Submitted by JoeyZasaa t3_ys14rw in todayilearned
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alienoverl0rd t1_ivwsgku wrote
Mrs. Ryder went "riding" in Winona and ended up with a little Winona of her own, how cute.
valeyard89 t1_ivwso99 wrote
You got to be shitting me
PolyJuicedRedHead t1_ivwv0ps wrote
Not Winona, Ontario?
Not Winona, Indiana?
Not Winona, Kansas?
Not Winona, Michigan?
Not Winona, Mississippi?
Not… Oh whatever.
PolyJuicedRedHead t1_ivwv9t1 wrote
Not Worcestershire?
pastelquail t1_ivwvb28 wrote
I hear Dr. Pepper also works there. Small world.
PolyJuicedRedHead t1_ivwvtn1 wrote
Nurse: “ Hospital regulations require that you name the baby before you leave today. “
Mother: “….uuuuuuh what county is this hospital in?”
KravenTheHaunter t1_ivww7gj wrote
Well, I've certainly heard Stranger Things.
FreudianAccordian t1_ivwwm6x wrote
I've seen stranger things myself, I once witnessed a mother string up Christmas lights in coordination with the alphabet to communicate with her missing son!
She said his name three times and he came back
GoBSAGo t1_ivwxh3u wrote
Crazy coincidence.
Byronzionist t1_ivwya8n wrote
Nominative determinism strikes again.
But frfr, Winona Mn sucks https://youtu.be/OmE1hXbOjJs
BrokenEye3 t1_ivwz9bf wrote
I mean, this is kind of the inverse of nominative determinism
Van_GOOOOOUGH t1_ivwzv7g wrote
Ok well maybe Ashley Judd's sister was born in one of those towns.
SocalPizza t1_ivx0fcw wrote
It's kind of got nothing to do with nominative determinism.
She didn't become Winona-like because she was named Winona.
KravenTheHaunter t1_ivx2d9d wrote
When that mother was calling out to her child, it's a good thing that girl wasn't interrupted
New_Fix6213 t1_ivx65iu wrote
"My Daddy said he built this house with his bare hands"
*Leans in
"Well your Daddy's a liar"
BrokenEye3 t1_ivx71aa wrote
Precisely. She was named Winona because of a connection to Winona, not the other way around, which is not nominative determinism, but is the inverse of nominative determinism.
Byronzionist t1_ivxcaeu wrote
wendalpendal t1_ivxjxaq wrote
And she waved it up in the air
Scottland83 t1_ivxllvq wrote
And let me just say that certain stories about her pet rodent are greatly exaggerated.
[deleted] t1_ivxmrwz wrote
you mean woskhaisdonsalfhsalasidh shire?
Wheel_of_Armageddon t1_ivxqm9c wrote
That's true. If she was interrupted we would have to say that Reality Bites.
AnAquaticOwl t1_ivxtbf2 wrote
Yeah but everyone was born in Winona, Minnesota if you go back far enough.
Ataraxia_new t1_ivxtvb8 wrote
Dick..Dick Ryder it is
WarcraftFarscape t1_ivxuage wrote
It’s a like from the mr deeds remake she was in
CarrotJuiceLover t1_ivy6qul wrote
Is someone going to inform OP that sometimes people are named after locations they were born?
zurds13 t1_ivy7y60 wrote
You just made that name up, didn’t you? Now if you don’t mind, I’m going to take a sip of my Bell’s double cream stout and continue scrolling on the internet.
EngineeringDevil t1_ivybjkf wrote
nah, its a place, I only know because its a stop on a train
TharkunOakenshield t1_ivyjode wrote
« Knowing what words mean means you’re a nerd! »
« I’m ignorant and proud of it, because at least I’m not a nerd »
You sound like the dumbest wannabe rebel in high school. It’s really not a good look. Hopefully you grow out of it someday
Crumbdizzle t1_ivylwei wrote
Like Paris Hilton was born in the Hilton in Paris France.
SnooCrickets2961 t1_ivyo3eq wrote
That’s it. I’m changing my name to Hospital
Byronzionist t1_ivyt5cr wrote
JohnnyTatts22 t1_ivz7ji5 wrote
Dick Horowitz.
technicalityNDBO t1_ivz7q82 wrote
Which is why she wasn't cast as one of Forrest Gump's fellow soldiers.
TharkunOakenshield t1_ivz8lmf wrote
Damn, you managed to sink even lower.
Impressive stuff
Thedudecatman t1_ivz8mzy wrote
Who’s Nona and when and what did she ride?
Byronzionist t1_ivz8urk wrote
4 U (bane voice)
IdioticPlatypus t1_ivzmua1 wrote
TIL she's a Horowitz.
FelonMuskRogan t1_ivzs256 wrote
Where was Alexis Texas born?
valeyard89 t1_iw1cdjc wrote
Smells like seven layers
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[deleted] t1_iw2wyqm wrote
That beaver ate Tacobell!
DrSatan420247 t1_ivws6cd wrote
She's from Winchestertonfieldville, Iowa