What’s in a name?

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It’s hard to believe, dear reader, but there was once a time before Not That Kind of Marathon. It was a dark and lonely time most try to forget. Below is the original conversation between the three siblings, in which they make their first brave attempt at naming our fair website.
Peter:
Okay so we’re definitely doing this.
Elizabeth:
Yup
Xander:
Yup!
Peter:
Awesome! Okay, first step – any ideas for a name?
Xander:
“Alan Smithee’s Screen Test”
Peter:
Oh my god genius
Elizabeth:
“DON’T SHOOT THE PUPPY”
Peter:
That’s a fun direction but I don’t love that specific example
Elizabeth:
That’s just a taster of a something I said while watching GoT
Peter:
Hahaha
Peter:
If we were all proudly fat we could call it “Telly Tubbies”
Xander:
I like it
Xander:
I think we do that and just pretend that we’re all fat
Peter:
“RHINOCEROUS KISSES” would be a fun and silly name
Peter:
Probably too far off-topic though
Elizabeth:
Don’t Shoot the Rhino
Elizabeth:
Combining the other two suggestions
Peter:
I’m just going to spitball keywords for a while
Peter:
Watching TV
Peter:
Live-tweeting
Peter:
Tweeting TV
Peter:
Tasting TV
Peter:
Sharing thoughts
Peter:
Thoughts about TV
Peter:
Telly thoughts
Peter:
Screen
Peter:
Screen Test
Peter:
Alan Smithee’s Screen Test
Xander:
Live-meating, because of our propensity towards being carnivores
Peter:
We Grew Up Together And Now We Watch A Lot Of TV
Elizabeth:
And That’s What You Missed On…
Peter:
Previously On
Peter:
We Watch So You Don’t Have To
Peter:
Peter:
(so is “Mark Watches“)
Peter:
(also none of us are called Mark)
Peter:
Two guys and a girl and a bunch of TV shows
Peter:
What to Watch When You’re Related
Peter:
Bi, A, and Poly
Peter:
This Show Rocks
Peter:
Show Me Your Rocks
Peter:
Gimme Your Lunch Money
Xander:
At The Movies With Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert
Peter:
Xander you’re hitting them out of the park today
Peter:
Straight From Our Brain to Your Screen
Elizabeth:
First Impressions
Elizabeth:
(Just to get a bit o’ Jane Austen in there)
Peter:
First Impressions is good!
Peter:
But I don’t want to limit it to first-time watching
Elizabeth:
Haha, that’s what Jane Austen wanted to call Pride and Prejudice
Peter:
Oh that’s fun
Peter:
First Reactions
Peter:
That’s not as good
Elizabeth:
Reactive TV
Peter:
Okay we are CLOSE to something great!
Elizabeth:
We just need to steal more ideas!
Peter:
Elizabeth, get to work!
Xander:
First Impressions and a Pizza Place
Xander:
First Impressions Firefly
Xander:
Doctor Horrible’s Singalong First Impressions
Xander:
we just need to channel Nathan Fillion
Elizabeth:
First Castle Impressions
Elizabeth:
And we only watch things with castles!!!
Elizabeth:
And comment on the castles!
Peter:
The Bronze Screen
Peter:
See a Show About A Dog
Peter:
Weight and See
Elizabeth:
We’re still not fat…
Peter:
Man this would be so much easier if we were fat
Elizabeth:
Get on it right away team!
Peter:
Look-see?
Elizabeth:
Not That Kind of Marathon
Peter:
Hahaha
Elizabeth:
Couch Potatoes
Elizabeth:
Couch Tomatoes
Peter:
Oh my god
Peter:
I said that out loud right before you typed it
Peter:
That was weird
Elizabeth:
Ha!
Elizabeth:
That’s great!
Elizabeth:
A sign?!
Peter:
Couch Potato is too overused
Peter:
But we could definitely play with it
Xander:
I kind of like Couch Tomatoes
Xander:
Because of our flaming ginger hair
Peter:
hahaha
Peter:
Damn it guys
Peter:
We need to be fat and ginger
Elizabeth:
DAMNIT WHY AREN’T WE FAT GINGERS
Peter:
We typed that at the same time!
Peter:
Freeaaakkyyyy
Elizabeth:
Name more fruits/vegetables!
Xander:
Apple!
Xander:
Peanuts!
Elizabeth:
Couch Apples
Elizabeth:
Couch Peanuts
Xander:
Couch Charlie Brown and Friends
Peter:
The premise could be “we were always really close and bonded over TV but now we live in different cities so we’ve come up with a new way to bond over TV”
Elizabeth:
…we need a premise for our lives?
Peter:
Yes.
Peter:
Nah I’ve just been learning heaps about marketing lately and having a strong “story” that you can attach to the website is really useful
Peter:
Is there anything we can draw from that “premise”?
Peter:
Long-distance watching or something like that
Peter:
Sharing TV from afara
Peter:
Afaraway
Xander:
Jafara
Elizabeth:
Aladdin!
Elizabeth:
That’s a good title!
Xander:
1001 Arabian Fights. Because of all our persian bar fights
Peter:
Oh jesus
Peter:
First result on the “idiom” website that stuck out to me
Peter:
“Far and Wide”
Peter:
GUYS WE NEED TO BE FAT
Elizabeth:
hahaha
Elizabeth:
Okay, new plan, everyone go off and eat as much as possible and we will revisit when we are fat?
Elizabeth:
Revisit
Elizabeth:
Can we do something with that?
Elizabeth:
*can we do something with fat?
Peter:
haha you’re a knob
Peter:
Revisit…
Elizabeth:
Or visiting
Peter:
Sharing Thoughts
Peter:
As We See It
Elizabeth:
New Shows Old Faces
Xander:
Hmmm
Xander:
I’m not sure
Peter:
Keep Your Opinions To Yourself
Xander:
Geez, sorry
Elizabeth:
Don’t Pick Your Nose!
Xander:
Fine!
Elizabeth:
Watermelon Rind Tastes Like Crunchies
Elizabeth:
Feels Like Home
Peter:
Couch Watermelons (cos of how fat we are)
Elizabeth:
A New Way to Watch
Peter:
I like that angle
Peter:
god naming stuff is hard
Peter:
Couch Morindas
Peter:
Long Distance Couch Potatoes
Peter:
Home is Where the TV Is
Peter:
Haha that’s fun
Xander:
Bestflix
Peter:
I’d ideally like something 2-4 words long
Elizabeth:
Family Means TV
Peter:
Awww
Peter:
TV Means Family
Peter:
Sibling Bonding
Peter:
Can we do something to work TV into that and also remove the bondage connotations?
Elizabeth:
Siblings Tied to Televisions (gagging optional)
Elizabeth:
Strengthening Signal
Peter:
A Watched Sibling Never Boils
Elizabeth:
Siblings Who Rarely Have Sex But Watch A Lot Of TV
Elizabeth:
It’s Not Incest If the TV is On
Peter:
Watch My Lips
Peter:
As They Rhinocerous Kiss My Siblings
Peter:
TV is love
Peter:
Incest TV
Peter:
Oh my god
Peter:
The obvious is just
Peter:
“TV Family”
Elizabeth:
Oh
Elizabeth:
I suppose so
Elizabeth:
How did we miss that?
Xander:
Really Fat and Ginger TV Family
Elizabeth:
It feels a bit generic, though, don’t you think?
Peter:
A little bit
Elizabeth:
If only we had a cute story about tomatoes then we could use Couch Tomatoes
Peter:
TV Family is too generic to be available anywhere
Peter:
But I think it’s our strongest starting point
Xander:
Gen Y TV family
Peter:
Fat Ginger TV Family
Peter:
(I know Xander already made that joke but I wanted to make it too because it’s funny)
Elizabeth:
I’m looking up family tropes on TV tropes
Elizabeth:
See if there’s gold there
Peter:
Oh awesome idea
Peter:
TV Dinner
Elizabeth:
TV Dinner and A Movie
Elizabeth:
Like we’re on a date!
Peter:
TV Family Reviews
Peter:
TV Family Thoughts
Elizabeth:
“Incest is Relative”
Peter:
Hahaha
Peter:
No!
Elizabeth:
Hmm, Runs in the Family, that feels like a thing
Peter:
That’s a phrase
Peter:
I really liked Not That Kind of Marathon btw
Elizabeth:
I liked that one too
Elizabeth:
It leaves us room to get fat!
Peter:
Score!
Peter:
Okay current top-runner is “Not That Kind of Marathon”
Peter:
“The Ultimate TV Family”?
Peter:
TUTVF for short
Peter:
Best. Family. Ever.
Peter:
Best. Siblings. Ever.
Elizabeth:
Best. Elizabeth. Ever.
Elizabeth:
What are the TV ratings? Like G, PG, etc
Elizabeth:
Anything to do with family there?
Peter:
Nah they differ from country to country
Peter:
“Rated F for Family”
Peter:
Something about streaming?
Elizabeth:
Family Torrents
Elizabeth:
Pirate Family
Elizabeth:
Yarrr
Peter:
Not That Kind of Pirates
Elizabeth:
Subject/Verb Disagreement, Yo Ho and a Bottle of Rum
Peter:
….not who kind of pirates?
Peter:
What?
Elizabeth:
Not Those Kind of Pirates or Not That Kind of Pirate
Elizabeth:
Tsk
Elizabeth:
My vote is Not That Kind of Marathon
Peter:
You know what I’m really sold on Not That Kind of Marathon
Peter:
It’s really catchy
Peter:
Clever and fun
Elizabeth:
It is!
Peter:
Okay
Xander:
I LIKE IT TOO
Xander:
I LIKE IT THE BEST
Peter:
It means we lose the family angle/premise, but that’s okay
Peter:
I think we’ll pretty quickly attract others who want to get involved.
Peter:
Gavin, for example, will probs want in.
Xander:
Oh! If Gavin gets involved then we have our fat ginger hook
Xander:
(HIGH FIVES ALL AROUND)
Peter:
hahahah
Elizabeth:
ehehe
Peter:
Well now we can never let Gavin see this conversation
Peter:
(NB: At the advice of Messr Gavin Core’s attorneys, we have included a photo of him to confirm that he is neither rotund nor red-headed, but is a herculean figure with dark locks of luscious hair.
Peter:
Gavin Wesley Core, Esquire
Peter:
Ladies, please stop trying to have sex with your screen.)

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