conversation begins:

"Rufus T. Firefly, U.S. Embassy."
"Hello? Hello?"
"Yes, this is Rufus T. Firefly at the U.S. Embassy. Can I help you?"
"Yes, this is Mr. David?"
"No, I'm sorry, you must have the wrong number."
"This is the U.S. Embassy?"
"Yes."
"Then yes, you are who I want to talk to."

Things to note:
1) In Singapore, "Mr. + First name" is the common construction, so the caller was definitely looking for someone named Dave.
2) There is no one named Dave (or with the surname David) at the US embassy.
3) The person who had my work phone before me was named "Susan."
4) They caller really was looking for me.

Make. It. Stop.

[Kuciwalker]

[DRoseDARs]

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[BeBMan]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Yep, it's this thread again.

This morning I get a call on my work cellphone -- direct call in, not something patched through by the switchboard -- from a number I don't recognize. And thus this conversation begins:

"Rufus T. Firefly, U.S. Embassy."
"Hello? Hello?"
"Yes, this is Rufus T. Firefly at the U.S. Embassy. Can I help you?"
"Yes, this is Mr. David?"
"No, I'm sorry, you must have the wrong number."
"This is the U.S. Embassy?"
"Yes."
"Then yes, you are who I want to talk to."

Things to note:
1) In Singapore, "Mr. + First name" is the common construction, so the caller was definitely looking for someone named Dave.
2) There is no one named Dave (or with the surname David) at the US embassy.
3) The person who had my work phone before me was named "Susan."
4) They caller really was looking for me.

Make. It. Stop.

It's probably just that Rufus T. Firefly means "The one we all call Dave to annoy the hell out of him" in Singapore and elsewhere

[Az]

I can't believe that this thread is from 2005. I remember it like it was yesterday, with the 2001:SO jokes and everything.

[Krill]

Hi, Dave[/Only Fools]

[Agathon]

Look Rufus, you silly git. This is a sign that you need to change your name. Names are only conventions anyway, and it is clear that the rest of the world has chosen "Dave". You can't have a convention of one, so you lose.

I hereby petition the mods to change his nick to David D Davidfly.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Dauphin
There must be a Rodney Only Fools and Horses joke in here somewhere.

Curses to you! I was going to suggest that he should call everyone who calls him that "Trigger" in exchange

[-Jrabbit]

Once every three years is, statistically, background noise.

Don't be so sensitive, Dave.

The fact that your stalker tracked you down in Singapore and knows your unpublished government work cell is nothing to be worried about. Really!

(signed)
-A Friend

[Ben Kenobi]

Rufus, you got to make people think of someone else.

My first name is Sean so I always tell people it's spelled like Sean Connery, and that seems to work.

[b etor]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Yep, it's this thread again.

everyone who calls you dave/david is just trying to drive you insane. you think they don't all know each other but they do. they planned this a long time ago in that secret meeting. when you get really old and start forgetting stuff YOU are going to think you are dave. you're letting them win.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Rufus, you got to make people think of someone else.

My first name is Sean so I always tell people it's spelled like Sean Connery, and that seems to work.

He does, he says, "my name is Rufus, It's spelled like Dave Chappelle."

ACK!