So, what the fuck kind of a name is "Rand", anyway?

[BlueStater]

Is it short for Randall? Because I have yet to hear of any other person named Randall who goes by "Rand" instead of "Randy". Weird.

Sorry for the graphic image accompanying this post.

[jmowreader]

1. It's short for Randal - one L

I'd imagine none of the people you know named Randall haven't memorized Atlas Shrugged like ol' "this is how long my penis is, really!' up there in the ugly tie.

[TexasTowelie]

11. Great minds think alike!

I also thought he was describing his morning wood.

[KamaAina]

33. And rug.

[shenmue]

2. Named after horrible author Ayn Rand

[blkmusclmachine]

20. +1

[leveymg]

30. What kind of a name is Ayn, anyway?

Made-up, like much of her persona. Ayn Rand was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her birth name was Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, and she took a pseudonym after she started working in Hollywood in the late 1920s as a wardrobe supervisor and a wannabe screenwriter. In what she described as "a shotgun wedding", she married an American, Frank O'Connor, shortly before her visa expired, but did not take his name.

[truebluegreen]

31. Is that whose Social Security she lived on in her last years? nt

[leveymg]

32. Life on the ranch in Tarzana was rustic for "Ann O'Connor".

Ironically, for purposes of cashing his S.S. check, that is one occasion that she did acknowledge her marriage.

Ayn Rand's career as novelist was not exactly a capitalist success. No railroad stocks in her portfolio, poor girl.

[potone]

3. I read about it somewhere.

And I can't remember where, but the article said that he was named for Ayn Rand. Not a good beginning, if true.

[Joe Turner]

4. If I'm not mistaken he was named after Ayn Rand

The old man thought it was was fitting to name his son after a crazy self-absorbed anarchist that wrote trashy novels. Go Figure.

[pinboy3niner]

5. He went by 'Randy' until his wife shortened it

Despite his father's libertarian views and strong support for individual rights, the novelist Ayn Rand was not the inspiration for his first name. Growing up, he went by "Randy", but his wife shortened it to "Rand."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul#Early_life_and_education

[Cha]

21. Too bad.. it's too much of a coincidence that he's Rand and she's Ayn Rand.

[JHB]

22. His wife insisted he wasn't Randy?

Well, I suppose she would be someone well situated to make that assessment.

[pinboy3niner]

24. 'Y' would you even ask?

[snooper2]

37. she is allergic to the letter Y

[Chellee]

6. What, exactly, is he trying to demonstrate?

The size of his intellect?

The amount of compassion he has for those less fortunate than himself?

How close he thinks he'll come to a third place finish in the Republican primary?

[JI7]

7. wasn't he named after ayn rand ?

[Jim Lane]

25. No, that's a popular misconception. See #5 above. (n/t)

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

8. Simple past tense of rund

[Manifestor_of_Light]

9. He's named after a typewriter.

Remington Rand. Made by the same people who make Remington rifles. The typewriter Ayn Rand used, where she allegedly got her new last name.


Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum was Ayn Rand's birth name.

Alan Greenspan was one of Ayn Rand's groupies.

[LiberalFighter]

10. He doesn't know how to write the letter "y" in cursive.

[icymist]

12. It's short for rancid. nt

[Fumesucker]

13. One a teacher doesn't have to worry about mispronouncing

Unlike many these days....

It's not like the Democrats don't have a strategist and former candidate named Krystal Ball.

[Rex]

14. The guy wants to take us all back to the 1950s. With him as king.

He is moonbat certain of this.

[Blue Owl]

15. I don't know but it sure sounds very randiose

n/t

[Darb]

16. It's the name a racist asshat gives his priveledged asshole son.

You didn't know that?

[onehandle]

17. It's from 'Random,' as in the random Nazi sperm sample that produced him.

Could have been Hitler's seed, or Göring, or Hess, or Prescott Bush...

Anyway, it was all preserved in one big cryogenic pot and turkey bastered into Ayn Rand.

After that, it really got crazy...

[NobodyHere]

18. Seriously?

Is this what DU is devolving to? Making fun of people's names?

The guy probably has multiple political positions you disagree with as well as multiple gaffes to make fun of.

[onehandle]

19. I'd rather make fun of his wig.

Is it all his pubic hair, or did supporters mail in their own pubic hair for the great weave project?

[freshwest]

23. Don't worry, I've posted them in my Journal. And 'Fuck Ron and Rand Paul,' as the Admins say. n/t

[lumberjack_jeff]

27. Yes.

Whee! It's fun!

[DesMoinesDem]

29. Um, yes. That and making fun of people's hair.

Unless it's Hillary's hair, of course. That would be sexist, which I found out on DU. And I shouldn't have called her Hillary. I learned from DU the other day that calling Hillary Hillary is sexist. So basically DU is just making fun of Republicans for random things and calling anyone that criticizes Hillary sexist...or libertarian.

[hrmjustin]

26. English.

http://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/rand

[bluedigger]

28. I'll need to see his birth certificate.

[SummerSnow]

34. Found a funny definition of 'rand' in the Urban Dictionary.lol...

Rand-
A person who is wise, strong, dashing in a scruffy way, and usually uses one or two-word answers.

May even have long, flowing hair, and live in a forest while perpetually being stuck in some airport.
That man is has captured my heart with his home, situated near greenery, and his calm, yet knowing demeanor. He's probably a Rand.


http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rand


*probably explains why he got the toupee*

[MichMan]

35. WTF Rand is my name, so what!

Been lurking here for quite a while & didn't intend for this to be my first post, but had to respond to something so stupid

Guess what; my first name is Rand. Just Rand, not short for Randall, Randolph, or Randy or anything else. And no, my mother did not name me after Ayn Rand; I don't believe she ever heard or her and certainly didn't read Atlas Shrugged.

She worked as a bank teller and a customer had that as a first name and she liked it. Based on when I was born, I am pretty certain he wasn't named after Ayn Rand either. smh

[uppityperson]

36. There are all sorts of names in the world aren't there? And enough valid reasons to not like him,

No reason to mock his name.