You may remember a senator named Larry Craig made headlines for his alleged lewd behavior in an airport, back in 2007. When that came up in the news, I couldn’t help but think, where have I heard that name before?
Well, as it turned out, I hadn’t heard of him before. I was actually thinking of Larry David, the comedian. Or was it Craig David, the musician? It is incredibly confusing when people have last names that sound like first names. So with this jumble of “Larry,” “Craig,” and “David,” it sure is easy to mix them all up. Here’s how I try to keep them straight:
- Larry Craig is the senator with the wide stance. Out of the three men, his name is most similar to Jenny Craig, whose clients probably also have a wide stance prior to going through her program because of all the fat they have.
- Craig David is the singer who had hits like “Fill Me In” and “7 Days” way back in 2000. He’s easy to remember because his initials are CD, and what he does is make CDs.
- Larry David is the comedian famous for Curb Your Enthusiasm. Maybe this is an unfair stereotype, but I feel like comedians, as a group, seem to do more drugs than the rest of the population. So Larry David, even though he’s probably clean, belongs to a group of people associated with drugs like LSD. And if you imagine his middle initial might be S (it’s really G, but whatever), then his initials would be LSD.
I feel like I might be the only one who has this problem of mixing these three people up. And my mnemonics are really not that great. But anyway, if in the miniscule chance that you suffer from the same problem, I hope that was at least marginally helpful.