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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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A few more famous people with 2 first names:
Hamilton is a last name. I won't doubt that there are some people who have it first (not checking), but they probably have two last names.
The only one that comes to mind is Hamilton Morris. I don't know if Morris is a first name, but I really like the dude. He did a bunch of documentaries about drugs for VICE. Big tangent incoming.
Those documentaries are really good. He did one about Project Coast, an awful program started by the apartheid government in South Africa (before Mandela became president). It's the reason why the country still has such a high usage of methaqualone (AKA qualuudes, called Mandrax or "Buttons" colloquially) compared to the rest of the world.
Project Coast did so many much fucking lingering damage. Poisoned baby milk, nerve agents, you name it.
It was engineered by this piece of shit who earned the nickname "Dr. Death", Wouter Basson. Cunt got away with it. He's somehow still a practicing cardiologist in Cape Town. Infuriating.
Main point: those documentaries are worth a watch. Not an ad. Pirate it if you want.
Also, if anyone happens to be near Dr Death's practice, just fucking exorcise that demon.
You also have Hamilton Fish. He was Grant’s Secretary of State. His letter of gratitude before retirement is, or at least was, hanging in the Empire State Building.
https://empirestateplaza.ny.gov/hall-governors/hamilton-fish
Morris is defintely a first name in Britain. I went to school with a Morris Morrison.
One of my friends in middle school had the last name Morris, so I think of it as a last name.
Hope he named his kid Morris Morrisonson.
Savage.
Bob Ross
Jason alexander
That's a stage name. I assume some of the others on the list are too.
didn't even think of that lol
Reminds me of that Simon & Garfunkel lyric, along the lines of
Today is the day I saw Missy Elliot on the same list as Anne Frank lol
James Taylor
Former President James Taylor!