Every so often someone will stop me on the street and ask me about the name of this weblog. How did I come up with “Consolation Champs”? It is, after all, a silly name. Well, gentle reader, my answer is that originally it was a name I wanted to use for a band. Most of us walk around with half a dozen or so band names in our heads. Here are a few more that I’ve pondered for many years, although none were ever considered for the name of a web site:
- Robot Pope (eerily close to Robot Wisdom)
- Black Jello
- The Part-Time Jobs (pronounced like the biblical character Job. You can see why this one wasn’t as funny in print as it was out loud)
- Assface (still one of the funniest putdowns I know)
- Fish Pants
Let’s hear some of yours…