Dammit, my name is NOT HEIDI!! (rant)

[Bertha Venation]

My last name is Heidebrecht and throughout my life I have been called "Heidi" by idiots. Not as a nickname or a joke: it is because people are idiots that they call me Heidi. They see the last name and for some unknown reason I become a giddy little goat herder flouncing across verdant fields in dirndl & pigtails.

Do I look like a goat herder in a dirndl?!

I just sent this email to a total moran at a health care supplies website which shall be nameless.

"Since I'll probably order from <site> again, I added you to my address book so you won't be blocked in the future.

"But please. Please. Please! note:

"My name is not Heidi!!

"Look at my order: my name is K.J.

"Look at my email address: it's "notheidi" -- as in, "not Heidi" -- hello!

"If anyone else from <site> addresses me as "Heidi," I will NOT order from that site again, and I'll spread the word that <site> is run by poorly-programmed Bots."

Jesus H. Christ on a raft! :grr:

[daveskilt]

1. And I am NOT Goat Peter!

[Bertha Venation]

4. I can't tell you how badly I wish . . .

I got the reference. :shrug:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

15. Goat Peter is the

young goat herder who becomes Heidi's friend after she goes to live with her grandfather.

Another author wrote two sequels to the original book, and in them, Heidi and Goat Peter grew up and got married.

The original and the two sequels were some of my favorite books when I was 10-11 years old.

[Bertha Venation]

17. I had no idea.

Thanks, LL.

[Robb]

2. Wow.

"Do I look like a goat herder in a dirndl?!"

Lady odelady odeloooo!!! :D

(ducks)

[Bertha Venation]

3. well, that was inevitable.

:toast:

[Sentath]

7. Don't worry about it

as we all know, Robb is a
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( ;

edit: How do I post a link to an image?

[IronLionZion]

28. copy and paste

no need for extra stuff. just makes sure it starts with http and ends with .jpg or .gif or whatever.

I didn't know Robb was so cute...

[Sentath]

30. Close, but

I didn't want the image in the thread, just a text link that would lead to the image.

That way the bandwidth usage might be a little reduced.

OTOH I did do it 'cause its a cute image.

[WillParkinson]

35. Heck ya!

He's got a nice piece of tail there.

[camero]

5. LOL

I'm sorry. Your post reminded me of the DUer named HeidiHo. :)

[Droopy]

6. I think Heidi is a cute name

One of my English professor's first name is Heidi. She's just as cute as the name implies. Now only if she graded papers as cute as she is. I've worked my butt off on my first two papers only to get two C minuses. She's a tough one. Don't let that name and those looks fool you.

[Nevernose]

8. Have you tried deep breathes? (n/t)

[onebigbadwulf]

9. Calm down Heidi

[PragMantisT]

10. Had a friend named Heidi

As a Cab Calloway fan, I called her:
"Heidi, heidi, heidi, ho"
She was not amused.
Can't imagine why;-)

[Catshrink]

11. I have bad childhood associations with the name Heidi...

so please, please, don't anyone call BV Heidi!

Dirndl skirt? shudder.

[MisterP]

29. has Shriver appeared in one?

we of Österreich-am-Pazifisch would like to know (I know Waldheim sent them a statue with Ahnuld in Lederhosen slinging Maria in a Dirndl over his shoulder)

[southerngirlwriter]

12. You go, girl!

Make those bastards address you properly!!

I signed up for Infone a long time ago, when it was new and I had a job. They're required to address you any way you want them to. When you do the voice-recognition thing, they have to pop up and say, "Hello, (preferred name)."

I made them call me "Madame (my first name)." (Mostly for fun -- it always made them laugh).

:D

[PVnRT]

13. Are you Spartacus?

:evilgrin:

Yes, unwanted nicknames are annoying as hell :grr:

[Bertha Venation]

14. I got a reply and the guy has a sense of humor.

"I do apologize. The mistake will not be made again and I will notify the bots!" :7

[BiggJawn]

16. Bertha in a Drindl???

Almost makes me wish I was a girl!

"Grandfather! Grandfather!"
"Heidi! What's wrong?"
"Grandfather! why are these Oakland Raiders fans chasing me?"

Talk about your "obscure references"....

[Bertha Venation]

18. No kidding.

It's over my head. :shrug:

[SmileyBoy]

20. You have to be a huge football follower to get the reference.

:):):):)

[Bertha Venation]

21. Since the Oakland Raiders are my no. 1 DESPISED, LOATHED, and

hated team, there's no way I could get it. No great loss.

Anyway, I'm a baseball fan. And pitchers & catchers report in 2 days 14 hours!
PLAY BALL!

[BiggJawn]

23. Or a student of Network TV "Awshitz!"

:evilgrin:

[proud patriot]

19. okay got it

:scared:

[Red State Rebel]

22. Sorry, until you have gone thru life with the last name of

Bonebrake, you got nothing on me.....amazing how ignorant people can be, isn't it???

[Bertha Venation]

24. Damn. That one's no fun, either, Fred.

Ignorance never ceases to amaze me.

What did you get called by the other kids when you were a kid? I was constantly being asked, "Hey, Kim! Where'd you hide your brick?!"

[Sentath]

25. I'll trade ya ( : Either one!

When I sign my messages {rlg} the g stands for Gay, my family
name.

middle school was hell [ :

[Red State Rebel]

33. You win! Oh my...I can just imagine...

[Bertha Venation]

38. Oh, lord. I'll bet it was.

I have a good friend at work whose name is Gay. I wonder if she went through the same thing -- she grew up in Quebec. I'll ask her.

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. I feel your pain. I grew up with the last name Paulsen...for some reason

this made my "Paula" in the minds of teachers, doctors, etc...until I married. Very funny because all of my female cousins had the same problem. Being called Paula. Grrrrr. It is annoying.

Hugs you little braided babe you. ;)

Laura

[Bertha Venation]

41. Wow! Someone else has had the same problem!

Wow. Yeah, I feel your pain too. It's good to know I'm not alone. :7

[mulsh]

27. Adelheid

is my wife's first name. it is an old german name, means "noble heart".
it is one of the names Heidi is derived from. she hates being called heidi. I don't blame her. and I always call her Adelheid.

[Bertha Venation]

42. Adelheid is lovely. eom

[neebob]

31. Call me an idiot

but I don't understand why they call you Heidi. Do they think your name is Heide Brecht? I don't see how they get Heidi out of K.J. Heidebrecht - in an email, on the phone, or in person.

I always get called Danielle, which is not my name and there's no reason to think it should be pronounced that way. But people are lazy and it's not worth correcting them because it invariably leads to a discussion of my actual name, which is very unusual, and how I got it. I don't enjoy being a conversation piece. I'm 6'1" - which is not a big deal anymore, but it was when I was growing up - and it made me very self-conscious. At some point people stopped talking about my height, but I still have to talk about my name every time I introduce myself. It's like being public property. I'm an introvert!

Oh, and they assume I'm a guy because my name consists of a man's name with a feminine prefix. And I have two last names. How many guys have two last names? Yet I'm always getting letters addressed to Mr. and dealing with surprised telephone callers who expected a man to answer.

And don't get me started about the problems of having two last names. I think I posted about that not too long ago.

The more I think about it, the more I think I'd enjoy being a Heidi. Heidi Smith.

[Bertha Venation]

43. How about Heidi Fleiss? ;-) But seriously . . . get this:

I went by my stepfather's last name (he never adopted me, TG for small favors) for a number of years when I was a kid. When I got my driver's license I took back my name, and when I started my senior year in high school I changed all my school records.

On the first day of choir rehearsal that year, the teacher was checking the roll and, having trouble pronouncing it (like everyone does, no big deal) called out "Heideee... Heideee -- brecht." He looked up and found me and said, "That's right, you told me about this last year, you're changing your name."

All that year, a kid in the choir called me Heidi. After months of wondering why he was doing this, I finally stopped him and asked, "Why do you keep calling me Heidi?" He said, "Didn't you change your name to Heidi Brecht?"

:grr:

BTW, I know it can be annoying to be thought a man. Many who see me assume I'm a guy because of my short hair, especially when it's freshly cut. I guess they don't see the tits. :shrug:

[jonnyblitz]

32. i thought it was bertha.

:hi:

[arwalden]

34. Wow! You Go Girl!

And to think that I get annoyed when someone thinks that I'm "Alan Waldron" or "Alan Walton". LOL...

-- Allen

[WillParkinson]

36. Hey Heidi!

Oh, I'm sorry, I meant my dog.

[Kellanved]

37. arghh - thanks a lot

Now I have the Heidi Themesong playing im my head :puke: .
A common childhood trauma - there wasn't much else to watch in the 80s.

For the brave:
http://pummeldex.netzgames.net/download.php?file=Heidi-Intro.wma


http://www.pummeldex.de/pummeldex/music/heidi.html

[terrya]

39. I'm with you, honey!

I'm sure that's got to be infuriating!

HUGS,
Terry

[supernova]

40. And I'm not Denephew!

God how I loathe that "joke" :puke: I mostly hear it from over the hill old farts who think that joke they told one time in 1935 is still funny. :grr:

Who tells these people they have a sense of humor? :shrug: I wanna kick their ass!

[alwynsw]

44. I'd get wild and wooly, too.