the name game

there is this thing, on the french msn, that supposedly calculates the success ratio of a couple formed by two names. you enter the names, click go and you get a percentage, together with a one word description. i don't believe in these things, but it looked like a fun thing to try, so i did.

the results were that my name coupled with Daniel gave 'us' a 97% chance, ie, we are ideal. right. i know lots of Daniels, but two of them were taken (and thus totally off the chart), one preferred my friend, one flirts with anything in a skirt, and another one is gay. type in 'Dan' instead, and our compatibility drops to 68% (a mere passionate). tried with the name of my most recent ex, and it told me we were 'hot' (ie 71% compatible). i guess we were, but that's the whole point, isn't it? we're not anymore. tried with other names i get a lot around me, and while Fred got us 83%, Frederic made it drop to only 22%, while Mike got us 88%, Michael only scored 4% (otherwise referred to as 'accidental').

bear in mind that the first time i was on the page, i had no idea what was going on, and the thing calculated that for the entries 'name 1' and 'name 2', the success rate was 78% (very hot)!