Comments on: Winners and Losers

By: ZeeDiKay

ZeeDiKay — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:37:44 +0000

Yeah… and their puncuation’s screwed up.

And I also heard that if Robert had another kid, he would call him Lover. I wonder how that would turn out.

By: John

John — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:54:24 +0000

Does anyone else find it ironic that that last comment was made by someone posting as Anonymous?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:18:39 +0000

the only one who can name a child with a sense of destiny isGOD . THE REST WE JUST SPECULATE. GO D.therest ;we ‘ ;THE RE S T WE JUST SPECULA TE.

By: scott

scott — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:36:23 +0000

I knew Loser at the Prep School, Pomfret Prep School, he was a good guy. Although I was a few years younger than him, he was someone that you respected. I heard that he had a brother named winner, and also have told people about the names only to get some doubtful looks.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:42:42 +0000

I remember Detective Loser Lane, very nice guy, good detective. One of his colleagues told me his brother was named “Winner Lane.” Anytime anyone mentioned odd names, I brought that up and nobody believed me. I wasn’t even sure if it was true. But it’s mentioned in Levitt’s Freakonomics book as well.

By: John

John — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:10:26 +0000

That’s interesting. (I checked Snopes but for some reason I didn’t think to google a.f.u.)

I’d love to know what Loser’s mother said when her husband came up with the idea for that name. Was she persuaded that “everyone will just call him Lou,” or what?

By: Ray Girvan

Ray Girvan — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 23:05:49 +0000

My urban legend alarm has just exploded

Same here. However, I found an alt.folklore.urban thread on this. Dave Wilton, who runs Word Origins – reliable source, writes for the OUP – says he knew Loser Lane at Lafayette College.