Greetings my Name is Habte Selassie!

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 06.16.2008, 08:54 PM

Greetings.

Got baptized into the Ethiopian Orthodox Church yesterday morning in mystical celebration that took hours and hours. I have a new name, which I have never felt such an affinity for, my given name I never liked. When I was five in kindergarten I remember being embarrased and self-conscious when having to introduce my name to people, I never liked it. When the priest said, "Habte Selassie" I knew it was mine from Creation!

Chris Naphtali is dead. Long Live Chris Naphtali.

I am now Habte Selassie [produce/wealth of the trinity]

!@#$%! · 06.16.2008, 08:56 PM

i think you mean chris nephtali is dead, long live habte selassie (if i get the expression correctly).

but fuck, congrats man-- is it ok if i ask you to explain your name?

demonrail666 · 06.16.2008, 09:01 PM

Well done Habte. Cool

gmku · 06.16.2008, 09:19 PM

Yeah, new names are cool.

So do you get to start over with a new credit rating and everything. Or just a new slate in heaven?

Is your old name up for grabs?

✌➬ · 06.16.2008, 09:23 PM

Congrats.

gmku · 06.16.2008, 09:24 PM

When are you going to do something about that name of yours? ^

✌➬ · 06.16.2008, 09:27 PM

I already did.

Cantankerous · 06.16.2008, 09:29 PM

congratulations to you!

demonrail666 · 06.16.2008, 09:32 PM

Aren't there about a hundred guzillion Sellasies in Ethiopia? Aren't you gonna be fucked when you move there, when it comes to the phone book?

gmku · 06.16.2008, 09:33 PM

Not only that, but Habte is the Ethiopian "John."

I think your name really means "Man, the trinity screwed me over."

demonrail666 · 06.16.2008, 09:35 PM

John Smith, hmmmm. Did you keep the receipt? I'm thinking Hercules Rockerfella might have made things slightly easier on a bureaucratic level.

gmku · 06.16.2008, 09:37 PM

But God loves all John Smiths just the same.

demonrail666 · 06.16.2008, 09:39 PM

He needs to, if only for their block vote.

!@#$%! · 06.16.2008, 09:43 PM

assholes, dont try to ruin his good moment.

i was asking in earnest.

gmku · 06.16.2008, 09:46 PM

Ernest?

Rob Instigator · 06.17.2008, 10:10 AM

hell yeah. This is good to hear. Keep up the good work.

luisxvi · 06.17.2008, 10:12 AM

Are you going to officially change it on all your documents and driving licence etc?

MellySingsDoom · 06.17.2008, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by demonrail666

John Smith, hmmmm. Did you keep the receipt? I'm thinking Hercules Rockerfella might have made things slightly easier on a bureaucratic level.

I would've gone for Rembrandt Q. Einstein myself.

Seriously though, congrats Habte! How do you pronounce it, by the way?

Danny Himself · 06.17.2008, 12:47 PM

OMG what if Zombie Chris Naphtali comes back for you, Habte?!

..

But to be cereal for a moment, CONGRATULATIONS, baptism is a wonderful thing.

_slavo_ · 06.17.2008, 01:07 PM

Congrats. I hope you'll never grow tired of the new name.

06.16.2008, 08:54 PM	#1
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Greetings. Got baptized into the Ethiopian Orthodox Church yesterday morning in mystical celebration that took hours and hours. I have a new name, which I have never felt such an affinity for, my given name I never liked. When I was five in kindergarten I remember being embarrased and self-conscious when having to introduce my name to people, I never liked it. When the priest said, "Habte Selassie" I knew it was mine from Creation! Chris Naphtali is dead. Long Live Chris Naphtali. I am now Habte Selassie [produce/wealth of the trinity] __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	i think you mean chris nephtali is dead, long live habte selassie (if i get the expression correctly). but fuck, congrats man-- is it ok if i ask you to explain your name?
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06.16.2008, 09:01 PM	#3
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Well done Habte. Cool
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Yeah, new names are cool. So do you get to start over with a new credit rating and everything. Or just a new slate in heaven? Is your old name up for grabs? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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06.16.2008, 09:24 PM	#6
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	When are you going to do something about that name of yours? ^ __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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✌➬ invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ιλ Posts: 5,754	I already did. __________________ We Kill Homosexuals!!!
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	congratulations to you!
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06.16.2008, 09:32 PM	#9
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Aren't there about a hundred guzillion Sellasies in Ethiopia? Aren't you gonna be fucked when you move there, when it comes to the phone book?
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06.16.2008, 09:33 PM	#10
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Not only that, but Habte is the Ethiopian "John." I think your name really means "Man, the trinity screwed me over." __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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06.16.2008, 09:35 PM	#11
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	John Smith, hmmmm. Did you keep the receipt? I'm thinking Hercules Rockerfella might have made things slightly easier on a bureaucratic level.
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06.16.2008, 09:37 PM	#12
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	But God loves all John Smiths just the same. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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06.16.2008, 09:39 PM	#13
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	He needs to, if only for their block vote.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	assholes, dont try to ruin his good moment. i was asking in earnest.
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Ernest? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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06.17.2008, 10:10 AM	#16
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,975	hell yeah. This is good to hear. Keep up the good work. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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06.17.2008, 10:12 AM	#17
luisxvi bad moon rising Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 196	Are you going to officially change it on all your documents and driving licence etc? __________________ I went out with a metal detector once and all I found was another metal detector.
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Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	OMG what if Zombie Chris Naphtali comes back for you, Habte?! .. But to be cereal for a moment, CONGRATULATIONS, baptism is a wonderful thing.
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_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,907	Congrats. I hope you'll never grow tired of the new name. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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